Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
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cave hermit
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Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
At least in America, Pepsi co aggressively markets Mountain Dew and Doritos as the ideal gaming drink and snack. Mountain Dew I get, being a sugary over caffeinated soda, but I don't really get how Doritos have any business near a keyboard or gamepad given how messy they are. Bawls apparently used to be a mainstay of PC gaming, but I've only ever seen it at Micro Center and a specialty candy store at a nearby mall.
Anyway, I was curious what you guys eat and drink, if anything, while playing or preparing to play video games. Would also be particularly interesting to see how preferences differ between regions given how diverse the userbase here is.
Personally having OCD I won't even have a bottle of water let alone snacks or soft drinks near my gaming setup, and honestly with my shit metabolism and excess weight I don't have much room for snacks and sugary drinks in my diet, but I do frequently down iced coffee if that counts for anything. If I had to think of an ideal gamer snack I think it would be nuts, like honey roasted peanuts or smoked almonds in a little tube or cylindrical pouch so you can just pour the nuts down your gullet without getting your fingers coated in seasoning or salt.
Anyway, I was curious what you guys eat and drink, if anything, while playing or preparing to play video games. Would also be particularly interesting to see how preferences differ between regions given how diverse the userbase here is.
Personally having OCD I won't even have a bottle of water let alone snacks or soft drinks near my gaming setup, and honestly with my shit metabolism and excess weight I don't have much room for snacks and sugary drinks in my diet, but I do frequently down iced coffee if that counts for anything. If I had to think of an ideal gamer snack I think it would be nuts, like honey roasted peanuts or smoked almonds in a little tube or cylindrical pouch so you can just pour the nuts down your gullet without getting your fingers coated in seasoning or salt.
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FinalBaton
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
I think my friend BIL devours cheetos while doing HARD GAMING.
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
A nice simple lager
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
I crunch up a bag of Cheetos until it's a fine powder with a Ninja chopper, then I take a 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew and pour out 2 cups worth so I have plenty of room to funnel in the Cheeto dust without overflowing. I screw back on the cap and drill a small hole and run some tubing into the bottom of the bottle. I keep this at my feet and run the tube up to my mouth so I don't have to stop gaming.
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
drauch wrote:I crunch up a bag of Cheetos until it's a fine powder with a Ninja chopper, then I take a 2 liter bottle of Mountain Dew and pour out 2 cups worth so I have plenty of room to funnel in the Cheeto dust without overflowing. I screw back on the cap and drill a small hole and run some tubing into the bottom of the bottle. I keep this at my feet and run the tube up to my mouth so I don't have to stop gaming.
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I rent a medium-scale crop dusting aircraft, filling the tanks with 500kg of powdered Cheeto prepared in advance. On the day of gaming, I charter my old NAM buddy, Wharf Rat Steve, who buzzes my house and the surrounding neighborhood unleashing the hellish orange payload.
Then I go out on the patio and fire up my Game Gear to enjoy some Sonic 2.
Then I go out on the patio and fire up my Game Gear to enjoy some Sonic 2.
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FinalBaton
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
Occasionally I'll have a glass of water in the kitchen before heading to my room for games.
That's it.
That's it.
Wait, really? You mean this isn't just a meme?cave hermit wrote:At least in America, Pepsi co aggressively markets Mountain Dew and Doritos as the ideal gaming drink and snack.
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
Cup of tea. Nothing else
Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
Depends on the time of day, what I'm playing, and my mood.
Coffee, black. Usually for the mornings. Sometimes beer, occasionally scotch.
Weed can get paired with any of the above at any time.
Coffee, black. Usually for the mornings. Sometimes beer, occasionally scotch.
Weed can get paired with any of the above at any time.
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
800ml of tea with plenty of honey.
I do my snacking during TV/movies mostly.
I do my snacking during TV/movies mostly.
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Krimzon Kitzune
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
Coffee, hot or cold (iced).
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
TEA
Cave, Fence pulled an all nighter the other day and he's such an idiot who never drinks hot drinks of any kind... that the following day he tried to keep himself awake with a coffee.
..so he puts two tablespoons of instant coffee, two tablespoons of sugar. Thought that was normal
he had to shit 8 times.
Cave, Fence pulled an all nighter the other day and he's such an idiot who never drinks hot drinks of any kind... that the following day he tried to keep himself awake with a coffee.
..so he puts two tablespoons of instant coffee, two tablespoons of sugar. Thought that was normal
he had to shit 8 times.
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
Sometimes pizza, but I seldom ever eat while gaming. I prefer to enjoy one of the two things at a time.
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FinalBaton
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
lol @ this storyBlinge wrote:TEA
Cave, Fence pulled an all nighter the other day and he's such an idiot who never drinks hot drinks of any kind... that the following day he tried to keep himself awake with a coffee.
..so he puts two tablespoons of instand coffee, two tablespoons of sugar. Thought that was normal
had to shit 8 times.
also wtf, who doesn't enjoy tea and/or coffee. that guy is a pure sociopath
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
When I work on making progress in a real-time game I consider challenging, my most serious attempts are shortly after my waking up, on empty stomach, drinking hot water only. Basically - fasting. Not the best time and conditions for one's singing voice, but the sharpest reflexes and real-time awareness in my day-and-night cycle.
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
ahahahah. he once yelled exasperatedly down the mic " who wants a HOT drink!?!? "FinalBaton wrote:also wtf, who doesn't enjoy tea and/or coffee. that guy is a pure sociopath
*scratches head* true bro, i can't think of anyone..
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evil_ash_xero
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
I don't eat while gaming. I either drink tea or water.
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Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
Ditto; hot tea when it's chilly, ice water or iced tea when it's muggy.evil_ash_xero wrote:I don't eat while gaming. I either drink tea or water.
Re: Gamer Grub: What do you eat and drink while playing?
I generally game in the evening, so, beer. Lots of beer, which may explain my lack of progress in more arcade-orientated titles
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