Just a little insight into my past… in case I someday forget.
Many years ago, soon after the release of StarCraft, I downloaded the StarCraft demo. I would estimate this to be in roughly 1997, give or take two years. I don’t know exactly how I met them, but I stumbled upon a Pokemon clan (or online community) known as Clan DRGN. They had already existed for a while, and I was joining them just as they were beginning to get over the Pokemon fad. But Starcraft was in. With the demo, one can play multiplayer on Battle.net. The demo’s limitation is that players could only be the Terran race, not Zerg or Protoss. Quite honestly, I sucked at the game. But I learned the logic of it, and my online friends taught me how to play. I felt a great sense of meaning and pride. It was strange that I had many more online friends than friends in real life. I guess this was back while I was in elementary school. My social life during those years is another story.
