oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · edit-27 months agoMan plays 'World of Warcraft' for nearly 60 hours to break world recordwww.upi.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down16file-text
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minus-squareWhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·7 months agoI am shocked the record is so few hours. I’ve known so many people legit addicted back in the day
minus-squareToto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 months agoDidn’t people die playing it so long? Maybe I’m misremembering Edit: apparently it’s true but was only after 19 hrs without a break https://venturebeat.com/games/man-dies-after-19-hour-world-of-warcraft-session/#:~:text=A Chinese gamer has died,playing game%2C reports The Mirror.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoI remember some parents whose baby died because they put it in a crib and went on a 24 hour WoW binge.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoI used to play until 2 am, go to bed, wake up, and immediately launch WoW again. It was pretty crazy, but also very fun. My wife and I pretty much lived in Azeroth for a while.
minus-squareWhiteOakBayou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 months agoIt’s always fun to be really into things. Like the old joke says “one day I’d like to like anything as much as Phish fans like Phish.”
I am shocked the record is so few hours. I’ve known so many people legit addicted back in the day
Didn’t people die playing it so long? Maybe I’m misremembering
Edit: apparently it’s true but was only after 19 hrs without a break
https://venturebeat.com/games/man-dies-after-19-hour-world-of-warcraft-session/#:~:text=A Chinese gamer has died,playing game%2C reports The Mirror.
I remember some parents whose baby died because they put it in a crib and went on a 24 hour WoW binge.
I used to play until 2 am, go to bed, wake up, and immediately launch WoW again. It was pretty crazy, but also very fun. My wife and I pretty much lived in Azeroth for a while.
It’s always fun to be really into things. Like the old joke says “one day I’d like to like anything as much as Phish fans like Phish.”