# Energy drinks, a necessary evil ?
**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488
**Category:** News & General Discussion
**Created:** [August 26, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488 "2012-08-26T07:41:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@keithsoulasa](https://discussions.unity.com/u/keithsoulasa)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/1 "2012-08-26T07:41:21Z")
I’ve worked at game companies which would give these drinks to employees , when it gets to crazy over time, do you guys think Energy drinks are ever needed ?
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### Author:  [@TylerPerry](https://discussions.unity.com/u/TylerPerry)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 7:46am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/2 "2012-08-26T07:46:33Z")
Nope, I’ve played some mmorpgs for ages at a time and never needed an energy drink… coffee!!! (is all you need)
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### Author:  [@Tim-C](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Tim-C)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/3 "2012-08-26T07:51:55Z")
I have one coffee a day at about 10am and that’s it 🙂 Any company that does crazy overtime is a company that is not well managed in my opinion. Shorter work days with higher quality of work is much more important then hours. Energy drinks are also filled with sugar… and you should try to not eat too much sugar.
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### Author:  [@khanstruct1](https://discussions.unity.com/u/khanstruct1)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 8:26am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/4 "2012-08-26T08:26:27Z")
Ya know, with this and the “nutrition post”, I’m getting the sense that 90% of Unity users are Mormon. Seriously, when did everyone become such weak, health nut, Richard Simmons clones?
I personally don’t like energy drinks, but I drink a LOT of coffee. And I also think that a company that hands out energy drinks to their employees is being very cool. They understand that you’re working late and they want to keep you happy (and awake).
And overtime happens; especially in the game industry (due to tight budgets, strict deadlines and unexpected delays). Most people deal with it because they love their work and want to see the game finished as much as anyone else. If you can’t accept that, go get a factory job that let’s you go home when the whistle blows.
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### Author:  [@Don-Gray](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Don-Gray)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/5 "2012-08-26T08:32:43Z")
If you work at a factory, you really need an energy drink!
🙂
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### Author:  [@npsf3000\_1](https://discussions.unity.com/u/npsf3000_1)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/6 "2012-08-26T08:42:09Z")
> [@khanstruct\_1](#):
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> And overtime happens; especially in the game industry (due to tight budgets, strict deadlines and unexpected delays). Most people deal with it because they love their work and want to see the game finished as much as anyone else.
Work smarter, not harder.
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### Author:  [@khanstruct1](https://discussions.unity.com/u/khanstruct1)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/7 "2012-08-26T08:45:53Z")
> [@npsf3000\_1](#):
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> Work smarter, not harder.
Oh gee, why didn’t they think of that. You should go educate some of those dev companies. Clearly they’re in need of your insight.
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### Author:  [@npsf3000\_1](https://discussions.unity.com/u/npsf3000_1)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 8:53am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/8 "2012-08-26T08:53:40Z")
> [@khanstruct\_1](#):
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> Oh gee, why didn’t they think of that. You should go educate some of those dev companies. Clearly they’re in need of your insight.
I’d rather compete.
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### Author:  [@keithsoulasa](https://discussions.unity.com/u/keithsoulasa)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/9 "2012-08-26T08:56:15Z")
> [@khanstruct\_1](#):
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> Oh gee, why didn’t they think of that. You should go educate some of those dev companies. Clearly they’re in need of your insight.
To be far game companies waste tons of money keeping people in chairs when their half awake .
Plus when you push your employees to work too many hours it can generate a sense of apathy towards the overall project .
At my last job the manager tired to get me to give "110% " my last week , after working 15 hour days and ridding the bus at 3am( in America this isn’t cool) I could care less .
I agree with stramit that any company that depends on overtime, like massive 7 day straight crap isn’t managed right .
I still drink energy drinks since i’m at the point where i can’t wake up with out em .
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### Author:  [@Aiursrage2k](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Aiursrage2k)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/10 "2012-08-26T10:52:26Z")
Basically they will burn you out they dont care because they can get a new guy that will be happy to take your place. Its abit sad really
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### Author:  [@Meltdown](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Meltdown)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/11 "2012-08-26T10:56:31Z")
No. Those drinks are filled mostly with crap anyway. Your work routine should be something that fits naturally into your lifestyle.
8-9 hour days should be the maximum, unless of course you’ve got an important deadline or you need to roll an emergency patch for some game breaking issue.
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### Author:  [@BrUnO-XaVIeR](https://discussions.unity.com/u/BrUnO-XaVIeR)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 10:57am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/12 "2012-08-26T10:57:59Z")
I do not drink that. nor coffee.
Natural juice is all I need 😉
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### Author:  [@hippocoder](https://discussions.unity.com/u/hippocoder)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/13 "2012-08-26T11:01:21Z")
I avoid them and still do 16 hour work days without burning out every few weeks. The trick is to moderate yourself, and get some good sleep and rest when you can. And eat well because that is better than burning your body out and filling it with junk from energy drinks. Energy drinks lead to less productivity because after they’ve worn off you crash and do less. You end up doing less overall.
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### Author:  [@ZeroByteDNA](https://discussions.unity.com/u/ZeroByteDNA)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/14 "2012-08-26T11:37:11Z")
The amount of diet energy drinks/highly caffeinated diet soda that I need to consume to remain awake in general, is usually enough to make a room full of guys start bouncing off the walls like coke addicts coming out the bathroom at a company Christmas party…
…if I drink more than a few cups of hot coffee though, it will knock me out.
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### Author:  [@KRGraphics](https://discussions.unity.com/u/KRGraphics)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/15 "2012-08-26T11:37:13Z")
> [@Tim-C](#):
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> I have one coffee a day at about 10am and that’s it 🙂 Any company that does crazy overtime is a company that is not well managed in my opinion. Shorter work days with higher quality of work is much more important then hours. Energy drinks are also filled with sugar… and you should try to not eat too much sugar.
Amen to that… I tried five hour energy once, and I spent 4.5 of those hours on the crapper…never again
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### Author:  [@TylerPerry](https://discussions.unity.com/u/TylerPerry)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/16 "2012-08-26T11:41:14Z")
> [@KRGraphics](#):
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> Amen to that… I tried five hour energy once, and I spent 4.5 of those hours on the crapper…never again
LOL
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### Author:  [@KRGraphics](https://discussions.unity.com/u/KRGraphics)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/17 "2012-08-26T11:45:15Z")
> [@npsf3000\_1](#):
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> Work smarter, not harder.
I ALWAYS do this… even in my workflow, I find smarter ways to do better…
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### Author:  [@KRGraphics](https://discussions.unity.com/u/KRGraphics)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 11:46am UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/18 "2012-08-26T11:46:36Z")
> [@TylerPerry](#):
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> LOL
Seriously…and they lured me in with the grape flavour… though I was wide awake too…
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### Author:  [@dogzerx2](https://discussions.unity.com/u/dogzerx2)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/19 "2012-08-26T13:52:59Z")
I’m addicted to coffee!
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### Author:  [@hippocoder](https://discussions.unity.com/u/hippocoder)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/energy-drinks-a-necessary-evil/484488/20 "2012-08-26T13:55:22Z")
Work smarter is good but often, hard work is the only avenue available. And energy drinks are always bad.
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