Ever fallen asleep playing a shmup? Which one?

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:27 pm

I must say it happened to me on two different occasions.

Both times, with several weeks interval, on RSG's final boss. And not stage select -> last stage, but rather playing through and falling asleep at almost the same moment.

Worst part of this is, it's very true.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:40 pm

19xx: the loop master, on my psp one time at lunch break at work, because i had only gotten like 3 hours of sleep the night before

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 7:53 pm

Never fallen asleep playing a shmup, but I've dozed off during a couple of superplays, such as Raiden Aces High, Radiant Silvergun and Guwange. A lot of superplays are deadly boring to watch, unless your looking for some specific tactics or scoring tricks.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:15 pm

ESPRaDe boss milking is also deadly boring.

Actually falling asleep might not be that much of a problem for me - worse are the parts that are so overwhelmingly easy that you lose concentration and THEN die.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:22 pm

I have the opposite problem, sleep-shmupping. I'll fall asleep, and wake up in front of my TV with a new highscore in DDP. o_O

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:30 pm

Udderdude wrote:I have the opposite problem, sleep-shmupping. I'll fall asleep, and wake up in front of my TV with a new highscore in DDP. o_O

It's the hi-score fairy.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:32 pm

Rob wrote:
Udderdude wrote:I have the opposite problem, sleep-shmupping. I'll fall asleep, and wake up in front of my TV with a new highscore in DDP. o_O
It's the hi-score fairy.

Make sure to leave a credit under your pillow.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:36 pm

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:04 pm

i'm guessing that people who play "ghetto tate" fall asleep more frequently

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:05 pm

The hi-score fairy!

Glad to see I'm not the only one. I was quite tired when it did happen... right after lunch.

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:06 pm

Hahahaha @ ghetto tate.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:28 pm

I always get sleepy watching superplays, its just mentally exhausting to follow everything.

mirkvid · Post by **mirkvid** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:37 pm

my friend fell asleep once while we were playing Ikaruga. i was really into it and saw that his ship stopped moving. i look over to see him passed out. "wake up dude, the galaxy's not gunna save itself!"

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 10:14 pm

mirkvid wrote:my friend fell asleep once while we were playing Ikaruga. i was really into it and saw that his ship stopped moving. i look over to see him passed out. "wake up dude, the galaxy's not gunna save itself!"

lol !

Bootaaay · Post by **Bootaaay** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:43 pm

I fell asleep a few days ago playing Mushihime-sama, mostly because I was playing in tate lying down on the bed and was really quite tired :p

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:21 am

imperishable night

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:29 am

No snarky Compile comments, Rob? I'm both rather proud of and slightly disappointed in you.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:33 am

FrederikJurk wrote:
Rob wrote:
Udderdude wrote:I have the opposite problem, sleep-shmupping. I'll fall asleep, and wake up in front of my TV with a new highscore in DDP. o_O
It's the hi-score fairy.
Make sure to leave a credit under your pillow.

How many teeth do you have left?

Struggling once more not to see your avatar as an actual portrait...

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:58 am

Varth could tranquilize an elephant.

DefaultGen · Post by **DefaultGen** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:21 am

indstr wrote:i'm guessing that people who play "ghetto tate" fall asleep more frequently

I do that occasionally but it keeps my brain actively going "WTF is wrong with the rest of the world" so I don't fall asleep

LSU · Post by **LSU** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:27 am

Not fallen asleep while playing myself... BUT...

My 3-year old son falls asleep nicely while watching me play Blast Wind... (Not sure what it is about this one, but I'd definitely recommend it to all parents.)

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:59 am

freddiebamboo wrote:Varth could tranquilize an elephant.

:`(

Ruldra · Post by **Ruldra** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:02 am

Dave_K. wrote:I always get sleepy watching superplays, its just mentally exhausting to follow everything.

What he said.

Moleculoman · Post by **Moleculoman** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:06 am

I've never fallen asleep playing one. However on a related note, I score and play better when I'm sleep deprived, in the wee hours of the morning.

Zaarock · Post by **Zaarock** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:24 am

Strange. I also play best in the morning, on all the games I play

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:42 pm

Zaarock wrote:Strange. I also play best in the morning, on all the games I play

Truth. When I wake up I'm god-damn energized and ready to take everything on. It's great, bullet patterns that formerly stumped me suddenly become crystal clear. I swear there was a thread about this phenomenon around here somewhere...

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:53 pm

i fell asleep last night watching a ketsui superplay....half way through the second loop.....i was tired tho....

cant remember ever falling asleep playing a shmup tho...i tend to be to focused to let something like sleep get the better of me

jp · Post by jp » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:33 pm

This happened to me today.

I couldn't believe it.

I thought you were all crazy. I was like, "How the hell do you fall asleep while playing a shmup? I mean seriously!"

But sure enough, I was at work, I had been up all night the night before, and I was playing Nanostray 2 (left Space Invaders Extreme at home sadly).

At any rate, I was fighting one of the later bosses, and it was shooting these really... really... really slow bullet spreads at me, and since its Nanostray 2 it takes like 30 minutes to kill the damn thing, and I completely dosed off while playing. I woke up when I (miraculously) got hit, but still... I am now in the "I have fallen asleep while playing a shmup" club.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:42 pm

It's still crazy though. I've never fallen asleed playing any videogame.

But I've fallen asleep once when I was at the toilet craping. I was 15 years old, and wasn't even drunk... it actually was early on the morning and I got late to school because of this.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 12:30 am

The only videogame I've ever fallen asleep while playing is PSO, while laying in an extremely comfortable and gigantic beanbag chair.

I've spaced out while playing Under Defeat, but never fallen asleep.