EPTwow...koreans...crazy o.O i think excessive is an understatement.
i must say. when i went to korea for 2 weeks. i didn't even see 1 LAN cafe. hmmmph
Excessive Gaming
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
wow...koreans...crazy o.O i think excessive is an understatement. i must say. when i went to korea for 2 weeks. i didn't even see 1 LAN cafe. hmmmph | ||
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sMi.MeOw
New Zealand160 Posts
and...you sure you went to South Korea??? | ||
KwarK
United States43219 Posts
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
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GHOSTCLAW
United States17042 Posts
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Craton
United States17264 Posts
"Due to our sense of guilt, we have not been to a PC gaming room over these five months," they said. I laughed at how pathetic that was. | ||
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Saturnize
United States2473 Posts
How is it pathetic? The man died over playing too much starcraft. If someone i knew died from playing starcraft I might feel a little uneasy around the game as well. EDIT: Didn't read the article before making a comment. | ||
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Assault_1
Canada1950 Posts
On March 05 2010 08:17 Saturnize wrote: How is it pathetic? The man died over playing too much starcraft. If someone i knew died from playing starcraft I might feel a little uneasy around the game as well. it sounded cheesy. | ||
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zzangbbangddong
Antigua/Barbuda21 Posts
On March 05 2010 08:17 Saturnize wrote: How is it pathetic? The man died over playing too much starcraft. If someone i knew died from playing starcraft I might feel a little uneasy around the game as well. That quote was from the article in which a baby died because its parents were playing some other game..in that case..it is really really pathetic. | ||
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
wtf is wrong with you life sentence for both parents imo | ||
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Raelcun
United States3747 Posts
On March 05 2010 08:01 sMi.MeOw wrote: these are old... and...you sure you went to South Korea??? Yeah this seriously, theres a huge difference and if you didnt see any internet cafes you werent looking hard enough. | ||
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Whiplash
United States2928 Posts
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SoL[9]
Portugal1370 Posts
"Police said the couple spent up to12 hours a day at internet cafes, leaving their three-month-old daughter home alone at their apartment in Suwon, South Korea." WTF? Love for a game is understanble for the "gamers" but how the fuck can pass the love to a own child????? (Bad english i know) | ||
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
I always joked "Silly korean... can only go 50 hours before dying?" | ||
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numLoCK
Canada1416 Posts
And the SC player, damn. I've played for over 10 hours once and I had absolutely no idea what was going on by the end of it. I couldn't play cat and mouse, never mind a competitive 1;1 And I had food/drink breaks. | ||
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SkylineSC
United States564 Posts
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Bill307
Canada9103 Posts
50 hours is not news.  | ||
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InfeSteD
United States4658 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
also maybe most people are completely ignoring the article details/comments or you truly just don't give a damn: - parents raise a virtual baby in their MMORPG instead of caring for their real baby - parents returned home after a 12-hour gaming session to find their 3-month old baby dead from dehydration - parents lie to the police about finding the baby dead after they 'woke up from sleep' - all this occured 5 months ago, and the parents were only arrested 2 days ago as they went into hiding right after the child's funeral - they say "due to our guilt we haven't been to a PC cafe in these last 5 months" when they are caught WTF | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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BlueRoyaL
United States2493 Posts
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Doraemon
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Irrelevant
United States2364 Posts
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Biochemist
United States1008 Posts
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rotinegg
United States1719 Posts
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jello_biafra
United Kingdom6639 Posts
This world makes me sick sometimes (often) | ||
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ZERG_RUSSIAN
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StorrZerg
United States13919 Posts
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hoborg
United States430 Posts
On March 05 2010 08:27 SoL[9] wrote: WTF? Love for a game is understanble for the "gamers" but how the fuck can pass the love to a own child????? Here's what I think - A real baby you would care for due to more abstract human-nature feelings - love, parental instinct, etc. The in-game baby, on the other hand, was specifically designed to deliver an experience to grasp the user and make them addicted through tiny rewards (assuming that it's something like WoW). If they did something to care for the virtual baby, they would get some kind of positive feedback like "YAY +50 EXP" wheras a real-life baby dosen't really seem any different before or after you give them a bottle of formula. So, it could just be that the parents are stupid and didn't realize what they had to do to take care of a child without getting positive feedback. Or, it could be that the game was so well-designed and their sense of human emotion was so stifled that the desire for advancement in-game outweighed instinctual attachment to their daughter. This kind of makes me think of this games conference presentation I watched earlier today. While the Korea incident is an instance of game design possibly hurting people (though obviously the real blame lies with the parents), that presentation tried to list ways game design could help people become better. Maybe if there was a more quantifiable measurement of their real life child's growth they would have taken better care of her. Experience points for changing the diaper, achievements on their birthdays, etc... I realize how ridiculous and pathetic that sounds, but in this specific instance it would have probably made them better parents. A 28-year-old man dropped dead recently after playing his favorite game Starcraft for 50 hours non-stop without eating or drinking. wasn't that like 8 years ago? or is this a common occurrence? | ||
