Drop Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 sorry if this is already a topic, i searched and came up with nothing. 25 year old man dies after playing Wii Fit Collapsed "completely out of the blue" By Mike Smith Nintendo smash hit Wii Fit is usually associated with improved health, but for one fit and healthy British man, the opposite proved true, with tragic results. Tim Eves, who was a keen fisherman, musician, and scout leader from the Norfolk area of eastern England, collapsed and died shortly after playing Wii Fit's jogging minigame -- and just moments after talking to his mother by telephone. "We spoke to him on the phone when he was playing on the Wii machine. He told us he had just ordered himself a kebab and was sitting there with a glass of port. But a little while after he had put the phone down, he collapsed for no reason. It was completely out of the blue," Eves' mother told the Daily Telegraph. A cause of death has not yet been established, but early reports suggest Eves may have been a victim of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, a condition whereby apparently fit and healthy adults can suffer cardiac arrests with no warning. There's no indication Wii Fit was to blame. http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/25-year-old-man-dies-after-playing-wii-fit/1300866 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattFancy Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 wow that's terrible. and that sudden adult death syndrome sounds horrible! so you can just be healthy as can be and go into cardiac arrest without warning? that's kinda scary... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Monk Fan Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 The last line, "[t]here's no indication Wii Fit was to blame," make the headline a joke. While true, he did indeed die after playing Wii Fit, he also died after talking on the phone and drinking port, yet neither is singled out in the headline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Kaos Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 See..... I keep telling everyone that exercise can kill you! seriously though, that's some scary ****! Thoughts and prayers to his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinFeathers Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wow that's horrible. Sudden Adult Death Syndrome is really scary. And my roomate and I have been playin Wii Fit all weekend...it's really fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Why not "25 year old man dies after drinking glass of port" or "25 year old man dies after talking to mother on phone" ??? because those activities have the same slim likelihood of a relation to cause of death as playing a Wii did. Edit: ArtMonk Fan pointed out the same thing... Putting the Wii in the headline makes for a sexier story, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 What kind of kebab was it ? Maybe he got trichinosis... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d0ublestr0ker0ll Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Sony Staff Member Writes Article Blaming Mans Death on Wii Fit A Sony staff writer wrote an article on Tuesday that seemed to try to persuade readers in to believing a man died because he played Wii Fit. The article was bull****. The dude was sippin' on port and probably had a history of eating number 3s at McDonalds. I don't go running marathons after I eat Wendy's. Oh, and I mention Mickey-D's and Wendy's just to even out the negative plugs I have in my article. In other news, Playstation has cut its prices for the Playstation 3 to $17,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Sony Staff Member Writes Article Blaming Mans Death on Wii FitA Sony staff writer wrote an article on Tuesday that seemed to try to persuade readers in to believing a man died because he played Wii Fit. The article was bull****. The dude was sippin' on port and probably had a history of eating number 3s at McDonalds. I don't go running marathons after I eat Wendy's. Oh, and I mention Mickey-D's and Wendy's just to even out the negative plugs I have in my article. In other news, Playstation has cut its prices for the Playstation 3 to $17,000. Ha! Good one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drop Posted March 31, 2009 Author Share Posted March 31, 2009 lol, wow what's with all the gamer backlash? some of you fellas seem like you're getting extremely offended at the notion that the Wii may have caused this guys death. I agree, it's no more likely than the wine or the phone conversation....but it is physically demanding, which the afformentioned two, are not. haha, we got some people up in here who are WAY to protective over their Wii's and videogaming in general. No offense was meant. and i certainly wasn't trying to post an article about the evils of videogaming....i just thought it was interesting. That's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frostyj Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 This is scary stuff. A neighbor of ours died like this. She was an arobics/fitness instructor died 10 min into her class to top it off her mom was in the class too. She was 28. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxBuddy21 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Yea, lame article. Whoever wrote it should be hit in the head with a Wii fit balance board for slander. That really is scary though to just die out of the blue. Would that be better than a slow drawn out painful death from like cancer or something? I dont know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 25 year old man dies after playing Wii Fit There's no indication Wii Fit was to blame. Does not follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zguy28 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 I wonder how many people croak inside gym's every year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HogNose Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wow that's horrible. Sudden Adult Death Syndrome is really scary. This use to be called "dying of natural causes". It's been happening for centuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el gorilla Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Wow makes me think twice about losing weight. Maybe I guess I wont go for the six pack then. "sigh" I don't wanna die!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedskinFeathers Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 This use to be called "dying of natural causes". It's been happening for centuries. Haha touche. The thought of people just dropping dead freaks me out. Dying of natural causes makes me think of the way my great grandma went...died in her sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artmonkforHOF Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 A cause of death has not yet been established, but early reports suggest Eves may have been a victim of Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, a condition whereby apparently fit and healthy adults can suffer cardiac arrests with no warning. And that is why I still smoke drink, eat a ton of red meat and hardly exercise. You can do everything right and you still might go too early. I plan to enjoy the days I am alive by not limiting the things I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touchdown Redskins Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Sudden Adult Death Syndrome? That's a bunch of hokey. He probably had a genetic heart malformation and died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dockeryfan Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Sudden Adult Death Syndrome is one of those things that gets my hair on edge. It's previously undiagnosed heart disease. The fact that we can't diagnose it does not make it a new syndrome. In fact, most heart disease falls under the radar anyway. First symptom of heart disease most times is a heart attack. A fatal one. Look at 58 yo Tim Russert. He passed a stress test, was told everything was fine, and then had a fatal MI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Joe Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 When will Nintendo end its reign of terror? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky21 Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Sudden Adult Death Syndrome sounds like something the British made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RammsteinSkins Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Nintendo Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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