Starcraft

Even though I know I should be concentrating on studying for finals, I still have this undying itch to play Starcraft. I don't have Starcraft 2, so I'll still have to settle for playing SC: Brood War, but it's just been so long since I've last touched a video game. Sure, I've played some games on my Nintendo DS or PSP and snuck in some games of Tetris or Dance Dance Revolution, but I don't really consider those video games. They're casual games for the every day player.

It's not like they don't involve some level of skill, but the kind of skills that these other games use are nothing like the ones you use when playing Starcraft. Starcraft utilizes micro and macro managing. It depends on the player's reaction times, decision making, and uber micro (term for how quickly a player can skillfully use their keyboard & mouse). The game is dynamic and can make a turn around. It's a real time strategy so each second really counts. It gets pretty intense. Did I mention this game is hugely popular in Korea?

Professional Starcraft players in Korea are treated like athletes. It's ridiculous watching their action replays. I'm still amazed at how they manage to defeat an army using a single unit. That takes a lot of micro managing.