What fuels your GS marathons

[Asha]

Just bored and wanted to know what keeps us all ticking during invasions, merchants and long RP sessions.

Me.

Coffee, Space raiders x 10, sympathetic housemates, Coffee again, Linsha, occasional smokes and pepperroni pizza.
:D

[Miss X]

Well, during the wavedancer I had 2 pots of pringles, 12 mini savory egg thingies, 2 bottles of pepsi max, 1 bottle of diet sprite, two packs of chocolate caramels and two bags of cheesy puffs.

Wow... And I wonder why I put on weight so easily... ;)

[Brattt8525]

The bottle of diet sprite mixed in there made me giggle.

[Showal]

wtf is pepsi max?

I usually need someone else to hang out with if i'm going to be on for any length of time. Someone in game because anyone being around in real life makes me want to get off. Unless it's my girlfriend and she's being annoying, that'll keep me on.

[ElanthianSiren]

I put this in a merchanting guide I posted up one time for people for events. It also included how to find merchants, but I don't do that anymore. The most I tend to play is 4 am to 7-8 am.

Back when I did bother though:

1. Diet Mountain Dew (lots of it)
2. Protien Protien Protien. Sugar causes your body to overreact (or in my case, a need to take large doses of insulin). You can actually stay up longer if you keep your glucose levels constant with large quantities of protien.
3. Friends. I simply can't stay awake unless I'm stimulated, which is why, during merchants/hunting/invasions, I always had 2-3 friends along. I simply couldn't bear it otherwise.
4. Music. I need loud music. A long time ago, it would have been something like KMFDM or Sister Machine Gun or Nine Inch Nails or Theatre of Tragedy. Now, probably Chevelle or Caliban or Cold or Killswitch Engage.
5. Loud IM dinger for merchants, which ties into friend network again.
6. Mapping for other people. Oddly enough, when I mapped out merchanting events for others and did the reverse alphabet merchant name lists, I was way more productive than when I was just doing it for myself.
That's all I can think of right now.

-Melissa

[Alfster]

This isn't much of a surprise to anyone that knows me, but the things that keep me going while I'm playing gemstone is...pot, soda, chips...and music.

[Kitsun]

Water, a chatroom with friends and a notepad to whip up alters.

For some reason I don't do snacks while at the keyboard.

[Warriorbird]

Breaks to make fine food, hot cocoa, Red Bull, Dr. Pepper, Sobe, music (of various sorts), my wife, comfy chairs, and drive... back when I actually played.

[Asha]

My housemate rolled a joint while I was waiting in line for an alter.
He offered it to me at about 8 am GMT and just as it kicked in the merchant said it was my turn.

I was listening to 'My Last Seranade' with the volume at 10, attempting to see through my battered, tired eyes. .
And now I have my altered staff, which somehow , against all odds seemed to have a good description. heh.
I swear, reality became blurry after the third day.
Thank god for Linsha. :heart:. You kept it real for me , hon.

[Xcalibur]

Playing gemstone while getting a lot of calories = BAD BAD BAD

[Alfster]

Because no one that plays gemstone knows how to exercise, right?

[Nieninque]

Originally posted by Showal
wtf is pepsi max?


Diet pepsi targetted at boys

[StrayRogue]

I eat lots of fresh food and pasta. I tend to cook when I'm working the guild. But for pure snack food it would be cocktail sausages, orange juice, cookies, and soup.

[Asha]

Chippolatas . . . Oh Jesus, once you begin you're friggin doomed.
:heart:

[ChalaRoque]

ice cold water, mountain dew, instant ramen and good music

[AnticorRifling]

Gallon of water, some sort of sandwich (normally a chicken parm sub or meatball grinder) , maybe some oreos or doritos.

[TheRoseLady]

Coffee w/ half and half, yogurt, cheese sticks, fresh veggies and dip, coffee w/ half and half, Wendy's chili (delivered by my spouse), other protein sources ie shrimp or something along those lines, protein drinks, coffee w/ half and half and lastly potato chips.

[Fallen]

Techno, (Old/New) Rock, Rap, on continuous loop.

Caffeine laden drinks

Pizza and Chinese food. It comes to me.

Friends. Need people to talk to on AIM, Both GS players and Normals.

Message boards. Officials, This one, and for a while the SR.

[Praefection]

Lots and lots of caffine. Whenever something big comes up I pay for I'm normally coming off of work to sit up for three nights without sleep. Oddly enough, I don't snack much when I'm waiting around. I'll just drink a crap load of mountain dew.

Because I'm a retard, I edited to add I need lots and lots of people to talk to. Otherwise I'll end up in bed and miss everything. I love, love people who like sending me text messages when something important comes up too.

And, I'm glad Shimmy loves Linsha so much.

[Edited on 07-18-2003 by Praefection]

Fast paced music, tons of water, tv (either I'm playing a video game or watching a movie) and people to be around. If no one is on I log out in like 30 seconds.

- Arkans

[GSTamral]

Being sick. I won't spend more than 3 or 4 hours max in front of my computer screen, except at work, unless I can't do anything else.

[Parkbandit]

Wife and kids gone for the day.

[Latrinsorm]

Water and my undying, bitter hatred of Moldova.

[isebumples]

Beer, lots of beer.

-Bumples player

[Divinity]

Originally posted by Fallen
Techno, (Old/New) Rock, Rap, on continuous loop.

Caffeine laden drinks

Pizza and Chinese food. It comes to me.

Friends. Need people to talk to on AIM, Both GS players and Normals.

Message boards. Officials, This one, and for a while the SR.

What he said minus the official boards and food. I don't eat at the keyboard.

[Shari]

I'm a HUGE tea drinker. Hot or cold, I've always got that laden with waaaay too much sugar.

My only marathons I usually take part in are merchant events. In that case, I stock up on the really, really bad munchies.

Snickers bars, pepsi, baked barbeque Lays (they just taste better than the regular kind, has nothing to do with cutting calories), cookies, etc.

I generally have the tv on with some movie going for background noise.

OH, and let us not forget the chat rooms. People are very helpful, and rediculously funny...but it could be the tremendous lack of sleep I get that makes them funny, who knows.

[Edited on 4-15-2005 by Jesae]

[Stunseed]

< I generally have the tv on with some movie going for background noise. >

Same here. I usually listen to a movie, or late night comedy while playing. I normally will log out if no one is around for me to hang with, unless I take that time to hunt my wizard solo in Bonespear. Otherwise, without Jolena or another person to hang with, I'll go sleep instead.

As far as food, beef jerky all the way. Diet Dr. Pepper, or water for the liquid part of it. If no beef jerky, I'll bust out the Foreman grill and make burgers or some chicken. I haven't had a single potato chip in '05, and I can't say as I miss them much.

My marathons are usually merchants ( which with the exception of the WD, I constantly MA'd through ), multiple characters XXX at the same time, or the adventures Stunseed goes through hanging around Jaysehn.