The game has had up to 11 million subscribers at one point. Given that we haven’t had a sudden influx of millions of dead geeks I’d say the issue has less to do with the game and more to do with an addictive personality combined with poor health.
I just heard a report on the radio about doctors trying to classify internet addiction as a mental disorder.
Maybe this is the AMA’s first strike.
[I can quit the webbernet any time I want to]