do drugs enhance YOUR gameplay?

[pragmatic insanester]

the past few gta titles and the more recent narc have had gameplay alterations for your character after taking drugs. sometimes you get a trippy landscape, better aiming, or something else that enhances.
now, do any of you get better at gaming after a little dance with the smoke, bottle, or whatever kids do these days?

[Crush Crawfish]

"WINNERS DON'T DO DRUGS!" 8-)

[Cmtz]

After an Advil I can pass the first stage on Mario Bros without any trouble. :D

[Slimedog]

I've got Rez. I don't need drugs.

[briguy578]

If I've had a couple of beers its easier for me to get into the gaming "zone", and my skills can improve significantly. However, any more then a few and my hand-eye coordination goes into the toilet.

PS - Yes, I'm 21, and I'm such a big dork I didn't even drink before my birthday. Also I've never tried any "drug" other then alcohol.

[classicb]

they don't make me any better but Donkey Kongo and a six pack with my roomates = hours of fun and laughter

[ozyr]

Don't do drugs! HOwever, (and I haven't tried this), but I heard it is easier to play Kaboom! when you are somewhat drunk...

[Daria]

ANy party game plus alcohol is a good mix.

[Topher2798]

Heh heh... Take it from an old "expert" in this area.
Drugs don't improve your game, they just dull your perception to the point that you "think" you're playing better. @_@ x_x :eek 2:

[TheRedEye]

Marijuana made me a pinball wizard for one night. A little kid came up and watched me juggle three balls for like five minutes and went "...whoa."

[Haoie]

"WINNERS DON'T DO DRUGS!" 8-)

Holy crap, is that a Bush Sr quote or what?

Anyway, I'm not a dopehead, but if evidence points to anything, is that narcotics will make your reactions slower either immediately or after the other effects wear off.

[Leroy]

While I wouldn't say it improves any skills.. getting drunk with some friends and playing some Mario Party or Culdcept is insanely fun. Casual drinking and NES gaming is also a frequent activity we partake in. Now, many, many years ago, with a different set of friends, we'd smoke hella weed and play Tekken 2 until the sun came up (which meant it was time for bed). Again, not sure it enhanced any skills but it sure enhanced the amount of fun we had. No more herb though, just glorious beer.

[Milk]

Being stoned seems to help me concentrate better while playing racers. I wouldn't want to run the Indy 500 while stoned, but then again I don't even have a driver's license in real life.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

I take hits from the bong while waiting for my Neo Geo CD to load. :pimp:










Na, I'm just joking around. I don't do any drugs.

[Cryomancer]

Caffeine only.

[Push Upstairs]

I can tell you that having a fever doesn't improve your game.

Neither does(did) taking penicillin.....although it makes your urine smell funny. :)

[Xexyz]

I wouldn't be surprised if stimulants enhanced your skills by a slight margin.

Depressants? Narcotics? Pfft, no chance in hell.

[Ackman]

I enjoy playing fighting games drunk it doesn't enhance your skills any, but I feel like a drunken master or something because the skill is still there but co-ord is all wonky and unpredictable lol I'm serious O_O

[Bluteg]

This is from my drunk kittie's perception long ago....

Good stimulats + Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 = greatness

Weed + RPGs and Metal Slug = greatness

[Tatsu]

I was thinking about making a thread like this for a long time but somehow I thought it might not be appropriate. From my own experience I can tell you the following (even if it means that I'm making a fool out of myself for admitting to take drugs):

Games in the Baldur's Gate style go great together with uppers. My skills aren't any better but I can focus on the game way harder and I sink really into the missions to slaughter all the enemies. Also puzzlers like Columns or Bust-A-Move are fine to sink in when on uppers.

I've tried to play Final Fantasy X on mushrooms but I didn't like it. I expected to be sucked in by the story but it was just anoying. Maybe I should have tried it with a game that is more interesting, something like Final Fantasy VI. Maybe I'll give it another try with another hallucinogen drug.

Besides that, kids don't do drugs, it's dangerous. Believe me, I know what I'm talking about.

