I also ask, I really ask all the players of our resource, as well as guests, to share their hero stories, to remember how they came to Heroes - it's definitely interesting.

Yes, Heroes is our common hobby, and it's very nice that the younger generation is also getting involved in Heroes.

For me, Heroes 3 was introduced by my friend in 1999 or 2000, and we played together, either at my place or his place.
Then, at his request, we started playing "privately".
Very often I caught my friend (he was quite a sly one:smile29: ) using a mirror or a disc to peek at my moves.
I remember playing campaigns for nights on end when I had to go to the Academy the next morning.
I remember, when playing random maps with AI (I liked HL with the Underworld), I really liked to take one or two castles, control them, and defend against the AI that had captured everything else. I would deliberately prolong the games to around month 11, etc., to give the AI a chance to develop, and then I would sit in "Defense".

Glory to Heroes!