Good Read. StarCraft and the expansion set (Brood War) had huge influenced on my student days (they way of thinking, overview of strategies vs tactics, economy, resources). To some extent it helped me to find passion and inspired me to be the me today (still benefit from the stuff I learned over the years playing SC when designing UI, Operational Workflows, software engineering, Architecture of IT infrastructure), and will definitely go further.
I was very excited to see Blizzard make StarCraft Remastered and purchased when it was made available, played with some passionate friends from time to time, unfortunately, it's so hard to find people with similar level of skills (intermediate) nowadays to have a good game (also, it takes time for a single game, which we don't have nowadays).
BTW: Grrr..., Slayers_Boxer, remember the names? StarCraft helped to shape up eSports industry and created 1 of the greatest pro gamers in history. Look at the eSports industry today, phenomenal and incredible. Cannot imagine taking a pro gaming career back then, parents would have beaten the shit of that dreaming boy.
Loved the original SC, I still remember how Slayers_Boxer put the relatively "weaker" terran race on the map with his supply depot wall strategy, dropship micro etc...
Before Boxer, everyone seems to be a bit reluctant to get Terran at random in a 1v1 game as it's relatively weak and requires lots of micro ops (high APM) to win against Zerg or Protoss ;-)
Starcraft saved my A-levels, when I realized that school can be considered a game with points and stuff... Turns out that lecture participation had a great ROI! Now, if my future product will have any success, then part of it will be due to the lessons that SC2 ingrained deep into my fabrics of thinking. Besides the countless hours of fun and memories.
No no Zerg is the current OP race now so clearly Amazon plays them. They just Nydus + Swarm shipping all over the map until Shopify has 2 bases and 6 workers left. Government plz nerf.
An interesting point in there on culture fit which I always had in the back of my mind. It's quite possible your "cultural fit" is way too restrictive. Being challenged with new ideas can be a good thing.
I enjoyed this primarily as a bio. Surprised at the similarities in mindset (and even being a Zerg player) that I feel with Tobi! Definitely rooting for him, though working in the online payments space myself I can’t help but feel like he’s gonna put me out of a job someday.
I was very excited to see Blizzard make StarCraft Remastered and purchased when it was made available, played with some passionate friends from time to time, unfortunately, it's so hard to find people with similar level of skills (intermediate) nowadays to have a good game (also, it takes time for a single game, which we don't have nowadays).
BTW: Grrr..., Slayers_Boxer, remember the names? StarCraft helped to shape up eSports industry and created 1 of the greatest pro gamers in history. Look at the eSports industry today, phenomenal and incredible. Cannot imagine taking a pro gaming career back then, parents would have beaten the shit of that dreaming boy.