computer fatigue, do computers make you sick?Follow

Hello everyone,

I was wondering if anyone here or any of you die-hard wow players ever feel sick from using the computer too much and if it affects your ability to play the game.

We've heard of the stories of some Chinese guy dying after playing wow for 3 days straight.

do you guys ever get headaches or other pains from playing too much?

Computers in themselves don't make you ill, but playing for hours without breaks, or missing sleep/food for more play time will make you ill.

Only problem I get from lots of gaming is red eyes. You don't blink as much when you use your computer, and consequently after a few hours your eyes can dry out. It makes my eyes feel tired, but they look far worse than they feel; people think I was out all night drinking :-P

Hmm... a single-poster, asking questions about gaming, and implying that it's dangerous to game too much. This is the kind of stuff that ends up on some Miami lawyer's desk as "proof" that gaming is bad. Be very wary about posting responses to this yahoo, since he probably has an agenda.

Yes, it seems like this is the new way of doing a "survey". We got wise to people posting the biased surveys so now they post directly on a forum, give us a line and say "anyone else had experience like this?" so we can hang ourselves.

Tin foil hat anyone?

Doing ANYTHING non-stop for three days straight is sure to mess with your body. The guy you speak of was probably doing it consistently and his body finally gave out because of that reptition, probably due to other underlying causes.

I wouldn't worry about it... just get regular rest, food, water, use the bathroom when your body insists, and you'll be fine. Oh, fresh air once in awhile might help to :). Five minutes outside can do wonders for anyone cramped up indoors all day for any reason!

I've had times where I've felt kinda bad after playing for a long time, but not with WoW. I feel it's more of a mental thing. I'm sure if I were to be questing up to 80 for 8-10 straight hours I would start to get a little sick like what has happened if I get stuck in a long poker tourny.

But with WoW I really cannot do it. Before the patch I could go 8 hours of raids, but that was more mentaly challenging and there was always convos going on, but I can't quest for more then 1 maybe 2 hours at a time due to how boring it is. At the moment I'm playing for a few hours then taking a hour break or so and I'm doing fine.

I don't typically get ill from sitting in front of my computer all day, but I have been known to OD on some MMOs. It's only when you play for more than a day with no food or sleep, that it'd be cause for concern. I just turned 23, but I have the sleeping habits of a kitten, and the eating habits of an HeavyD. :P I die without my 6 meals a day/6-7 hours of sleep.



...and this better not be a 'study' that gets conclusive wording from a thread less than 20 posts long. xD

it's not so much the computer but rather three straight days of drinking coffee in the morning and beer in teh afternoons and evenings leading to some dehydration and headaches after that.

in my "travel 8 months of a year" lifestyle, i find that logging into a couple of hours of wow or even a bit of wow at nights relaxes me...

it does hurt when...

1) posture, slouching will stress/strain your shoulder-neck muscles, as will with any prolonged computer use
2) dry eyes, my eyes, when over stressed, gets dry and stings... got to see a doc about that one.
3) carpal tunnel... over use of the mouse for the past 20 years, numbness stretch from my elbow to mid, ring & pinky fingers... early sign of Carpal Tunnel, as i've been told...

but aside from that.. i enjoy the mental relaxation from playing the game.

LOL, if your anything like me, you would be entirely sunburnt by the time you stop playing.

I honestly do believe computer do make you sick. Its not because of the actual computer, just the lack of exercise/movement/bloodflow that you get while sitting in front of it.

I have some friends at work that come in, sit down at their computer for 10 hours, go home and sit there for 10 hours playing wow. When I ask how one woman manages to keep in shape, she say THIGH MASTER. And she wasnt kidding, she uses it at night when she gets home all night. It keeps her circulation up and her muscles moving.

Thats when I said, maybe the thigh master is funny, but it helps to keep your body in movement, even if your doing hardly any physical activity at all.

Also, you might want to get the most ergonomical keyboards/desks/lights, whatever. It certainly helps with the average strain your body goes through sitting at your computer for hours and hours nonstop.