IRE Asks: What's the longest you've played in one session?

16 hours to complete a cooperative quest, needed four different gang-types' ("guilds") efforts to finish a complex scavenger hunt.  Only two people had ever finished that quest. 

As Kyle and Stan would say: "But you know what? I learned something... that was a complete waste of time."

Listened to some FM radio (lots of reggae and dancehall) -- years before iTunes and mp3 players.

I'm sure I've probably played for 12 hours straight on more than one occasion. Greathunt or not, though, I love sleep much more than I love Achaea.

36 hours during the greathunt

I think my record is something around 13 hours during one session, but I think there was a break somewhere at seven hours- I sat around phased in Hashan because I was too lazy to log out while I was preparing and having dinner, then returned. Never stayed around for 20+ hours, I need and I really like sleep, so that's probably not going to change.

Not nearly long enough.

I was off for a week, I had nothing planned, and I had enough coffee, chips, and Coca-cola products lying around to keep me wired... trouble is, around the 20-22 hour mark, I ended up passing out whilst still logged in... without realizing I was asleep. In the dream, I was continueing what I was doing in the MUD, and a few things besides. Then I woke up 10 minutes later. I was looking at my comp for like 20 minutes, just thinking "What the hell just happened? Didn't I just do that?"

Of course, in the same week, I had the same thing happen while in the middle of a 30-hour Dragon Age 2 run, a 19 hour Pokemon Black run, and various lengths of time for other MUD's. Of course, then I ended up having a couple of 2-3 AM diner runs, where I ended up passing out, and dreaming I was still mudding...

over 24 hours during a great hunt

Maybe 5 hours.

I could go longer.. but I needed a social life outside my text game :)

Crazy long sessions given above.

Most of my time logged is spent idling while working on other stuff in other windows, hard to say how long was spent straight playing

12 hours

I've no idea how long I've played at one time, but I do know I've sometimes logged out only to suddenly realize I'm really hungry and it's dark outside!

probably fifteen hours.

Somewhere around 50 hours when I was at university, it'd snowed, and public transport was down. The guy next to me faceplanted onto his keyboard, which was funny. You couldn't sleep on the furniture because of theft, and there was bugger all else to do.

heh such a long time

Continued play? About a day or two for various things. Logged in, but not always playing? Around a week.

a few hours

There used to be a time I would sit for such long periods of time that I used to dream in text... thats scary... but now I have too many priorities...

More than about 4 hours in one go. Not even that now.

16 Hours or so.

I had hunted all day long, then a raid happened while I was about to log out, I stayed, and got many warpoints that night :) Was exhausted the next day, but it had been great !

I don't know how long exactly, but I'm pretty sure it was during the last great hunt.

My record is 17 hours. Never again. Was just plain stupid. Better things to do in life.

can't marathon it without taking a break and playing something else.  I'm weak.

During a greathunt, supporting a friend's bid for top. Didn't quite make it, but honestly I'd easily do it again. If only Alchemists had an endurance transfering ability...

It was at least 30 hours.

12 hours a couple times, when I was heavily involved in elaborate RP events. Average is probably three hours, and I often do other computer stuff with Achaea open.

douring my effert for celest epic quest I think I did a 9-10 hour run.  I think that might be the longest.

I wonder if we should ask people what they do for a living. Or not

18 hours... kinda average for me

3 hours during the greathunt, I regretted it

Once I lasted 5 hours, but I know is nothing when compared to the good old times. I have too many RL commitments now!

16, because I need my 8 hours of sleep a day to keep doing that for several days. Yes, greathunts, I blame you among others.

Not even sure, but maybe 8 to 10 hours for a single session.  I probably didn't accomplish anything too important in that time.

great hunts!

During war....too long. At least 48 hours or more. :(

I didn't bother to count, but it was long. Just bashing and bashing and bashing. Killing self to reset endurance and willpower, and bash again. :(

Probably 18 to 19 hours during a greathunt. Not the last one, but the one before.

Definitely over twenty-four hours in some cases -- summer vacation, school breaks, and the weekends are amazing for nurturing and strengthening my insomnia. Now that I'm graduating school sometime in June, it is definitely going to be over 48 - 72, with, maybe, some snack breaks or a nap, in between.

...I have no life.

With having two boys that always want to do something I can only get on late at night but I have forsaken the extra hours of sleep before work so I could grind a few mobiles.

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during a great hunt when I had nothing else going on IRL...that was an odd combination :-)

hunt a bit...fish a bit...hunt some more

Never did a greathunt because my foresight has been protecting me all the time. So yay.

Once during the holidays I did a little over 24 hours. Only because they needed someone to help with an event.

