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Man dies after online game marathon
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:50 am
by Apoptosis
Wow... Gaming kills kids! Don't play video games for 50 hours and only take breaks to eat and nap...
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) -- A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said on Tuesday.
The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing online battle simulation games at the cybercafe in the southeastern city of Taegu, police said.
Lee had planted himself in front of a computer monitor to play on-line games on August 3. He only left the spot over the next three days to go to the toilet and take brief naps on a makeshift bed, they said.
"We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion," a Taegu provincial police official said by telephone.
Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games, the daily JoongAng Ilbo reported after interviewing former work colleagues and staff at the Internet cafe.
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Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:03 am
by Sovereign
At the risk of sounding insensitive: 0wnz0r3D
Seriously, who could play games for that long? I get headaches after three hours if I don't drink water (dehydration, but no sweat. WTF?)
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:39 pm
by -mogwai
what the hell is wrong with people?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 4:53 pm
by FZ1
audiophile wrote:what the hell is wrong with people?
I ask myself the same question at least once a day
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 8:51 pm
by Apoptosis
just once? Damn i did today at least 5 times...
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:25 pm
by Nobahar
Was World of Warcraft the culprit? Battle sim games? How addictive could they possibly be?
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:26 pm
by -mogwai
i think idiocy was the culprit.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 5:18 pm
by Zeratul
Im sorry but I dont feel bad for this guy. 50 + hours playing a game? Come on! What did you expect would happen to you?
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 10:14 pm
by -mogwai
seriously... i don't feel bad for him, either. what a f@%@ing gombag
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:04 pm
by Nobahar
lol. I showed my girlfriend and she laughed- then told me it's better to die after having 50 hours of sex, not video games.
I'm still not quite sure of what to make of that. lol
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:13 pm
by kenc51
audiophile wrote:i think idiocy was the culprit.
thats the problem! "commn sense" not so common!
oxymoron?
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:11 pm
by bubba
Albert Einstein wrote:Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:25 pm
by -mogwai
Nobahar wrote:lol. I showed my girlfriend and she laughed- then told me it's better to die after having 50 hours of sex, not video games.
I'm still not quite sure of what to make of that. lol
she's dropping hints, dude
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 8:36 pm
by Antonik
Those people from the East are sure crazy about them' games. Especially Sims and RPGs
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:17 pm
by Nobahar
audiophile wrote:Nobahar wrote:lol. I showed my girlfriend and she laughed- then told me it's better to die after having 50 hours of sex, not video games.
I'm still not quite sure of what to make of that. lol
she's dropping hints, dude
She doesn't need to drop hints, but what I wasn't sure about was if she was serious about attempting 50 hours.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 11:34 pm
by killswitch83
Zeratul wrote:Im sorry but I dont feel bad for this guy. 50 + hours playing a game? Come on! What did you expect would happen to you?
Man, the longest I ever carried out a gaming marathon was 24 hours, and even then I got up to use the restroom and eat, and that was a few months ago on Halo 2 (back when I actually had an Xbox). After that, I saw nothing but artifacts for 3 days, like the game burned itself in my eyes, and it didn't help my contacts dried out and it took an hour and a lot of rewetting drops to get them out. Just a lesson, I wouldn't play for any more than 8 hours at a time before taking a long break. Shows what uber-intensive multiplayer action (along with 10 cans of Adrenaline Rush) can do to a person.
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 9:31 am
by -mogwai
that's just ridiculous....
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 1:07 pm
by shwA
I've had my share of gaming marathons (mostly CS:S related), but there's a limit that I even reach. I couldn't stay coherent for 50+ hours straight.