alt Hacker NewsWarcraft II was my introduction to the RTS genre and fell in love with it. Warcraft II really gave each unit a unique character and the strategies for almost endless. Spents tons of time playing and replaying it over the years and it's kinda crazy it still has a competitive scene.
Warcraft II and C&C made me fall in love with the genre, all my friends and people on the internet that routinely roflstomped me made me go back to FPS.