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Hello fans, I'm sad to say that I've got major burnout from SC2 and can't find the energy to play another ZvZ. I started playing about 3 months ago and wanted to get to master's league as fast as I could. I started in silver league with 0 experience other then watching major SC2 tournaments. I should have tracked my progress (maybe in a blog). I managed to climb the ladder quickly after reading various guide's and watching PRO streams on TL when I didn't feel like playing (thanks Sen).
The burnout started with the local Vancouver tournament that took place, oh god I forget, 1 1/2 months ago? I was super excited for it. I was in the AM bracket because I was only in diamond at the time. I had pushed really hard the week leading up to it to get into masters. As many of you Vancouverites might know the tournament hit some glitches and had to be cancelled due to technical issues between the LAN center and Blizzard.
This was a big disappointment for me. I had worked really hard in order to compete for this tournament and then it just went away without so much as a game being complete. So there I was, the tournament I worked so hard for never went through, I had no motivation, and when I did play I cringed when I saw my opponent was a zerg 
So this is what I need from you guys, give me your TOP 5 current games that you own. I'm not looking for free games or cheap ones, just games you enjoy playing (computer specific).
EDIT: Add a little description about the game's listed (RTS, Shooter, puzzle etc etc)
EDIT2: I'm going to try some of these games and write a blog/review
 
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Heroes of Might and Magic III with Wake of the Gods fan-made Xpansion. Timeless.
Knights of the Old Republic. Probably one of the best RPGs to date. Mod it. search for Manit0u's thread.
Armies of Exigo. A fantasy based RTS inspired by Brood War. Fun.
Fallout 1 and 2 Godly turn-based RPG.
Battlefield 2 or 2142 mind-boggingly good team-based shooters. I wasted a lot of my life on them and I don't regret a single second.
honorable mention: Portal 1&2 fun puzzle games =)
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Heroes of Might and Magic 6 (demo for now, release October 13)
YES, HoMM 3 too
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The Witcher 2
Bastion
Portal 1&2
Tales of Monkey Island 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Oh, and HoMM3 as well, obv.
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Armies of EXIGO was interesting but I don't enjoy it that much sorry to say,
Darkstone (really retro but a solid, A+ game)
Lord of the Rings BFME I and II are good for a quick giggle but not AMAZING,
League of Legends (IMO) is one of the more relaxing games I play (assuming your teammates don't freak out every 5 seconds),
BW was always good too.
WarCraft III:TFT was fun because of all the cool mods, (I'm really breaking the rules but I'm just listing off games)
Deus Ex was pretty legendary,
Dragon Age Origins was good (I haven't played the others or KoTR).
And I think that's it.
Honorable mention: Tales of Symphonia I.
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DoTA - better competitive game than HoN and LoL IMO
BF2 / 2142 - best shooters IMO
SC:BW - best RTS IMO
in no particular order
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SW:TOR
SOTIS
Watching SC2
Listening to SC2
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Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Paper Mario 64
Dynasty Warriors 6
FIFA 2010
Gears of War 2
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Planescape : Torment.
Best singleplayer game I've played.
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Team Fortress 2 most definitely. Played it when it was first out, had a break for about 1 year (when hats started coming out) and i'm playing again and it's still heaps of fun.
Fallout 3/New Vegas I spent a fair amount of time on too.
Bioshock's 1 and 2 I enjoyed very thoroughly too.
On September 20 2011 07:08 GettingIt wrote:
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door
Paper Mario 64
Dynasty Warriors 6
FIFA 2010
Gears of War 2
OP asked for PC-specific games.
Good on ya for reading though.
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Black Ops - FPS
League of Legends - MOBA
Fallout 3 - RPG (not New Vegas, 3 was WAY better IMO)
Oblivion - RPG
Other than SC2 those are my top . I feel you with the burnout, i'm getting there myself and have been watching more than I have played. I'm waiting on and Skyrim which are both out in November.
Edit: OMG I FORGOT MINECRAFT - best sandbox ever
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System Shock 2 (RPG/shooter hybrid, SO GOOD)
Vampire The Masquerade : Bloodlines (the best RPG out there imo)
Gothic 2 (another RPG, best open world RPG, so much better than Oblivion etc)
Team Fortress 2 (it's free and a really awesome teambased shooter)
Amnesia (horror adventure)
All of those 5 games are worth playing, not the very best games I own, but 3 of them are quite under the radar and deserve much more praise than they get. And Amnesia/Team Fortress 2 are loads of fun aswell.
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League of Legends
Homm3
HoN
Half-life 2 if you haven't played it...
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Look into playing portal 1, its free on steam until the 20th, and if you like it enough buy portal 2. its first person puzzle game.
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DoTA (maybe not, cuz it has a very high learning curve)
Counter Strike (FPS) - old but still fun
RollerCoaster Tycoon (sometimes u want to play a non-competitive game and RTC is just so calm)
Tekken 6 (best fighter game IMO)
Mass Effect (never played but i heard it was rly good)
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The Witcher 1+2 (best RPG series I've played in the last 5 years. The 2nd is much better in terms of combat but they are both excellent plot driven games)
Xenogears (My favorite RPG of all time. It's a PS1 game but can be played on comp though emulators. Very easy to use and highly suggest it. If you want to play it and need help with emulators PM me.)
Mass Effect1+2? (I believe it's out of PC, I play it on 360, but another real great RPG I'd suggest)
Dead Space 1+2 (Pretty straight forward 3rd person shooter horror games. Very engaging story however and great atmosphere. Highly recommend. I'd compare to Resident Evil 4/5 if you've played those)
Amnesia: Dark Decent (Fun if you love horror games and being scared. It's a atmospheric type game though and you need to let yourself get immersed. Not action oriented, still excellent however.)
My list would be WAY WAY different if you allowed console games.
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Well I'm going to list my 5 go-to games, they're all pretty well known so I don't think I need to describe them in much detail...
Diablo 2 / LoD - was playing on USEast hardcore ladder until I died last weekend.
DOTA - a couple games every week, not too many.
MapleStory - It's one of those MMO's you hate playing but can't quit.
SimCity 4 - one of my favourite all-time, especially with transportation routing!
SCBW - can't dodge when meeting up with my Korean friends.
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Obviously BW. It's like sc2 but where everything is improved! A worthy sequel.
+ Show Spoiler +
Portal (first person puzzle game with great story)
Resident evil 4 (survival horror/action. 3rd person shooter)
Ninja Gaiden Black (Probably my favorite single player game of all time. 3rd person action, think God of War with ramped up difficulty and ninjas)
Pokemon Red/Blue (Nostalgia!! Also grinding. Who doesn't love grinding?)
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On September 20 2011 07:42 Xenocide_Knight wrote:Obviously BW. It's like sc2 but where everything is improved! A worthy sequel. + Show Spoiler +
Portal (first person puzzle game with great story)
Resident evil 4 (survival horror/action. 3rd person shooter)
Ninja Gaiden Black (Probably my favorite single player game of all time. 3rd person action, think God of War with ramped up difficulty and ninjas)
Pokemon Red/Blue (Nostalgia!! Also grinding. Who doesn't love grinding?)
Not gonna lie I used to find my old Blue/yellow and pick it up and play maybe 5 years ago but now I'm just too old/lost interest in pokemon. Good times though.
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I'd give Bastion a go. Soothing relaxing game that makes you forget where you are with it's active narration and pleasant sound tracks.
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