lol this is priceless, call me inhuman but i sort of understand this..
a game is always just a game, but a game gets real exciting when theres a real life consequence bound to the outcome of a game.
kind of how you feel the adrenaline rush upto you when your playing UT2k4 on a bigass lanparties final round.. and the winner gets a certain prize, it makes a game much more exciting.
if you wanna take a game real serious, you can bet your lives on the outcome...
obviously not something that i would do, but i do understand why people would do it, and therefore not call them sick, mindless or inhuman.