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Brood War Bench

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  1. pelagicAustral · · focus · HN ↗
    Unrelated to the benchmark...

    I love StarCraft. I started playing it right from the beginning, most of my friends right now are from that era. I literally met people that have spread to almost every continent when I was in my early teens. We played at internet cafes and did not have access to the internet, that was priced differently...

    I miss those days so much.

    Everybody was from a different background back then, and nobody was anything other than a guy that plays StaCraft at the cybercafe... And now, we are in our 40's and I know Math teachers, history teachers, oil rig operators, software programmers, professional gamers, lawyers and more... hahah So crazy to think about it... and I know them, we talk, what a world.

    1. snicky · · focus · HN ↗
      Oh boy, I've spent more hours playing it than I dare to admit. I won over 10000 battle.net games ... on just one of my several accounts :) When the SC2 beta came out, I played about 50-100 games and never bought the full game, because I knew it would be like heroin to me, and I was already an adult that had to take care of himself.
      1. ddlsmurf · · focus · HN ↗
        I did buy it, all three, loved it. But somehow, broodwar is the one coming back on the scene more than it
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