Warcraft III < Warcraft II > Warcraft I
Starcraft > Warcraft II

I began playing Warcraft back in '95 and progressed into Warcraft II and the Dark Portal in '96. I got introduced to Starcraft in '97 but didn't own it and Broodwars until '98. Playing Warcraft III at a friends house when it was released and later borrowing it wasn't as satisfying as going from Warcraft I to II. The largest let down was the lack of keeping boats, there was so much potential there. Then there was the 3D graphics, it just didn't appeal to me much to be so cartoonish. As for Starcraft, it picked up what Warcraft III didn't, lots of unique units that were colorful sprites and did so much with the Used Map Settings option.

I basically was the typical Starcraft gamer in highschool, raking a record on B.net of nearly 2k wins and under 100 losses. In my technology classes, it would be 4-7 other students versus me and I'd stomp them all regardless of the map. It was so bad for them that they decided to ban me from their games, but that didn't stop me from using other nicknames on the network and by the time they knew it was me it was too late into the game. Even to this day when I host LAN parties no one wants to do All vs me matches. Now when it came to B.net, I by far am not the best player online, but in my local area I was pretty damn good against the rest regardless of which race I chose (I was always random ). So I guess you can say I'm a bit bias but Warcraft II is almost as kick ass to me as Starcraft.

Now, the game that changed everything was when in '02 I stumbed across an old PC game at EB games sitting on the shelf that was marked $3 and had everything intact/complete. It was around this time when I was open to finding a new RTS game to get into (Tried all the Age of Empire games and it wasn't until later that I got Cossacks ) so what the hell, why not. After playing it just one time I was hooked and found it supreme to Starcraft, Age of Empire, and all other RTS games I'd played (The Perfect General, Battle Realms, War INC., Cyberstorm, Command & Conquer, Dune, ect.) and it was called Total Annihilation. My god that game was just so awesome with the tons and tons of units, real physics, multiple game options, long gameplay that doesn't get tiresome, and the freaking nukes and Big Berthas! I also ended up getting Kingdoms later, which wasn't as great but was still fun and worth a few go arounds at LAN parties and still get played to this day.

But one major RTS I still need to try is Scorched Earth...


Oh ya, and I got my full reserve for Supreme Commander! It should be comming out Spring '07, but we'll see. So actually, I'll go ahead and change my Avatar and Sig for the upcomming release.