GenCon, sleep, hard-core gaming and drowsy driving

[Henry]

Heck, I'll go ahead and save this, and I might talk to Russ about posting or stickying it every year for about a week or two just before Gencon.

I know the tradition of Gencon is to "go and game until you puke or crash", but being dead in an accident, or even just missing your scheduled game because you're too tired, sucks for everyone.

 

[diaglo]

talk about thread necromancy.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Heck, I'll go ahead and save this, and I might talk to Russ about posting or stickying it every year for about a week or two just before.

Thanks Henry.

Any possibility that you could slap a GenCon tag on the thread so it gets looked at by those people going?

 

[MrFilthyIke]

talk about thread necromancy.

Cthulhu's Librarian has strong Necro-Fu.

 

[BOZ]

thanks PC. thank god our drive is only 3 hours max!

 

[BOZ]

Cthulhu's Librarian has strong Necro-Fu.

LOL! i didn't even recognize the date, or the fact that i had posted to this thread before. "hmm, where did this long thread come from all of a sudden?"

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Wow, I forgot about this thread.

Hey, PC, if you're still answering questions a year later....

I'm not going to Gen Con, but I have great difficulty taking naps during the day. What advice would you give to me if I was a convention-goer or booth-attendant? How would you personally sneak in a 10 minute or 90 minute nap?

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

And a bump to bring this thread back for the 3rd year in a row...

 

[francisca]

Concerning these issues, I'm glad for a few things:
1) 1 hour 10 minutes away from the convention center
2) I run on 4-5 hours of sleep every day, so the con life isn't a crimp in my sleep patterns

It is pretty scary at 2 or 3 in the morning, seeing the zombioid look in some people's eyes.

 

[Shadowdancer]

Glad to see this thread resurrected. I found lots of good advice for when I attended Gen Con last year, and some advice I am still using today with my job and other activities when I don't get enough sleep.