I struggle to pull an all-dayer

Haven't done an all-nighter since college, but a Factorio binge is just about the only thing that can keep me up past 2am.

I didn't sleep last night but it wasn't my choice. I just didn't get tired until about a half hour before I had to be up. Needless to say, today fucking sucked.

In my 40s - "That's my secret, I'm always tired"

My problem is opposite. I am trying my best not to pull all-nighter every night xD

Tho I get my energy boost around 7 pm so yeah.

30 was basically a brick wall. In my 20s I pulled an all nighter at least twice a month no problem. Now I become a complete zombie by 10am

It'll be easier when you're 70+

Not quite an all nighter, but three hours sleep last night.

WHY DO I ALWAYS START NEW GAMES SO LATE!?

The four-day work week helps a lot, I can still do it and I'm 37.

I only did those when I was excited for a new game. I’ve become a very patient gamer.

I was pulling all-nighters well into my 40's, but I had insomnia. It wasn't something I wanted to do. However, I did take advantage of it for work.

I found the solution to my insomnia and never looked back. Now I fall asleep almost like a normal person.

"It's like 8:30 in the evening. I really should be getting ready for bed."

My strategy is never drinking coffeine (decaf coffee all day) and then, when I go to lans, I drink a White Monster per day. Keeps me awake till 5-6 am.

I'm lucky if I make it to midnight on the weekends lol

I wish all nighters were still an option My body is ready, i want it. But it's not the responsible thing to do. Gotta function properly the next day

Being an adult sucks, they warned us about it

I don't think I pulled my first all-nighter until my mid-twenties. I still do it maybe twice a year, but honestly my sleep schedule these days is bad enough that it's probably carcinogenic.

30+ lol, rookie numbers 😂

Whenever I see something like this, I always think what the fuck. What kind of terrible shape are you in to have this low of an energy level already as a young man? Like you're not even halfway through your life expectancy and you're already this run down? I took a 61-year-old and a 72-year-old The Burning Man and the 61-year-old was routinely pulling all-nighters. Some of y'all really need to have a hard look at your health and maybe go talk to a doctor and get fully checked out to make sure there's not something causing this level of fatigue, especially if you're a desk job guy.

I ain't tired; my eyes start to get blurry unless I have drops.

ive always been eepy. I mean, naturally i will tend to being up at night, but being a marathon type of gamer is not in my blood

Why is everyone acting like pulling all nighters is a good thing? I don't know if this is health issues, this is just having things to do daily.

I'm glad if I make it to 3AM... and that is when I had my nap around noon.

Just pop some dexamphetamines, problem solved.

Oh, shut up, I'm 42 and I can ruin my week just like that!
One night a week is free: go to bed at 5 am, get up at 8, go to work, big smile. I don't really stop at that, so this is where it gets bad, but I would say it wasn't much better when I was playing WoW in my 20s

Trying to remember the controls after not playing for A while.

35 here. I still do on occasions.

It’s not physical for me, it’s mentally. One hour and the guilt and depression set in. I don’t like wasting my time anymore.

What I miss most about gaming in my youth was the time I could dedicate to a single game. I bought Baldur's Gate 3 and keep starting new games and quitting before I get out of the starting area because I realize I simply don't have time for an 80 hour game anymore.

Does it still count if you go to bed at 8AM?

Late 30s with insomnia here: all nighters I've got down pat.

But, boss, I do infact be tired as fuck.

Hard disagree. I've done 20-24 hour shifts at my job in my 30s, when in my younger days, more than 10 hours was really pushing it.

30+ Year old gamers trying to pull an all nighter: I'm tired, boss.

I noped out of watching a minor league baseball game with a 6pm start because the thought of driving an hour home after 9pm had me fearing for the other drivers on the road.

I literally thought I was going to die... I got absorbed into a project and was up until 6am, figured I'd give myself like 3 hours to nap and not waste the day and I swear i was having panic attacks all day, my brain and heart were losing it... Never again

Ouitters!

Why even try

Can't do it anymore. My body fails just missing one night's sleep. Next day I'm practically a zombie with jet lag. Not worth it anymore.

Lmaoo Spot on

To make this even more sad, consider that the Atari 2600 - probably the first real commercial gaming success story came out in 1977. That means a very large proportion of the gaming community are in their 50s

I’m not only tired, I want you damn kids to get off my lawn

30+ year old gamers trying to pull an all nighter: I'm tired, boss.

Nearly 50 here: I've had the urge to do an all-nighter for weeks now but I know I probably couldn't pull it off and that I'd be a wreck for 36 hours afterward.

• smoke meth
• hail satan
• thank me later

I think that is more a you problem. My work is the only thing holding me back from gaming all night.

My previous job at a factory with rotating day/night shifts gave me an apparently lifelong case of sleep disorders. My "eight hours of uninterrupted sleep" is more or less indistinguishable from my "one coffee after pulling an all-nighter in Factorio".

I'm gaming at least 6hrs a day. Rarely go to bed before 4am. I'm >50, it's possible 😁

And we still do cultural outside shit all day, so it's not that.

When I hit 30, I indeed felt like I aged rapidly and could no longer pull all nighters. Life happened and I changed my job from IT to manufacturing. I was no longer sitting around on my ass all day, but actually working my body.

Few years in, I feel younger than I did at 30 and have zero issues gaming all night.

All I can suggest is do resistance training (top tier activities are running, swimming and dancing. Pretty much anything that builds cardio without excessively building mass).

Idk, i'm 30 and i fairly regularly pull all-nighters. Does take a bit longer to recover tho

How late does it need to be to count as an all nighter? Because I havent gone all the way since I was 28.

Not a problem if you slept all day.