One of the events to refresh the brain again is by playing a game. Yes, playing games is really fun, especially if the games being played are fun and interesting. However, did you know that playing games can be addictive?
It turns out that many people are addicted to games. This is because they play games beyond normal limits. So that makes the brain tersugesti want to continue playing it. This of course has a negative effect on psychology. Especially if the ones playing are children where the child’s brain is still in its infancy.
Did you know, if in this world many people die horribly because of addiction to playing games. This sounds impossible and makes no sense. However, it does happen to some people in some countries.
Someone’s death due to this game is caused by many things, some of which are due to stress that hit the player, too much, and others. This stress can be caused by many reasons, it can be due to not winning the game, sitting too long and many others. For those of you who are curious about this phenomenon.
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The following will tell some stories of gamers who died horribly because of game addiction.
1. This Taiwanese Gamer Died Horribly Due to Gaming for 3 Days in a row
A tragic incident happened to a Taiwanese citizen named Hsieh. This 32-year-old youth was found dead by an internet cafe guard after 3 days non-stop playing video games at the internet cafe.
It is known that this Taiwanese youth died of a heart attack. This is because the youth is tired and pushes himself so high to play the game. Upon investigation, it turned out that this young man was unemployed.
The activity of playing video games is done to pass the time. As for the warnet keeper, he thought that the young man had fallen asleep due to exhaustion, but when he woke up, it turned out that he was no longer alive.
2. This Teen Died Of 22 Days Playing DOTA
Another tragic incident also happened to this 17-year-old teenager from Russia. He died after playing the game DOTA for 22 days. According to the investigation, this teenager died due to lack of physical activity.
After further investigation, it turned out that this teenager played games for about 5-6 hours every day and only stopped to sleep and eat. With the aim of getting the highest score by playing continuously, this teenager ends up tragically dead.
3. Jeff Dailey, First Person To Die Due To Games
Another sad thing also happened to two people who are good friends, namely Jeff Bailey and Peter Burkowski. Jeff became the first person to die playing the game.
Meanwhile, Peter, who was Jeff’s best friend, joined Jeff’s departure a year after Jeff died. This incident began when these two people played a game called Arcade, Berzerk. They play this game over and over again with the aim of getting the highest score.
However, after some time, Jeff died of a heart attack. This fateful thing also happened to Peter who did not give up and stopped playing the game he also died of a heart attack a year later because of the game.
4. This Man Died After Playing Diablo III For 40 Hours
In 2012, an 18-year-old gamer from Taiwan died after playing the Blizzard Diablo III game at an internet cafe for 40 hours. He got up when someone woke him up and tried to walk after a few steps he fell and eventually died.
5. Died Unluckily Due to the Wii Fit Marathon Game
If many people die horribly due to lack of activity due to playing games, then it is different with this 25 year old young man named Tim Eves. He died from overactivity caused by playing the Wii Fit marathon.
This young man was too obsessed with getting the most scores and being the best. Because the activities carried out were too excessive, this actually caused this young man to die. Paramedics found him lifeless with his head down on the fitness board.
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6. Died after 12 Hours of Halo Game Marathon
Gamer named Chris Staniforth played the game Halo for 12 hours non-stop and then died after a blood clot entered his lungs and caused a pulmonary embolism. This happens when you sit for too long and don’t get up or move, the blood in your legs can start to clot. These clots can become large enough and can enter the lungs and begin to block the absorption of oxygen.
So if you play and sit for a long time try to stand up and try to move to get the blood pumping.
7. This Man Died Because Playing Game 650 Hours Nonstop
If you say death then no one will know when death will pick you up. This also happened to a young man from China who died horribly from playing games for 650 hours non-stop.
This guy only stopped playing games to sleep and eat. While the food consumed while playing the game is only instant noodles which is not a healthy food. This is what makes this young man died of malnutrition.
8. Water Poisoning
In 2007 there was a radio contest with the challenge of drinking the most water without going to the toilet with the prize for the newest Nintendo Wii at the time, and a female contestant reported dailymail.co.uk died of water poisoning after drinking nearly 7.5 liters of water to win the prize. .
9. Streamer Dies During 24 Hours Marathon Streaming on Twitch
This incident can be said not long ago, namely in February 2022, a Twitch streamer whose real name is Brian Vigneault, aka PoShYbRiD, has died while conducting a 24-hour livestreaming marathon playing the World of Tanks game. According to eyewitnesses, PoShYbRiD left his desk at around 03:30 a.m. local time, when the streaming time was 22 hours and didn’t return.
10. A Man Dies After Playing Starcraft for 50 Hours
A 28-year-old Korean man collapsed after playing the game Starcraft in a color in the city of Taegu, according to local authorities in South Korea. “The man did not sleep properly, and ate very little during the game” Police said. The Starcraft game itself is very popular in South Korea.
Isn’t this incident very sad? Playing games is okay, no one forbids it. However, play accordingly and don’t let the game enslave you. If you play games for a long time, try taking a break like every 2 hours out of the room so you don’t sit too long, don’t forget to drink so you don’t get dehydrated. Hopefully this story can be used as a lesson for those of you who forget to forget the time when they are cool to play games.