THe longest was definitely on Achaea, and it was probably something like 12 hours. All of which I was completely lucid and doing something.

more greathunts!

*shame*

I'd say back in the day, I'd get a good 8 to 10 hours in.

depending on the day 2-6 hours is the norm, I tend to try to at minimum check in once a day

I think if I knew the answer to this question, I would not be happy

.. Is about 14-15 hours. Sometimes, RP would claim a good part of my time online, then the other hours are just taken up doing IG paperwork or code tweaking. 

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Only a few hours before my eyes start to bleed from all that text!

... but I have split the 24 hour mark for sure. Not on any IRE game, but on other MUDs.

nearly a full day once....

12+ Hours during Death's Heart, with the constant fighting that was happened didn't feel like it though!

One time I had stayed up and played for around 32 hours. For some reason I could not go to sleep. I spent the majority of the time hunting. There were no events going on or anything, just developed a limited insomnia. Played some amazing dubstep the whole time and got something like 7-10 levels out of it. I'd never do it again by choice, but that one time was pretty awesome.

Several hours during the greathunt. Whew!

My longest time being logged in was during a Greathunt for 17 hours.  

Never time myself.

 I -think- probably close to 24 hours is my top, but I work and go to school full time and get REALLY tired after a while. My weekends are my most time played usually, which average around 12 hours at a time with tiny breaks for snakcs etc.

I wouldn't say i can surpass some of the longer times, but i did play for 16 hours straight one day.  I have also racked up over 3 days game play in 2 weeks.

8 hours

whatever

Waaaay too long...

Probably 5 hours - luckily I had kids before this could take up too much of my time buit when they are newborn tended to keep odd hours while everyone else was asleep.

I want to play more! 

26 hours

16 hours at tops...but to be honest, I was multi-tasking at the time too!

Does it matter?

43.5 hours for a greathunt, WHICH THEN GOT EXTENDED by a further 24 hours when ~I was in the lead by 1000 points. I got in 4 hours sleep and carried on for another 20 hours to take the prize. 200 creddies, which was more than doubled in subsequent greathunts :(

I have played DragonRealms for about 33 hours before...But I recently started playing my first IRE mud and I think I played for a tad bit longer my first day, around 36 hours or so. :D

One session? Maybe 10 hours. My weekly playtime has been over 3 days (... yes, out of 7).

I probably shouldn't think about it. It isn't a healthy amount of hours, at all.

12 hours

outside of greathunts maybe 4 hours or so

49 hours with various 1-3 minute breaks for various reasons...and is it sad that it was -not- because of any event or any other specific reason, aside from because I had the time and could?

I want a great hunt. /has too much free time.

But not over 24 hours...I'm not good at staying up, even playing games...

About 21 hours, with 3 hours of sleep, every day over the summer. I was playing 2 other games at the same time and listening to music with my TV playing movies though at the same time.

9 hours. Everyday. Monday to Friday.

I'm grown now so the most I've ever spent lately was only like 28 hours....my wife was pissed. When younger It'd be quite a bit longer.

I also have the trigs to keep myself around and won't forget one time I was fishing and sailing and in the middle of sailing south from clockwork and being so tired I passed out and woke up six hours later to see my ship sitting in the chops still south of zaphar..  good thing no pirates were about.

It was a long time. During a greathunt

Never committed past 6-8 hours. Eventually, I have to move around, some.

Over 12 hours I believe, but with lots of breaks in between and lots of multi-tasking.

The longest I have EVER played anything in one continuous stretch was for 24 hours, and that was part of a charity event a while back now.

longest 12-15 hours without logging out for a break. During my 'long' stints logged in I'm usually watching a movie, doing work or something else on the side and keeping an eye on the game screen to see if I'm being poked.  I keep the game up a lot while I'm doing ooc work becuase it gives me a good excuse to break from my work periodically to talk to someone.  

fishing is great for that.

24 hours I believe, or very close to that!

I've played several hours at a time, definitely at least six hours.

There was a great hunt where I only slept in 2-3 hour incriments so I could maximize my hunting.

Probably no more than eight hours.

At least twelve during the last Great Hunt.

For the Great Hunt.. I think it was like 20 hours in one day. I did afk during intervals and qq to sleep at a reasonable time, though.

5 hours?

Mm I think3 hours?

Longest in one stretch? I'd have to give it some 26 hours. Not with IRE in specific but in an RP thing. IRE would probably take a good twenty.

But I do like my beauty sleep! Many years ago when I first started playing Achaea I used to sometimes sit up all night long playing and go to bed at 8 AM sometimes, wake up at 4PM or something and carry on playing. I am pretty balanced now and make sure I go to bed at night and real life tasks come first!