Swedish Teen Collapses After Too Much Lich King
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I get it, you're trying to make it look like the father is a bad parent. I almost missed it.Baby Tea said:
This kid is 15 Years old. He has a computer and free time and wanted to play a Computer Game. He also happens to have a Dad who said it was cool with him. Sounds pretty freaking sweet to me. Then he stays up for 24 hours (who hasn't done this?) probably eating junk food and drinking soda/energy drinks. It becomes to much for him and he has some adverse medical reactions. And you blame his dad?
It's not his Dad's fault. And it's not the games fault. It is this kids fault and no one else's.
By the way if you're Dad threatened you like you imply he did, I'm just glad he wasn't my father. Oooh? Was that too close to home? You don't like it when someone does this to your dad? Good thing you didn't learn anything from all this, huh?
I don't think the parents can be blamed for this one. If I had a kid that age (and I'm old enough to have a legit perspective on this, I'm not some 15-year-old myself) and he wanted to have some friends over for a balls-out weekend-long LAN, I'd be all for it. It's not the sort of thing you want your kid to be doing every weekend, but once every couple of months or so? Knock yourself out.
We can't judge the parents' permissiveness regarding the boy's gaming habits without knowing their level of knowledge and involvement with those habits. But I think it's fair to say that if this is the first time he's reacted like this to a semi-hardcore gaming session, then they're handling it appropriately and all is well.
We can't judge the parents' permissiveness regarding the boy's gaming habits without knowing their level of knowledge and involvement with those habits. But I think it's fair to say that if this is the first time he's reacted like this to a semi-hardcore gaming session, then they're handling it appropriately and all is well.
I don't blame the father, I blame the kid for not knowing his limits. Then again, I'm being a bit of a hypocrite, seeing as I recall playing WoW, falling asleep at the computer, and waking up an hour later to see my character running into a tree, since I fell asleep with my finger on the up arrow.
I actually laughed when I read this.Flipscore said:
I don't put all the blame on the father, I'd say he just as much to blame as the kid. This kid is just that, a kid. 15 or not, he obviously didn't know when to stop, take a break, and get some rest. But that's what parents are for: To guide their children because they don't know everything! Even at age 15.
What?? A 15 year old doesn't know everything in the world about life?? Well that can't be!
Oh wait.
My dad would have been fine with an event like this (In fact, he WAS ok with it when I did it when I was younger), but he was responsible enough to poke his head in to see how things were going.
He callapsed after only 24 hours? What a noob...
Seriously though, I think this kid just got caught up in the hype. There have a been a few times where I've played a game all though the night, I felt like shit in the morning, but thats was really good games (or WoW, oooooooohhhh snap) do to you.
Seriously though, I think this kid just got caught up in the hype. There have a been a few times where I've played a game all though the night, I felt like shit in the morning, but thats was really good games (or WoW, oooooooohhhh snap) do to you.
This one time, I drank like half a red bull and played 20 minutes of pac man
dude... it was wild
dude... it was wild
I have to say I do feel bad for the kid. We can all sympathize with doing something you love for too long. Three runners in the NYC Marathon died of what amounted to exhaustion. Countless others collapsed. 11 climbers perished attempting to climb K2 this year. Does WOW exist on same epic scale as being a marathon runner or an Alpine mountain climber? No, but If you're not part of the elite few pushing the boundaries of the human body, I would argue that, in principle, you're no better than the obsessed WOW player. Sure your heart may be in better condition, but ultimately most of us are running marathons for ourselves.
Is collapsing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon any less silly than collapsing while playing WOW?
Is collapsing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon any less silly than collapsing while playing WOW?
Yes. But Saturday, when this started, was not. Neither was Sunday, when he collapsed.ianuam said:
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.wordsmith said:Come on, this is just the culling of the weak people in societyNotice how none of his mates collapsed, this guy is obviously not built for hardcore gaming
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.tendo82 said:
Am I the only one who thinks that honestly, WoW does a service by rooting out these obsessives from the rest of the population?laikenf said:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... I didn't want to post this but I just can't help the laughter this post has caused me...wordsmith said:Come on, this is just the culling of the weak people in society