History Main / AntiPoopsOCKing

* The Nintendo3DS has Play Coins, which can only be obtained by walking around - though you can do so while playing if you really want to. More importantly, there's the Street Pass function which collects data from people nearby - but mostly only if you have the system closed, not while playing.
** The Play Coins are also limited to 10 coins a day to be earned, which is most likely to encourage players to take a break from all the walking they did.

* Intentional or not, CandyCrushSaga has it so the player only has 5-8 lives. Whenever those lives run out, the player has to wait 2.5-4 hours until their lives fill up (30 minutes per life). Unless if they "cheat", this may be a way to prevent JustOneMoreLevel.

* According to the manual for ''FusionFall'', the NanoCom is its own AntiPoopSocking indicator. Its efficiency determines the rate at which you acquire Fusion Matter and Taros (money) - the longer you play straight, the further the efficiency cramps, and once it hits zero, you stop getting both. Word of advice: if the stored Fusion Matter stops glowing for some reason, take it as a not-so-subtle hint to log off.

** A related function is the sort of Pokéwalker counterpart for ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', the Dream World. You can only enter the Dream World for an hour a day, and there are limits to how much you can do in one session- when visiting other players' Dream World homes you can only water 20 of their berries, you can only make 5 Dream Pal requests, and after enough trips to the Island of Dreams you won't see anymore Pokémon or items. However, the actual reason for the hour-a-day limit is so the Global Link's servers don't run out of bandwidth.

** Parodied in NWN which has a loading screen that reads "While your character doesn't need to eat, monsters do. They eat player characters" or words to that effect

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} DOTA 2]]'', if you have the [[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} Bastion Announcer Pack]]'' equipped and have played a few games (around 3-4), you will hear Rucks say lines like [[http://hydra-images.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/9/90/Dlc_bastion_announcer_welcome_06.mp3 this]]. Play during the night (usually at late hours) and [[http://hydra-images.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/6/6e/Dlc_bastion_announcer_welcome_night.mp3 he'll chastise you for that]].

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Dota2}} DOTA 2]]'', if you have the ''[[VideoGame/{{Bastion}} Bastion Announcer Pack]]'' equipped and have played a few games (around 3-4), you will hear Rucks say lines like [[http://hydra-images.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/9/90/Dlc_bastion_announcer_welcome_06.mp3 this]]. Play during the night (usually at late hours) and [[http://hydra-images.cursecdn.com/dota2.gamepedia.com/6/6e/Dlc_bastion_announcer_welcome_night.mp3 he'll chastise you for that]].

* ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'' has a daily limit to the number of adventures each player can have in a day. Though you can eat food or drink booze to increase the limit, eventually the player simply runs out of things they can do that day. [[hottip:* :It's acceptable to [[{{Altitis}} have many alts however, as long as they don't help each other, so the real addicts can keep on keeping on.]]

* The TBS VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth has an in-game clock, presumably for this reason.

* While not likely to be poop-socked, ''AnimalCrossing'' has real-time based shop opening and closing times - that is to say that Tom Nook's store will close at 8PM (Wii) or 11PM (DS) and not open till the next. This is especially annoying if you are [[PeripheryDemographic somewhat older than]] the "intended" child demographic.

** After midnight, animals often tell the player that it is really late. In Animal Crossing: Wild World, the cute ones state that cool kids go to sleep early.

* In {{Pilotwings}} Resort, your instructor advices you to take a break after about an hour of playtime.
** Same thing happens in Nintendogs + Cats.

** In the 3DS version, at the start of the game you can tell the game what sort of sleep habits you have and the game's schedule will adjust accordingly.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', if you visit the barracks late at night, your allies will tell you to stop fighting and go to bed. Groups of enemies and travelling merchants will also appear on the map if you leave the game for a few hours, giving you access to more XP, more funds, and better equipment.

** Although if you play the ''BaldursGate'' series in windowed mode, and try to leave by hitting the exit button, a dialog box pops up, saying "Are you sure you want to quit? Boo will miss you..."

* ''VideoGame/MapleStory'' does the same thing, with an added "We suggest you take a break from mapling" after the third and subsequent hours. It counts the hours client has been on; If someone else comes and plays it without closing the client, counter won't reset. Also, if the client crashes the counter will reset and before windowed mode was added, going to check a guide could shut the client down.

* ''{{Eversion}}'' has something like this in the form of random messages that replace the "READY!" prompt in later stages, such as [[spoiler:"STOP"]] and [[spoiler:"GIVE UP"]] (as well as occasionally having the regular "READY!", which then has [[spoiler:"TO DIE" flash underneath]]), but their purpose is not encouraging the player to take breaks so much as it is to [[spoiler:scare the player out of continuing the game, not unlike ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2''.]]

* The MMORPG ''YohohoPuzzlePirates'' reminds you to take a break to stretch and such every now and then. On the other hand, its system of decrementing lifespan of items and badges based on how many different days you've been online for and not total time spent connected to the game runs contrary to this.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', if you visit the barracks late at night, your allies will tell you to stop fighting and go to bed. Groups of enemies and travelling merchans will also appear on the map if you leave the game for a few hours, giving you access to more XP, more funds, and better equipment.

* In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', if you visit the barracks late at night, your allies will tell you to stop fighting and go to bed.