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Master Archivist  Posts: 9412 Joined: 28 Nov 2007     | |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 583 Joined: 26 May 2008     | Get a healer, STAT! |
Muckraker  Posts: 314 Joined: 20 Aug 2008     |
Geez, do I have to nearly kill myself to be, "TEH HARRDCORe"? I'll stick to being bad at games as long at they're fun. And WoW, even at it's best, isn't fun. Not that it's the only one, the "hardcore" thing has squeezed the fun out of a lot of games for me. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 393 Joined: 7 Feb 2008     |
In the eyes of the masses, I'd have to say yes. And I agree, because come on. If you die at the end of a marathon, atleast you'll die knowing you never gave up. If you die from too much Lich King, you'll die knowing you got that sweet epixx set? Yeah, you can be real proud of that. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 207 Joined: 22 Jul 2008    |
Am I the only one who thinks that honestly, WoW does a service by rooting out these obsessives from the rest of the population? |
Copy Clerk Posts: 53 Joined: 10 Dec 2007  |
hehe, I managed 50 hours for a uni thing, 24 hour scav hunt around the city then results then party then die about 6am two days after i last slept, I was pretty rooted, especially as i was running around Melbourne for most of that time(and I had a physics prac which was bad) |
Muckraker Posts: 314 Joined: 20 Aug 2008 |
True... but if it wasn't WoW it would be alcohol or Jodie Foster |
BANNED  Posts: 6314 Joined: 29 Nov 2007    |
I hope to GOD your parents never let you do anything you want you hypocrite. User was banned for: The hypocrisy is KILLING me.. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3591 Joined: 7 Mar 2008   | well on the plus side there weren't any moose involved, my sister was bite by one once other than that stupid kid for doing that, he could have eaten better and not collapsed |
Section Editor  Posts: 697 Joined: 30 Nov 2007  |
The hypocrisy arises when the justification for dying during a marathon is that you never gave up. Finishing a marathon, assuming it's not for charitable reasons, is as pointless as getting an epic set of armor. There's value in running a marathon because it makes us feel good, but that's it really. Most of us shouldn't even be running marathons; it was originally a sport confined to a small group of elite athletes. When the NYC marathon was first held in 1970 only 127 people competed, 55 of whom actually finished. The average completion time for a male marathoner was 3:32 in 1980. Today, it's more than 4:20. A lot of people walk the marathon, or run parts of it and walk others. They're useless to the progression of the sport, except for the fact that they grow it as an industry. Videogame players are the same way, they play for themselves, contributing to the industry only as a consumer, and its stupid to do so until death, but no stupider than the 43 year old man with 2 kids who crossed the finished line and died of a heart attack thereafter. |
Paperboy  Posts: 19 Joined: 30 May 2008  | wow...first time I read this I thought it said "lion king" and I was like "wtf the movie?". but this is just another stupid act of humanity, and I'd like to say something to the dad: HEY IDIOT! Yeah you....how bout don't your 15 year old play a video game for 24 hours straight? At what point did you think that was a good plan? I like how "his father said he plans on limiting the amount of time his son can spend playing the game". Oh, so it only took a seizure to get off your ass and do some parenting for obviously the first time in your life? I'm truly impressed at the scope of human stupidity and incompetence when it comes to MMORPGS. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 188 Joined: 15 Jun 2008   | I don't blame the kid or the parents for knowing he was doing an "all nighter". What I do blame is the fact that probably wasn't the first time the kid did that or that the probably already played 8 hours daily. People don't just collapse like that, the kid probably had it coming. That's my guess. |
Master Archivist Posts: 9412 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 |
I might just be grasping at straws her, but don't you think it just might be possible that the father thought his kid could control himself, and then took steps when it became clear he couldn't? If so...that isn't bad parenting, it just means the father isn't a control freak. |
News Room Contributor  Posts: 7550 Joined: 13 Feb 2008   | And? I've done that playing MUD...Happens at times. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1685 Joined: 10 Oct 2008   |
I second that. Only 24 hours? How have worked hard labor at Pacific Bell climbing telephone poles and fixing lines for upwards to 16-18 hours a day during winter. If you want to see real hard core labor watch "The Deadliest Catch". Those guys stay up for days hauling in the crab and make us all look like wimps. And this person collapsed after 24 hours of gaming? I would check him for drugs. Meth might be involved. |
Paperboy Posts: 19 Joined: 30 May 2008 |
please, I think the father should have figured out his kid had no self control after, I don't know, maybe the first 12-13 hours? |
Master Archivist Posts: 9412 Joined: 28 Nov 2007 |
Yeah, because my parents never let me do anything like that. Oh, wait, they did, because they gave me credit for knowing my own limits. The father thought the kid knew his limits. The kid didn't. Father reacts by setting his own limits. Sounds reasonable to me. |
