I'm wondering if...

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...my brother has any form of aspergers.
I was diagnosed with Aspergers more than 5 years ago.
It seems to be better.
My aspergers still affects me with

-obsessions
-not being able to concentrate in school
-not having many friends(although that because I choose not to.)

I'm 14 and he's 20. When I got diagnosed, he was living with his dad.

My brother is obsessed with WoW(used to be obsessed with hockey and lacrosse), he had many problems in school and ended up dropping out, he doesn't have many friends and he just seems like an older me.

If you have it, your brother has a higher risk of having it himself. We know that much just from the genetics.

WoW is a pretty common obsession, but if you say he is like an older version of you, with the same difficulties, you may be on to something. Your brother may or may not want a formal diagnosis, but you probably owe it to him to mention the idea. If it turns out that he has AS too, he might benefit from the self-knowledge a diagnosis can bring.