Not counting smoke breaks, bathroom breaks, going to the gas station for more Monster, and the like. Small breaks like that. It's always good to get up for a minute to avoid blood clots.

Breaks like eating and such do count.

Just interested to see where I stand.

Don't know how some of you guys can do 10 plus.

Probably more 24+ night of release, my gf came back from a long shift and was like "you're still playing?!" I reply "Yes....I napped and ate between" really I did only one of those, and it wasnt napping.

Lay-Z-Boy recliner and a wife !! :foodndrink:

3-4 hours, maybe 5 hours max but not more

One of my casts was over 6 hours. Had two people who watched the whole thing. Most fun I've had since tribes on LAN

Like 11 hours, I play in bed so I can lay next to the girlfriend and accomplish two things at once, she went to bed at about 3 on Saturday night, I was still playing when she woke up at two to [censored] me out!

I should have read the post !! 10 hrs is the longest, Avg 3 hrs a night. :facepalm:

Before having a child: 10+
Having a 1 year old: 3-4

Spent right above 10h+ straight last Saturday. I'm not doing that again.

The first weekend I got this I played for over fourteen hours with the exception of only one bathroom break and two cups of coffee. Nowadays it's two hours at best since my dad doesn't want me to grow into the sofa

I played 8-9hrs the first few of days. Doing so lead to aggravating a pinched nerve in my spine. I also was getting painful "pulses" in my legs that started to concern me.

Had to take a break since. Changed my desk arrangement to help with both issues. (Stand rather than sit.)

Around 7 hours, I cannot just sit and play forever like I used to, too many other things to do.

Ten plus here. I can only do that sometimes during the weekends.

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eww 10+ hrs

I'm not trying to scare you, nor am I looking for sympathy, but I'm an older gamer and have felt those "pulses" in and around 2003, which led to me having a pulmonary embolism (blood clots in lung[s]) and it turned out that I had a rather large blood clot in my descending aorta, that, in the end, after all kinds of operations and complications that may/not follow, led to me having a below the knee amputation of my right leg. If you are at all serious and have the means for medical care, mention those pulses to the Doctor who might be taking care of you.

yikes. this thread scares me.

6 hours (only...). That was a few days ago. Even though 6 hours is a lot, or at least enough, I still want to have a 10 hours session. Unfortunately I don't think I'll have enough free time for that and even if I had...I would only play Skyrim at night. I hate background noises, people watching me play, phones ringing when gaming etc.

10+? I've probably gotten up to 15 the first days.

I've played as much as 16 hours in a row in the past, but in skyrim its usually 4-5. THen I'll take an hour or two break. THen I'm good for another 4-5. Yay weeekends.

I'm only 38 and it's pretty easy to do something like this for my weekend:

Saturday:

8am to 11am play Skyrim with at desk snacks
11am to 11:30 eat lunch
11:30 to 1:30 walk about 6 miles
1:30 to 2:20 long relaxing shower
Stretch for 10 minutes!!
2:30 to 11:30 play Skyrim
sleep

Sunday:

7:30am to 11:30 pm play Skyrim with only away time from desk being to bring food back to the desk and go to the bathroom, and get up and stretch maybe twice.

So still being healthy and active it's easy to get a 16 hour day in occasionally. I think with other things going on I've only managed that long a stretch once since release, you just need to make sure you have an ergonomic setup, know when to take breaks and stretch, and start off in relatively decent health. It also helps to know where your limits are, and what you can do to extend them if you want to. I sit at a computer doing UI programming during the day, so I've come to know what I can and can't get away with and when and how often I need to move.

AND don't sit in one place the whole time, that's easier for console players where you can couch sit, floor sit, lay on the floor, lay on the couch, stand, etc. I have a few positions in my PC chair that I kinda rotate through so I don't get my body all whacked out. Sean "Day[9]" Plott who got me to play Skyrim has a good episode of hand stretches he does before a marathon of StarCraft session which is in the first quarter of episode 252 ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUohpQKVf_A ) and they will be really helpful for console and PC gamers at staving off repetitive stress.

And of course all that is irrelevant if you find the idea of gaming for a long stretch unexciting.

Most importantly though, listen to your body, if *ANYTHING* hurts while you play, absolutely stop. If anything feels numb, or abnormal like above poster mentioned throbbing pulses, absolutely get the hell up and do something else. If any unusual symptoms continue after you've stopped playing, then go see your doctor! Playing a game, even one as amazing as Skyrim is not worth the loss of a limb. And if you go insane from lack of sleep because you played too long, remember this, if you get committed to an institute they aren't going to let you play while you're there.

If you consider your game time as important to you, then you have to do things that are less epic in order to be able to cherish and enjoy that game time in the long run. Keep your body well now, and it will let you play epic games for many years. If you get overly sloppy and overdo it like these people: http://www.rpgownage.com/2011/03/697/ then you could be in the unfortunate circumstance of not being able to see what Skyrim's successor looks like. Those poor bastards didn't even get to see Skyrim. I can't imagine any worse fate than dying because I played WoW too much, ugh!

Around 11 hours straight during Black Friday, after doing a couple 7+ hr stretches on Thanksgiving.

28 hours with the occasionnal bathroom break.

Started playing at 6pm after work, called sick the next day and played until 10pm.

Its crazy what adderall can make you do, felt like [censored] for a week after that.

2-3hrs, I guess.
I almost made 4 one time, but the phone rang (sister) and family always comes first.