The guy is probably on a hockey burnout and needs a way to relax.
I have a friend that is semi addicted to video games.this sounds like me in my early 20s weekends and night were wasted 50-60 hours a week playing video games.
It's easy to see a kid getting addicted to games and having it affect his play. Luckily, I think that addiction is not extremely hard to overcome. The story, I suspect, has some hyperbole about the future problems.
My solution was erasing the game and getting rid of it and choosing not to play it unless I was on holidays or something and had time to burn.
I haven't been addicted to games in a long time, but I recognized what a waste of a life it was spending so much time with absolutely nothing to show for it. Spending time with actual people (not online), exercising, learning something, travelling, helping someone are so much more worth my time.
Many teenagers (and maybe older people too) do not have the maturity to recognize how video games can lay waste to someone's life.
Already well-paid stars themselves, Major League Baseball players have flocked to Fortnite because with plenty of downtime between games and travel, it’s easy for them to unwind with a few rounds of the online, multi-player, and mobile-compatible battle royale, whether they’re in the clubhouse, their hotel room, or on the bus.
But the shoot-em-up title may have just taken its first big league casualty. Boston Red Sox pitcher David Price, missed his Wednesday start against the team’s hated rival New York Yankees because of mild case of carpal tunnel syndrome. And after questions have arisen about how frequently he gets a Fortnite fix, the pitcher said he’s hanging up his controller, at least around the ballpark, reports MLB.com.
I'd disagree, and I'd probably say it's already happened here or there. A player that's right on the cusp but not "quite there" needs all the help he gets. An addiction to video games, we're not talking playing it on the bus to games, is certainly enough to derail careers when you need to be at the extreme top of your profession or studies. I've seen it first hand with schooling, I'm sure tons of students get lowered grades if not forced to drop out or not get into their desired school all the time. We're talking about 18 years old, it would be weird if none of them were affected by common issues like this.
His backslide still surprises me. I thought he was going to be a blue chipper.
That was my guess as well. They sent Juolevi back to Sweden to help his development. I would think if it was a known issue they would have kept him closer where they could keep tabs on him.
Dal Colle hasn't played juniors for a few years now, and Marek said the kid is a good junior player, implying he's still in the CHL.
I have a decent idea of who it may be but it doesn't help him or anyone else if his name gets out there. Hopefully he gets it under control if he hasn't already. I have no doubt that Marek is being a little dramatic as well.
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Dal Colle hasn't played juniors for a few years now, and Marek said the kid is a good junior player, implying he's still in the CHL.
I have a decent idea of who it may be but it doesn't help him or anyone else if his name gets out there. Hopefully he gets it under control if he hasn't already. I have no doubt that Marek is being a little dramatic as well.
Marek also said this news is almost a year old, so hopefully the player got the kick in the arse he needed.
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An NFL player, Qinn Pitcock, lost his NFL career due to video game addiction. It took him a few years to recover, and ended up in arena football.
That's right, i had forgotten about that.
Jim Rome did that story and a really in-depth interview with him a few years back. It was a fascinating education for myself as I had no idea how depraved the video game thing could make you.
Here's an excerpt from an ESPN story years ago.
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"It was a rash decision," he said. "As soon as I made it, I wanted to play right away, but I was scared they didn't want me back."
Free from football, things really got bad. Pitcock was playing Xbox online up to 18 hours a day and sleeping for maybe five or six hours. His drug of choice was "Call of Duty," whose franchise has generated $6 billion worldwide. He lost touch with friends. He ignored his family when they tried to reach out to him. He became a complete hermit.
"The only way I could get my endorphins was by playing video games," he said.
He kept up that 18-hour routine for months. He tried to quit but couldn't.
"I would break the games, try to get rid of them," he said, "but I couldn't stop. I'd say, 'Quinn, what are you doing?' Physically, I could not put down a video game."
That story also goes into how widespread and somewhat common this addiction is.
UFC champ, and pound for pound greatest fighter ever, Mighty Mouse, is a huge gamer. Any hobby, when it interferes with your well being, is a problem, not just videogames.
Wouldn’t be surprised if it was Anaheim Duck’s prospect Max Jones. A 1st rounder in 2016 who has had a pretty underwhelming junior career up to date. If you check his twitter it’s full of tweets and retweets about Fortnite and other games.
Didn't Laine pretty much admit to being a video game addict and he seems to be doing fine?
Video game addition is real. There are many nights around 10pm where I tell myself, one more turn, one more game, or just as soon as I complete this mission and then all of a sudden it is 2am and I'm not myself the next day.
Hopefully this player can learn moderation and salvage a career. To keep things in perspective though staying up late playing video games is a much better problem to have than staying up late drinking with hookers and blow.
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My kids (elementary and junior high aged) and their friends/cousins/etc. are all over this fortnite game. I just assumed it was a kids game. Weird to me that adults have time for gaming. Another reason why the life of a pro athlete, or top amateur athlete, is so unrelateable.
