Thought I'd post this, from end of July 2009 excerpts of a chatlog with Vulcan:
7:08pm
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Me: Didn't think I still had it in me to pull this shit
Vulcan: Pull what?
Me: Finger recluse
Recluse the advanced Practiced Hunter (neutral)
He is a puny mortal.
Recluse is a secondchar.
He is logged on right now and has been so for 22 hours 51 minutes 15 seconds.
Recluse has no plan.
Vulcan: Yikes
Me: I know
Me: Not done a session anywhere close to this since 2003.
Me: My record is 25 hours. May as well try and beat it now.
7:42pm
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Vulcan: I conclude you are having fun with the guild
Me: Not bad so far. I think it's more that I'm hooked. I've gotten an opportunity to put all my accumulated knowledge to the test.
Me: I think the real fun will start when I get some of the better powers
Me: I've also stayed logged in because [censored] reward on me.
Me: So I'm milking it for all its worth. Got 99% against human males.
8:00pm
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Me: First bonecrush with bare hands
Vulcan: cool
12:21am
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Me: I would have way exceeded today's progress if I'd known about the buying items, or bothered to look at it. As it is i've almost caught up with the highest player.
Vulcan: yeah
Me: It seems I keep breaking through into these hour-long plateaues of calmness where I don't feel any real tiredness or desire for sleep. Maybe my body is being forced to tap into resources because of how I'm treating it.
5:28am
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Vulcan: you're still going?
Me: seems so...
Me: I've got to break down sooner or later
Vulcan: yeah don;'t get yourself sick
Vulcan: My record is 73 hours straight assembly programming on a Commodore Amiga back in 1989
Vulcan: don't plan to repeat it
Me: I guess the lack of sleep showed in the work?
Vulcan: well, it was removal of software protection in games during was called as a copy-party
Me: Normally something comes up to make me stop... don't know if you've ever had that experience when reading a fiction book, you have to "come to a certain place" in order to feel like you can put it down...
Vulcan: yeah, or watching a tv series
Me: Um, not sure that's the same thing...
Vulcan: for me it is
Me: I mean put the book down when you're engrossed in it.
Me: You watch a whole series in 1 sitting?
Vulcan: some TV series suspense just never lets up
Vulcan: try watching a season of 24
Me: ok
Vulcan: you must be the top hunter now
Me: Well one guy is a bit ahead of me grade-wise.
Vulcan: who?
Me: kelefane
Me: Now I just dread to think that this session ends with me dying
Me: I mean my char, not me from lack of sleep
Vulcan: just take a break if you';re concerned
Me: one of the hooks, though not the whole reason, is the [CENSORED] I have, that goes when I quit.
Me: If I "took a break" I' fall asleep and my char would statue off.
7:00am
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Me: finally I stop. 34 hours in total.