Are you a Hardcore gamer? do you suffer from sleeping disorders?

[W1nTry]

This could explain it XD

Hardcore gamers suffer sleep problems
Too busy blowing stuff up to get proper shut-eye, say researchers

you-can-tell-someone-isn-t-serious-about-levelling-her-wow-character

You can tell someone isn't serious about levelling her WoW character

The more you game, the less you sleep, say scientists.

New research by the University of Arkansas has found that gamers playing more than seven hours a week experience more sleepiness than casual or non-gamers.

The findings only apply to gamers who define themselves as 'addicted' (although frankly seven hours a week doesn't sound that extreme).

The results of the study indicate that these gamers sleep less on weekdays than other gamers, and feel sleepier, the more they play.

Gamers lose hundreds of hours of sleep annually

Gamers who reported that their gaming interfered with sleep slept for 1.6 hours less than other gamers, while those who claimed to be addicted to gaming slept one hour less on weekdays.

"It surprised us that of the people who admitted being addicted to gaming, only about a third of them recognized an interference with their sleep," said investigator Amanda Woolems.

The study examined data from 137 students. Of the total sample, 11 per cent reported that gaming interfered with their sleep and 13 per cent identified themselves as being addicted to gaming.

Sleepiness is measured on the wonderfully named Epworth Sleepiness Scale. You can test yourself at www.stanford.edu/~dement/epworth.html. But please don't treat it as a game - we want you to sleep well tonight.

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/hardcore-gamers-suffer-sleep-problems-606721

[Archer]

Well i think i suffer from that too yes. 

[Berzerk]

dam u fallout 3...

[Archer]

dam u fallout 3...

Same game keeping me up,too. I neglecting my skool work,lol.

[TriniXaeno]

I know the value of sleep but dow2 has caused me to compromise on it way too much of recent.

Always the hallmark of a great game. Causing one to lose some shut eye. lol

Can't count the numbers of hours of sleep lost over Starcraft and quake 3.

[Kraeoss]

wait till SC2 And D3 lol... and with online consoles then less sleep for the masses

[Archer]

wait till SC2 And D3 lol... and with online consoles then less sleep for the masses

SC2 and D3?

[Q]

And...? Those n00bs at GGPO and 2DFighter won't pwn themselves, you know. 

[TheApprentice]

I am a victim also.

[rassmatic]

dam u fallout 3...

Same game keeping me up,too. I neglecting my skool work,lol.

me twee

[Nephilim]

wait till SC2 And D3 lol... and with online consoles then less sleep for the masses

SC2 and D3?

oh hell no.

hell no.

i refuse to believe i that old that fellow gamers dunno know sequels to 2 of the most imba games of all time.

and what is this 'sleep' thing that everyone keeps mentioning in this thread...that new from kiss bread or sum?

[Archer]

wait till SC2 And D3 lol... and with online consoles then less sleep for the masses

SC2 and D3?

oh hell no.

hell no.

i refuse to believe i that old that fellow gamers dunno know sequels to 2 of the most imba games of all time.

and what is this 'sleep' thing that everyone keeps mentioning in this thread...that new from kiss bread or sum?

Whoops sorry, starcraft 2 and diablo 3. My brain was not clicking this morning, lol.

When i get prototype, i mite jus forget about sleep or assignments for that matter

[Arcmanov]

I know what 'SC2' is, but 'D3'?

wtf is D3?


As for 'sleep'...my goodness.  I only sleep during my vacation yes.  

[W1nTry]

COD4, GOW and Halo 3 have done this to me on more than a few occasions... not to mention Q3, SC, WCIII back in meh uwi days...