How many hours? - Page 2

Wiglaf · January 5, 2001, 21:29

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I think I've managed to play Civ2 for real close to 24 hours

Blake still has the advantage -- come on, people! How dare you have lives!

Misotu · January 6, 2001, 21:53

No he doesn't ... I already posted to say that I've done 36 hours straight. Seriously ...

But not for a *very* long time now, and hopefully never again ...

Blake · January 7, 2001, 04:03

Actually I said I only played for 18 hours straight (maybe a break for dinner), After having breakfast I would have passed out until dinner, then played multiplayer until atleast midnight (at which stage all but the most devoted/stupid game players go to sleep). So in one 36 hours period I played 24 hours of SMACX, but only 18 hours straigt

Misotu · January 7, 2001, 20:57

I'm afraid it is. But I could not do that on multiplayer - it's usually the single-player challenges that pull me in to the point where I can't put them down ...

I have to wait until the rest of the family are away to indulge in this ridiculous stuff of course. They'd kill me if they knew

Wiglaf · January 8, 2001, 01:11

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No he doesn't ... I already posted to say that I've done 36 hours straight. Seriously

Sorry, I just didn't think that was possible

So - 36 hours is the new high then, eh? Any challengers

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niteowl · January 9, 2001, 01:02

Due to my crappy chair, my longest straight sitting is only about 6hours. However, I have probably logged several hundred hours in the past year since I acquired SMAC.

However, I must confess to a sever case of JOMTS (just one more turn syndrome).

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mark13 · January 9, 2001, 16:02

Any prizes for the 'least addicted' here?

Based on what I've heard I could get that one - the longest sitting in one go IIRC was about 4 hours....still, I have a lot of strategy games, and tend to juggle between a few of them - I managed to get Colonization recently, and am now hooked

Wiglaf · January 9, 2001, 18:07

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Due to my crappy chair, my longest straight sitting is only about 6hours.

Get Misotu's chair, it'll carry you on for 30 more

Really, is your chair the kind that break in half every few hours

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Velociryx · January 11, 2001, 19:40

Sorry for chiming in so late on this thread....didn't see it till I had a chance to browse some of the ones I'd been missing....LOL

When I was working to finish up the latest version of the strat guide (there's a good bit more to be said on the subject of our favorite game, and rumor has it that I might be convinced to expand it once more....a little birdie tol' me...

), I took two days off from work, combined it with the weekend, and sat here in this hardwood, straight-back chair for pretty much the entire time. Can't say for sure how many hours straight I played, cos I fell asleep at the keyboard at least twice, but that was my longest stint EVER....at any game...OUCH...and yes, I'd offer to buy Mis's chair in a heartbeat! Anything would be better than the one I got...

-=Vel=-
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Wiglaf · January 15, 2001, 21:15

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I took two days off from work, combined it with the weekend, and sat here in this hardwood, straight-back chair for pretty much the entire time. Can't say for sure how many hours straight I played, cos I fell asleep at the keyboard at least twice, but that was my longest stint EVER....at any game...OUCH...and yes, I'd offer to buy Mis's chair in a heartbeat! Anything would be better than the one I got...

Okay, counting rest (assuming you spent 8 hours asleep at the keyboard each time?) you played for 80 hours. No, no, wait - you must be joking... poor Vel...

I think that record's going to stand for a looong time...

mark13 · January 15, 2001, 21:33

At least, I hope that record stands for a loooong time....

Velociryx · January 15, 2001, 21:33

I dunno...LOL...I've been parked here at the desk editing for almost as long a time this weekend....but alas, not playing much....mostly just cranking out the new material, combining, editing, and sifting through.....

-=Vel=-
(who's off to do more editing!)

Wiglaf · January 16, 2001, 18:23

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Originally posted by mark13 on 01-15-2001 08:33 PM
At least, I hope that record stands for a loooong time....

LOL

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Misotu · January 16, 2001, 22:25

Vel, this is *not* in your best interest

I think I should donate my chair to Vel in the interest of dedicated SMAC/X gamers everywhere ... it's reasonably comfy, although it could do with considerably more padding, I have to say ...

Wiglaf · January 16, 2001, 23:01

Yeah, autograph his strat guide and he'll send you a ... chair

Misotu · January 16, 2001, 23:08

*her* SMACed, *her*

Unexpected, I know

Blake · January 17, 2001, 04:22

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At least, I hope that record stands for a loooong time....

I'll have a go at beating it once I'm back at Uni, prehaps during the mid year study week

, altough I couldn't do it in SMAX (already played that to death). Last year I think I spent three days playing Diablo 2 once, only stopping for (some) meals, sleep and counterstrike, the really bad bit was it was 3-4 player multiplayer

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Wiglaf · January 17, 2001, 18:24

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Originally posted by Misotu on 01-16-2001 10:08 PM
*her* SMACed, *her*

Unexpected, I know

Sorry for the typo. To tell the truth I just finished posting in the civ2 forums, your name looked like Ming, the evil moderator of good posters everywhere

(it was a joke, ming! it was!)

mark13 · January 17, 2001, 19:18

Ming? SMAC? No....