I used to play SC1 Brood Wars when I was a teen.
Hell yeah, BW was fun, I miss the simplicity.
I use to play when SCII first came out. Protoss main Platinum. It was fun but I took a break and could never catch back up with the meta.
Wow, I main Zerg but I haven't been able to bust out of Silver league. I was trying to do the 'staircase method' and my macro is decent but micro is too much clicking/practice for me. Pretty sure the same thing will happen to me, except worse, when the new expansion comes out (I don't plan on buying it though).
I really wonder why Blizzard is focusing so much on the micro game, I feel it alienates a large part of their player base... the whole MLG thing is getting out of control IMHO, it's no wonder no one plays anymore. Probably a reason games why like LoL and DOTA are so popular, I've never played either but I assume there's much less multitasking to keep a handle on.
JFYI for those of you that played a while ago, if you jump online with friends that bought the expansion (Heart of the Swarm), it gives you that content for free so you can play with the new units and stuff. Several of my friends just use the Starter Edition exclusively