Do you smoke while playing?

power UP · Post by **power UP** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 1:34 pm

Probably a stupid question, but I see so many ashtrays on the candycabs... Isn't it very distracting to handle a cigarette while playing?

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:29 pm

I tend to smoke immediately after, though smoking while playing is possible. Before the smoking ban in the UK, it was pretty much mandatory to smoke while playing House of the Dead and Lethal Enforcers. Ah, memories...

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:11 pm

more for fighting games i think.

like this dude, aniken:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0AAvy3Xnfyk

if games are only 30-60 seconds with small pauses in between, it's pretty easy to have a smoke and play.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 6:56 pm

No, but I should

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:11 pm

I will never smoke. Ever.

tommyb · Post by **tommyb** » Mon Dec 01, 2008 11:59 pm

Some games I'll smoke while playing. If I'm playing a shmup I'm not very good at I will, reduces the stress of it and games only tend to last a minute or so.

DEFINATELY during RPGs. I smoked a lot during Infinite Undiscovery just because the game was so bad.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:15 am

Ahhh but any arcade player would know that is comming. Damn good pixel art that logo.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:29 am

tommyb wrote:
DEFINATELY during RPGs. I smoked a lot during Infinite Undiscovery just because the game was so bad.

Oh god yeah. I remember chain smoking through Grandia when I was 16. You only need one finger to play an RPG, not even one hand.

Good times

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:36 am

MX7 wrote:
tommyb wrote:
DEFINATELY during RPGs. I smoked a lot during Infinite Undiscovery just because the game was so bad.
Oh god yeah. I remember chain smoking through Grandia when I was 16. You only need one finger to play an RPG, not even one hand.

Good times

yeah my mate can smoke a pack of 20 if he is on a serious FF sesh in one evening.

Battlesmurf · Post by **Battlesmurf** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 12:59 am

I don't smoke- I just straight catch on fire. Skill.

Serious note- I don't smoke around my stuff- and for that reason I can't smoke around anybody else's.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:27 am

I don't smoke either. And if I DID smoke, I wouldn't ever do it while playing a game.

Sometimes I might drink at D&B or Gameworks, but never around my (or anyone else's) home game equipment.

Thank God there's a smoking ban in my state, so I don't have to smell that shit at GW/D&B.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:41 am

I think I may be the only non smoker who is not bothered by the smell of smoke.

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 1:59 am

When I did smoke, I never did it inside my own home, and certainly never near any electronics. No reason to.

Then again, I was one of those weird smokers that hated the smell.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:28 am

even when i used to m=smoke i never smoked inside.....

and i would NEVER even consider sitting in front of my cabs and blowing smoke at them......

themachinist · Post by **themachinist** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 3:34 am

Never did when I used to be a smoker. I might have in an arcade that allowed smoking. These days I drink coffee whilst shmupping (on my tated tv in my own home).

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:17 am

Yes but not when i'm playing shmups...

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:40 am

No, I don't smoke period. Smoking is such a disgusting habit.

It's ridiculous that people still sell smokes next to milk in a dairy, in 2008.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 4:45 am

Elixir wrote:No, I don't smoke period. Smoking is such a disgusting habit.

It's ridiculous that people still sell smokes next to milk in a dairy, in 2008.

finally.....something we can agree on

not sure about where your are from, but in canada the govt makes a killing off tobacco tax.....and after all......money makes the world go round.....regardless of the negative health consequences.....

mind you....now they arent allowed to display smokes or advertise them here.....they have to be in drawers or behind covers in stores.....

im so glad i quit......one of the best things i ever did

bcelmo · Post by **bcelmo** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:54 am

Thread Hijack:
How did u manage to quit smoking? I`ve been trying with no success for a year now

thamasha69 · Post by **thamasha69** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:01 am

I usually smoke after a particularly stressful run, or when I meet a personal goal (1CC or personal high score or just a satisfying play)...I do drink often when I play...until it hinders my performance.

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:17 am

I would never get my systems all smelly and gross.

I like cup of tea or a redbull once in a while....maybe an oatmeal stout :p

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:45 am

jonny5 wrote:im so glad i quit......one of the best things i ever did

Yeah, definitely a good move.

I lived in an apartment with people who smoked .. all it took was 4 months and all my cloth/fabric stuff had a stale cig smell to them. My mattress is still being aired out on the balcony of my condo .. :p

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:52 am

I don't mind on console since you can pause. But SG or cabinet play is a no no. I find it relaxes me but I only get a puff after each stage and it seems a waste of money to have a single cigerette burn in front of you in the ashtray.

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:40 pm

bcelmo wrote:Thread Hijack:
How did u manage to quit smoking? I`ve been trying with no success for a year now

Personally, it was 80% mind over matter. Sure, I pulled that number out of my ass, but the principle is correct, at least in my case.

I failed three times in a short period, and on the fourth, I used the patch, but only for half the time it recommended. I didn't tell myself that I would quit smoking tomorrow, I put out a smoke halfway through and said "I'm done." Threw away the rest of the pack. Went out, bought the patches, and when I ran out, I didn't get to the store until the next day. When I was there, I realized I got through a day, so why buy more? Just go through a day at a time, then a week, and eventually I stopped thinking about it.

I replaced smoking with other habits - I drank more tea, more water, chewed more gum. Anything to alter the behavioral triggers of smoking. Keeping occupied. When I was idle, I smoked.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:28 pm

I take a giant bong rip every 100 points I make in Giga Wing.

Actually, I often drink coffee when I play (sip between stages) but apart from that, it's just shmupping.

power UP · Post by **power UP** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 12:49 am

captpain wrote:I take a giant bong rip every 100 points I make in Giga Wing.

btw, I actually have to thank you. You converted me to a tea drinker, thanks to some post where you said you mix greentea with honey. Thats all I drink now

(yeah I've lurked some time)

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 1:03 am

When I quit smoking, going to bars was pretty easy. Going to the arcades was painful. I remember going to play some VF4 a few weeks after I had been off the cigarettes. I got the shakes. Had to leave in the middle of a match. True story.

No_not_like_Quake · Post by **No_not_like_Quake** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:57 pm

I smoke less when playing games. I don't smoke at all or try not to when playing PSP, as it bugs me when it gets dirty.

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:16 am

power UP wrote:
captpain wrote:I take a giant bong rip every 100 points I make in Giga Wing.

btw, I actually have to thank you. You converted me to a tea drinker, thanks to some post where you said you mix greentea with honey. Thats all I drink now (yeah I've lurked some time)

Haha, good to know.

I've sort of lapsed into coffee-drinking again, but I'll be back to tea as soon as I run out.