What would it feel like to be level drained in real life?

i cast WTF level 99.

@ninjacolin lol

@ninjacolin Its a Dungeons and Dragons attack that undead and ghosts have…. they drain your life force and then If your too weak you die and become what killed you.

I think it’d feel like being jet-lagged….

@JeffVader Agreed… but with more guilt and stress

Isn’t this more like inflicting the “depressed” status with -100 weight loss?
Level draining would just suddenly make you incompetent, with no guilt or emotional pain.

Well, good luck regaining your XP.

@Fyrius will do…After I stop failing the morale checks

It’s more like a process of ungrowth, on a mental level, at least the way i describe it. It drains your knowledge, your prowess, your skill, but doesn’t damage you directly.

What happend to you is more like a desperation flavoured combined constitution and wisdom drain.

@Thammuz sounds about right thanks

Realizing that you’re drawing meaningful parallels between dungeons and dragons and the rest of your life. That might feel a bit like a drain to me.

Sorry, that was mean. You’re probably just being artistic. But a game’s too simple to break down life problems with in any meaningful way.

It would probably feel the same way I felt after 42 straight hours on call. Exhausted, hallucinating a little, and really, really, bitchy irritable. :-)

How the F do you get to be 100lbs under weight?

To most people 100lbs underweight = dead

Hyperbole? It’s a suspiciously round number too, exactly one hundred.

My most hated literary technique is the hyperbole:
pointless exaggeration, I have actually gone insane from hearing it a million times a day.

Also, mate, relating to stuff in the game in terms of your life is one thing, but relating to stuff in your life in terms of the game is another thing entirely…

@zophu Wrong. Here’s a game about changing the world and ending problems like food shortages and water purity, running right now. http://www.urgentevoke.com

Here’s a game that deals with the Holocaust, and demonstrates certain elements of the horror more effectively than an essay can. (I’ve had the privilege of playing it. It’s really good.) http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/conferences/tgc_2009/6021-TGC-2009-How-a-Board-Game-Can-Make-You-Cry

Really, from a certain perspective, games are the only way we really get a handle on life’s problems without breaking down under the weight of it all.

@elenuial

You’re completely right, elenuial. I overly generalized my statement about games. My basic point still stands here, though, I think. I still should not have disrespected the medium.

I believe games are the future of storytelling. Just played Heavy Rain, and while it had the same problems a lot of games have in lack of relevance to the real world, it was real enough to change my life.

Simulations are how we deal with reality, you’re right.

I envy you, as I really want to play Heavy Rain. I’m a fan of Quantic Dream’s work.

@drClaw I’m 6’5” and 275 pounds now… I was 130 lbs in university

Probably like Jet Lag, or heat exhaustion.

ack! necro! sorry!

I think people with Alzheimers have an “experience point” drain.
If they cannot work because of their Alzheimers… well that’s like a level restricted class, but in reverse! They are no longer at a sufficient level to be that class of character (Class: Middle Manager).
So a level drain would feel like alzheimers disease.