At the time I'm writing this I have been awake for almost exactly 30 hours, ive done 18 many times and occastionaly 24 but 30 is a personal high. I don't know how I feel right now except that my mind is in a highly altered state. It's comparable to being on drugs though not as severe i don't think. anyways... cheers to 30

Scorpion

United States1974 Posts

February 04 2008 06:09 GMT

Now try going for 6 days. You'll start seeing weird shit around 5 days, trust me =P

.kaz

1963 Posts

February 04 2008 06:12 GMT

I advise that you don't drink or eat too much, or you'll get sick. Atleast, when I stay up for 24+ hours, its like my body shuts down, and so when I drink or eat anything I just throw it up in an hour or two.

SonuvBob

Aiur21549 Posts

February 04 2008 06:13 GMT

Topic: "i set a per..."

"...son on fire"? No? Damn. 1/5 then.

BottleAbuser

Korea (South)1888 Posts

February 04 2008 06:17 GMT

Despite what .kaz said, keep yourself hydrated. And go to sleep unless you have something better to do. Trying to do something for 50 hours straight is like trying to micro your 12 m&ms for the whole game and completely ignoring macro.

zulu_nation8

China26351 Posts

February 04 2008 06:27 GMT

yea I've drank at least 10 bottles of water in that span, its like my body calls for it

Macavenger

United States1132 Posts

February 04 2008 06:28 GMT

The times I had to stay up around 30 hours in college I remember being pretty fun, actually. Right around then some sort of second wind kicks in, you stop feeling tired, and everything is funny as hell. It is pretty similar to what I imagine a drug high would be like, though I don't have any experience there to compare to.

Like a drug high though, you're going to come crashing down hard and fast pretty soon

Like others have said, get in bed as soon as possible. The longest I ever had to stay up was 38 hours, and when walking down the hall to my room after that I realized I wasn't walking in a straight line :O It's really funny to talk about that now but it was pretty scary at the time.

Dromar

United States2145 Posts

February 04 2008 06:46 GMT

On February 04 2008 15:13 SonuvBob wrote:
Topic: "i set a per..."

"...son on fire"? No? Damn. 1/5 then.

Wow that's exactly what I thought.

BroOd

Austin10831 Posts

February 04 2008 06:49 GMT

Upload some cool replays of good chinese players.

BottleAbuser

Korea (South)1888 Posts

February 04 2008 06:49 GMT

#10

My experiences with sleep deprivation:

Sometimes, at about 30 hours, I see a bunch of white streaks swimming around my peripheral vision. They look solid, and it lasts about a dozen seconds.

At about 40-50 hours, I just don't care any more. I don't care about the game I'm playing, I don't care about how tired I am, I don't care about whether I sleep or keep playing.

The one time I stayed up 70 hours (ok, I cheated with 30 minute sleep), I ingested about 8 liters of coke and went to the restroom maybe 20 times. It didn't feel much different from 40-50 hours, except that my eyes started hurting when the sun rose.

ulszz

Jamaica1787 Posts

February 04 2008 07:02 GMT

#11

hahaha, nice staying up for long periods of time is pretty fun imo. my personal best is 36 hours.

Krohm

Canada1857 Posts

February 04 2008 07:04 GMT

#12

I've pushed myself past 30 a few times. The worst time however, is when my vision got really distorted. I couldn't see or focus right, it was pretty scary at the time. My friend laughed at me because I was like "I'm going to go to sleep, and hope the problem fixes it's self." It did thankfully.

Anyways, the last time I stayed up that late, I was only getting about 2-3 hours of sleep every day for about 5 days. I was barely eating or drinking as well. Then I randomly pulled my left pectoral muscle and it triggered an anxiety attack because I swore I was having a heart attack because of the immense pain. I had to call an ambulance. It so wasn't worth it.

MTF

United States1739 Posts

February 04 2008 07:15 GMT

#13

I've done 72 once before, never again.

I stay up 18-24 on an almost daily basis, for various reasons. In my experiences, me and BottleAbuser have had very similar experiences, except for the streaks. I don't experience any vision impediments or hallucinations at any of the hours. 24-?? are generally the "everything is funny and fun" time for me, and I tend to feel like I'm thinking more clearly than ever. Thoughts come faster and imagination works much more vividly. At the very least, it does seem to make me have a quicker tongue and be more social. Whether that's just me loosening up or what, I don't know.

Two days and on always makes me feel burned out. That's zombietime. Nothing really matters and sleep sounds acceptable, but I still have to force myself to lie down.

Regardless of when you go to bed now, you're going to feel crappy when you get up most likely. Expect random body aches and grogginess.

Divinek

Canada4045 Posts

February 04 2008 07:23 GMT

#14

I find that after 24 hours, or the next day time which ever comes first I lose any sleepyness and can again go easily until the next night time. After that time stuff starts to become rather bright and distorted but it's neat and fun.

besiger

Croatia2452 Posts

February 04 2008 07:56 GMT

#15

oh yeah, i once stayed up for a bout 28-30 hours, that was nasty, i didnt know what the hell i was doing, its really is like being under the influence of something

indecision

Germany818 Posts

February 04 2008 08:16 GMT

#16

18 hours are almost standard, did more than 24 less than 3 times though

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

February 04 2008 08:24 GMT

#17

On February 04 2008 16:15 MTF wrote:
I stay up 18-24 on an almost daily basis

LOL

MaTRiX[SiN]

Sweden1282 Posts

February 04 2008 08:37 GMT

#18

wow you guys react that much to not sleeping? other than being really tired around the 22-26 hour span I was just like normal staying up for 40 hours or so..