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EmilyBlips Well, my brother may not be attending school, but at least he's eating food...I think.
15 year old collapses after marathon Lich King play session
Big Download Blog —
... If you do anything for 15 hours straight with no food and little sleep chances are you won't be feeling well. Our sister site WoW Insider is reporting that certain mainstream media outlets are latching onto a story where a 15 year old from Holland "allegedly" collapsed ...
Totally Blizzard's fault: Boy collapses after WotLK marathon
The Joystiq Podcast —
... 15-year-old went into convulsions following a marathon World of Warcraft session in which he hardly ate or slept. Doctors say the boy will make a full recovery and the child's father expressed he'll limit the amount of time his son plays from now on. That must be awful for the dad; now he has to make sure his son is eating properly and pay attention to how the boy is spending his time. Parental responsibility is, like, totally not fun. [Thanks, Henry; Via WoW Insider] Totally Blizzard's fault: Boy collapses after WotLK marathon originally ...
Once again….
The Common Sense Gamer —
…the fact that some people check their brains at the door is blamed on gaming, and it’s WoW’s turn this time.
…a young boy of 15 was taken to the hospital after collapsing while playing Wrath of the Lich King. He reportedly had played the game for fifteen hours straight, and because he’d only gotten two hours of sleep and had almost nothing to eat the entire time, felt cramps and apparently collapsed from exhaustion.
Other “news” sites are picking it up and getting thier kicks in: ...
Another Casualty Of The Lich King
Wandering Goblin —
... We know this is a multi-mmo site, but it's hard to find anything among the heaping pile of Lich King. So it should come as no surprise that we have our first reported casualty of the Lich King. Call it wrath if you will, but this screams lack of parental responsiblity. ...
Another reason why I love my guild
Forever a Noob —
... There are nice people in WoW! Warcraft brings people together in friendship from around the world! Let’s talk about that rather than kids collapsing from playing 15 hours straight, or ...
The best of WoW Insider: November 11-18, 2008
The Joystiq Podcast —
... about a day after the expansion was released, we had our first level 80 character.
World first level 80 Death Knight And later in the weekend, someone took a Death Knight to level 80 (quite a feat -- they had to go from level 55).
TwentyFifthNovember clears all Wrath PvE content And just to complete the trilogy of content-clearing feats, a merged superguild also stepped up and cleared all the endgame content over the weekend.
Fifteen-year-old collapses after playing Wrath for hours on no sleep or food This just in: ...
