'You have been playing for 1 hour.' Message - Update?

I bet after so many hours, it steals your IP, they have a program locate where you are from, and then call 911 over where you live.

Yep, really its a matter of personal responsibility being eliminated as a trait humans ought to have.


I Cannot wait to see what comments appear at longer and longer hours. I'm sure the Anet staff doesn't like putting these anymore than we do so maybe they get funnier as you go.


to paraphrase a smart comedian, I'm not saying we need to go around killing idots, I'm just saying remove warning labels and let the problem take care of itself.

haha.
Awesome.
who was that anyway?

Sounds like something George Carlin would say.

Oooooh yeah, baby!
/offtopic

Honestly, at an hour's interval it's no less annoying than the HoH wins (which, if busy, occur way more often).

And hey, if it helps save even one life: it's worth it.

It's because more and more people are gaming to death lately.


Korean dies after game session
Second gamer dies after massive binge
The quote comes from the same page as the second link.

It appears all it takes to reset the timmer is re-loggin. Seeing how you have to log out to change characters, I don't see this as being too fantasticly effective.

This seems to be a problem with Asian gamers... perhaps put the message in the Korean, Japanese, and Taiwan regions. Seriously, if you are so stupid that you die from gaming, as cruel as it may be, you deserve it.

EDIT: I just can't imagine not eating, sleeping, using the bathroom, showering, and not doing anything else but gaming for so long that I die. I believe the longest I've ever went without eating solid food was 2 days and that was because I was sick. My stomach ached constantly for lack of food, I can't see anyone ignoring that or the smell of not bathing after 2-3 days.

Err...I'm not sure the "warning" system is gonna work anyhow. I mean c'mon these people are playing as long as they possibly can on purpose..It's not as if somehow 20-30 hours pass without you being able to bloody well notice it. An hour or two, sure. But if you're going at is as hard core as the people who "need" these warnings (as decided by governments etc) I don't think a little "oh by the way..you've been playing for a long time now take a break" meassage is going to do any good.

What's next everyone has to wear a little wrist band that blurts out every few seconds.... "just in case you have forgotten, you need to breathe if you wish to continue living, please take a moment to inhale and exhale..thank-you."

I usually get up after every hour or two so it isn't that big a deal. Just being logged in =/= playing :P

Wait... does this message appear to all players? Surely not...

Nope, it won't help, but it will give Anet something to refer to when a GW gamer drops dead.
"Look, we did warn him."

Every time this kind of things happen there's a lot of commotion about it, measures likes this cool the matter down a bit in discussions.

man, these guys need some "gamer conditioning" clearly they are not hardcore, as i know many gamers (myself included) who have played for a few days virtually non-stop, and suffered only form sleep deprivation (of which the human body can go without for 9 days), sore eyes, and sore fingers.

You have been playing for one year. Please, stop. We mean it! Right now!

You have been playing for one year + 1 hour. We're going to assume you died while playing, and are erecting an in-game statue in your honour.

I really don't see what the big deal is...are people really that worried that Anet gives them a small message (that they can read and disregard in less than 1 second).

Why is it such a big deal, seriously?

Wow I just got mine:
-'You have only being playing for 5 minutes. Please, carry on gaming.'

Seriously, its probably for legal issues or whatever. Countries dont want to get a bad name when all thier gamers die.

I believe this is for Chapter 2 factions as they seem to be getting ready for it even the log in screen that looks a little different.I would have to say it is if you are playing or doing a quest or faction battles in factions.This really has nothing to do with chapter1s prophecies campaign.

Ok...and what's that got to do with the price of bread, or upon which side it happens to buttered?
Most of the people who do not like this new "warning system" are most likely going to be playing factions.

I used to be an RTS (STA, RA, TA, SC) addict, I could hit 48 hours solid gaming pretty easy. The stress you can be put under can really affect you - sure noobs are fun to slaughter, but facing against fast witted opponents just puts you on edge, it's bloody stressful.


Eitherway, a little message saying you've played for one hour can't do any harm, and if anything will make people think more. Guildwars is definately not an addictive game however.

This isn't Everquest.

Next thing you know:

"Pizza Hut and Dominoes taking orders from a Guild Wars emote! /pizza"