I like to believe that Starcraft has improved my ability to multitask. Also, resource management. I'm able to apply delayed gratification to my army by buildi

I like to believe that Starcraft has improved my ability to multitask. Also, resource management. I'm able to apply delayed gratification to my army by building stronger units that cost more later by investing more heavily in economy/upgrades/technology early on based on the state of my opponent. Also, Ultima Online has a bunch of player-run servers. Someone came out with a client that injects packets to the Ultima Online servers, so I was able to learn to write "fault tolerant" programs. It was a huge motivator for me to learn to be a better programmer.