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Man dies after three-day internet gaming binge
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http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/man-dies-after-threeday-internet-gaming-binge-20150117-12sg0a.html
I wonder what System he was Grinding , Argala, Namipia or Gerren??
I wonder what System he was Grinding , Argala, Namipia or Gerren??
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Yup, deep vein thrombosis. Seriously, didn't he get up to use the bathroom or eat?
Free Tibet!
Dunno. He was at a cafe so it could be assumed he did not get up to eat because he would have his food and drink brought to him. Even getting up to just go to the bathroom, that little bit of movement over a three day period may not be enough...which sadly in his case was not.
This is South Korean territory of gaming.
Just read the link. Taiwanese. I'd expect better from Taiwan. Damn great country.
They really need to learn some moderation over there in the Far East when it comes to video games. And I'd consider my 4~6+ hour weekend binges to be quite heavy at times.
Anywho, this video is quite appropriate for the thread: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F8bs_THKiY
Lolololol u havent seen quake and star craft geeks run here have u? )
its not fun doing 2 and half days, you would think its epic, but it isnt, operating on nothing more then artificial stimulants; coffee and soft drinks, trying to keep from sleeping or resting too much and finding distractions to keep you going; like pretending that someone is in the house at night is gonna garrote you when you hear strange noises :P. all the while battling heavy fatigue the body isnt designed for.
i for one could not wait to get some sleep in after those 2 and half days, managed to sleep all the way to the next morning, about 15 hours.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Seriously. The kids over there have Sword Dance as a major subject in school. How cool is that?
Are such toxic remarks really necessary?
As for the gaming binge, it's not the first example. Some notable examples in South Korea with World of W. come to mind.
Anyway, request moving this to ten forward.
Defending The Galaxy By Breaking One Starfleet Regulation After The Next.
I can't speak for anybody else, but it might just be a defense mechanism...easier to laugh than face the reality that some of us may know that we spend way too much time at our computers. Easier to joke than face the horror.
this kind of confusion would kill me too.
I have seen stories like this before, even on the national news. It is quite unsettling, and it always brings to mind my own play habits and time spent in front of computer screens - of which I can readily admit is far too long.
You begin to wonder if our high-tec lifestyle really means we have a better quality of life. I do think that Wall-E film hit the nail on the head in that regard.
What was your address again? Just so we know where to send the Ghost busters and zombie slayers.
This is certainly not funny. There are already a couple of studies that show that people can become addicted to computer gaming with the symptoms observed at drug addicts. And even worse, games like WOW are designed in a way that they make addicted. You know it, in the beginning you get rewards quickly, you level up fast, then more and more effort is needed to proceed. Argala grinding, the upgrade system and more and more dilithium sinks show that STO is going this way, too. We can only hope that game developers one day get over the greed and consider this problem (the addiction). This problem is serious and should not be underestimated. Of course, people dying from game addiction is a rare case (I hope), but I am pretty sure that milder forms of addiction already cause problems in people's life. You spent too much time with a game, neglect the real life, school, studies, friends, work, your pets or whatever. And all because of a game that you bought for your entertainment.
I would actually like to hear a statement from PWE/Cryptic about this topic. Do they take this into consideration? Are they aware of it at all? Do they think about means to prevent cases like the one above?
in the end the ones who are responsible for this are the players involved, but yet, players cant control how long they sit in front of the screen getting square eyes, getting heavy head aches, going hungry and such.. one of these days games companies will need to make it mandatory for any game to add a 4 hour limit between play and 1 hour cooldown so such creatures are given a chance to actually peel themselves from the computer chair that has been dented from hours and hours of sitting.
ive been training myself out of long term playing over the years, sometimes it fails but for the most part usually get in 2-3 hours before dropping out. long term gaming is a hazard to your health as pointed to above.
did you know i once did a 24 hour sim race? that wasnt fun either. but it only lasted a day and a bit. why it wasnt fun is because your stuck in that chair, cant get away or your opponent beats you. by the end of it, was thirsty, hungry, arms, neck, eyes and feet were knackered and sore and eventually my lower back, needed the toilet and when i opened those blinds the next morning.. it burns, it burns! so decided to sleep on it instead on empty. woke up hours later all shaky because of the sugar levels being out of place and the body starts consuming itself let alone your stomach feels like its tying itself in knots (cramping).
so yeah original thought, not a good idea doing a binge unless you have prepared yourself properly for the outcome.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
Until your cancer kicks in.
Actually I wouldn't hold any real stake in how this happened or that it was somehow connectedwith gaming which the article tries to portray here in the USA some of us have begun to look closely at just who is doing the publishing and one of the concerns is were these stories factual or are they continuing a conservative meme.
This paper was recently purchased by a well known anti-labor tycoon which is in a party and very influential in what we Americans would call cronie politics. One of the things that the similar parties try to do over here is to make it seem like things that they don't agree with are terrible for you and there are media attacks on gamers and gaming all the time over here. I read the article and this is absolutely one of those pieces. "Prolonged computer gaming" I've been diagnosed with hypertension since my thirties and I've never had an issue, the fact that they said it was from "prolonged gaming" and that a doctor said so is telling, they wouldn't have said that specifically more likely they would have said something like a clogged artery etc ie a more medical diagnosis.
I'd be careful what I'd read over there apparently the Aussies are suffering a media take over just like here in the USA.
Can't really make fun of that since i only kicked that habit myself last year after nearly 20 years of tarring the oxygen highway.
This reminds me of the 8-hour long TFs in COH. Something-or-other with the Rularuu.
We used to split those runs into two sessions of 4 hours just so we could survive through them.
Former Positron TF runs with lowbies or undergeared characters would take somewhere around 3 hours. Had an unlucky 4-hour run once. They were sort of fun back in the day nonetheless.
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The Quarterfield Task Force. Some of the enemies in the missions within it could be skipped, but there was far too many Defeat all missions and Defeat 50 npcs missions within that Task Force. Not to mention all that running around that had to be done. At least Villains had it easier with doing 5 missions instead of 15 for their Strike Forces.