So, for the last few days, I've been all hyped up for Starcraft 2, strictly out of foolishness.  "Why is this foolish?" you may ask, since the game looks very promising.  First off, I don't have a computer that can competently run games from 2002, let alone new releases.  On top of that, the only RTS experience I have is watching my brother play Starcraft one with my neighbors when I was about 5 or 6, leaving me with little skill or literacy in the genre.
 
     Despite all that, I had been desperately searching for my brother's old copy of the game for the past few days, and finally stumbled upon a copy of Brood War deep inside my closet earlier today.  Excitedly, I threw the disc into my HP Slimline, and was able to boot up the expansion's campaign, but not the original one since I failed to find the corresponding CD-ROM.  And so, I  jumped into the fourth, Protossian (?), chapter of Starcraft.  The first mission was simple, press A and click where I wanted my selected units to go.  After breezing through the first mission, I proceeded to the second and was completely and utterly lost.  The mission presented me with four basic soldier dudes and  four of the builder-type guys.  I immediately came across some minerals, and began gathering them when I realized that I had nowhere to deposit my harvest.  I continued to wander, and shortly ran into some angry zerglings and some sort of tower that tore my squad into pieces.  With the very little patience I've inherited from my mother, I rage-quitted from the campaign and set up a custom game that I planned to practice in before returning to the story mode.
 
     After whipping up a 1v1, Terran v. Terran with the computer, I relaxed and began to mine, this time with a place for my SCVs to dump their gatherings.  After a short time, I managed to build up a small army of basic soldiers and a firebat, along with a few medics and many SCVs.  I sent a pack and a half of my troops (all units but the SCVs) to the South end of the map while my SCVs continued building supply depots and gathering resources.  When my army got about halfway down the map, I noticed they were being attacked and took a peek at the action.  What I saw was horrifying.  There a huge enemy force rushing towards mine, complete with more than double the amount of units I had.  That pesky computer's brown Terrans swept through my squad with ease, and went on to obliterate my small base and fleeing command center.
 
     So yeah, that's my experience with Starcraft.  I'll probably continue to play some more, because I really like the idea of the game, but just DO NOT have the skillset required to compete at all.  Maybe there's a difficulty slider in those menus somewhere that I didn't see, I guess I'll investigate that next time I try to play the game.  If there's anyone else out there completely clueless like me who has access to the game who wants to try and figure it out with me, or If there's someone who wants to boost their self esteem before they buy the second one, I wouldn't mind playing with you.

     So, for the last few days, I've been all hyped up for Starcraft 2, strictly out of foolishness.  "Why is this foolish?" you may ask, since the game looks very promising.  First off, I don't have a computer that can competently run games from 2002, let alone new releases.  On top of that, the only RTS experience I have is watching my brother play Starcraft one with my neighbors when I was about 5 or 6, leaving me with little skill or literacy in the genre.
 
     Despite all that, I had been desperately searching for my brother's old copy of the game for the past few days, and finally stumbled upon a copy of Brood War deep inside my closet earlier today.  Excitedly, I threw the disc into my HP Slimline, and was able to boot up the expansion's campaign, but not the original one since I failed to find the corresponding CD-ROM.  And so, I  jumped into the fourth, Protossian (?), chapter of Starcraft.  The first mission was simple, press A and click where I wanted my selected units to go.  After breezing through the first mission, I proceeded to the second and was completely and utterly lost.  The mission presented me with four basic soldier dudes and  four of the builder-type guys.  I immediately came across some minerals, and began gathering them when I realized that I had nowhere to deposit my harvest.  I continued to wander, and shortly ran into some angry zerglings and some sort of tower that tore my squad into pieces.  With the very little patience I've inherited from my mother, I rage-quitted from the campaign and set up a custom game that I planned to practice in before returning to the story mode.
 
     After whipping up a 1v1, Terran v. Terran with the computer, I relaxed and began to mine, this time with a place for my SCVs to dump their gatherings.  After a short time, I managed to build up a small army of basic soldiers and a firebat, along with a few medics and many SCVs.  I sent a pack and a half of my troops (all units but the SCVs) to the South end of the map while my SCVs continued building supply depots and gathering resources.  When my army got about halfway down the map, I noticed they were being attacked and took a peek at the action.  What I saw was horrifying.  There a huge enemy force rushing towards mine, complete with more than double the amount of units I had.  That pesky computer's brown Terrans swept through my squad with ease, and went on to obliterate my small base and fleeing command center.
 
     So yeah, that's my experience with Starcraft.  I'll probably continue to play some more, because I really like the idea of the game, but just DO NOT have the skillset required to compete at all.  Maybe there's a difficulty slider in those menus somewhere that I didn't see, I guess I'll investigate that next time I try to play the game.  If there's anyone else out there completely clueless like me who has access to the game who wants to try and figure it out with me, or If there's someone who wants to boost their self esteem before they buy the second one, I wouldn't mind playing with you.

Watch YouTube videos of play. Get a new computer with a graphics cards also your story doesn't make sense about the disk. Also if you countine playing there is a way to play with out the disk due to a patch a few years ago.

keep playing and you'll get used to it

" keep playing and you'll get used to it "

Paragraph indentations on my internets?

Watch Totalbiscuit's "I suck at Starcraft 2" videos. Plus, maybe start with Dawn of War or something before you move to the big guy (Starcraft).

Thanks for all the tips guys, I guess I'll just keep playing or get the original game.  It never occurred to me to check the Blizzard site for the original game, I'll look into that if my struggles continue.

" Thanks for all the tips guys, I guess I'll just keep playing or get the original game.  It never occurred to me to check the Blizzard site for the original game, I'll look into that if my struggles continue. "

@Pinworm45
I would like to get SC2, but I really doubt that my PC will be able to run it since old-ish games like Portal run at about a fram every two seconds on low.

" @Pinworm45 I would like to get SC2, but I really doubt that my PC will be able to run it since old-ish games like Portal run at about a fram every two seconds on low. "

Touching story. Reminded me of when i first played starcraft as a little kid (no offence intended). Newer was able to beat more than 1 cpu back then.

When the match starts, attack the computer's base once with one of your SCVs, his workers will chase you until they kill your SCV (as long as you stay range). He will have nothing to mine with, in the mean time, you can build a small army for an easy win :P

As someone who has been playing SC since 1998 I can say do not worry about it. The people in multiplayer are crazy but the story and the gameplay in the campaign will be more then worth the price. Personally I have been spending far too much time trying to get better at SC II via replays and the like.  
Damn that games hard.