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Do you really need to sleep?

comradecomrade Member Posts: 9
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What would happen if you tried to finish the entire game without sleeping?

I mean myself, not my Baldur's Gate character.

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  • DebaserDebaser Member Posts: 669
    I would have a screwed up sleep schedule and never get any work done. But I'd have fun until snapping back into reality.
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  • ChowChow Member Posts: 1,192
    I could probably do it in a single day if I tried, two at most, so it wouldn't have time to hurt me that much.
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  • CorvinoCorvino Member Posts: 2,269
    @tilly Good use of the word diurnal. It's one of those useful ones that gets underused.
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  • DelvarianDelvarian Member Posts: 1,232
    Bhaaldog said:

    comrade said:

    What would happen if you tried to finish the entire game without sleeping?

    I mean myself, not my Baldur's Gate character.

    Game can be beat in less than an hour.
    He means if your NOT playing a werebear.
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  • Oxford_GuyOxford_Guy Member Posts: 3,729
    Takes me months to play the game...
  • SeveronSeveron Member Posts: 214
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_deprivation
  • MathmickMathmick Member Posts: 326
    Cumulative fatigue penalties will most certainly screw you over if you take TOO long.
  • LuigirulesLuigirules Member Posts: 419
    I wonder how fast you could blow through the first game as an 8 million XP, fully ToB geared character.

    Hmm...now I'm tempted to try it.
  • PaheejPaheej Member Posts: 126
    Crushing the game in one day without sleep is entirely feasible. Most humans (healthy) will experience significant degradation in efficiency, awareness, and fine motor skills if not given 4 (non-continuous) hours of sleep in a 24 hour period. So you need to make a significant gains on your first day if it going to take more than 20 hours.

    Having said that I have stayed up for over 98 hours continuous. Other people in my group started hallucinating at 60+ hours and had to bow out at that time.

    Remember that motivation and caffeine are all you really need in life. A lot of Baldur's Gate and Money also help.
  • DjimmyDjimmy Member Posts: 749
    BG1 no problem, BG2 whole another story.
  • IkMarcIkMarc Member Posts: 552
    Bhaaldog said:

    comrade said:

    What would happen if you tried to finish the entire game without sleeping?

    I mean myself, not my Baldur's Gate character.

    Game can be beat in less than an hour.
    ???????????????????????? what the **** ?????????????????????????
  • ChowChow Member Posts: 1,192
    IkMarc said:

    ???????????????????????? what the **** ?????????????????????????

    Speedrunners are insane.

    Did you know Morrowind, an even larger and more complicated game than Baldur's Gate, can be beaten in less than ten minutes?
  • ReadingRamboReadingRambo Member Posts: 598
    edited February 2013
    10 minutes???

    Edit: a googled morrowind speed run, that's pretty insane.
  • KirkorKirkor Member Posts: 700
    Chow said:

    IkMarc said:

    ???????????????????????? what the **** ?????????????????????????

    Speedrunners are insane.

    Did you know Morrowind, an even larger and more complicated game than Baldur's Gate, can be beaten in less than ten minutes?
    Same with first Fallout game.
  • SylphSylph Member Posts: 210
    I don't think I can go without sleep entirely, but I have had 20+ hour gaming sessions peppered with the occasional 2-4 hour pass-outs. Usually involves a lot of energy drinks and feeling like absolute crap for a week afterwards, so I wouldn't recommend it :P
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