Overwatch player throws PC in lake to overcome alleged video game addiction
An Overwatch player fighting an addiction to Blizzard’s hero shooter took desperate measures to overcome their unhealthy fixation on the video game.
As Blizzard continues to develop Overwatch 2 inpreparation for the second beta, fans have returned to the first game. Whilenot everyone was happy to go back to 6v6 gameplay with 2CPmaps, one player found Blizzard’s title to be a bit too addicting.
In a since-deleted Twitter video, user Fl4k_Drifter went to a lake with their laptop while Overwatch was loaded on it and proceeded to toss it into the water.
The clip spread throughout the Overwatch community, eventually prompting Fl4k_Drifter to delete it, but not before they explained just how bad their addiction to the game was.
I have played this game almost every day of my life since it’s release. The community mixed with the gameplay just kept me hooked, I didn’t want to do anything else. It got in the way of my college courses. I just don’t have good discipline.
— Fl4k (@Fl4kDrift)August 02, 2025
Overwatch player reveals unhealthy game addiction
According to Drifter, he had played the game nearly every day since it was released and it began to interfere with schoolwork.
“The community mixed with the gameplay just kept me hooked, I didn’t want to do anything else. It got in the way of my college courses. I just don’t have good discipline,” the user revealed.
The gamer went on to elaborate on how his parents wouldn’t let him bring his PC to school, so he got a laptop and began playing nonstop while skipping classes.
Oh, it did. I didn’t want to do anything else. I was in my own false reality of constant stimulation. I was addicted to that game as far as addictions can reach. It wasn’t a hobby, it was an addiction I couldn’t detach myself from. Like a drug addiction with less health factors.
“Simply uninstalling it would have resulted in my reinstalling it within a few days. The game made me withdraw from my semester,” Drifter added. “I was addicted to that game as far as addictions can reach. It wasn’t a hobby, it was an addiction I couldn’t detach myself from. Like a drug addiction with less health factors.”
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I mean, my therapist compared my addiction to Overwatch to having a cocaine addiction.
Amazingly, Drifter even claimed that his therapist compared his Overwatch addiction to being addicted to cocaine.
Despite the original video of the laptop being thrown in the lake being deleted, Drifter did re-upload it in reverse as a joke about returning to the game.
TIME TO HOP BACK ON (jk)https://t.co/28gBKoc5rQpic.twitter.com/UH5r3BJHYX
— Fl4k (@Fl4kDrift)June 24, 2025
Many in the Overwatch community have supported Drifter’s decision to dispose of his laptop, remarking how dangerous addiction can be. Hopefully, the player’s drastic measures prove to be successful and he can get on with his life without the video game interfering with his school career.
