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GTA IV World Record Attempt

AsulamurAsulamur Registered User new member
edited January 2010 in Games and Technology
College student at Austin Peay State University here in Clarksville, TN is currently a little over an hour away from breaking the Guinness World Record for continuous play of GTA IV. The current record is 40 hours 21 minutes, however, David is aiming to double that at 80 hours 42 minutes. He is doing this in an effort to gain attention for the youth swim team he is coaching here in Clarksville, which sadly is lacking a pool in which to practice. The money raised from donations and from sales here at Retro's Arcade during the event will go toward the purchase of an indoor pool for the team.

One of the many articles about this attempt is located at Clarksville Online .If you are interested in his cause or reading more about David himself, check out the article. There are many other articles on various websites if you google 'David Scherer world record'.

I work with David at the university fitness center and have been here with him nearly the entire time. I'd just like to say that an hour away from breaking the 40 hour mark, David is still going strong. He IS absolutely sick of the game, though.

If anyone would like to help us out with this cause, please feel free to spread the word to any websites that may be interested in reporting on it. So far, we have received word that this attempt has been covered in both New Zealand and, according to some very nice guy from Brazil who came into chat with David on the ustream website, it was broadcast on their largest news station. I believe a man from England and one from China also logged in for some online play with David. So, the word is definitely spreading, but the more publicity the better. It'd be wonderful to raise even a bit of money to get these kids a swimming pool.

The website for the swim team is: http://www.swimmingeagles.com
Retro's Arcade ( where the event is being hosted) has a link to a paypal account for any donations on their website at: http://www.retrosclassicarcade.com
http://www.ustream.tv/dman24676 - is the location of the live broadcast

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  • XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Why the hell do the keep separate world records for longest to play x video game?

    Seems like a waste of everyone's time, to me.

    Also, you'd think he could do something creative and, y'know, related to swimming. Like.. I dunno, marathon swimming laps at the nearest pool that actually does exist. Or sitting on the roof of their pool-less rec center in a speedo for x number of days.

    I dunno. It's also weird that a swim team is established enough to have a website, but not a pool?

    Anywho, I'm all for helping out local sports teems, youth leagues, and whatnot. But I feel that:

    a) The local community should be helping out. Doesn't some guy in England have a local youth league he would do better to support?
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    b) Um.. GTA for Swimming? Really?

    I guess I just don't get it. I'll probably get stomped for that, but there it is.

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  • KlykaKlyka DO you have any SPARE BATTERIES?Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    What is he even doing for 80 hours? Just driving in a circle?

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  • Best AmericaBest America __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm kind of surprised the original record was only 40 hours. Anyone who wanted to get their 15 seconds of fame could have pretty easily beaten that, I feel? The effort and motive here are both radical, but like an earlier poster said the only thing this 'accomplishment' really makes me realize is how irrelevant the Guinness Records have made themselves.

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  • muninnmuninn Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So how does the record breaking work?
    All you have to do is not sleep for 40 hours, moving thumbsticks around? I mean GTA isnt the kind of game that provides a challenge if you choose to avoid it...

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  • GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    So, they'll basically let anything be in the Guiness Record Book now, eh?

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  • StormwatcherStormwatcher Blegh BlughRegistered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I'm kind of surprised the original record was only 40 hours. Anyone who wanted to get their 15 seconds of fame could have pretty easily beaten that, I feel? The effort and motive here are both radical, but like an earlier poster said the only thing this 'accomplishment' really makes me realize is how irrelevant the Guinness Records have made themselves.

    Dude, it's 40hrs nonstop. That's close to 2 days. Doing nothing but playing ONE game.

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  • Best AmericaBest America __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2010
    If you had two days and you wanted to set a Guinness World Record, wouldn't you be able to play a single game for 40 hours nonstop?

    Wouldn't your sister be able to? Your mother or father?

    I mean, if someone was resolute on setting a ratified world record, isn't playing a game like GTA -- where there isn't even really "game over," or alternatively where you are never forced to even encounter "game over" if you don't go looking for it -- for 41 hours a free pass?

    I've stayed awake for way more than 41 hours because of things like poor decision-making or wanting to reset my sleep schedule. Hell, when I had the flu I was awake and in bed for like 60 hours. Give me a controller and I could have been a world record-holder. :P

    edit: I'm not saying that this isn't an accomplishment, I'm saying that it's the easiest world record to break I've ever heard of. When it's set at 80 hours, after this guy is done, it'll be much closer to par with how I envision the challenge level of "world records."

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  • SoaLSoaL fantastic Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Does he take pee breaks or do it like he is swimming and just kinda let it trickle out and move over a few feet afterwards??

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  • XaviarXaviar Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Hmm.. According to the team's website in the OP.. Unless I'm reading it wrong, he stopped at 55 hrs.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Gyral wrote: »
    So, they'll basically let anything be in the Guiness Record Book now, eh?

    I wonder if they'll take my record breaking "Bottle of soda left half-full in room" from long ago.

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  • Kris_xKKris_xK Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    I really hate these Guinness time records. All it takes is not having anything else important to do.

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  • PacifistPacifist Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Wow. Way to accomplish nothing.

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  • RericReric Registered User regular
    edited January 2010
    Kris_xK wrote: »
    I really hate these Guinness time records. All it takes is not having anything else important to do.

    Especially when a lot of the times Guinness allows pee breaks or resting for 10 minutes every couple of hours

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  • TubeTube Registered User admin
    edited January 2010
    It seems to me that the polite thing to do before promoting this event on our boards would have been to ask permission.

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