u/Shot-Violinist8022

Ive only blacked out once in my entire life and it came from social drinking. My ex and her family and connections drank because of customs mainly as she explained to me about her people (Hmong). So I drank with them, it wasn't an everyday thing but it was certainly something to expect to do thursday-sunday and every now and then a random day inbetween. This was shortly before COVID-19 kicked off, so around 2019~ ish. Since I remember bars and stuff was still open and mask hadnt been mandated yet.

It was a normal afternoon, I hadn't ate much and one of her cousins came over. He proceeded to get us drinking and then we got a uber over to his house together to continue drinking. It was the usual get together. ppl started arriving slowly. I had already been drinking, taking shots and smoked some weed.

I am very conscious of my on going experiences. I know for a fact if I start feeling euphoric = STOP STOP STOP. Every time I have reached the point of that euphoria feeling, where everything feels "good" I know I am going to be screwed up. It usually comes out of the blue and it goes down hill shortly after to dizziness, etc.

So I stopped drinking and had a seat. My Ex came and joined me a little bit later and we spoke.

The world went black, and then I had this long ass dream. Of running from 1 side of an airport, which looked as though an airplane was about to crash thru the window, to another side. It was like temple run but inside of an airport.

At the end of the dream I woke up and I was at home. My mind for like 10 seconds was on the dream, then reality set in. It was night time. I thought it was the SAME DAY. I looked and realized I had no clothes on and I was in bed with my gf.

Then thats when I hit the brick wall.

I couldn't remember how I got here or anything at all. My memory stops with that chat I had, and then the dream, and thats it. I remember everything up till that point.

I woke her up and she began explaining to me I was STILL ACTIVE AFTER BLACKING OUT. I even got to piece together more from other people cause no one knew i blacked out so I wasn't given any extra attention.

I was still drinking. I was still smoking. I was chatting. I was doing errands. I even made it home without issue and undressed myself and got into bed. I was even told that I was giving out advice.

I remember NOTHING. I was 100% conscious in that dream and no where else i couldnt see anything at all not a SINGLE SECOND of the reality that she and others was describing. And everyone said the same thing. I even had video evidence! I was up laughing, dancing, just smiling without my actual vision being there. That is bewildering.

I did nothing embarrassing. But she didn't know I blacked out until I told her and others.

It scared me so deep that you can actually interact with people without having your vision, that I researched how to avoid blacking out. I learned once it happens you become prone to it happening again, even after a single drink. After awhile I found a really good method called "The Number Callout" I wanted to turn it into a Anti-Date Rape app called "watchdog" this is how it works

You create a number, lets say "67", and then U keep saying it to yourself, and you tell another person, who will also be drinking.

As long as BOTH OF YOU remember "67" you can hold onto your soberness. I tried it during a very heavy night of drinking at a wedding where my mind was easily fleeting and it kept me there 100% and my friend who was willing to try also stayed aware while hammered.

That method kept me from blacking out again.

of everything though it was the fact I was actually "alive" awhile sleep. Whats the point of "me" being here, ya know? haha. Just abit of humor there.

Oh yeah and also this made me 100% aware that ppl can be blacked out without even displaying signs.

Be safe out there folks.

I will be purchasing this monitor when it releases but I will likely have to "grow" into it until better GPU options arrive to play other stuff reasonably on it. Because of so, I decided to build the monitor its own seating area instead of replacing one of the two monitors I currently have on my main desk (which is an L desk). This way I can have a "special occasions" monitor to use when I feel like it. Ive been meaning to do something with that side of room anyways.

Luckily the game I daily drive isn't all that difficult and I don't see myself quitting any time soon. I currently already play it in 5K2K and it runs well. Looking forward to it.

What about you? What are your plans for moving up to 5k2k?

I have been gaming on PC since age 6, helping a friend and his brother in Tibia as a rune slave. I actually did follow trends and upgraded monitors for newer refresh rates, I remember going from 75 to 99 to 120 and then 144. I also remember that 165Hz was on the horizon and that is when I decided to take a step back.

Back then I was into World of Tanks and I had the best stuff you could get at the time. GTX 780 Ti, i7 CPU, etc. I am someone who can upgrade with each new generation if I wanted.

Then came ultrawides. 2560 x 1080p and 3440 x 1440p monitors. I recall looking at the frame rate all the time and trying to figure out how to keep up with a consistent 120 hz. It just seemed unfeasible. This was quite a time before DLSS and FSR mind you.

I did some thinking, and I made a baseline of what I would rather have and what I can live without.

It was something like

- Maxed Graphics
- Low heat
- High Stability
- "Set it and forget it"

I was into overclocking and everything to achieve performance. By this time I had been tinkering with the innards of a PC for quite some time. I wanted to actually stop doing this because I play full loot upon death games. I overclock my RAM to get it up to speed and thats about it.

So I factor'd in everything and the only option I had to achieve everything I wanted out of gaming would be to just use <100 Hz. I was going to 75 but the game I played at the time for much of my time only let me set 60, or 120. So I went with 60 cause I figured it'd be set-it-and-forget it more commonly.

This was like 10 years ago. Today I am still gaming @ 60 Hz, even though I've moved on to higher performing OLED and Mini-LED monitors. I still use 60 Hz.

Did I feel any difference? yeah I did. There is a noticeable difference from 60 hz and upwards, even at 75 Hz there is a noticeable smoothness. I recall noticing that I can actually see the flight path of the projectiles in WoT.

Did I care about the difference? Nope. It was like witnessing a party trick really. Its cool but I wanted something else out of the experience so stepping down to 60 Hz didn't bother me. I knew I was going to get a LOT MORE TIME out of my parts though. It was also cool, the feeling of not needing to feel the want to overclock and other stuff.

Do I ever feel tempted to switch back? Nope. I don't.

I'm not really out here gaming to get into celebrity status, I am gaming cause I really enjoy the interface. I play competitive oriented games like Chiv 2, Battlefield, CS2, and stuff and I still get to top of leadership boards at end of match even though im sure im probably the only person running 60Hz. I find that latency influences my game play more than refresh rate.

So yeah thats my story. I chose 60hz because its a performance driven fantasy. I dont have to use any of that upscaling stuff and I rarely come across BSODs anymore. Its just pure gaming bliss.