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Offline Jetmech Jr.

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How could anyone stand it?
on: August 10, 2005, 10:19:34 pm
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50+ Hours? Nonstop gaming?

I don't know any person who could stomach playing any single game for 50 hours without sleep. :wtf:
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Offline Ford Prefect

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Reply #1 on: August 10, 2005, 10:25:02 pm
Well I think someone has earned himself a space in the Darwin Awards.
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Offline Primus

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Reply #2 on: August 10, 2005, 10:28:30 pm
Gamejunkie...
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Offline IceFire

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Reply #3 on: August 10, 2005, 10:31:48 pm
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect
Well I think someone has earned himself a space in the Darwin Awards.

My thoughts exactly...
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Offline Ford Prefect

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Reply #4 on: August 10, 2005, 10:45:44 pm
Haha! This guy made Jay Leno's monologue tonight!
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Offline Fury

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Reply #5 on: August 10, 2005, 11:04:30 pm
You know, lately there has been so many asians, especially koreans who have died while playing some game. I don't know which is scarier, the fact that these are real cases or the fact that it's making a new stereotype for the koreans.
 

Offline Cobra

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Reply #6 on: August 10, 2005, 11:05:40 pm
pfff, and i thought I was addicted to games.
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Reply #7 on: August 11, 2005, 01:25:01 am
I've gone for 50 hours without playing games.
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Offline Descenter

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Reply #8 on: August 11, 2005, 01:56:45 am
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Originally posted by Cobra
pfff, and i thought I was addicted to games.


Same here......Guess I'll have to try harder...:doubt:
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Offline Gortef

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Reply #9 on: August 11, 2005, 04:10:44 am
again... didn't this same thing happen a few years back in China or something...
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Offline Fury

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Reply #10 on: August 11, 2005, 04:30:28 am
I think I've heard this happen at least 3 times in past few years. Always it has been an asian man, mostly a korean.
 

Offline BlackDove

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Reply #11 on: August 11, 2005, 07:03:49 am
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Originally posted by Sandwich
I've gone for 50 hours without playing games.


Me too. :yes:
 

Offline General Freak

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Reply #12 on: August 11, 2005, 09:11:27 am
Don't try this at home kids.
Do it in Internet cafes.

This is not a signature.
You did not see this.
It was all a dream.
You will not tell anyone about this.

Now go and read this signature again.

So, you actually bothered to scroll down, eh? If you're that bored, you might as well take a look at the links above.
 

Offline TopAce

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Reply #13 on: August 11, 2005, 09:22:36 am
Whoa. My longest gaming time was when I was playing KotOR for three or four hours without stop. I wanted to play a kind of Quake III Marathon, but after forty or fifty minutes I got enough.
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Offline Martinus

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Reply #14 on: August 11, 2005, 09:26:44 am
[color=66ff00]My longest run was 7 straight hours of Halo 1.
I went to the toilet after this time and was horrified when I looked in the mirror. I looked like someone had drained all the blood out of me, my skin looked grey.

Since then I've been rather more conservative in my gaming.
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Offline Gapie

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Reply #15 on: August 11, 2005, 09:35:25 am
Koreans are SO addicted to Starcraft :jaw:
 

Offline aldo_14

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Reply #16 on: August 11, 2005, 09:49:19 am
I think the longest I played a game was something like half 8 until half 3 in the morning, the day I bought Startopia.  I had absolutely no ****ing idea of the time, of course.
 

Offline Singh

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Reply #17 on: August 11, 2005, 10:17:32 am
Nonstop, I've gone 4 hours at most before I have to move around to the toilet or make food - its a good habit to exercise a bit every few hours or so, heck, every hour is the required norm I think.

Having an uncomfortable chair helps in making sure one's ass isn't on it for too long. :)
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Offline StratComm

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Reply #18 on: August 11, 2005, 10:19:38 am
Ah, Startopia.  I've been looking for that game lately.  No idea where I could find it cheaply though, which is unfortunate because as silly as it may be it is about the most entertaining sandbox game I've played in quite a while.
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Offline aldo_14

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Reply #19 on: August 11, 2005, 10:47:47 am
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Originally posted by StratComm
Ah, Startopia.  I've been looking for that game lately.  No idea where I could find it cheaply though, which is unfortunate because as silly as it may be it is about the most entertaining sandbox game I've played in quite a while.


It should be out on budget in the uk... can defo pick it up for about a fiver in the shops here.  Maybe if you can find (miracle of miracles) free shipping or something.
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