Poll: Man Gets Black-Out Drunk, Rampages Across Cyrodiil in TES IV: Oblivion

[razelas]

Source (Screenshots included) [http://www.facepunch.com/threads/631191-I-played-Oblivion-blacked-out-drunk-and-here-s-what-happened-%28via-picture-story%29]

From The Drunken Moogle [http://www.thedrunkenmoogle.com/]

Joecool, of the facepunch.com forums, drank a bit too much one night and blacked out. When he woke in the morning, he had apparently gone on a drunken crime spree in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, killing 131 npcs, assaulting many, stealing around 200 items, building up an infamy of 140 points and running up a bounty of 99,575. This was all new to him the morning after. If only real life had autosave points, too!

Needless to say, this is epic lulz. Then again, drunk/stoned gaming stories usually are. I recall a person who got drunk in GTA IV then drove, then got drunk in real life and drove in GTA IV, [http://kotaku.com/5011147/grand-theft-auto-dui] with rather humorous results.

So, Escapists, do you play video games while drunk?

I did play Black Ops and then Metal Gear Solid 4 (among other things) stoned and drunk out of mind one time, and I remember playing with god-like reflexes, out-maneuvering enemies and consistently getting 3.0 k/d (I'm a quiet drunk, but an active stoner, i.e. I do things when stoned).

Don't know about you guys, but I'm rather interested in playing Oblivion drunk and stoned.

 

[Jedoro]

I'm a happy drunk, so I don't know how that'd translate into video game performance, but I play sober.

 

[mitchell271]

i haven't yet but when i get wisdom teeth pulled, i'm gonna be high on painkillers for 4 days so i'm gonna be playing minecraft, replaying half-life 2 and a bunch of other games. I'm gonna be stoned out of my mind

 

[Hawknight]

I played precisely one round of League of Legends while fairly drunk with two other friends in a 5v5 unranked match. Somehow we managed to completely wreck the other team. Only drunk gaming I've ever done.

 

[garfoldsomeoneelse]

If I'm playing video games, there's a fair chance that I'm in some form of inebriation. I chill as hard as I work.

 

[Vault boy Eddie]

I'm a smiling, apparently deaf drunk. I lose my volume control and start talking loud. While playing I find it helps loosen me up, and I play better, depending on how much concentration the game requires.

 

[DarkShadow144]

I would play drunk but I'm too young to drink

 

[Ophiuchus]

That thing about the guy playing Oblivion drunk was posted here aaaaaaaaaaaaaages ago, probably around the time it was originally posted over there, but I'd completely forgotten about it. Nicely reminded.

Erm, no, I don't really play video games drunk. It tends to end badly. Well, maybe a bit of Rock Band if there's a few other drunks around the place, although it's obviously not a show of great skill...

 

[Biosophilogical]

[he had apparently gone on a drunken crime spree in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, killing 131 npcs, assaulting many, stealing around 200 items, building up an infamy of 140 points and running up a bounty of 99,575.

Here's hoping he had the Nocturnal's Cowl (I forget the actual item name).

 

[razelas]

That thing about the guy playing Oblivion drunk was posted here aaaaaaaaaaaaaages ago, probably around the time it was originally posted over there, but I'd completely forgotten about it. Nicely reminded.

Erm, no, I don't really play video games drunk. It tends to end badly. Well, maybe a bit of Rock Band if there's a few other drunks around the place, although it's obviously not a show of great skill...

I wouldn't be surprised, the date stamp of the source was ~3 years ago. The website I saw this on just reported this, though.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

No. I played Mario Kart Wii while drunk once a while back. Came in dead last and got so angry that my Wii was broken when I woke up then next morning. It's bad times.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Personally I don't see the appeal of people exclaiming what they did in a single player game while under influence. It's an instanced world, and something you're likely going to do when you get bored anyway. How is it funnier because you're drunk?

And no, I don't drink. Once beer has oxidized after being open it becomes incredibly hard to swallow without throwing up.

Like whiskey though, but I only drink that when depressed.

 

[Hamish Durie]

yeah it's fun to play drunk or even stoned sometimes and it's amazing when you actually play better stoned or drunk eg: was having trouble getting the beat halo 3 on legendary acheivment so I had a few passed out woke up yay me I got the acheivment but I only play drunk when the game beats me halo is one of the few examples of a single player campign beating me

 

[Suicidal_Ferret]

Oddly enough, I can't pilot to save my life sober.

But once I've had a bit to drink, suddenly I'm Maverick.

Or when was first play Bad Company 2, I couldn't figure out how to fly the helicopters (or the planes in 1943) until I was so drunk I couldn't stand. (I guess I was overcomplicating it mentally when I was sober and when drunk, K.I.S.S)

 

[razelas]

Personally I don't see the appeal of people exclaiming what they did in a single player game while under influence. It's an instanced world, and something you're likely going to do when you get bored anyway. How is it funnier because you're drunk?

It's hilarious because this was spontaneously done in a 4 hour period with major handicaps (i.e. using low quality armor and weapons), not including being inebriated. Sure, the same thing could be done more efficiently while sober, but it would not be as challenging.

 

[KarlMonster]

I've been dry for... 8 years? I don't remember what day it was, because I didn't want to celebrate the anniversary.

But. Back in *those* days, I worked nights, and opened my first beer as I was getting into my after-work shower. Then I played Counter-Strike (or whatever) for a few hours of two-fisted drinking. That led to a few moments that I just can't be proud of; getting banned from some servers, blacking out face down on the keyboard, saying things that... eh, you know the drill.

I'd say that person is much better off inflicting his altered mind on a solo world. Imagine if Joecool had done that in an MMO. You can do a lot of hurt with careless actions. I know its different to be stoned, but your frustration tolerance goes down as your blood alcohol goes up. That's just not good combination. Then you probably won't remember if you owe anyone an apology.

 

[godofallu]

I can remember me and a friend signing up for Gamebattles, playing Uno Doubles.

In that game you need codes to help get the cards you need without alerting the other team.

We got shitfaced then played ranked matches and we kept yelling the code as follows. I need a BLUE FISH! Lots of BLUE FISHES! BLUE MAN! Now I need 2 YELLOW FISH!

It was genius, noone could crack it.

 

[fooddood3]

I played GTA4 while, as the kids say, tripping balls on acid. From what I can gather, I just drove laps in the airport without blinking for 30 some minutes.

 

[hink86]

Use to play mech assault while drinking all the time in high school over xbox live.....as I recall it was fun and less stressful when I lost.

 

[evilstonermonkey]

I don't drink very regularly these days (no money FTL), but back when a carton or two a week was a part of my calculated budget I was pretty much always drinking whenever I was gaming. On the other hand, I almost never actually drink enough to be drunk, or even much more than lightly buzzed. But lets be honest, LBP is huge fun when there are four people shared-screen playing and all of us are fucking wasted.