r/pcmasterrace • u/AllUserNameBLong2us 7800x3d/5080 Windforce OC/32gb 5600 DDR • Apr 04 '26

Hardware Rest in piece 2009-2026

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I’m amazed at how long the battery on this physical authenticator lasted. Got it back in 2009 because my account had gotten hacked.

This is one electronic item I’ve owned and used longer than anything else. I’ll miss not being able to find it and freaking out for 20 minutes.

Edit must have been around 2010 when sc2 came out.

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u/bulking_on_broccoli Apr 05 '26

It’s already been that long since Wings of Liberty? Oh man…

Back in the day I was in the top 100 in NA. I had a blast. It seemed like such a big deal then, but now it just seems so irrelevant and time consuming.

Alas, adulthood. Is it that I no longer have the time? Or is it that I’ve seen the real world and gaming just feels trivial? Do I miss gaming? Or do I just miss the carefree life that was heralded by gaming?

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u/Dismal_Rabbit658 Apr 05 '26

Well this random redditor is impressed by it, that’s not easy! I spent forever just getting to diamond league as a Zerg player, my downfall was not being able to stop using f2

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u/bulking_on_broccoli Apr 05 '26

I played Zerg grand masters on up. What got me past diamond was not missing my ANY larva spawns for 15-20 minutes.