Professional gamers, like Paparatto, often spend 10 or more hours a day honing their craft, distinguishing themselves from casual or everyday players, said Professor Mark Griffiths, director of the International Gaming Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University in England.
However,"excessive gaming" can cause wrist and thumb injuries as well as calluses and repetitive strain, he warned.
THIS is newsworthy ? How about the almost 10, 000 COVID19 deaths since JoeBiden took office. A raging pandemic and this is what you have.
My favorite part of the article is the reference to Fortnite being ‘a popular adventure game’ 😂😂
Karma is a b.....
Wow what a F disaster
Why is this news
People are dying from covid and we this this dumb shit.....Why is this even news?
Wow..meanwhile im a housekeeper at a hospital fighting covid
😂 Can't make this sht up
Tragic. 🙄
LOL
Absurd that this is even a profession.
This is why our future is screwed. Give him a 🔨 and it will kill himself trying to nail something on a wall. Hey NBC REPORT SOMETHING WORTH IT!
Well that's kinda it isn't it? I mean once he ended up hurting himself then the fun part is really over.
👍👍 Thumbs up for this guy!
America is going to Hell in a hurry and this is news to you?
News?
👎
Well that stops the wheels of commerce.
Time to get a real job.
VIDEO GAME is Addiction is like Drugs, not a profession.
This is the kind of pansy I want us Americans to be and why I'm forgiving student loans. Bidey out
NotTheOnion
12 years of America summed up in one tweet.
Don’t wish to sound like an old misery but I think the smart phone generation could be storing up similar repetitive strain problems too in the years’ ahead!
Time to get a girlfriend pal
Dam I feel old.
This is our life now that Trump news is gone.
DdarylG prayers up
Lol
Wonder what ryanlemond thinks about this? 😂
That.....actually sucks.
😂🤣👏🇨🇦
This is the kind of news we are getting now that trump is out of the White House. Im ok with that!!
We need our dystopian Cyberpunk future now to prevent such things. Hurry up corporations, oppress us with greed, but deliver us from the human body.
Chronic masturbation
Awwww...poor baby you...
This is truly heartbreaking. espn must do a 30 for 30 about hi…
Then game the proper way, on PC using KB & mouse! Just don't jump all the time.
Noooo, not the thumb!
Poor guy. Now he has to get a job.
Should've insured his hands.
K.
I guess this poor guy has to go get a real job job his dad has been telling him to do for years.
It's a rough sport, few make it to 30. It starts with the thump an ends with scoliosis.
you should have seen the click bait story about the guy who wanted his ex wife and her new husband arrested for messing up his legos. apparently man-children are the new norm in America.
Tomorrows news- Professional gamer gets life saving thumb transplant.
moonbounce_ is this you?
I’d rather hear this news than this news:
There is something hilarious and also sad about this story.
Life's a mean party anyhow. No gaming? Must be devastating.
Definitely not a pro gamer move 😐
ZooMaa
Ohhh, man. Hope he was able to stash part of the winnings in some wise investments...
Wonder if he’s gonna get a disability pension?
I don't have to comment on this, I don't have to comment on this, I don't have to comment on this....
Brenray1929
😐
Thoughts and prayers.
Slow news day
The onion?
🤐
Been there, nintendo-itus is tough, can’t come back from that one I’ve been on disability since my track and field injury at the konami olympics in ‘83
My heart goes out to him. Wow..imagine having to enter a real world of not spending all day playing video games at 25..pls. take care of that thumb, sounds serious.👍
Alex Smith took his team to the playoffs this year.
😂
Wow
Get back in the game, man! Put those feet to work! 😂
Is it inappropriate to give it a thumbs up emoji? 👍
First the pandemic, now this! I can’t take this fucken shit!!!
Who cares? Like, really? People have bigger things going on in their lives.
Oh cmon! NFL can repair ACL's. torn patellas, torn achilles but e-sports cant do a simple thumb surgery. lame eSports
This isn't news. NBC' gtfo
Liamjacko
Boring non news in my timeline. Ahhhhhh yes
You sure this ain't Onion?
This is horrible news. A sad day for incels..
Don't care
Lack of news now that Trump is out of office, Not complaining
Poor man 😔
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