Here we need to distinguish between two types of gamers. One is the casual gamer who drinks energy drinks – in the lifestyle drink sense – for fun. And the other is a competitive gamer looking for a performance boost.
Regular gamers, such as streamers, sometimes play until the early hours of the morning and often push the natural limits of their biorhythms. The exhaustion phase is drunk with one or even several energy drinks. The main focus is not on increasing performance, but on increasing playing time.
A competitive gamer tries to boost performance with an energy drink. Unfortunately, fatigue, exhaustion, or even illness phases directly affect performance. Perception and processing of auditory and visual stimuli are negatively affected. To quickly “fix” this problem, not only classic athletes turn to “legal” drinks.