A 15-year-old collapses after playing online combat game World of Warcraft's new Wrath of the Lich King extension for 24 hours...The boy, from Laholm Sweden, had been playing with friends when after the marathon session he took what is believed to be an epileptic fit.
A local newspaper reported that the teenagers had played all day and night only stopping to eat. World of Warcraft takes place in a virtual online world full of mythical creatures controlled by players from around the world.
In the past some players have become 'addicted' to the game and immerse themselves in this virtual world and leave the 'real' world behind.
Players can achieve higher rankings with this addition and on French player managed to get to the top ranking after a reported 27 hour session playing the game.
Blizzard, the game makers, expected this feat to take the average player weeks or even months to achive.
The French player known as Nymh used his friends playing along side him to gain the top ranking.
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