[MegaManFan]

For me, the idea of trying to game in an altered state is counterproductive. Gaming is a drug, and when I really get keyed into a long session with one particular game it enhances me into a hyperaware state - thinking many moves ahead in microseconds, being aware of things on screen that I'm not even looking at directly, making multiple complex decisions with a plethora of control buttons, et cetera. Halo 2, Lumines, Mr. Driller, Final Fantasy VII, the list goes on and on. And like most "drugs" that people take, they are certainly addictive, to the point I need to be torn away from them by my loving wife or close friends. Now why would I mess up that high by getting high on something else? They'd clash. I'm no straightedger, it's just that for me gaming is ALREADY a rush. The only thing I'll even consider is maybe a cold beer to relax my mood, but I do mean ONE. Even that is taking a risk of slowing down my reaction time, but since I have a high tolerance (6 foot 223 plus a drinking history from college I'm not proud of) it generally doesn't make a difference. More than that and you know what alcohol does - makes it hard to concentrate, you spontaneously make bad choices, your vision is impaied and your motor reflexes go to pot. That doesn't "enhance" game play for me at all.

[motley6]

This is the best thread in long time. I highly suggest playing California Games (SNES) on coke. Also if you are on speed, I gurantee that your 1943 scores will drastically improve. Also, I know that mescaline is difficult to score unless you are from California, but I also highly recommend playing any highly colorful game like Mario Kart 64, Bubble Bobble/ Rainbow Islands, or Yoshi's Story once you are high on the horse pill.

PS. I do not advise playing a game like Grand Theft Auto or Loaded when you are coming down from X or coke as it will double your depressive state.

Have fun, children!

[Dahne]

Once, fater drinking a bit, I played a one-person drinking game with a VR mission level in MGS2: Substance that I was having a hell of a time passing, where every time I failed it I took a drink. Ended up passing it (and didn't pass out, thank you very much :p)

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I shall say nothing here other than that MegaManFun has posted the most insightful response in this entire thread. I really can't add much more than "what he said."

[Bluteg]

Hallucinogens plus gaming... is usually a bad idea.

The cat played many of current gen games on Psilo and most were ended in pondering questions like why does he use guns .... why.. why... to many whys. 8 bits games are taming another horse all together and can be great fun however... it really depends on how your cat handles his shit. He also said unless its a very fast paced game uppers will lead your mind astray.

[Zadoc]

Drugs are stupid, they make me stupid, which is why I don't use them.

However, back in 1999, I did play some Sonic Adventure after I had smoked pot, and I sucked at it. In fact, I think that was the last time I ever did any illegal drugs.

[poloplayr]

Heroin + Pit Fighter (SNES) = juuuust playable

Crack + any Game & Watch = kick-ass gaming

[pragmatic insanester]

someone needs to record themselves playing silent hill while rolling in the acid and/or pcp.

[Daft Punk]

Drinking gets me in the zone.


My friend can play DDR alot better or really any game better when high becuase it makes him more focused.

[anagrama]

Anyone taking coke and then sitting playing California Games should probably take a long hard look at their lives.

[Tatsu]

I don't see a difference between taking coke and playing California Games (or Baldur's Gate in my case) and taking coke and then going out clubbing or whatever else. It's a hard drug and if you get addicted to it then you sure have issues. But what you do when high is not really an indicator if or what kind of issues you have if you aks me.

But besides that: the pushy feeling of coke fits well with action games and fast button pushing. Same for Speed. I wouldn't take E and stay at home, this is a party drug for me.

Oh and besides that: As I have said in my first post, durgs are dangerous for your health. Even if they can be fun, you will have to pay the price for taking them when you are not carefull (and I don't mean money).

[Jumpman Jr.]

I don't think it would do anything.
Surely, every teenager thinks that if they smoke pot and play 'an old copy of Super Mario Bros.' they think it will be the most amazing thing of their lives.

[Steempy]

Taking lots of aspirin helps me play EA games with the hipster soundtracks and annoying DJs.

[fishsandwich]

Me and my roomies used to get high as kites back in college and then play all sorts of stuff. We generally sucked, but we'd all have occasion moments of supreme greatness that we normally wouldn't have had otherwise. We played SNES, Genny, PSone, NES, 32x... whatever we could get our hands on, really. We spent a great deal of time with the Super Game Boy. I was called in for those rare times when go one else could get past a level. I'd usually get through it, and I was generally stoned off my ass.

Those were the days, man. A bong, a TV, a SNES, and a big bag of chips. A big brick of cheese didn't hurt, either.

