Fueling Your Gaming Addiction
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Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2010-06-17 14:14 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I drink 96oz of Rockstar a day and that isn't keeping me awake, gonna have to try this. Over iced coffee though, I dont like hot drinks.
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I usually make instant hot chocolate, but use coffee instead of plain hot water.
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You may already have an incredible caffeine tolerance built up... I'm not sure if coffee is going to do much for you.
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Originally Posted by Oya
I drink 96oz of Rockstar a day and that isn't keeping me awake, gonna have to try this. Over iced coffee though, I dont like hot drinks.
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Its weird but even when I was taking those 5 hour energy things coffee would still wake me up better. Not really sure why. Same thing with sunkist sodas.
On to another recipe. This one is much less refined but given its name its kind of appropriate.
Bachelor Chow
1 12oz can Wolf Brand chili (turkey meat Wolf Brand can be found for kosher bachelors)
2/3 cup uncooked instant rice
1/2 cup grated cheese (I like colby jack but pick your favorite)
Directions are simple:
1. Cook the rice according to the directions on the box.
2. Mix the chili and cooked rice.
3. Heat the mixture a bit more in the microwave.
4. Add cheese.
5. Eat.
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I just use Irish Breakfast tea mixed with superadine
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I couldn't get 5 minutes of energy from that stuff. Redline was the same, just made me itch. Starbucks, nothing. Considering an IV drip at this point.|
Originally Posted by Crim_the_Cold
Its weird but even when I was taking those 5 hour energy things coffee would still wake me up better. Not really sure why. Same thing with sunkist sodas.
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Gonna have to try the bachelor chow though, even though I have a wife and kids it looks like a quick meal for when I don't feel like real cooking.
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Originally Posted by Decorum
45 year Mountain Dew addiction here.
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I like Mountain Dew as well, but it isn't as effective keeping me awake as it used to be.
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Food tends to keep me awake better than caffine. But I also love my Dr Pepper
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The sugary breakfast pastries do nothing for me, but salt perks me up.
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Caffeine has no effect on me. I can - and have - drank a 2 liter of Mountain Dew by myself over the course of an evening (tabletop RPG, arts/crafts, and board gaming, all in one night, from about 8pm to about 2:30am) and didn't have a single problem. My friend, who also drank a 2 liter of Dew over the same evening, had the jitters so bad that she eventually stopped sitting down and did all her stuff standing at the table. She also couldn't talk straight, and had a hard time keeping track of conversation. I went right to sleep when I got to that point, and woke up refreshed in the morning. Apparently my friend didn't go to sleep until the NEXT night.
It's the same every time I've tried to juice myself up. I might get a minor boost, but it could also be attributed to psychosomatic results (I expect to get a boost from caffeine, so my body perks up). And it's not from caffeine tolerance; I have never really injested a lot of caffeine, my whole life, so I can't have built up a tolerance to it. I drink far more water and fruit juice than anything else.
I'm just weird.
It also sucks A LOT because there isn't a surefire way to find my second wind other than just sticking it out until I find it naturally. And sometimes that just doesn't happen and I pass out. 
I have fallen asleep at the keyboard a couple times (been PC gaming since 1995 and I can count the number of times I've qwertyfaced on one hand, so it's not often) because I was expecting "just a couple more minutes".
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I do the exact same thing. And I have a Keurig which makes it extra easy.
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Originally Posted by NuclearToast
I usually make instant hot chocolate, but use coffee instead of plain hot water.
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I drink canned ice coffee from Taiwan--Buy it in bulk at any Asian market. Being canned helps me ration it. One can in the morning when I'm at my computer launching CoH. And another can after dinner while I'm at my computer launching CoH. 
Need to stay awake all night?
Vodka...
that is all.
Wow but some of you guys eat or drink stuff I'd never touch...
Coffee, black, for me.
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Mountain Dew, 'nuff said
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I'm the same. I can drink a large cup of Starbucks dark roast at 9 o'clock at night, lay down on the couch and be sound asleep by 9:30. Same in the morning. On the weekends I get up around 6:00 or 6:30, do some laundry, play some CoX, drink three cups of coffee and then around 9:30 I take a nap on the couch.|
Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Caffeine has no effect on me.
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Now, add sugar to the coffee (I usually use Splenda), and it's a different story.
ETA: I souldn't say caffeine has NO effect on me, because if I don't have my morning coffee, I get a headache.
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That is awesome. I'm gonna have to do some digging around to find it but I've got a recipe for a cereal snack mix thats pretty good.
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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
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ETA: I souldn't say caffeine has NO effect on me, because if I don't have my morning coffee, I get a headache.
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Originally Posted by Crim_the_Cold
Bachelor Chow
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--NT
They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!
If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville
The OP's recipe just needs this...
Although, like Agge, caffeine has no effect on me when it comes to keeping me awake. Many women have a different issue when it comes to excessive caffeine consumption, and it's the primary reason why I don't drink a lot of caffeinated drinks.
Oddly enough, I found a recipe of Caffeine Jello® Shots when I was looking for the above image above.
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I didn't know where else to put this but I thought I'd share a drink recipe that I've been using to keep awake for work and gaming. That and I have not seen a recipe sharing thread.
Spiced Mocha Mix
1 cup sugar
1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
1/2 cup powdered non-dairy creamer
1/2 cup cocoa
3 tablespoons powdered instant coffee
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
dash of salt
Mix it all together and then store in an airtight container.
For a single drink use 3 tablespoons of the mix and 3/4 cup hot water.
If you need a huge pick me up put 3 tablespoons in with your cup of coffee. <-- What I do.
If you have one of your own to share, please do.
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