User blog:Kaixax555/Health advisory: Ayakashi is fun but watch your health

A few days ago I was reading news from the Mira fansite Facebook page. On it there was disheartening news.

Apparently, it was reported in CCTV (China news station) that a gamer passed away as he was rushing to get top 300 in Valkyrie Crusade. His last words were "I will not sleep until I get into top 300 rankings!"

Yes, it is no longer surprising to hear about people dying due to gaming, but it reminds all of us how fragile our lives are. Yes, it is cool that you get into the top rankings in games, but one should not sacrifice their health just for this. You have a bright future in front of you, why sacrifice your health and lose your life to reach top 300?

To be honest, I am partially guilty of this before. As my profile states, I am currently a conscript soldier, and I am part of Reconnaissance, which is one of the tougher vocations in the military. During the previous solo conquest (Neverending Christmas, which ended not long ago), I wanted tendo really badly. I had little sleep, almost in zombie mode just to make sure my spirit does not overflow and I am on track. However I did not get her in the end because my phone ran out of charge. However missing tendo is not the point here. The little sleep I had affected my training. I feel more tired, and training feels much more uncomfortable. My heavily load feels heavier with so little energy left for training. It is just miserable. That is when I realized, I have gone a overboard playing Ayakashi. Most of you might not be soldiers, but I believe playing ayakashi the way I did would still have a negative impact in health.

So my message here is, doing good in Ayakashi is one thing, but don't sacrifice your health for it. Yes it has been harped on many times by the media and probably your parents, but I feel that the death of the Valkyrie Crusade player is a wake up call for me, and for everyone else.

I believe many of you have their own experiences too. Feel free to share your thoughts about this issue.