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GGTeMpLaR
United States7226 Posts
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Jonoman92
United States9104 Posts
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Kennigit
Canada19447 Posts
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ShoCkeyy
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On March 05 2010 10:53 Kennigit wrote: I still cant get over how many people failed in this thread. YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO READ THE ARTICLE - JUST THE URL LOL. My god. This is so true, but seriously, WTF? I get played a video game for a couple of hours, but not 12 hours straight leaving your baby at home... I've gone two days straight playing games, but I would like eat and drink water in between. I did this when I Was trying to see how fast I can beat FFX. I did it in 68hrs T_T. | ||
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ironchef
Canada1350 Posts
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haster27
Taiwan809 Posts
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Abenson
Canada4122 Posts
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
On March 05 2010 10:53 Kennigit wrote: I still cant get over how many people failed in this thread. YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO READ THE ARTICLE - JUST THE URL LOL. My god. indeed. perhaps the quote i took is taken out of context. i just wanted to emphasise the excessive nature of gaming and the detrimental implications involved. both are terrible incidents | ||
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Doraemon
Australia14949 Posts
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-HellZerg-
United States409 Posts
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Xiphos
Canada7507 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
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tirentu
Canada1257 Posts
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eMbrace
United States1300 Posts
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
 Anyone know if the parents had some psychological problems? Who just ignores their child to play video games all day. | ||
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Zurles
United Kingdom1659 Posts
On March 05 2010 08:21 blue_arrow wrote: are you people even reading the article? wtf is wrong with you life sentence for both parents imo 20 years then murderer branded on their forhead with a hot prod. | ||
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
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pioneer8
United States143 Posts
How stupid and heartless... i'm not out to demonize her but its just -insanity-. | ||
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OpticalShot
Canada6330 Posts
The point is though, after that one, I felt DEAD. Like, after the last match, I fell asleep on the floor and woke up like 5-6pm, thankfully my friends cleaned up the mess (beer, pizza, you know, the usual stuff) and didn't rob my place, lol. Koreans can game for long time, no doubt. | ||
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KingKRule
United States84 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + TRAINING DOLLS In rural southern Illinois a toy company began selling "realistic" baby dolls to expectant mothers. But apparently after the mother had her child the toy baby would start crying. Eventually the "rocking motion" advertised to calm it down wouldn't work, and you couldn't get it to stop without shaking it. Eventually when it started crying the parent would have to beat it, and the beatings and thrashings would have to get harder and harder to get it to be quiet. The only thing that seemed to shut the baby doll up permanently was the bash its head against the wall to destroy whatever mechanism triggered the crying. On more than one occasion though, neighbors called the authorities to report child abuse, and when the police arrived they found the the bloody remains of infants smeared across the walls and the floor. In most cases the mother couldn't understand why the police were there, she just "got rid of the stupid doll" as she rocked a baby-shaped bundle in her arms. | ||
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Warrior Madness
Canada3791 Posts
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goswser
United States3548 Posts
Online games are massively popular in South Korea. A 28-year-old man dropped dead recently after playing his favorite game Starcraft for 50 hours non-stop without eating or drinking. shocking, but the journalist sucks. why would a multi-paragraph story about the death of the baby with a random entrance into a new story. its like a badly written sat question, on "pick which sentence does not fit in the story." | ||
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7Strife
United States104 Posts
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
I sort of had this experience when I fainted after playing Dynasty Warriors 3 on the PS2 for the whole day, my thumbs were numb and I didnt eat. I remember those days how fun PS2 was, too bad it died pretty fast(Something with the fuse) after we sorta left it on 24/7. | ||
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Sephy90
United States1785 Posts
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obesechicken13
United States10467 Posts
