Swedish kid collapses after 24-hour WoW marathon
Fuelling further tabloid hysteria about the dangers of online gaming comes a story straight outta’ Laholm in western Sweden. Some poor 15-year-old kid was enjoying the new WoW expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, with some friends, but 24 hours into their mammoth gaming session, he collapsed and suffered what seems to have been an epileptic fit.
Doctors told the father that his son’s bodily systems had been disrupted by a combination of sleep deprivation, lack of food, and the prolonged period of concentration playing the game. He’s expected to make a full recovery, but seriously – this is just an idiot kid. The fault isn’t in the game, it’s in the parents who didn’t tell him to stop or at least get him to eat some food and have a nap.
One big part of growing up is learning where limits are. This kid has just learnt one limit. Sure, World of Warcraft can be addictive, but so is chocolate, and good music, and other stuff that’s fun and that people enjoy. I’m not even going to quote the idiotic child psychologist who’s being quoted everywhere but just wants more parents to get scared so he can line his pockets with more patients.
No, wait – I’ll quote his most ridiculous line: “The problem with World of Warcraft is the degree it can impact and create a socially withdrawn figure who may be connecting with people in the game and is largely dropping out of education, social opportunities.”
There is nothing socially withdrawn about playing World of Warcraft, whatsoever. You can’t play for more than five minutes – even in the least populated areas – without bumping into another player. The best loot in the game relies on you being a part of a raid – a large team who know each other pretty well. If anything it aids, rather than hinders, social interaction and teamwork.
Granted, the bit about dropping out of education has more relevance – I know people who did considerably poorer in their degrees than they would have without a WoW subscription. But at the end of the day, it’s again about limits. If someone can’t prioritise between writing their dissertation and playing an online game, then it’s their problem. Not the game’s.
World of Warcraft (via The Times)
Related posts: Wrath of the Lich King event was “biggest HMV has ever seen” | Powerleveller hits WoW level 80 in just 27 hours
20 comments
I will raise my two hands together with my feet if this boy plays basketball after the 24 hour run.
I will raise my two hands together with my feet if this boy plays basketball after the 24 hour run.
This is generally a wonderful website i should say,I enjoyed reading your articles. This is truly a great read for me. I have bookmarked it and really amazing and impressive website design.
best vera wang wedding dresses reviews
fgfdshgfh
Homage watches are watches that imitate a popular and original watch design, but that are from an actual brand.
Once you become a arrive sports administrator of one area, your administration will accept an easier time because you for a administration position in the breadth of sports that you a lot of ambition to plan it. Afterwards all, it is a top annual to be a sports aggregation manager. These association generally get a lot of acclaim for the cheap hair extensions of the aggregation and are sometimes put on par with the team’s coach.
Once you become a arrive sports administrator of one area, your administration will accept an easier time because you for a administration position in the breadth of sports that you a lot of ambition to plan it. Afterwards all, it is a top annual to be a sports aggregation manager. These association generally get a lot of acclaim for the cheap hair extensions of the aggregation and are sometimes put on par with the team’s coach.
This looks absolutely perfect, Really its remarkable. You have some great content but are getting lots of none relevant comments here too. I really like in a site, very informative, no waste of time on reading.
Thanks for giving this post. This is really a good post.
I learned a lot and I obtain much knowledge upon reading this.
What really impresses me is that you are correctly mentioned
Your blog is a great one. What really impresses me is that you are correctly mentioned that there are thousands of tools that are available to create a website or launch one but what matters is that you choose the right one, the one that gives you all that is actually needed
i just want to thank you for sharing your information and your site or blog This Is Simple but nice article I’ve ever seen i like it i learn today … Something.
It’s really awesome article. Thank you for sharing this with all.
Los Angeles, Forever 21 Inc. has wrapped up construction in the area of 30.440 square feet south of The Cheesecake Factory at 111 Nichols Road in Kansas City. It plans a grand opening Saturday, which includes free gift cards – worth $ 210 – for the first 200 people in line.
Nice article, great! I like it, thanks for sharing it with us. its worth reading!
This is a smart blog. I mean it. You have so much knowledge about this issue, and so much passion. You also know how to make people rally behind it, obviously from the responses.
I hate guns If no guns of everyone,the world maybe well.
The first one is very nice.. I like it very much..
Very well , thank you!
That kid is pretty cool in my books.
Agreed. It’s not a crime to go down doing something you love. Got to hand it to those Swedes. They’re hardcore.
Comments are closed.