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ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-22 16:26:51
March 22 2009 16:25 GMT
#1
Hey guys, i've kind of considered blogging a few times before because i've been really trying to up my starcraft game.

Anyway, i finally decided to make this because i've recently bet 125 kuna (according to google, 125 kuna = roughly 23 US dollars) with a friend on who could stay up the longest.

The rules are simple, you must stay up the longest without the use of any hard drugs (caffeine pills, cocaine, methamphetamines etc.), and you must send an IM roughly every 15 minutes.

I'm currently at 2 days, 9 hours, 23 minutes. This is really difficult, and i'm not thinking clearly.

I will post every successive 12 hours until i give in to the stress. Right now i'm on my 3rd pot of coffee.
Wish me luck!

*
U Gotta Skate.
CDRdude
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States5625 Posts
March 22 2009 16:28 GMT
#2
This is a very bad idea. You should just take the 125 kuna loss, and let you and your friend sleep, for both your sakes.
Force staff is the best item in the game.
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11602 Posts
March 22 2009 16:30 GMT
#3
only a few more hours until you start hallucinating!
Calendar@ Fish Server: `iOps]..Stark
lxginverse
Profile Joined May 2008
Monaco1506 Posts
March 22 2009 16:33 GMT
#4
if its enough to cover your hospital bills then go for it...
fromis_9 enjoyer
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
March 22 2009 16:38 GMT
#5
On March 23 2009 01:30 CaucasianAsian wrote:
only a few more hours until you start hallucinating!


i'm not really worried about hallucinations, from what i'm read, they appear to be rather mild (although the trip is almost always "bad"). What i've seen so far is just a faint sparkle when i move my head. And i keep hearing snatches of faint music etc. All in all, i dont think this will be so bad. I've got atleast another 12 hours in me.
U Gotta Skate.
mrgerry
Profile Joined September 2008
United States1508 Posts
March 22 2009 16:56 GMT
#6
I remember in junior year of high school some kid tried to do this and felt like he was gonna die when he nearly made it a week lol
jello_biafra
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
United Kingdom6642 Posts
March 22 2009 16:57 GMT
#7
The longest I've gone without sleep was about 60 hours, I didn't feel to great at the end of it. My friend managed like 3 and a half days or so I think and he was seriously freaking out by the end of it, like falling asleep in the middle of a conversation, waking 5 minutes later and continuing to say what he had been when he fell asleep when we were now talking about something completely different.

You'll probably last a while longer and end up falling asleep at your computer lol, good luck with the bet.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions | aka Probert[PaiN] @ iccup / godlikeparagon @ twitch | my BW stream: http://www.teamliquid.net/video/streams/jello_biafra
Piste
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
6184 Posts
March 22 2009 16:58 GMT
#8
I bet your friend is sleeping atm.
DURRHURRDERP
Profile Joined May 2006
Canada929 Posts
March 22 2009 17:00 GMT
#9
stay up the longest without using meth or coke for 125 kuna/23 USD?..........

are drugs really that cheap in croatia?
"I am an iconic role model for everyone aspiring to be better at League of Legends." - Roffles
Etherone
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1898 Posts
March 22 2009 17:07 GMT
#10
get someone to I M him for you and go to sleep
BottleAbuser
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
Korea (South)1888 Posts
March 22 2009 17:12 GMT
#11
I'm wondering why a caffeine pill is considered a hard drug but coffee is allowed.
Compilers are like boyfriends, you miss a period and they go crazy on you.
Falcynn
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
United States3597 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-22 17:19:30
March 22 2009 17:17 GMT
#12
On March 23 2009 02:12 BottleAbuser wrote:
I'm wondering why a caffeine pill is considered a hard drug but coffee is allowed.
Yeah, doesn't make much sense. At first I thought maybe caffeine pills had a ridiculous amount of caffeine in them, but apparently the average pill has the same amount of caffeine as 1-2 cups of coffee. Then again, you could take like a fistful of pills and wash them down all at once so you get the effect of a pot of coffee without actually having to drink it...but that still doesn't seem like too much of an advantage compared to coffee.

Unless caffeine pills are slang for something else in Croatia.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
March 22 2009 17:20 GMT
#13
On March 23 2009 02:12 BottleAbuser wrote:
I'm wondering why a caffeine pill is considered a hard drug but coffee is allowed.


Caffeine pills are higher concentrate pills/ larger doses than you could buy at the store. These are the doses/ concentrations taken for recreational doses, and they are MUCH stronger than coffee. (ala erowid: http://www.erowid.org/experiences/exp.php?ID=43308)
U Gotta Skate.
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
March 22 2009 17:22 GMT
#14
start doing nothing and you wont need to sleep.
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
March 22 2009 17:33 GMT
#15
Good luck!
"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-03-22 17:35:47
March 22 2009 17:35 GMT
#16






SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
Racenilatr
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States2756 Posts
March 22 2009 17:36 GMT
#17
gl lol. Whatever you do, DONT WATCH VIDEOS THAT WILL MAKE YOU SLEEPY
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
March 22 2009 17:40 GMT
#18
You should watch a TvT imo.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
March 22 2009 17:45 GMT
#19
On March 23 2009 02:40 Boblion wrote:
You should watch a TvT imo.


But i think TvT's are exciting. TvZ is nasty boring :V
U Gotta Skate.
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
March 22 2009 17:48 GMT
#20
I've never forced myself into staying up for multiple days in a row, but the only times that I 'accidentally' didn't sleep for one night, I spent the next day taking a nap everywhere I went (even in public.
Have you tried forcing an adrenaline rush into you? I've always found that helpful when I'm dozing off in class or something.
Also, are you a masochist?
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