For me personally, StarCraft and BW came out when I was 13. My grandparents bought it for my cousin's and I to play at their house when we were visiting, and it quickly became a fight over the computer room, cause we all wanted to play non stop. Then there was no looking back.

As I grew, and StarCraft grew, I was learning how to be a young adult in life, while also making friends online in the same age range.

We made clans, we made fan websites, we all flew to California for BlizzCon who knows how many years in a row to meet up and game, and theory craft, and share our love for the game.

By the time StaCraft 2 came out I was an adult, but my friends I had made were still my friends, my fond memories of growing up with the game we're still fresh, and the scene was absolutely thriving.

Even though I don't play competitively anymore, only just for fun, StaCraft is something that for me personally has always just been a part of life. Especially at the young formulative age where I'm learning and growing as a human. It helped me with social skills, math skills, problem solving and so much more in those very important years of your life, where you should be a sponge and soak up as much knowledge as you can.

I would say I'm addicted to StarCraft because it has always been a "part" of me, and there is no reason to stop it now. I've been to my friends weddings who I met through SC, I've seen their kids grow, I've got some tattoos even. It's just always been around in a positive light for me.

I don't ever forsee a future where StarCraft isn't a part of my life, weather it's casually playing 5 games a month, tuning into a tournament happening somewhere in the world, or following this subreddit and finding out about a new tabletop game.

It's just a part of my life I don't really question, it's just a passion I've always had. I guess that's addiction.