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Man dies after playing video game 49 hours.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 5:31 am
by Figarou
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/ne ... 363857.htm
Man dies after playing video game 49 hours
Gamer, 28, barely ate and didn’t sleep during session
The Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea — A 28-year-old man died of an apparent heart attack this week after playing computer games nonstop for 49 hours in an Internet cafe, police said.
The man, identified only by his last name, Lee, collapsed after having eaten minimally and not sleeping. He had refused to leave his keyboard while he played the battle simulation game “Starcraft,” police said.
Lee, a resident in the southern city of Taegu, was quickly moved to a hospital but died after a few hours of what doctors believed was a heart attack.
Computer games are enormously popular in South Korea, home to professional gamers who earn big money through sponsorships and television stations devoted to broadcasting matches.
Lee was fired from his job last month because he kept missing work to play computer games, police said.
Hmmmmm......I guess he ran out of lives and didn't have any power-ups left.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 9:29 am
by Kzinistzerg
OMFG! SOmebody died playing starcraft! I knew it was addictive but ti didn't know it was that much!
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 12:27 pm
by Aki
Mr. Lee has earned himself a Darwin award...
Seriously, you have to be really stupid to die like
that...
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 3:19 pm
by Figarou
I've always wondered how some of the people over there are really good players. Now I know. They spend to much time playing the video games.
Warcraft profiteering
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:08 pm
by Scott Gardener
Some of the people over there are actually professional computer gamers. They play for hours on end, building up characters and collecting in-game assets such as land, items, or money, and then turn around and sell it for real-world money. I've met at least one person who does it as a second job. Darn it, I went to medical school instead...
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:13 pm
by Fenrir
Wow that is just stupid it's not like they need the light from the moniter to leave if I get hungry ill get food.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 10:07 pm
by Shadow Wulf
OMFG. Dum Korean morons. Thanks to them now video games are consider deadly and a weapon.
Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 4:29 pm
by Anubis
Land of the mourning calm
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 1:34 pm
by Scott Gardener
Let's not blame every person in two countries. Remember, the Koreans also gave us Tae Kwon Do; they're not ALL or even MOST looney. And, how many people do you know in your own countries who would do something similar? I could easily see someone here in America doing it.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:39 pm
by Searif
Aki wrote:Mr. Lee has earned himself a Darwin award...
Seriously, you have to be really stupid to die like
that...
true, I am a gamer and yes I do not eat or drink while playing the game, but if I start to starve, im pretty sure I will shut the game off, important or not
Re: Land of the mourning calm
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:59 pm
by Aki
Scott Gardener wrote:Let's not blame every person in two countries. Remember, the Koreans also gave us Tae Kwon Do; they're not ALL or even MOST looney. And, how many people do you know in your own countries who would do something similar? I could easily see someone here in America doing it.
Koreans are pretty good gamers, from what i see in Guild Wars. I constantly see the annoucements who holds the Hall Of heros going back and forth between America and Korea, with Europe occaisonally pulling off a win.
Re: Land of the mourning calm
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:15 pm
by Shadow Wulf
Scott Gardener wrote:Let's not blame every person in two countries. Remember, the Koreans also gave us Tae Kwon Do; they're not ALL or even MOST looney. And, how many people do you know in your own countries who would do something similar? I could easily see someone here in America doing it.
Oh Im not blaming every person in two countries, I always say that, I also call some people down here dum Florida morons, or dum carolina morons
just for the hell of it. *Whispers to Scott* dum Texas morons.
j/k
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 5:52 pm
by Scott Gardener
*Whispers to Scott* dum Texas morons.
Them thar's hanging words. OK, boys....
Uh, I thought you brought the rope!
No, you's sapposed ta bringit!
Dag nabbit!
Hold there, partner, and don't move. We'll be right back....
(comes back an hour later.)
Dang it to Tarnation! The varmit's done left! That's the last time we guard our hangin' man on the Honor's System!
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:28 am
by Figarou
Scott Gardener wrote:*Whispers to Scott* dum Texas morons.
Them thar's hanging words. OK, boys....
Uh, I thought you brought the rope!
No, you's sapposed ta bringit!
Dag nabbit!
Hold there, partner, and don't move. We'll be right back....
(comes back an hour later.)
Dang it to Tarnation! The varmit's done left! That's the last time we guard our hangin' man on the Honor's System!
heh...the words of Yosemite Sam.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:56 am
by Morkulv
I've played Counter-Strike for 24 allready.
I'M still alive! Yay!
But is you play it THAT long, you've gotta be sick in the head or something.
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2005 8:58 pm
by Shadow Wulf
Ive got this official army game call special forces( got it for free) it has really good graphics, but I havent played it.
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 8:30 am
by Searif
Shadow Wulf wrote:Ive got this official army game call special forces( got it for free) it has really good graphics, but I havent played it.
I only played the training, since they do not let you play untill you compleat the training PERFECTLY... which is annoying because the parachute jump is impossible as a hell
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:24 am
by Rogue_A
I once played Tony Hawk's Underground for 24 hours....of course, then, my ancient, first model in the US got those bloody "Read Disk Error" when trying to read anything involving DVD content, so there went that marathon down the drain. Luckily, thanks to a class action lawsuit, it didn't cost me anything to get it repaired aside from the shipping to Sony's repair center. So now it's all sparkly better for now.
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 1:54 pm
by Terastas
What really bothers me is that this guy played for two days straight
on public access. What happened when they locked up for the night?
I'll admit I've lost track of time while playing video games before, but not so much that I get out of touch with my immune system.
Then again, since my computer's down, I've mostly been playing GTA: San Andreas, the game where your character can starve to death before you do.
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 2:59 pm
by outwarddoodles
Now I know how I want to die! I always wanted to when I do die to die in a comical or questionable way, what weirder way to die than from playing Mega Man all day?
I hope atleast the poor guy died peacefully.
Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2005 11:10 pm
by Rainwolf
It's odd thinking that games can be more addictive than drugs to some people.
Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 1:49 am
by Figarou
Rainwolf wrote:It's odd thinking that games can be more addictive than drugs to some people.
well, what do you know.
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