No
country on the planet takes gaming as seriously as South Korea, where
video game addiction has become so bad the government was forced to
institute gaming laws to save the lives of their young gamers.
Gamers
in South Korea are dropping out of school to game 18 hours a day,
injuring themselves by playing so often they require surgery and some
have even
gamed themselves to death.
So
it's understandable for the South Korean government to step in and
institute shutdown laws (no teen gaming between midnight and 6 a.m.) and
such, but the laws aren't working because they all want to go pro.
Professional
gamers often live in sponsored grid-houses, where rent, food and maid
services are covered by their financial backers, and for many
making a living playing video games seems like a dream come true.
But the reality is they're putting their health and physical well-being at risk to be
part of a corrupt system that doesn't care whether pro players end up permanently damaged by the process.
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