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Chill
Calgary25988 Posts
On March 05 2010 07:58 Doraemon wrote: http://www.news.com.au/world/korean-baby-dies-as-parents-kim-yoo-chul-and-choi-mi-sun-raise-virtual-bub/story-e6frfkyi-1225837180407 wow...koreans...crazy o.O i think excessive is an understatement. i must say. when i went to korea for 2 weeks. i didn't even see 1 LAN cafe. hmmmph You either can't read the English letters PC, or you didn't go to the city, or you are legally blind. I remember standing on a street corner in Jongro and counting 7 PC Bangs. Edit: And that's not even that high probably compared to other areas. | ||
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synapse
China13814 Posts
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CatioN
United States136 Posts
On March 06 2010 06:43 synapse wrote: I find it more interesting that a 41 year old got with a 25 year old :000~ Either shes rather unattractive or he is a player. OT though, this is horrible, you just got to know that there has to be a limit! | ||
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pyrogenetix
China5098 Posts
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MorroW
Sweden3522 Posts
ppl who r weak for it shouldnt even be allowed to play it, not for their own sake but for others, poor kid | ||
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SoL[9]
Portugal1370 Posts
On March 05 2010 10:40 hoborg wrote: Here's what I think - A real baby you would care for due to more abstract human-nature feelings - love, parental instinct, etc. The in-game baby, on the other hand, was specifically designed to deliver an experience to grasp the user and make them addicted through tiny rewards (assuming that it's something like WoW). If they did something to care for the virtual baby, they would get some kind of positive feedback like "YAY +50 EXP" wheras a real-life baby dosen't really seem any different before or after you give them a bottle of formula. So, it could just be that the parents are stupid and didn't realize what they had to do to take care of a child without getting positive feedback. Or, it could be that the game was so well-designed and their sense of human emotion was so stifled that the desire for advancement in-game outweighed instinctual attachment to their daughter. This kind of makes me think of this games conference presentation I watched earlier today. While the Korea incident is an instance of game design possibly hurting people (though obviously the real blame lies with the parents), that presentation tried to list ways game design could help people become better. Maybe if there was a more quantifiable measurement of their real life child's growth they would have taken better care of her. Experience points for changing the diaper, achievements on their birthdays, etc... I realize how ridiculous and pathetic that sounds, but in this specific instance it would have probably made them better parents. wasn't that like 8 years ago? or is this a common occurrence? I see your point and i apreciate the answer ty. | ||
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SweeTLemonS[TPR]
11739 Posts
On March 05 2010 08:45 blue_arrow wrote: ^EXACTLY also maybe most people are completely ignoring the article details/comments or you truly just don't give a damn: - parents raise a virtual baby in their MMORPG instead of caring for their real baby - parents returned home after a 12-hour gaming session to find their 3-month old baby dead from dehydration - parents lie to the police about finding the baby dead after they 'woke up from sleep' - all this occured 5 months ago, and the parents were only arrested 2 days ago as they went into hiding right after the child's funeral - they say "due to our guilt we haven't been to a PC cafe in these last 5 months" when they are caught WTF I normally don't buy into insanity stuff, but there is something very wrong with them mentally. | ||
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Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On March 06 2010 07:29 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote: I normally don't buy into insanity stuff, but there is something very wrong with them mentally. I think insanity is a very vague condition these days. Do you mean to say there was some pre-existing imbalance in their brain, or that they just lost control of their own lives? | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On March 05 2010 11:24 tirentu wrote: Ironic that the game is called Prius, since they just couldn't stop playing it. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL HAHAHAHAHAH | ||
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StayFrosty
Canada743 Posts
On March 05 2010 08:01 sMi.MeOw wrote: these are old... and...you sure you went to South Korea??? Unless he took the risk of being shot, and proceeded to bribe the Chinese Embassy to fly him in, I'd think it's safe to say he went to South. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66357 Posts
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thedeadhaji
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tenacity
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saiga223
United States10 Posts
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Katsuge
Singapore7730 Posts
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Shizuru~
Malaysia1676 Posts
they'd rather raise their online avatar, rather than spend at least a few hours with their own real-life child. if there's such a place as hell, i hope there's a special place reserved for them in there. | ||
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Perseverance
Japan2800 Posts
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WastedYouth
United States563 Posts
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win8282
Korea (South)454 Posts
At least the dude that died playing 50hrs of starcraft died honorably. + Show Spoiler + JK. Though the dude still amazes me... I can barely play 4 hrs straight max... | ||
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Subversive
Australia2229 Posts
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