Originally Posted by Thrasher 
I've started Starcraft (the original plus expansion). I am horrible at RTS's and there's no difficulty setting. I'm fucked.
Fantastic game.. probably still my favorite RTS of all time.
I wouldn't worry about the lack of difficulty settings, SC1 did it right imo. The difficulty curve is just about perfect for the length of the game. I didn't enjoy SC2 as much because none of the settings felt right to me.