Hey guys, do any of you have any suggestions on how to make someone get past the first acts? I've been trying to get a friend to read but he keeps insisting he "didn't like it" and that "it's boring", no matter how many times I say that it gets better.
I've heard of people trying to get others to read by showing them some of the flashes. They are pretty cool, so they might be able to get one's attention. If you want to try that, I recommend any of the Dave vs. Bro flashes, or Dave: Accelerate. Those are pretty good IMO and have won't spoil much. End of Act 2 could work too, since it doesn't give away much and is pretty interesting. And all of these show off the kick ass music.
If that doesn't work, and you have time, CASCADE!
No. Not Cascade. That will raise their expectations far too much.
In situations like this, I will ALWAYS tell people to show them [S] Descend. Always.
This.
Honestly, I think Cascade and Descend would just confuse them. Both flashes have a lot going on, and IMO a lot of their awesomeness requires context non-readers don't have, and might cause them to go "WTF was that?!?" instead of "Okay, that's pretty cool, I might give this a shot". Plus, there is the whole spoilers thing, unless you're counting on them forgetting by the time their contents are relevant. Or you just don't care about that.