:pimp:

[Raedon]

Coffee makes me better at FPS's and MMORPG's.

[Raedon]

I want some of whatever Tom Cruise is smoking.. He's a Wackadoo, looks like fun.

[Kevin Listwan]

Me and my roomies used to get high as kites back in college and then play all sorts of stuff. We generally sucked, but we'd all have occasion moments of supreme greatness that we normally wouldn't have had otherwise. We played SNES, Genny, PSone, NES, 32x... whatever we could get our hands on, really. We spent a great deal of time with the Super Game Boy. I was called in for those rare times when go one else could get past a level. I'd usually get through it, and I was generally stoned off my ass.

Those were the days, man. A bong, a TV, a SNES, and a big bag of chips. A big brick of cheese didn't hurt, either.

Hell ya, I used to do this too. Although we played Tecmo Bowl constantly and Bond. While weed may not make you better, gaming is often more enjoyable when high. Sadly I do this only once in a great while now.

[tony_good]

I will refuse to answer under my 5th amendment privileges.

Since caffeine is not considered a "drug", it has been used by me to enhance gameplay.

Prescription anti-anxiety meds help lower my blood pressure when playing games like Robotron that get me too intense.

[Raedon]

I will refuse to answer under my 5th amendment privileges.

Since caffeine is not considered a "drug", it has been used by me to enhance gameplay.

Prescription anti-anxiety meds help lower my blood pressure when playing games like Robotron that get me too intense.

If it is a compound that changes your perseption of the world around you then it's a drug. No more headache? You probably took a drug. Anti-Anxiety meds are considered to be as bad as alcohol with addiction. caffeine is most certainly a drug, it's a stimulant. Sugar is a drug as well.

I honestly think Pizza is an addictive substance. :D

[Tatsu]

Caffeine sure is a drug, just not an illegal one. It even is adictive... If you don't believe me then start to drink 10 or 15 cups a day and stop it from one day to another... ;)

[QBert]

Drugs are bad...mmmkay? :)

Now that I got that outta the way, drugs are good...mmkay?

Mj is all I do, and while I don't think it really enhances gameplay, I sure have more fun doing it.

Although I have recently noticed that RedBull gives me more concentration and alertness which I enjoy when gaming.

[bargora]

These days its just a couple of beers while I drive . . . a 60 foot tall Vertical Tank! Bristling with cannons! Grenade launchers! Howitzer weaponry!

While I don't know that it improves the experience or my level of play, it sure does help pass the time waiting for the lobby to fill up.

[GrayFox]

Couple of beers or so is what I'll do, and then, this is usually when I'm playing a game with a bunch of buddies. But yeah, only some good ol alcohol for this cat.

I'm decent under the influence. I know once or twice I absolutely dominated in Call of Duty online while drunk, good times.

[Anthony1]

WOW. Somebody mentioned taking "Shrooms" and playing video games.


That doesn't seem like a good combo at all. I remember doing shrooms on occasion during my college years, and the main thing that I remembered from that, is that when I was on the "Shrooms", I didn't want to be around anything electronical.

I didn't want to be in a car, or around TV's or anything like that. I wanted to be out in Nature. Like Camping or something like that. Now, of course music is incredible enhanced when on "Shrooms", so shrooms and concerts go hand in hand. But I could never imagine playing a video game on shrooms.


By the way, shrooms are very dangerous, and I don't recommend them for anybody. This was a long, long, long time ago when I tried them.

[Anthony1]

Oh, I forgot to mention.



The hippie lettuce and games are a match made in Heaven.


I can remember back in the days when I was one of the best Madden players in Northern California. (around 1992/1993).

I smoked trees like crazy back then, and I would play Madden all day long, and let me tell you, the weed helped me.

The weed would make me more focused. Make me stronger. (Episode 3 quote)


No seriously, the dank would allow me to get really focused and dialed in for each play of the game. Before competing in tournaments I would be in the parking lot smoking a big fattie.

The key was not to get "over high". You want to make sure that you are indeed high, and not just a teaser high, but indeed high, but you have to make sure that you don't get "over high" or you would get killed in the first round of the tourney. I made that mistake before.


Sometimes, I wish I could still smoke trees to this day. But I had to stop. But the thing is, that when you are high on the dank, the games are just better. It might be wrong, and it might not be polically correct, yada yada yada....

