Do games mix well with alcohol?
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When i used to drink, I remember giving Gran Turismo a go just to see how well I drove while under the influence......didn't do too well. 
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Personal experience for me would indicate improved vocals, but minimal improvement on guitar before swan diving.TPiddy said:
My mind says yes, but a dint in the wall and a broken chair says no...
I do know that my friends were enjoying themselves listening to me though, apparently I was shouting at a wall (guessing thats where the dint came from) and telling everyone I love them. So coming home from a party and playing xbox live not a good combination.
But Rock Band 2 vocals and beer go well together, gotta love master exploder by Tenacious D.
I do know that my friends were enjoying themselves listening to me though, apparently I was shouting at a wall (guessing thats where the dint came from) and telling everyone I love them. So coming home from a party and playing xbox live not a good combination.
But Rock Band 2 vocals and beer go well together, gotta love master exploder by Tenacious D.
I dont know WHY this phenomenon occurs in Raiding (WoW) but performance always seems to spike with blood alchohol content and then plummet into giggling oblivion and ninja wipes an hour later.
A deadly combo, but it gets the hard modes done. And those of us playing sober (or just running on somthing weak) get a free show.
Uerrhm, as for shooters, etc I really really doubt it boosts performance in anyway. I do know theres nothing more entertaining than a bad RPG, a potent bottle of wine and a friend doing really bad voice overs, but thats purely entertainment.
Performance? Not so much, during that debacle I couldn't find the status menu for 10mins due to lack of coordination. Much lol's were had.
A deadly combo, but it gets the hard modes done. And those of us playing sober (or just running on somthing weak) get a free show.
Uerrhm, as for shooters, etc I really really doubt it boosts performance in anyway. I do know theres nothing more entertaining than a bad RPG, a potent bottle of wine and a friend doing really bad voice overs, but thats purely entertainment.
Performance? Not so much, during that debacle I couldn't find the status menu for 10mins due to lack of coordination. Much lol's were had.
Alcohol = loss of co-ordination
Gaming with loss of co-ordination = extremely difficult.
You know how hard it is to text someone while you're drunk, right? Well, gaming while drunk is a similar experience.
Gaming with loss of co-ordination = extremely difficult.
You know how hard it is to text someone while you're drunk, right? Well, gaming while drunk is a similar experience.
Trick question, everything mixes well with alcohol.
Generally my performance will be inhibited but I actually find after maybe 3-4 beers I play FPSes better than normal. I'm not so far gone that my aiming has suffered but I'm relaxed enough that I do stuff that I wouldn't normally do and the enemy don't expect it. My first 150 kill haul in a proper map (not shipment, killhouse, wetwork etc.) came about after coming home from a party and as a started sobering up a bit back to tipsy I got better and better. It only works with FPSes though. Everything else I start playing like a troglodyte then crash and burn.
Generally my performance will be inhibited but I actually find after maybe 3-4 beers I play FPSes better than normal. I'm not so far gone that my aiming has suffered but I'm relaxed enough that I do stuff that I wouldn't normally do and the enemy don't expect it. My first 150 kill haul in a proper map (not shipment, killhouse, wetwork etc.) came about after coming home from a party and as a started sobering up a bit back to tipsy I got better and better. It only works with FPSes though. Everything else I start playing like a troglodyte then crash and burn.
Sounds like a good night in azeroth!Nicragomi said:Last weekend, I couldn't remember why my warrior had a tier 1 mage head, tier 2 druid shoulders and tier 2 hunter pants in their bag, and I was in the middle of Dalaran with no clothes on holding a 5 pound fish in one hand, and a bouqet of roses in the other.
I think a little booze when I play is fun. I try not to play MP games online when I have tied one one though as I imagine that is annoying to the other people on my team. Plus my reaction times are destroyed by the presence of scotch im my system. I like to play little big planet drunk though as the silliness of that game is multiplied in my mind when i am all beery.
i have to say, through personal experience, i got way better at Call of Duty 4 when i was drunk. But that was when i never really played it, so i wasn't all that good to begin with.
Sometimes yeah. For some reason playing God of war 2 on titan mode was alot easier while very drunk. I have no idea how or why.
I think Danny, Phoenix and Prophet can testify that I shouldn't be let near a keyboard when drunk, let alone game...
Having said that, I held a 1:1 k/d on TF2 that night...
EDIT: However, as I've just been reminded, I'm banned from a Neotokyo server because I played it drunk last time, and I took out 5 of my 7 man team (me + 1 alive) by being twitchy with my shotgun...
Having said that, I held a 1:1 k/d on TF2 that night...
EDIT: However, as I've just been reminded, I'm banned from a Neotokyo server because I played it drunk last time, and I took out 5 of my 7 man team (me + 1 alive) by being twitchy with my shotgun...
I'd rarely play WoW sober this summer. It makes the grinding and wipes less annoying, and there isn't a whole lot you lose in wow without coordination. Most other games become a lot harder though.
Playing Left 4 Dead with a group of people who've never played the game or indeed an Xbox 360 before while slightly drunk makes for a fun evening. The game loses all tension and descends into a shouting, laughing mess as no one knows where to go and everyone is throwing poorly thought out taunts at the screen.
So yes, games and alcohol can and do mix.
So yes, games and alcohol can and do mix.
Drunken MMORPGs are alot of fun. Especially when you are typing everything that goes through your mind into the LS (ffxi's take on a Guild) chat.