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Never Thought It'd Happen But...

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The mythical moment has arrived! After years of being asked "but can it run Crysis?" as the ultimate PC benchmark question, someone finally leveraged this meme into an actual job offer. Crysis (2007) was so notoriously demanding that even modern systems struggle with it at max settings. The formal frog gentleman's announcement perfectly captures that surreal professional victory when your obscure gaming knowledge suddenly becomes a legitimate technical qualification. The interview probably went: "What's your experience with hardware stress testing?" "Well, I've been running Crysis since 2007..." "YOU'RE HIRED!"

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