But the games just are better. The experience is just better. Same thing with movies and concerts and things like that. Again, just make sure that you aren't overhigh, or you will ruin the whole experience.


......runs off to hit the hippie lettuce and play Outrun 2 on XBOX on a 113inch screen!!


(just kidding)

[AlexKidd]

I like to play rpg's and platform games when i'm smoking weed. I don't think it makes me much better at the games but I enjoy them quite a bit more . If i'm by myself I usually do better because i'm concentrating only on the game,though if I have friends around i usually get distracted. Chrono Trigger,Super Metroid and Secret of Mana are all great games to play when you're high.
As far as other drugs i've only done coke a couple times but it made me much better at space shooters which i'm already good at. I believe I got 250,000 in namco museum galaga. I also completed Astro Warrior for sms which is otherwise pretty hard.
Alcohol on the other hand makes me worse at just about every game,totally messes up my hand-eye coordination.

[XJR15]

My old friend Lance would swear that smoking weed and playing marble madness was great, never tried it though myself.

[MegaManFan]

I don't think it would do anything.
Surely, every teenager thinks that if they smoke pot and play 'an old copy of Super Mario Bros.' they think it will be the most amazing thing of their lives.

And their conversation would probably sound like that old web comic from a few years ago.

SWEAR TO GOD I GOT IT AT JUNKIES FOR TWO DOLLAR EH. I WANT TO PLAY IT. IT IS CALLED MARIO TWINS. THEY ARE SO DAMN THE SAME. I SAY TO ONE OF DEM YOU WANT DE ICE CREAM CONE, DEY BOTH SAY YAIS.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

I honestly think Pizza is an addictive substance. :D
Someone get me to rehab.

[Neil Koch]

I used to do quite a bit of hallucinogens and would play a lot of SNES/Genesis and it made them more fun (it even made Sega CD games crappy FMV look good).

I don't do that stuff any more though... just stick with beer, which is good for games like GTA, but horrible for games where you need fast reactions like Halo (though I still try).

I played party crash on Burnout 3 last weekend after coming home from the bars and it was pretty fun, and I actually did pretty well, though it sounded like every one else was drunk as well...

[Aussie2B]

I've never even smoked a cigarette in my entire life, let alone done any illegal drugs. I got far better things to waste my money on. (And no, it's not 'cause I'm some tight ass nor was I strictly raised or influenced; I've just always had zero interest in trying that stuff.)

I have a bit of alcohol from time to time, but never enough to get drunk, or even tipsy. I only drink alcohol because I like how some drinks taste, and generally, the less I can notice the alcohol in it, the better. I can't stand the taste of beer.

However, when I was little kid, Duck Hunt was THE game to play when staying up all night with a bunch of kids. Feeling stoned from lack of sleep always seemed to improve the game. O_o

[motley6]

Anyone taking coke and then sitting playing California Games should probably take a long hard look at their lives.

That's kind of funny, since I think that people with 3000 posts on a video game message board should take a long hard look at their lives. Just think of all the comic books you could have read.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

And you're here...why, again, motley? I mean, what with this place being such a waste of time and all.

[Emily]

I smoke weed medically all day, everyday.
criticise me if you will, but my severe chronick pain a nausia thank me...

Anyhoo...I can honestly say it makes all my games a lot more fun.
It makes most stuff more interesting.

[motley6]

And you're here...why, again, motley? I mean, what with this place being such a waste of time and all.

Because I have a passing interest in video games. The key word here is passing. Maybe you should ask the other poster why they decided to act like a bigshot in a response to a post that had nothing to do with them. When someone tells me I should take a "long hard look at my life" whether its in person or on a message board they are going to get pwned. If they want to shake hands with the devil, they will most certainly do it in hell.

[Emily]

And you're here...why, again, motley? I mean, what with this place being such a waste of time and all.

Because I have a passing interest in video games. The key word here is passing. Maybe you should ask the other poster why they decided to act like a bigshot in a response to a post that had nothing to do with them. When someone tells me I should take a "long hard look at my life" whether its in person or on a message board they are going to get pwned. If they want to shake hands with the devil, they will most certainly do it in hell.

