In the years that followed, Warcraft 3 continued to have its share of fans, but it was largely overshadowed by StarCraft, which dominated the competitive strategy scene until League of Legends took its place around 2010. A few years later, I would get a laptop capable of supporting Warcraft 3, and I would subsequently go on to beat both the main campaign and the expansion on hard mode-no easy feat. But while my Warcraft 3 skills faded, it still retained a special place in my heart. It was probably for the best, as I was hooked enough on Warcraft 3 that it probably would have legitimately impacted my schoolwork. My brief but torrid affair with Warcraft 3 only lasted a couple months, after which my roommate moved out.
Each race brought with it a unique playstyle, building on the "asymmetrical balance" of StarCraft, and I found that I was rather good at kicking down the door with a horde of Orcs empowered by bloodlust. More advanced matchmaking allowed me to play with people who were actually at my skill level. Where I had always been extremely bad at StarCraft, I found that Warcraft 3's mix of RPG elements and grinding immediately clicked with my personal playstyle. But my main vice was Warcraft 3, which released that summer and quickly became a major habit. With little money and barely any friends, I mostly split my time sleeping and going to cheap Twins games ($10 for a ticket on Dollar Dog Night was a pretty great deal). In the summer of 2002, I was a broke college student working overnights as a security guard.
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