How You Can Die While Gaming

Many of us play games from time to time but not for that long. There is an exception for a few other people, they like to play almost the entire day, they are considered to be hardcore gamer. There is a downside to playing games for a long time, that downside is death.

[thebudgetgamer]

as a kid an older cousin almost choked me out wit an nes controller because i kept pulling it out of the console.

[JellyJelly]

I take it you learned your lesson?

[thebudgetgamer]

i did not, in fact it only toughened me up.

[JellyJelly]

@thebudgetgamer - So you're still a cord puller? Fortunately newer consoles pause the game when the controller isn't connected, but it still sounds annoying as hell :)

[thebudgetgamer]

i eventually matured. it was a lot of fun though.

[Darkseeker]

To get a blood clot, you'd need to be standing still for a very long time. Unless you stay in the same position, you don't risk anything no matter how long you play. Most people change position while gaming, go to the bathroom or take a snack.

Even playing for days straight, the only way it could kill you is if your body is depraved of sleep for playing so long.

The 20 years old guy and the 13 years old girl who died recently probably had medical problems. Especially the guy, he was overweight, if not obese, that doesn't help at all.

[L6RD7BLU3]

I play games a lot, but I cant sit on my ass all day it gets uncomfortable from sitting long periods at a time.

[JellyJelly]

No couch camping.

[Cmpunk]

it's called a social life, i know most gamers these days are very social but there are alot who arn't,

if you want to be a gamer and have a fit and healthy life you need,

a gf [you dont need but it would be great if you did]
sporting activity
friends
a job

im lucky enough to have all of them and im healthy as a salad! :) and skinny as a twig :P

[Quagmire]

cool story, bro

[Faelan]

I've heard about the "death by sitting" issue before, but not in relation to gaming. Think trans-oceanic flights. You squeeze into one of those much-too-small economy seats and sit there for 8+ hours like a sardine in a can, then get up once the plane has landed and suddenly... BAM.

The thing is, between take-off, landing, turbulence, disturbing the passengers next to you because you almost have to crawl over them and the limited isle space, a lot of people just sit tight for the entire flight, bladder permitting.

At least with gaming, you don't have all those issues. I can't think of any game that almost forces you to sit tight for 8+ hours in a small seat. Even hardcore MMO raiding usually leaves you with plenty of bio- or AFK breaks. Make good use of those.