Swimmer Plays GTA IV for 55 Hours, Sets Record

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fwiffo

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

Chipi

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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.
 

jon bon wonton

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[citation][nom]Hellboy[/nom]one think that springs to mind....Why ?????[/citation]
Scherer is an assistant coach for the Swimming Eagles in Ft. Campbell, Ky., and did the gaming record stunt in an effort to raise money to build a swimming pool for his team.
 

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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!)
 
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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 ?
 

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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.
 

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other than the fact I find this completely retarded...
GTA sucks, not news worthy
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"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!"
 

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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.
 

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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?
 
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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.
 

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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)
 
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