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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chilibean" data-source="post: 58597" data-attributes="member: 2220">In real life, it all depends on what you're used to.When I was in the army, some of the infantry guys would be able to get a good nights sleep in 4 hours while sitting in a fox hole half full of cold muddy water.  It's all about conditioning.  You can learn to sleep under almost any conditions.I've seen a documentary about a tribe in africa that sleeps proped up on one elbow with their head dangling at an impossible looking angle (to keep these bugs from crawling in their ears while sleeping). On a typical jump, we had a parachute on our backs, ALICE gear around us, a helmet, a rifle case strapped under our arm, a heavy ass ruck-sack and reserve chute on our fronts, and the parachute harness strap wrenched so tight you could hardly breath.  Then we had to fly for 2 hours of NOE (Nap Of the Earth) flight so the Air Force pilots could get their damn flight hours.  This was like a roller coaster.  Of course, the air conditioners were ALWAYS broken so it was 110 degrees in the damn plane.  And someone always puked, so the entire aircraft REEKED of puke.  There were a lot of guys that could happily sleep the 2 hours, no problem at all.  I always hated those guys.  Well, ok, ... envied them.Sleeping in plate armor for someone that is used to wearing it would be no big deal at all.  For the arm chair quarterback position of people who can only get a good nights sleep on a $600 mattress when the room is JUST SO, I understand if you don't necessarily believe that.  I think this falls into the same category of when people think that people can hardly walk in plate armor and can't stand up if they fall over.  If there is some game balance issue, sure ... make them fatigued, but please don't claim it's not possible to get a good nights sleep under terrible conditions that are much worse than just being in a suit of armor.</blockquote>

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