Girl dies after obsessively playing online game

10-11-2005 1:06pm #1

BEIJING, Nov. 1 -- The recent deaths of two net gamers have once again raised the issue of the impact of addiction on the online gaming community, and the health risks involved.

A young girl nicknamed "Snowly" died last month after playing the online game "World of Warcraft" for several continuous days during the national day holiday. Snowly's friends, who share the same game community, say that Snowly was a very diligent member and a key official of their community, who was always connected to the Internet.

Several days before Snowly's death, the girl was said to be preparing for a relatively difficult part of the game and had very little rest. She told her friends that she felt very tired.

A big online funeral was held for Snowly one week after her death. But the event was sadly overshadowed by the death of another game enthusiast nicknamed "Nan Ren Gu Shi".

Thereafter, several online game communities have posted announcements to urge their members to pay attention to their heath.

Meanwhile 7 major domestic game makers have agreed to install an anti-obsession system on eleven online game products. The system entered a trial period on October 20.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3145432

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-11/01/content_3714003.htm

It says she died after spending days at a time playing world of warcraft.

How the hell?

scojones · 10-11-2005 1:13pm

This happend to someone else a few months back too, some 40 year old guy died in his office at work, never left the computer.

Dave! · 10-11-2005 1:15pm

So erm... where were the parents?

Tar.Aldarion · 10-11-2005 1:16pm

a fair feew ppl have died because of forum and game addiction.
the worst was when a baby died because it's parent were playing wow all the time

LegacyUser · 10-11-2005 1:17pm

that's one of the most pathetic things i've ever heard.

...actualy, no, it is the most pathetic thing i've ever heard

ferdi · 10-11-2005 1:18pm

this was bound to happen, maybe now the government will take notice and ban computers altogether!

JimmySmith · 10-11-2005 1:19pm

people have died sleeping in their beds too. What should we do get an anti sleep device?

Dave! · 10-11-2005 1:20pm

JimmySmith wrote:

people have died sleeping in their beds too. What should we do get an anti sleep device?

psst, I think he was being ironic

Canis Lupus · 10-11-2005 1:27pm

What's this anti obsession thingy?

10-11-2005 1:28pm

paperclip wrote:

that's one of the most pathetic things i've ever heard.

...actualy, no, it is the most pathetic thing i've ever heard

you think thats bad. click one of those links and see screenshots of an "online funeral"

Canis Lupus · 10-11-2005 1:30pm

ronoc wrote:

you think thats bad. click one of those links and see screenshots of an "online funeral"

Roffle!!! Stawp it!

Hobbes · 10-11-2005 1:31pm

ferdi wrote:

this was bound to happen, maybe now the government will take notice and ban computers altogether!

Actually China has enacted laws regarding this.

Deadwing · 10-11-2005 1:46pm

This is starting to get boring now. It happens every other month in china. It was shocking at first but now i barely bat an eyelid when i see another one dies. If you ask me, if youre stupid enough to sit staring at a computer without eating for 3 days, you deserve to die.

monkeyfudge · 10-11-2005 1:52pm

A lot of these news stories are generally very sketchy on details. Again we aren't given a name of the person who died, the cause of death or the hospital that pronouced them dead.

A lot of it may be down to media generated propaganda against video games... we all know how popular that is.

10-11-2005 1:56pm

I too would like to hear about these anti-obsession systems. Are tthey like those ergonomic warnings that tell you to relax and exercise your wrist every 15minutes?

"You next quest young member of the horde is to travel into the kitchen and make me a sandwhich, and a glass of water, for this I shal give you a gold piece."

10-11-2005 2:05pm

D wrote:

I too would like to hear about these anti-obsession systems. Are tthey like those ergonomic warnings that tell you to relax and exercise your wrist every 15minutes?

Or excercise your fist, am I rite :v:

Sleepy · 10-11-2005 2:14pm

Darwinism tbh.

Ruaidhri · 10-11-2005 2:33pm

Can anyone say "escapism"?

LegacyUser · 10-11-2005 2:35pm

Ruaidhri wrote:

Can anyone say "escapism"?

escapism

Dave! · 10-11-2005 2:38pm

paperclip wrote:

escapism

Now, did you actually say it, or just type it...? ¬_¬

Zulu · 10-11-2005 2:38pm

It says alot about our society and our lives when people would willingly put their lives at such risk to escape it. Sad. Poor girl.

Ag marbh · 10-11-2005 2:49pm

monkeyfudge wrote:

A lot of it may be down to media generated propaganda against video games... we all know how popular that is.

Hear hear

Prior Of Taize · 10-11-2005 3:19pm

ferdi wrote:

this was bound to happen, maybe now the government will take notice and ban computers altogether!

nah f*ck that. ban people, so the computers can finally have some rest.

