So there was a race and here are my thoughts about it

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colossalaiur wrote:

I think at least they should set a time-limited access portal to the race that only opens 15 hours out of 24. Streamers can still adjust their sleep schedule to adapt and compete well. This is not a sustainable form of race for sure. All other esports have down time and breaks between games.

To another point about health. I was watching Nugi this morning. I can assure you he is not in good condition. His reactions are so slow I can feel that he is losing his focus. This is not good.

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Fapmobile wrote:

Pretty good post.

I somewhat agree but I still think adults should take care of themselves instead of gaming companies babysitting them.
If they play 24 hours a day, it's on them.

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Slaanesh69 wrote:

I'm going to jump into this echo chamber with a dissenting opinion.

Just stop. Stop trying to protect adults from themselves. Worry about your own house, don't start trying to clean up someone else's.

Streamers make money from streaming. I bet the attention that you and others like you paid to the race garnered great rewards for these streamers. You have just fed the great beast you are speaking against. Well done.

While your concern may come from a real and good place, it is NOT your place to project your desires/preferences/gaming morals on the habits and gaming choice of others.

Would you support China-like gaming clocks restricting everyone's play session to 1 hour with 30 minutes of required state-sponsored exercise? Blizzard tried just putting a game timer in their game and it was shat on as badly as anything they have ever done.

Why not go write a treatise and try and help people on real problems like opioid addiction issues, or the fact that untreated and ignored mental health issues are the number one cause of homelessness, or how our country is more concerned with being seen as great on immigration instead of investing in helping with the aforementioned domestic homelessness?

Nerds on the internet playing for too long has existed forever, most particularly since the old MMO days. The only person I recall actually dying as a direct result from it was some Korean in an internet café. But they be crazy about the grind. Maybe you should take your concerns to South Korea, now that I think about it.

Yeah, there has been marriages broken and child neglect, but blame the people, not the game. SHUT DOWN WOW BECAUSE A SET OF PARENTS WEREN'T FEEDING THEIR KID.

It is attitudes like this that lead to people using video games for a scapegoat - FPS's make school shooters. Right.

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RTC_ wrote:

your post, OP, is the equivalent of telling a marathon runner to stop running marathons because you think it might hurt his knees and hip joints, or telling a boxer to stop boxing because it could potentially result in broken bones and concussions.

you're a buzzkill and i hope nobody listens to what you have to say.

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RTC_ wrote:

your post, OP, is the equivalent of telling a marathon runner to stop running marathons because you think it might hurt his knees and hip joints, or telling a boxer to stop boxing because it could potentially result in broken bones and concussions.

you're a buzzkill and i hope nobody listens to what you have to say.