how long are your gaming sessions?

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  • Sky
    Veteran
    • Oct 2016
    • 2321

    how long are your gaming sessions?

    the question here, "how long do you play for" is because i'm trying to find how long you can keep focused, before you start to play badly.

    mind you, i'm pretty darn good in some other games i play, like Quake, or BLR, and after i get to a certain point of tiredness, my skill drops dramatically.

    now that i'm playing mage, i find i have to incessantly tell myself to not charge into the mobs and i have to remind myself that i can't afford to think "oh it's just a INSERT MOB NAME, i can easily melee it".

    it's the third time in 3 dungeon levels that i meet Nar, the Dwarf, and all three times i'm in a situation where i cannot kill it - because i'm out of mana, or there's mobs near by, or he's too close and i dont have any scrolls of phase. But boy, i do i want to kill him.

    I find that i can't really play for more than an hour, maybe 1 1/2 at most, before i start doing idiotic stuff, like forgetting i have activations (those rings of acid are finally useful), or using my last 6 mana for magic missiles instead of teleport.
    "i can take this dracolich"
  • HugoVirtuoso
    Veteran
    • Jan 2012
    • 1237

    #2
    My PosChengband runs range from one hour to a couple hours in one sitting. How well do I maintain my focus?...I'd think my focus is in tune for even as long as 2 1/2 hours straight literally. I can still keep going after that. But after maybe 4 or 5 hours, I start messing up.
    My best try at PosChengband 7.0.0's nightmare-mode on Angband.live:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwAR0WOphUA

    If I'm offline I'm probably in the middle of maintaining Gentoo or something-Linux or other.

    As of February 18th, 2022, my YouTube username is MidgardVirtuoso

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    • Anregar
      Rookie
      • Sep 2010
      • 1

      #3
      I have no problem with focusing on the game but the contrary, remembering a have a real life that needs attention too

      I almost always play mages, so I don't have your problem. I probably played warriors only 4-5 times in total.

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      • Tibarius
        Swordsman
        • Jun 2011
        • 429

        #4
        playing time

        I usually do not start playing if i know i have to cut within the next hour. I would guess my gaming sessions range from 1 hour to whole day. And i agree if the tiredness factor is getting too big then you do things which endanger @. But if i am in good form i can play 10h without pause with no realy problem.
        Blondes are more fun!

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        • Sky
          Veteran
          • Oct 2016
          • 2321

          #5
          I have discovered that the ring of escaping is the best thing ever.

          Because .. not the +4 speed, but the fact that it stops you from accidentally meleeing mobs - AKA suicide.
          "i can take this dracolich"

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          • Derakon
            Prophet
            • Dec 2009
            • 9022

            #6
            Maybe you should play fewer mages.

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            • fph
              Veteran
              • Apr 2009
              • 1030

              #7
              Is there a "prevent attack" or "confirm before attack" weapon inscription? There is a "confirm before run/walk", so it looks like it could be possible...
              Last edited by fph; April 20, 2017, 19:43.
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              • Pete Mack
                Prophet
                • Apr 2007
                • 6883

                #8
                It's possible--you'd need to add a check to player movement when there's a monster.

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