:v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v:

monkeyfudge · 10-11-2005 3:23pm

That said... for the past week I've been playing City of Villians as soon as I get home from work each day... and I've pretty much skipped dinner every day...

But that's not a bad thing... I could do with losing some weight...

hmmm... I'm having an idea for a radical new dieting plan...

Prior Of Taize · 10-11-2005 3:41pm

substituting food with crap games?

quite a plan there.

:v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v: :v:

magpie · 10-11-2005 3:53pm

What did she die of? Hardly starvation after 3 days, and you can go without water for longer than that.

Canis Lupus · 10-11-2005 4:02pm

magpie wrote:

What did she die of? Hardly starvation after 3 days, and you can go without water for longer than that.

What happens in the matrix happens in real life. Maybe she got killed.

seamus · 10-11-2005 4:03pm

magpie wrote:

What did she die of? Hardly starvation after 3 days, and you can go without water for longer than that.

In ideal conditions. Sitting in a hot web cafe, a little asian girl wouldn't last three days without water.

I'd say she died of failure of the <insert vital organ here> due to exhaustion.

magpie · 10-11-2005 4:10pm

Isn't there an organ that alerts you when you need to eat/sleep/rest?

I think its called the "Brane" or something like that....

RotalicaV · 10-11-2005 4:11pm

So many of these retarded stories.. some guy who locked his toddler in a press so he could play diablo2 or something undisturbed.

I have no pity for people who are stupid enough to let themselves get into that sort of state.

monkeyfudge · 10-11-2005 4:45pm

magpie wrote:

Isn't there an organ that alerts you when you need to eat/sleep/rest?

I think its called the "Brane" or something like that....

Unfortunetly that same organ is also screaming at you "Hey! You're only 5000 experience points away from level 37... just one more mission!"

LegacyUser · 10-11-2005 4:52pm

ronoc wrote:

you think thats bad. click one of those links and see screenshots of an "online funeral"

HAHAHAHAHA

stevenmu · 10-11-2005 5:22pm

These articles never seem to have any results of autopsies or post-mortems. She could have died of anything but they always jump to the conclusion that it's computer related.

bagdaddy · 10-11-2005 5:25pm

yeah i read about cases in the states where one person plays for 24 hours and then goes to bed while her sister takes over the character and plays for for the next 24 hours. I think it was for star wars galaxies. weird.

NoDayBut2Day · 10-11-2005 5:38pm

That's sad... and kinda scary too. I mean, I like being on the computer, but not *that* much! :eek:

Stompbox · 10-11-2005 5:57pm

I hate the way they always blame games. Its her fault for Gods sake.

SpAcEd OuT · 10-11-2005 6:42pm

JESUS CHRIST LETS MAKE VIDEO GAMES ILLEGAL!!!
SOMEONE DIED THAT MEANS NO ONE IS SAFE FROM THEM NO ONE CAN USE THEM RESPOSIBLY!!!

MUSHROOM THREAD ANYONE?

i wonder where her parents were??

11-11-2005 9:00am

SpAcEd OuT wrote:

MUSHROOM THREAD ANYONE?

???

lostexpectation · 11-11-2005 9:12am

why is being on a computer such a time warp, its bizarre

was in a web cafe a couple of years back, the assistant goes over to a girl (Asian aswell) who had been on the comp for 24hrs and only at that time asks her to pay. of ocurse she didn't have the 50+ pounds, i don't know what she'd been doing she wasn't playing a game afaic?

Zulu · 11-11-2005 9:44am

lostexpectation wrote:

why is being on a computer such a time warp, its bizarre

was in a wbe vafe a couple of years back all the assistant goes over to a girl (Asian aswell) who had been on the comp for 24hrs and only at that time ask he to pay whic hof ocurse she didn't have the 50+ pounds, i don't what she'd been doing shw wasn't playing a game afaic?

Speak english.

SpAcEd OuT · 11-11-2005 12:37pm

D wrote:

???

people are calling for mushrooms to be banned after a man died on them in the mushroom thread, I dont see any of these opnions directed in here towards videogames though despite a women dying because of them.

Keyzer · 11-11-2005 12:52pm

DaveMcG wrote:

psst, I think he was being ironic

psst, I think you mean sarcastic

11-11-2005 12:57pm

SpAcEd OuT wrote:

people are calling for mushrooms to be banned after a man died on them in the mushroom thread, I dont see any of these opnions directed in here towards videogames though despite a women dying because of them.

I'm going to go ahead and use this-->:rolleyes:

My only fear is it isn't big enough to properly express what I am feeling.

Girl dies after obsessively playing online game

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