Teen collapses after playing Call of Duty for 4 days straight - Polidicks

[url]http://www.boston.com/business/technology/2012/08/08/ohio-teen-collapses-after-day-xbox-marathon/U9I72YXDVGVFnh6GE9mKxH/story.html[/url] [quote]COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A four-day Xbox gaming marathon apparently was too much for one 15-year-old Ohio boy. WCMH-TV ([url]http://bit.ly/N3Ugln[/url] ) reports that the Columbus teen collapsed and was hospitalized Tuesday after becoming severely dehydrated. His mother says he emerged from his bedroom during the four days only to pick up snacks or take a quick shower. The boy was so engrossed in playing Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox that he made himself sick. He’s expected to be OK — but his mom has taken away the Xbox. Dr. Mike Patrick, an emergency physician at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, recommended that gamers use some common sense: Get plenty of food and fluids, take breaks for physical activity and get some sleep.[/quote]

how is this news

Wow, he lasted longer than I thought... I couldn't play it for two hours trough.

[QUOTE=stupid10er;37137646]how is this news[/QUOTE] Like seriously, who bothered to alert the press of this?

I don't play games for more than about 3 hours at a time before I take a short break, get a small snack, water, bathroom, then I'll idle between various chores and sit back down.

I would have probably been hospitalized within 3 hours due to a brain haemorrhage from all my goddamn rage

Call of duty is 2deep4u

LOL! dehydration is so funi XD Actually, no, it isn't, it's fucking horrifying.

What kind of parent would be alright with their son playing something for 4 days straight, with the only breaks being to eat or shower?

How could anyone play that game for 30 minutes, let alone 4 fucking days?

There are some really stupid people that live in this state...

I can't play games for any long period no matter how much I like it. I just get tired and want to do something else, even just browse the internet.

Most I have played one game is mass effect 3 for 14 hours and I let 30 people on facepunch watch me play it :v:

The longest I've ever played a game was GTA: San Andreas when it came out, I played for about 8 hours the first night. Can't imagine 24 hours, let alone 4 days.

The longest I've ever played a game for was about 9 hours I think, it was Portal 2 and I beat it in one sitting.

[QUOTE=stupid10er;37137646]how is this news[/QUOTE] it's Ohio, it's so boring that not only a news article was made on the little boys death but a kid played 4 days of a call to duty game because there was nothing else better todo.

The longest I've played a game was around 18 hours. But that was with small breaks for food & drink and rest for my eyes around every hour or so. And that was also back when I was a wee lad. Can't do more than 4 now before I need to-do something else.

I once played Mass Effect for a day straight, by the time I got bored everyone was talking in binary and the world was spinning. I can't imagine playing any game for four days, let alone CoD.

The longest I've played a game was 20 hours straight while in a skype call, it was WoW

I don't see how people can just ignore their basic needs to play a video game. "NO TIME TO SHIT GOTTA GET MORE NOSCOPES"

Wait why did the mother not find it suspicious that the son was sitting alone in his room for [B]4 days[/B] straight?

Reminds me of when I first got portal 2, then I proceeded to play it non-stop until I beat it at 2:30 in the morning. That was like 8-9 hours though, this is just retarded.

How can you play that long? Especially an action game with a pad, it must be physically painful after a while. I'm sure he fell asleep at least once though, willingly or not.

Just let him continue till it kills him, nothing of value will be lost, kid sounds too stupid to survive.

I've played games ALL day before, and even then I got up every couple hours at the most. There's no way I could sit still for that long

This guy held out 24 times longer then I've ever held out playing a game.

Fun fact: There are people that actually find the Call of Duty games fun! As strange as it sounds, that is a thing that can possibly be! Personally I think it's gotten stale as the series has gone on but some people like the newer games even better! Like this guy. This guy likes it way more than he probably should.

[QUOTE=FpShepard;37137797]Most I have played one game is mass effect 3 for 14 hours and I let 30 people on facepunch watch me play it :v:[/QUOTE] I don't know how anyone would even [I]watch[/I] you play it for 14 hours straight.

At least he took a shower.

Ive played Skyrim all day. I have no regrets