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Kid collapses after MW3 marathon, national news!?

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 Ephemerality   United States. August 09 2012 15:34. Posts 145
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So according to this article a 15 year old boy played MW3 for four ("Maybe five") days straight, then collapsed from dehydration.

http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/aug/07/hardcore-video-gamers-risk-health-problems-ar-1129944/?sc_cid=CMH-NEWS-7amDlyNews

The reason however that I was surprised, was that this somehow made national news (my mother told me about it and I'm in California) as well as some international news. (Ex. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2185471/Tyler-Rigsby-Boy-15-collapses-FOUR-DAY-Xbox-Call-Duty-marathon.html)

But then again, I don't really want to make a big debate about what really is news and if news should be made to sell, I'd just like people to think about the things they read about online and how relevant they really are... (*cough* *cough* reddit *cough*).

Personally, I don't think this should be considered real news and should instead be a case of child neglect, but oh well.

Anyways, maybe this should have been a blog post lol
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 Lokerek   United States. August 09 2012 15:37. Posts 416
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Another moron (the incident) who shows how Americans neglect their children.

Allowing child to play a rated R game and let him play for 5 days without understanding that
simply it is not possible to survive like this.

It's not a case of child neglect. It's a case of a moron who should not be a parent in the first place.

User was warned for this post
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 Midori8   Australia. August 09 2012 15:37. Posts 116
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Not drinking for 4 days is a bad idea.

Now time for the media to get up in arms and tell the world how terrible video games are and how they are going to kill us all.
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 SiNKami   United States. August 09 2012 15:39. Posts 1762
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You only get dehydrated from not drinking water. maybe he shouldve layed off the energy drinks and got some of that stuff
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 Jayson X   Switzerland. August 09 2012 15:40. Posts 2408
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He probably needed 4 days to turn his character 180 degree with the xbox controller.
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 Keitzer   United States. August 09 2012 15:44. Posts 2505
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hardcore-video-gamers-risk-health-problems

Look at that fucking title. Yes I'm mad.

Hardcore ANYTHING poses health problems... Fucking idiots....
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 ZasZ.   United States. August 09 2012 15:44. Posts 1747
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On August 09 2012 15:37 Lokerek wrote:
Another moron (the incident) who shows how Americans neglect their children.

Allowing child to play a rated R game and let him play for 5 days without understanding that
simply it is not possible to survive like this.

It's not a case of child neglect. It's a case of a moron who should not be a parent in the first place.


There's nothing wrong with letting a kid play a rated M game. It's up to the parent to decide whether or not their kid is able to handle it.

What's much more alarming is that his parents allowed him to play for four straight days with no water...wtf were they doing?
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 Tom Cruise   Denmark. August 09 2012 15:45. Posts 476
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On August 09 2012 15:37 Lokerek wrote:
Another moron (the incident) who shows how Americans neglect their children.

It's not a case of child neglect. It's a case of a moron who should not be a parent in the first place.


???

i cant believe that you honestly think it had anything to do with the parents being american, lol

Last edit: 2012-08-09 15:46:47
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  Neurosis   United States. August 09 2012 15:46. Posts 891Profile # 
Call of Doody.
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  xrapture   United States. August 09 2012 15:47. Posts 1643Profile Blog # 

On August 09 2012 15:44 ZasZ. wrote:

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There's nothing wrong with letting a kid play a rated M game. It's up to the parent to decide whether or not their kid is able to handle it.

What's much more alarming is that his parents allowed him to play for four straight days with no water...wtf were they doing?



It's the fucking summer lol, stop acting like an ass.

Was he at a friends house? Were the parents away?

Hell, I knew during my summers I didn't see my parents for weeks, why the hell would I want to lol.
Everyone is either delusional, a nihlilst, or dead from suicide.
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 Ouija   United States. August 09 2012 15:48. Posts 26
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Typical dumbass kid. Maybe if he payed a little more attention in school he would know that playing games for 4-5 days straight is not possible without food and water.
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 Tom Cruise   Denmark. August 09 2012 15:48. Posts 476
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On August 09 2012 15:47 xrapture wrote:

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It's the fucking summer lol, stop acting like an ass.

Was he at a friends house? Were the parents away?

Hell, I knew during my summers I didn't see my parents for weeks, why the hell would I want to lol.


he's not acting like an ass, calm down, warrior, lol. also, you said it yourself, it's summer. a perfect reason to stay up late and play video games (not 5 days straight ofc)



Typical dumbass kid. Maybe if he payed a little more attention in school he would know that playing games for 4-5 days straight is not possible without food and water.


i don't think they teach that in school. i think it's the parents job.
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 blade55555   United States. August 09 2012 15:48. Posts 14090
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On August 09 2012 15:37 Lokerek wrote:
Another moron (the incident) who shows how Americans neglect their children.

Allowing child to play a rated R game and let him play for 5 days without understanding that
simply it is not possible to survive like this.

It's not a case of child neglect. It's a case of a moron who should not be a parent in the first place.


err It's not just americans you dope. If you think Americans are the only people who neglect their children then you have a huge wake up call lol.

Also I do agree the parents should have stopped it as it's their responbility, not the games fault the kid was an idiot who dehydrated himself (like wtf I could never do that playing a game I NEED to eat/drink).
When I think of something else, something will go here
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 Loanshark   China. August 09 2012 15:52. Posts 1709
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He wasn't even playing a good game ahahaha
No dough, no go.
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 Shana   Indonesia. August 09 2012 15:53. Posts 1260
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Yet another moron bites the dust. It's sad that someone lost their life while playing video games but this is stupid.
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 Fubi   August 09 2012 15:53. Posts 2120
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I don't get the media's bias to bash video gamers whenever they can; fact of the matter is, I bet you can find more cases of kids (and even adults) collapsing due to dehydration from real physical sports than from video games (especially given these hot weathers), but yet they never make a big deal out of those cases.
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 Ouija   United States. August 09 2012 15:53. Posts 26
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On August 09 2012 15:48 Tom Cruise wrote:

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he's not acting like an ass, calm down, warrior, lol. also, you said it yourself, it's summer. a perfect reason to stay up late and play video games (not 5 days straight ofc)


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i don't think they teach that in school. i think it's the parents job.


By age 15 I'm pretty sure I understood along with any other kid who payed attention in class that the human body needs food and water to survive.
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 endy   China. August 09 2012 15:54. Posts 6114
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 Witten   United States. August 09 2012 15:54. Posts 1166
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Yeah this is a great mixture of poor parenting and a dumb kid. It's the parents responsibility to make sure their kid is, you know, eating and drinking things and getting sleep so he can survive, but at the age of the 15 the kid should know better than to stay up for that many days in a row without sustenance. I mean really, how else did he think it was going to turn out?

The fact it was MW3 is a non-issue, it would be just as stupid if he was playing chess or reading an incredibly long book (or multiple).
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 sevencck   Canada. August 09 2012 15:54. Posts 632
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On August 09 2012 15:44 Keitzer wrote:
hardcore-video-gamers-risk-health-problems

Look at that fucking title. Yes I'm mad.

Hardcore ANYTHING poses health problems... Fucking idiots....


It seems to me it should read "neglecting routine hydration poses health problems." This had nothing specifically to do with video games, could have happened while reading a book or playing Yahtzee.
I like to think that the moon is there even if I am not looking at it. -Albert Einstein
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