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Yes unbelievable or not according to this story at http://www.vnunet.com/News/1135824 "A South Korean games addict died after playing non-stop for 86 hours"
Personally I think it must have been something he ate, possibly a hot dog ;)
Personally I think it must have been something he ate, possibly a hot dog ;)
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The longest I have played (with only 2 minute breaks every now and then to make my mum happy) is 7 hours
Oh my god.
All you little gamers out there should not try that.
All you little gamers out there should not try that.
A few months ago when I was experiencing insomnia (it wore off when I went too sleep) Channel 5 screened this weird endurance event in the wee small hours (So Channel 5, early morning, yes, I probably was the ONLY person watching it).
Anyway, back to the point, this event pitted teams of four people through an horrendous ordeal in pursuit of Self fulfilment, team building and of cause the chance of winning large cash prize. The event took place over 100's of Kilometres (whatever they are) in a time frame of up to about 3 days.
As I am a self confessed couch potato, I watched In horror as I saw these poor people struggle through the challenge. They started at Midnight with a few kilometres bike ride before ditching the bikes and hiking through the night. Now, any normal person would be exhausted by then but there was no stopping these guys.
Through wind and Rain up mountains and down vallies, theses contestants struggled on for between 2 and 4 days (depending how fast they were), with little food and none or little sleep. I was amazing as I saw these people do, after all It was an effort making a cup of tea in the adverts.
Of cause, some people didn't make it and those who did were clearly exhausted. Before watching this program, I never knew how much Us humans could do. For me it's 8 hours minimum sleep per night or indeed day, plenty of food and drink. Ok I can spend Hours playing games, instead of killing myself from exhaustion, It would be more likely Obesity, or even electrocution as I spill my drink over the console.
How did this guy does it?, as I've said Play games and use the PC for hours but Sleep, Drink and Food is very high on my priority. By the way does anyone know what game this guy was playing??
Anyway, back to the point, this event pitted teams of four people through an horrendous ordeal in pursuit of Self fulfilment, team building and of cause the chance of winning large cash prize. The event took place over 100's of Kilometres (whatever they are) in a time frame of up to about 3 days.
As I am a self confessed couch potato, I watched In horror as I saw these poor people struggle through the challenge. They started at Midnight with a few kilometres bike ride before ditching the bikes and hiking through the night. Now, any normal person would be exhausted by then but there was no stopping these guys.
Through wind and Rain up mountains and down vallies, theses contestants struggled on for between 2 and 4 days (depending how fast they were), with little food and none or little sleep. I was amazing as I saw these people do, after all It was an effort making a cup of tea in the adverts.
Of cause, some people didn't make it and those who did were clearly exhausted. Before watching this program, I never knew how much Us humans could do. For me it's 8 hours minimum sleep per night or indeed day, plenty of food and drink. Ok I can spend Hours playing games, instead of killing myself from exhaustion, It would be more likely Obesity, or even electrocution as I spill my drink over the console.
How did this guy does it?, as I've said Play games and use the PC for hours but Sleep, Drink and Food is very high on my priority. By the way does anyone know what game this guy was playing??
Rosalind wrote:
> No way my Boyfriend went with out sleep for 5 days in our first year
> at uni. He hallucinated a bit but he is still with us.
Ah, don't spoil it. Besides, not all people are as robust as your boyfriend most likely.
> No way my Boyfriend went with out sleep for 5 days in our first year
> at uni. He hallucinated a bit but he is still with us.
Ah, don't spoil it. Besides, not all people are as robust as your boyfriend most likely.
FantasyMeister wrote:
> Great, more fodder for the press. I wonder if a conscientious
> reporter will point out that if you do ANYTHING for 86 hours non-stop
> (apart from sleep) you'll probably die of exhaustion?
No way my Boyfriend went with out sleep for 5 days in our first year at uni. He hallucinated a bit but he is still with us.
> Great, more fodder for the press. I wonder if a conscientious
> reporter will point out that if you do ANYTHING for 86 hours non-stop
> (apart from sleep) you'll probably die of exhaustion?
No way my Boyfriend went with out sleep for 5 days in our first year at uni. He hallucinated a bit but he is still with us.
Great, more fodder for the press. I wonder if a conscientious reporter will point out that if you do ANYTHING for 86 hours non-stop (apart from sleep) you'll probably die of exhaustion?
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