Oh, kids. If you’re going to play your shiny new Death Knight for 15 hours in a row, you’d better make sure to prepare yourself, mentally and physically, for the experience. A 15-year-old in the Netherlands didn’t, and he ended up in the hospital.
The kid, a boy (no surprise there), had played Wrath of the Lich King for 15 straight hours at the weekend. On top of getting only two hours sleep the previous night, the boy barely ate anything at all. Not smart. As such, the boy’s parents are warning everyone: don’t let this happen to you or your child.
Never you mind that millions of people were playing the game for as long, if not longer, with no ill effects. For example, I played the game on Saturday from around 10:00 a.m. until around midnight, a solid 14 hours. Sad, yes. The difference is that I stopped around lunchtime and had a delicious meal of sushi and water. I may live a sedentary lifestyle, especially now as I race toward level 80, but there’s no reason to gorge on chips and other junk food while doing so.
In conclusion, don’t forget to eat and sleep; in-game food and water won’t sustain you, the person behind the keyboard.
Hey, the game is fun….but….GO OUTSIDE!
I call that dedication and am proud of the lad. Hope he has a Lan connection from the hospital bed.
for once it isnt some kid from korea or china.
Netherlands is one place where you find so many addicted gamers !..
You need to learn your geography, buddy. The kid is SWEDISH, this happened in Linköping, a town in Western -Sweden-. -NOT- the Netherlands.
According to reports, he played much longer than 15 hours, closer to 24.
http://www.thelocal.se/15742/20081117/
The article I linked to says “a 15-year-old boy in Holland,” while the article you lined to identifies him as Swedish. Let’s meet halfway and call him Danish, then.
loool indeed… or maybe it happened in both countries uwahha
Dont you think that going out and meet some girls is much better than playing for even “just” 5 hours WoW?!
Sheeesshhh… get a life.. a real life outside the game.
WoW.. talk about dedication! Or rather, addiction!
Geez, I myself am addicted to WoW but I sure as hell won’t starve myself to death or play until I collapse. I must admit though, I’ve had moments where I look away from the screen and 6 hours have gone by.
I admit I buy cheap wow gold when I can so I can focus on leveling up. I’m still stuck on 70, argh!