It seems to me most people hear dont have a " passing interest" in video games. I for one have been colllecting as long as I have had games. A lot of people here have. And most people hear dont just like games a little bit.
You sound like a poser to me.

[SuperNES]

Caffeine only.

ditto. it keeps you awake and heightens your concentration.

[motley6]

And you're here...why, again, motley? I mean, what with this place being such a waste of time and all.

Because I have a passing interest in video games. The key word here is passing. Maybe you should ask the other poster why they decided to act like a bigshot in a response to a post that had nothing to do with them. When someone tells me I should take a "long hard look at my life" whether its in person or on a message board they are going to get pwned. If they want to shake hands with the devil, they will most certainly do it in hell.

It seems to me most people hear dont have a " passing interest" in video games. I for one have been colllecting as long as I have had games. A lot of people here have. And most people hear dont just like games a little bit.
You sound like a poser to me.

A poser? How old are you? 12? The day I give a rat's ass about an adolescent's opinion confusing 20 year old skater slang with some kind of coherent and meaningful insight is the day I post less that 100 times in 8 months. You are so right. I really have a secret shrine in my apartment devoted to Action Max but I try to hide it. Have I ever told you about all the Zelda fan fiction I write? I have volumes!

[Emily]

LOL

Im 19 asshole.
And you really are preaching to the wrong crowd.
Get a clue

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Let's cut the insults out and get back to the topic, please. Or we can just lock it. Your choice. :)

[Milk]

I think Slippy is an offensive amphibian stereotype. Oh, wrong topic. We're discussing video game toliets, right?

[SuperNES]

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oh and just so yall know, i'm past my meseta limit for today.

[MegaManFan]

What's the point of the mesetas anyway?

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

The wisdom you see is in the Meseta FAQ (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/faq.php#13).

[poopnes]

Weed + Super Smash Brothers Melee + 4 players = Pure Joy

I've been totally clean for 8 months now, but I will never deny the joy of this...

Sometimes I really miss the old days, but I know with a child of my own I have a lot more responsibility and someone else's life in my hands. "Growing up is hard to do."

[Bluteg]

No the best thing to do is a get a 1/5 of whiskey... Let the computer play Super Smash Bros. and bet on who will win... loser takes a shot...

Weed enhances your gameplay and makes it a more enjoyable experience but I have also noticed that you can't remember the damn story a few months after playing...

I swear it helps my performance on Halo 2 on live. It goes like this:

stoned>sober>drunk

[8bitcrooner]

Whenever I tackle a game, I play it once all the way through sober. then I play it through high, then drunk, then high and drunk. I never let myself lose sight of that "gamers high" by dedicating the first run through to it, but I tend to learn quite a bit about the games over the course of the next three times.

[wberdan]

i got my highest scores in THPS3/4 after smoking pot.
no kidding.

drinking usually makes me play FAR worse than normal. Drinking is a killer for every activity you can do.
I'm not endorsing marijuana, but it *can* affect some peoples level of concentration to one specific thing.

it helped me on that specific game.


willie

[poopnes]

No the best thing to do is a get a 1/5 of whiskey... Let the computer play Super Smash Bros. and bet on who will win... loser takes a shot...

Wow...that's actually I really good idea!

[DeputyMoniker]

"WINNERS DON'T DO DRUGS!" 8-)

Holy crap, is that a Bush Sr quote or what?

Anyway, I'm not a dopehead, but if evidence points to anything, is that narcotics will make your reactions slower either immediately or after the other effects wear off.

No...

http://www.leopardcats.com/oddities/winners_dont_use_drugs.gif

[Guyver03]

I can't even count the amazing hours of gameplay that a 3 friends, a little weed, and Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo can bring.

[The Great Dane]

Drinking and using drugs has never been anything I am interested in. I haven't ever been high or drunk before and I don't ever plan on it, either. Every so often my wife and I drink a little wine or something when we are having a "romantic" evening. But, that is basically the only time that I ever drink.

I will admit that I like to have a lot of sodas when I play games :D :-P ...and the occasional excedrin when I play for a little too long :/

[Teo]

The guy who mentioned getting the perfect amount and not overkilled or teased was true on. Well I gotta just say this, there are times when a drug enhances certain attributes and other times it can hinder the same attributes. Isn't it about knowing, and choosing responsively how and when? Sometimes it do, sometimes it don't.