"Sleep is for the weak!" a.k.a. Your longest gaming session...

[King of the Sandbox]

Marathons aren't just for runners. We gamers have been known to go without basic necessary functions for a long time while playing, especially any that play MMO's. But for our purposes, let's omit them. Mostly because people have died doing those, and that's no fun.

So, what's the longest single gaming session you've ever had and what game was it that drove you to this madness?

For me, I'm kind of embarrassed to admit it, but it was when Final Fantasy 7 launched.

I skipped school for three days to finish it. The Playstation was never turned off. I only took bathroom breaks, and was right back grinding materia as soon as I flushed. I like to think that I actually flushed shows I at least had some dignity.

I ate while I played, and didn't sleep at all until I finally finished the game, after which, I crashed for another straight day.

I'm also fairly sure a party went on around me at one point, but you, as gamers, know what the only party I was concerned with was. And Cid was ALWAYS in it, if I had any say so.

The only thing that's come close since has been Just Cause 2. I've got two 13 hour sessions in so far, and I'm only 23% complete. They'd be longer if I wasn't so blasted old and require sleep about as much as I require air.

But, I digress. What about you?

 

[Gizmo]

I'm pretty sure my longest gaming session was during my first play through of oblivion and it was some where around 20 hours before passing out in my computer chair, it was quite the fun time.

 

[Salty Weasel]

I think that the longest session I've ever played a game was until 6 in the morning. I was playing fallout 3 and the only reason that I stopped was because my computer got a BSOD. The closest that I've ever come to that was when I played Assassin's creed 2 until 2 a.m.

 

[SilentVirus]

I try to get to bed around 11 pm. But my LONGEST gaming session went on for a good 6 hours.

 

[Asymptote Angel]

I spent roughly six and a half hours straight playing Final Fantasy Tactics. I was... committed to beating a tough fight.

 

[Salty Weasel]

I try to get to bed around 11 pm. But my LONGEST gaming session went on for a good 6 hours.

Tsk tsk. It's past your bedtime then.

 

[Mr. Grey]

The longest I remember was certainly 25 hours with Saints Row 2. That was fun - nonstop not even to use the bathroom and I ate only once fun.

I think that's it... I may have played longer and if I have I've forgotten it.

 

[HontooNoNeko]

I played Ragnarok Online for 31 hours straight 7 years ago. Why?...
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That answer is still unknown.

 

[King of the Sandbox]

The longest I remember was certainly 25 hours with Saints Row 2. That was fun - nonstop not even to use the bathroom and I ate only once fun.

I think that's it... I may have played longer and if I have I've forgotten it.

I played Ragnarok Online for 31 hours straight 7 years ago. Why?...
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Answer is still unknown.

Alright. Now we're talking!

No offense to anyone else, but I wanna see some higher hours and maybe even some days in there.

Y'know.... 'cause it's cool.

Not because I want to feel better about myself after what I did or anything.

/coughs

 

[Meggiepants]

It's probably a tie between Tetris 2 and Street Fighter 2.

I know these aren't the typical games you would see here, but both times I was with some friends and my brother, and we started at some point in the afternoon and had to go out for breakfast the next morning when we were too tired to play anymore, or when one of us passed out from exhaustion.

 

[Gorog2]

I once played Dragon age: origins, for 4 days, 16 hours, 47 min, and 32.3 sec.
It was all for charity.
I ran on pizza, fries, Soda, and energy drinks, till I passed out.

 

[King of the Sandbox]

I once played Dragon age: origins, for 4 days, 16 hours, 47 min, and 32.3 sec.
It was all for charity.
I ran in pizza, fries, Soda, and energy drinks, till I passed out.

Awesome! Super awesome 'cause it was for charity. Good on you, sir.

Also, congrats on the new high score.

Also, also, is it hard to run in pizza? I'd think the cheese would slow you down.

(I kid, I kid.)

 

[OpiateChicken]

I played Diablo 2 LoD for probably about 15-16 hours in one day, one summer when my parents and siblings went on a camping trip, and I was too sick to go. The only times I peeled myself away from the screen was when I went to the bathroom, or to go to my friend's house across the street to do the same thing, so that we could be in the same room IRL and rush each other/plan to scam people/other fun stuff.

I really, really wish I could have those days back. Now I spend 6-7 hours a day on the computer looking at the Escapist/4chan/nhl.com, 1-2 hours doing schoolwork, and the rest of the time with a girlfriend who isn't really interested in anything I have to say about anything. Other than that, I live in a different city than my friends, so I am completely and utterly alone.

 

[Sacman]

I timed my longest it was 82 hours I beat 12 games Final Fantasy XII took the longest...

 

[Chase Yojimbo]

around 24 days for me, but i never use energy drinks or anything of the kind.

 

[one of them]

I can never play Single Player games for more than a few hours at a time, but if me and a buddy get into a good TF2 server then I can play for up to 10 hours without stopping. I hate staying up til' the morning hours though because it screws up my sleeping schedule, so I only do it during a long vacation.

 

[Vrex360]

I can't remember how long exactly but for a whole week I was into Mass Effect 2, right from when I got home from Tafe to when it was time to sleep.
I got home once at four in the afternoon, took a break from playing at about 11:35 at night.

I was thoroughly gripped.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

8 hours I think. I could never go for days on end.

We will never sleep cause' sleep is for the weak! And we will never rest, till we're all fucking dead!