Average Joe In The House. sKy

Happened to read this short news article about mahjong, and after joking about us having fits all the time while watching anything related to mahjong, I think it's serious enough to put this up for all of us to read, especially Kevin Liu. Haha.

P.S. Damn, 2 posts consecutively targeted at him.

Source from The New Paper, 3 Aug 2007:

IF you are a mahjong addict, it's time to give up.

The game can spark epileptic fits in susceptible people, and the only cure is to give it up, according to new research released in a Hong Kong medical journal yesterday.

A study released in the Hong Kong Medical Journal detailed the cases of 23 men, three in Hong Kong and 20 in Taiwan, who suffered fits brought on by playing the game.

In some of the cases, drug treatment proved ineffective in stopping the seizures, which only ended after the players gave up the game.

"Mahjong is a cognitively demanding game involving substantial higher mental processing and outputs," the journal said.

It added that it could spark "decision-making epilepsy," which can also be triggered by playing chess and card games, as well as complex board games.

This is stupid. First, they encouraged us to play mahjong, work our brain more, and thus prevent Alzheimer's disease. Now, they want us to give the game up!

Nooooooooooo!!!

I feel that mahjong is the best game that is ever designed by mankind. If I ever meet the guy who invented it (or his reincarnation), I'll probably call him god.

Anyway, I think those 23 men who suffered fits lost badly, and got it while counting their chips at the end of the game. Or rather, looking at their empty drawer and counting how much more do they owe.

*White foam forming at corner of mouth. Faints*