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before I begin, starcraft 2 is a realtime strategy game on PC that rules. If you don't have it you're wrong.
Anyway, I made a little interesting observation on what I think might pertain to the INFP extraverted thinking. So, my INFP friend bought starcraft 2. I'm doing everything in my power to teach him how to play, but he's just terrible at it because he can't come up with a strategy fast enough to react. I sat next to him and actually walked him through a strategy against an opponent that had no forces to attack him with. Here is how the dialogue between us went: (don't worry if you don't understand the character names, its just jargon.)
me: so, he has a wall blocking his base. What do you want to do?
infp: um... *heavy contemplation*... I want to send the banelings to blow up the wall
*several more seconds pass*... and then... um... *a couple more seconds* I want to bring the roaches in and attack them... *several more seconds*... and then I want to attack with the corruptors.
me: alright lets do it.
infp: *proceeds to send in the banelings, destroys the wall as planned, but didn't send in the rest of the units until I asked "what about the rest of them?"
In the end he won the match, but tactics that I find so incredibly trivial and make in a split second, he physically seemed to have a hard time. I think his whole decision took about 8 to 10 seconds.
So in your experience would this be an example of a very weak extraverted thinking (Te) function? Or is he just... special? and what other functions would he have to use to turn him into an expert?
This isn't actually a question about starcraft 2, I'm just trying to understand the functions better.
Anyway, I made a little interesting observation on what I think might pertain to the INFP extraverted thinking. So, my INFP friend bought starcraft 2. I'm doing everything in my power to teach him how to play, but he's just terrible at it because he can't come up with a strategy fast enough to react. I sat next to him and actually walked him through a strategy against an opponent that had no forces to attack him with. Here is how the dialogue between us went: (don't worry if you don't understand the character names, its just jargon.)
me: so, he has a wall blocking his base. What do you want to do?
infp: um... *heavy contemplation*... I want to send the banelings to blow up the wall
*several more seconds pass*... and then... um... *a couple more seconds* I want to bring the roaches in and attack them... *several more seconds*... and then I want to attack with the corruptors.
me: alright lets do it.
infp: *proceeds to send in the banelings, destroys the wall as planned, but didn't send in the rest of the units until I asked "what about the rest of them?"
In the end he won the match, but tactics that I find so incredibly trivial and make in a split second, he physically seemed to have a hard time. I think his whole decision took about 8 to 10 seconds.
So in your experience would this be an example of a very weak extraverted thinking (Te) function? Or is he just... special? and what other functions would he have to use to turn him into an expert?
This isn't actually a question about starcraft 2, I'm just trying to understand the functions better.