Online gaming gone too far!

[I Hate Pants]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...c&sid=95573503

Honestly! I feel only pity for these kids.

In extreme cases, game addicts have collapsed and died after playing for hours, consuming nothing but soda and instant noodles.

You can't help but question some of the social skills of these pro gamers. This is why pro gaming and game competitions should be left outta North America.

Remember when people played online games to have fun?????

[Everay]

well, yea, its still for fun, and people like having fun so much, they spend that kind of money. though, it is stupid in the long run, especialy for Lineage, that game looks like shit. anywho, its a life choice their decision, if they do something illegal like stealing money, to contiune their addiction, to jail with them, just like drugs.

[Strygun]

This is a huge problem in S.Korea... why?

[GreyFox]

Cus Pro-Gaming is extreme in S.Korea. They have a whole TV-channel that shows StarCraft games etc all the time.

You CAN be a Pro in gaming in S.Korea.

[Squeeky]

Originally Posted by Strygun

This is a huge problem in S.Korea... why?

Cause S. Korea is in Asia. LIKE DUH!

[VivaLaNuBc4k3]

wow....

[GonePostal]

instant noodles!!! thats awsome

[I Hate Pants]

Originally Posted by Everay

well, yea, its still for fun, and people like having fun so much, they spend that kind of money. though, it is stupid in the long run, especialy for Lineage, that game looks like shit.

Its not as fun as it use to be. I sometimes play CS. But because im not up to par with some of these clanner *******. I get called a n00b and such. Instead of having fun im now getting spammed by the ******* with thier vast knowledge on the l33t dictionary and the game becomes a flame fest.

[Diddy Mao]

They are Huge RTS feens Overseas, I saw it on G4.. USA has around probably 2-3 gaming channels I can think of and one from UK. but Korea has 5-10, that's just :-O

[Sputty]

Originally Posted by Squeeky

Cause S. Korea is in Asia. LIKE DUH!

lol kekekekekkeke ^______________^

[Happy lil Elf]

The root of the problem is not online gaming or gaming competitions. The root lies with the fact that there are really stupid people in the world

[Robot]

Originally Posted by Strygun

This is a huge problem in S.Korea... why?

well, after the split between north and south korea, south korea disallowed shipments of video game systems, etc., leaving them with nothing to do. what was the obvious solution? computers.

and, yeah, it is extreme over there. i've watched videos of the 24/7 starcraft network, the guys playing it have their own team jackets and the announcers are nuts.

i always found it kind of weird that when we, in north america, think of "extreme computer gamer" we think of some fat white guy, but over in south korea, it's a really emancipated asian guy.

[OneManArmy]

thos asians are crazy f00s... you kill them in CS they kill you in real life. some spend every waking moment at internet cafes playing games.... its insane. they leave no time for boobs in the face.

[Cyanide]

Pro gamming is to S. Korea what Football is to the US. It is that popular. The way I see it, it's just eliminating stupid people from the gene pool. If you're so dumb that you'd die from playing games for 3 days straight without food or a bathroom break, then you've done the gene pool a favor. I'm sure it's being quite blown out of proportion by the media too. Consider how many millions of hardcore gammers they have in Korea, and then consider how many of them kill people in RL, or steal $16,000 and run away from home, or die from playing for 3 days straight. The percentage is actually quite low.

The fact that it's taken them this long to realize the potential problems is what amazes me. People are just blind sometimes.

[Neon Apocalypse]

not my problem