Paperboy  Posts: 23 Joined: 16 Aug 2008     | 24 hours is a disgrace. |
Paperboy Posts: 19 Joined: 30 May 2008 |
12 hours is perfectly reasonable? I would think that after the first entire half of the day, any normal parent would think "My son hasn't moved, eaten, or done anything else this entire day. I should be concerned." But no, he didn't. He decided that a 24 hour gaming session was perfectly normal and healthy and there should be no concern. Until the kid had a seizure, of course. THEN something is amiss. What could have possibly gone wrong? Oh wait. It's obvious. The guy should have stopped this stupid activity long before it became this stupid problem. But then again, we don't want another kid to get himself killed because a parent took away there video games, right? So let him get away with whatever he wants, right? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3236 Joined: 22 Aug 2008  |
As someone who regularly embarks on over 12 hour game sessions and has absolutely zero issues beyond a bit of sleep to catch up on, I would say yes. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 149 Joined: 16 Oct 2008   | More proof that WoW is evil. Im glad I dont play anymore. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 657 Joined: 8 Jul 2008 |
Try convincing them to play another game with you, I've got two friends who, well, they aren't addicts, but they've certainly reached 70 pretty quickly. Bastards chose a week of playing Wrath of the Lich King over a weekend of Team Fortress 2 games *Sniffs*. |
Epic Lumberjack  Posts: 477 Joined: 15 Apr 2008    | 24 hours? What a pussy. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2547 Joined: 21 Aug 2008    |
LULZ
epic, i played 10 minutes of DDR in the arcade on time, then my friend slapped me on principle alone, as DDR is not a real game and shouldnt be played by anone. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3327 Joined: 9 Jul 2008 | Hmm, so many points to make. 1. What a loser. Playing WoW until you go into convulsions? You'd think he would have realized he needed to stop somewhere before that point. Loser. 2. It was only 24 hours. I've never quite reached that but I would have thought somehting like this would have taken a bit longer. He was weak. 3. This truly is what WoW does to people. It has advanced from slowly stealing people's souls and money to phyically attacking them. Horrible. The plague will spread from Sweden, people. I promise you this. I don't think the parents are at fault though. They might be, but we don't have enough information to say so. Blaming them only on the basis that he played too long isn't fair. We blame parents for being not understanding and too constricting of video game playing, and now we blame them for being too loose? They're right to let their 15 year old sit in his room and play WoW. Maybe they could have taught him to be more aware of what he's doing to his body, but that'd be hard. Maybe he'll learn from now on. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 711 Joined: 12 Dec 2007  |
Well, at least now they've seen what it can do to people and are limiting his time on it. Part of parenting is learning from your mistakes, so I say half-decent parenting. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3167 Joined: 16 May 2008 | we're allowed to make fun of this kid right? cause he didnt die? just making sure |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 355 Joined: 28 Aug 2008  | I'm a hypocrite? What? Why?! I'm 20 years old i can play what i want for however long i want. However, surely a 15 year old isn't old enough to be up for 24hours at a time playing video games. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 567 Joined: 22 Apr 2008 | I guess the kid just has weak stamina or something. Nothing wrong with either the kid, or his parents. Apparently the kid can't take the LAN party lifestyle as good as some others. He didn't die, he didn't even get injured. Lesson learned and move on, knowing your newly found limits. This is more a story of growing up, then it is of epic fail. Live and learn. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1205 Joined: 24 Jan 2008 | I actually got a pretty good laugh at this, but still, that story happened one too many times, so it's pretty old. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 101 Joined: 19 Aug 2008   | "Reports that World of Warcraft players from France are laughing and pointing in the general direction of Sweden remain unconfirmed." --> ha ha ha Not only are the parents at fault, but those kids are, as well. I mean, seriously, if you're gonna play a game for more than a few hours, make sure you're prepared and take breaks for food, toilet and sleep. You'd have to be pants-on-head retarded to ignore hunger pains while playing a game. And energy drinks are no substitute for substance. |
Brand Manager  Posts: 1836 Joined: 8 Oct 2007   |
Agreed...and nice job on the well placed ZP quote. |
Associate Editor  Posts: 2496 Joined: 20 Dec 2005    | Eh, just toss him a Rejuvenation and he'll be good as new. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1092 Joined: 3 Apr 2008  |
sounds like fun. im up for it when i get XBL. and EVERYONE knows to go do something else even if its for 5 min.... |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 778 Joined: 27 Aug 2008 |
Come on, the game is addictive. I mean, what could they have possibly done? Stop him? Pfft, they were busy. |
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Yes. But Saturday, when this started, was not. Neither was Sunday, when he collapsed.