Poll: 20 Year old plays Xbox and dies...
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My longest session I think I've ever played was about a 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. run on a weekend with Burning Crusade (I was getting my Arcatraz Key, if that means anything to anyone, and we started Botanica around midnight). I stopped to eat, use the bathroom, and come to think of it, I believe I went to church at the 5 p.m. between them. That said, I would get up, walk around for a bit, stretch, and do those sorts of things.
This is quite tragic, but the fact that he never moved, that is really just an awful accident.
This is quite tragic, but the fact that he never moved, that is really just an awful accident.
about 0-4 hours by myself typically more if I'm in a party with friends or have nothing else to do
Hmm...see when I play games I get very bored very quick so unless I plan to plough through a game I tend to just play 30min-1hour chunks. That said I play A LOT. I'd have a 15-30min break in between, looking up stuff on the net, getting a drink, pretending to be sociable, then I just dive back into another one or the same game. Seeing as my days off are literally every day atm (summer holiday and what not) I do play a lot via this style (probably 12 hours in a day). I can sit down and just play a game for ages but I have to work myself up to doing it (Fable 2, did in 1 day...that was a disapointment ¬_¬ ). This way I don't get bored of the game I'm playing and they last me longer...
Typically, I only play in 2 hour chunks before turning the system off and going to do something else for a little while. I also tend to move a lot in those 2 hours... maybe only just standing for a few minutes, or switching chairs, or getting water, but I don't really 'hold still' when I play.
Let this be a lesson to all- be fidgety gamers!
Let this be a lesson to all- be fidgety gamers!
12+.
Though I'm constantly changing posture / repositioning myself and I tend to get up for a drink or some other reason every hour to hour-n-half (up to two hours if I'm especially engrossed). I'm simply not capable of sitting still long enough for something like that to happen to me. Of course... now I've said that, I'll be dead by tomorrow... better start writing my will. ;d
Though I'm constantly changing posture / repositioning myself and I tend to get up for a drink or some other reason every hour to hour-n-half (up to two hours if I'm especially engrossed). I'm simply not capable of sitting still long enough for something like that to happen to me. Of course... now I've said that, I'll be dead by tomorrow... better start writing my will. ;d
Hmm, I hang out and play videogames/browse the net for long periods of time, and I'm 19. But I'm also very slim and fit. I go to the gym 3 times a week, do weights for a bit over an hour, and do HIIT cardio training for around half an hour. I also work on weekends, where I'm on my feet shifting stock for much of the day, and I eat fairly healthy.
So I don't think this will be an issue for me.
So I don't think this will be an issue for me.
I only play video games in long sessions (long being more than 5 hours) if I'm at a friend's, which we then pull an all nighter.[footnote]But we take breaks for food and toilet every 2 or 3 hours.[/footnote] I've been recently playing about 3 or 4 hours a day, but only because I just got a TV for my room and I'm playing through Red Dead Redemption's Undead Nightmare DLC.[footnote]Again, I don't factor in toilet breaks and food breaks. Hell, tonight I even went into the lounge to watch TV for an hour before coming back.[/footnote]
The novelty will wear after a bit and I'll go back to 2 hours at a time, sometimes not playing the Xbox for days.
The novelty will wear after a bit and I'll go back to 2 hours at a time, sometimes not playing the Xbox for days.
I'm on my computer or PS3 almost all day, apart from work and when I get up to get something to drink or use the restroom.
Guess it's a good thing I use the downstairs restroom, and the fridge is also downstairs. I also tend to walk around for a bit before returning upstairs, so...
Guess it's a good thing I use the downstairs restroom, and the fridge is also downstairs. I also tend to walk around for a bit before returning upstairs, so...
I have no sympathy for him - and only slightly more for his family. His family should have got him off the computer after 12 hours for gods sake. At least once, even I who spends most of his free time on the computer isn't going to just sit completely still for so long.
In my opinion this is simply natures best work at it's finest 'natural selection' prevails once again. I'm sorry but if you're going to not even take a break or move for all that time - you aren't alive anyway! Games are fun and you can play them all you like but surely you can get up at least a bit... to stretch, go get some food or something - I mean really, if he wasn't hungry in all that time - then it probably means his family got him his food and drink. Hence why they're partially to blame. The warnings are all there. Addicts survive all over the world with much longer hours.
It's probably also partially due to the factor of the air quality in his room, if he'd kept his windows closed the room probably lacked fresh air and over-heated. Anyone who's read anything up on blood clots like these cases will know that poor air-quality can provoke these things further. But let's be honest - I doubt he was in peak health.
So yeah in short: He deserves it. I do not feel even partially sorry for him.
In my opinion this is simply natures best work at it's finest 'natural selection' prevails once again. I'm sorry but if you're going to not even take a break or move for all that time - you aren't alive anyway! Games are fun and you can play them all you like but surely you can get up at least a bit... to stretch, go get some food or something - I mean really, if he wasn't hungry in all that time - then it probably means his family got him his food and drink. Hence why they're partially to blame. The warnings are all there. Addicts survive all over the world with much longer hours.
It's probably also partially due to the factor of the air quality in his room, if he'd kept his windows closed the room probably lacked fresh air and over-heated. Anyone who's read anything up on blood clots like these cases will know that poor air-quality can provoke these things further. But let's be honest - I doubt he was in peak health.
So yeah in short: He deserves it. I do not feel even partially sorry for him.
I mean, how lazy is this guy? At least I get up to do stuff such as getting something to drink or eat, going to the bathroom, etc.