Discuss Diablo III: Live and die as a FAT gamer

[thecakeisalie]

32-year old Russell Shirley was found dead in his home over the weekend by his landlord and coworker. He suffered a heart attack after a three-day binge on Diablo III.

The blog post Oshry linked us to indicates that Shirley lived a sedentary lifestyle, and while his place of employment offered free gym membership, he was hard pressed to use it.

Read more: R.I.P. Russell Shirley - Forums - Diablo III

 

[luXy]

For those still stuck in gaming addiction, time to quit..

Do you believe that gaming addiction can now be called as a health risk?

 

[gosu_smurf]

/bump for those addicted.

 

[likeaboss]

save yourself from addiction when you are still able to!

 

[roflolmao]

would u rather be a fat gamer or a lean zyzz?

 

[thecakeisalie]

Blizzard takes its first baby steps to curb addiction by limiting new players for the 1st 3 days.
New players can't go beyond Act 1, nor rise above level 13 in the 1st 72 hours.

Read more:
Blizzard puts restrictions on new Diablo III players | Games Blog - Yahoo! Games

What do you think?

 

[likeaboss]

New players can't go beyond Act 1, nor rise above level 13 in the 1st 72 hours.

i luled hard.

 

[msnangersme]

baby steps by blizzard indeed

 

[justified]

would u rather be a fat gamer or a lean zyzz?

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it's not too late to change. zyzz used to be a gaming addict...

 

[koreanfanboy]

Blizzard takes its first baby steps to curb addiction by limiting new players for the 1st 3 days.
New players can't go beyond Act 1, nor rise above level 13 in the 1st 72 hours.

Read more:
Blizzard puts restrictions on new Diablo III players | Games Blog - Yahoo! Games

What do you think?

i bet blizzard was laughing so hard

 

[thecakeisalie]

i bet blizzard was laughing so hard

Update: Russell was fighting Diablo himself when he died! A duel to the death (no pun intended).

 

[thecakeisalie]

 

[thecakeisalie]

 

[kr3w]

poor dude.. damn sad

 

[thecakeisalie]

Diablo 3 takes another life!

An 18-year-old booked a private room at a cafe in Taiwan, played Diablo III for nearly two days without eating, and died after an attendant woke him.

sgseenstomp/sgseen/this_urban_jungle/1205904/teen_dies_after_playing_diablo_iii_for_40_hours.html

 

[msnangersme]

Report: Taiwanese teen dies after 40-hour Diablo III marathon

Report: Taiwanese teen dies after 40-hour Diablo III marathon | Games Blog - Yahoo! News Singapore

 

[msnangersme]

RIP.

 

[thecakeisalie]

 

[likeaboss]

n3rd.