Swimmer Plays GTA IV for 55 Hours, Sets Record

oh man, they have records for these things? give a few 14 year olds enough soda and they can have that record beat, easy!

I would feels like I am tripping playing anything that long...

i spent 48 hours on one mission once..

one think that springs to mind....


Why ?????

I can also let the game running for 60 hours and then say I played that long. Would that get my name in the Guinness Book of World Records? And I don't even want a swimming pool, a new graphics card will do just fine.

The longest I ever sat playing a video game was Halo 2 on the original Xbox. A friend and I played Co-Op for 21 1/2 hours uninterrupted. Granted, we each had the other to help stay awake... Either way, after that session I swore off games for the next month. I was so tired!

(I realize that's not very hardcore, I'm just sharing my experience!)

Wow, we're really stooping to new lows here for technical news. First of all, such a record is silly to begin with. Secondly, who cares ?

Talk about endurance. One day, o-n-e day gamers will be in the Olympics.

My longest on GTA IV is only 3.5 hours. I'm not very committed.

What, are you looking for donations??

I'm almost 100% sure that this has been beaten but no one ever bothered to record it.

WOTLK expansion release for WoW for example... I know there was people that were up for more than 48+ hours leveling, took them roughly 3 days play-time to go from 70 to 80.

How does a violent video game help with school donations? Shouldn't he have swam for 50 hours or something?

other than the fact I find this completely retarded...
GTA sucks, not news worthy
and
"It is because of swimming that I'm able to do what I'm doing right now."
Wow. Talk about retarded?

That's like saying...
"It is because of adrenaline, I am able to fuck your wife for 20 hours straight!"

I remember me and my best friend at 14 doing this ourselves. But it was 3 days. Alas, we took small breaks to eat, drink, walk, and go outside for a bit.

Not quite sure I see the similarity of the two statements you just posted therogerwilco...

Back on topic, while impressive in a weird way, what does it mean by "straight"? Clearly he had to have eaten, gone to the restroom, etc, right?

Umm this is NOT a world record.

Im sorry but ive personally broken this record at least a dozen times. Not for GTA, but for other games. Ive done ~72 hour sessions multiple times. I also have friends who have done more then 55 hours for certain.

Wish i was sitll in my 20s id go break this 'record' in a heart beat.

So, do they give him breaks for bio reasons? Gonna need a new pool after he craps and pisses all up in it.

The longest I ever played a game, well swapping every hour was about 11-12 hours total, Final Fantasy VII. I had the PC version and I supposedly beat it in less than 10 hours, but I think there was a windows time glitch, since me and my buddy maybe got about half-way through the game in that time (On the PS one)

ever heard of a bake sale. lol

That is some record. I pulled 37 hours on CS 1.6 a long time ago.... Summer vacation and I was 15, good times.

Holy shit. Thats a LONG time , I can only play 2-4 hours a day before I can't handle the same game any more. I usually get up and eat after 3 hours. Then do something else for a while. and if I finally feel like it , play games again. Maybe.

I played "regular" 12 hours matches of Starcraft (custom maps) with a group of friends of mine back in the day...

We played 3 days straight, no sleep, downed 2 cans of coffee and almost went to the hospital after our parents found out, rofl. Just keep the food coming and tell your folks you were having time for sleeping, hahaha.

Ah, the good ol' days...

I'd say the feat here was GTA IV being played more than 15 minutes straight. THAT's a feat of strenght.

Cheers!

(killing talk back notification sorry for the extra comment)

I gamed for 73 hours to finish Frozen Throne addon when it poped out. I drank about 8x2L Fanta Orange bottles and smoked 10 packs of Kent Blue(8),6 Bags of Chips, went tot he toiled around 4 times.

Ahhh the good'ol'days. Now i barley get 1-2h of gaming.I even quit smoking. But now i got a crapload of stuff bought and i dont really have time to use it, the irony of it all.

Personal best is about 36 hours of Final Fantasy XI.

Does it count if you get up to use the restroom, or get a snack, or meal?

I was 25 at the time, and single. I wish I could go back for just one more marathon session like that. Good Times.

Why do I have the feeling that in the next few days there's going to be a case or two of someone having a heart attack after a long gaming session...?

I've beat that before. In high school, I played GT2 for 4 days straight. That completed almost all of the game except two endurance races, which would have tacked on another 6-12 hours.

Bullshit that's the longest ever, what about that guy (Korean if I remember correctly) who died playing WoW for like 3-4 days solid?

I can tell from the comments here and my own experience, that MANY people have technically "beaten" this record. However, the details are still a bit vague. Bio-breaks ect... Can anyone link to the Guinness article? Bragging rights are only good if you have truth to back them up!

Is that completely non stop? Such as, not even stopping for an hour to eat?
There was a south korean dude who went from lvl 1-60 in one session in WoW (about 5 days if I remember).