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Man dies after online game marathon
Tuesday, August 9, 2005 Posted: 1102 GMT (1902 HKT)
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.
After he failed to return home, Lee's mother asked his former colleagues to find him. When they reached the cafe, Lee said he would finish the game and then go home, the paper reported.
He died a few minutes later, it said.
South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and highly developed game industry.
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| VERTiG0 |
| Crazy Koreans and their goddamned Starcraft obsession. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Crazy Koreans and their goddamned Starcraft obsession. |
^^^ That's it? I was waiting for you to post here -- I knew you would... but I thought it'd be something more heartless and ruthless! ;)
Where is the typical Cale "tact" I was expecting? :conf: LOL :haha: |
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| Orko |
This is the second case ive heard of, last was a kid who died last year, from playing too much...dont remember the actual cause.
I just had to send this to a friend, to warmn him. He could sooo be the next one. |
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| Skipper |
50 hours of being awake is the cause of death?
Sounds like total BS to me. If 50 hours = death, most of the electronic community that has ever been on a bender would be dead as well. |
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| Mr. Furious |
| quote: | Originally posted by VERTiG0
Crazy Koreans and their goddamned Starcraft obsession. |
It's not just the Koreans. |
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| milos |
| quote: | Originally posted by Skipper
50 hours of being awake is the cause of death?
Sounds like total BS to me. If 50 hours = death, most of the electronic community that has ever been on a bender would be dead as well. |
i think being infront of a computer screen all that time has a little bit to do with it as well |
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| Tygon |
Here's another case of video games killing.... but this time it wasn't the actual players that died as a result....
Infant Daughter Dies as Parents Play Online Game
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A thoughtless couple in their 20s who left their four-month old daughter at home while they played Internet computer games at a nearby PC café have been booked by police after the child died.
According to Incheon Police Station on Tuesday, a 29-year-old man husband identified by his family name of Yu and his wife put their four-month daughter in the bedroom of their home and went to a neighborhood PC café at around 4:00 p.m. on May 24 to play the online game "World of Warcraft.
Time flew by as the couple lost themselves in the game, and when they returned home at 9:00 p.m., their daughter was lying on her stomach, dead of suffication.
The couple told police, "We were thinking of playing for just an hour or two and returning home like usual, but the game took longer that day."
Police said an investigation turned up that the couple, who wed last year, used to play "World of Warcraft" whenever they had time.
Police said, "It's unfortunate, because the tragedy could have been averted if the couple had just left their daughter with Yu's mother-in-law, who lived upstairs from them... We booked the pair on criminal charges, judging that when you consider the situation, they were responsible for their daughter's death."
Major U.S. online game producer Blizzard, which grew famous with the game "Starcraft", produced the game to which Yu and his wife were addicted, "World of Warcraft." The game allows multiple players to form teams to fight battles and enjoy various adventures. |
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| zokissima |
| wow and I thought I was obsessed with counter strike. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tygon
Here's another case of video games killing.... but this time it wasn't the actual players that died as a result....
Infant Daughter Dies as Parents Play Online Game
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A thoughtless couple in their 20s who left their four-month old daughter at home while they played Internet computer games at a nearby PC café have been booked by police after the child died.
According to Incheon Police Station on Tuesday, a 29-year-old man husband identified by his family name of Yu and his wife put their four-month daughter in the bedroom of their home and went to a neighborhood PC café at around 4:00 p.m. on May 24 to play the online game "World of Warcraft.
Time flew by as the couple lost themselves in the game, and when they returned home at 9:00 p.m., their daughter was lying on her stomach, dead of suffication.
The couple told police, "We were thinking of playing for just an hour or two and returning home like usual, but the game took longer that day."
Police said an investigation turned up that the couple, who wed last year, used to play "World of Warcraft" whenever they had time.
Police said, "It's unfortunate, because the tragedy could have been averted if the couple had just left their daughter with Yu's mother-in-law, who lived upstairs from them... We booked the pair on criminal charges, judging that when you consider the situation, they were responsible for their daughter's death."
Major U.S. online game producer Blizzard, which grew famous with the game "Starcraft", produced the game to which Yu and his wife were addicted, "World of Warcraft." The game allows multiple players to form teams to fight battles and enjoy various adventures. |
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=272586 |
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| LittlePoonzgirl |
one word for this:
evercracked |
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| MaxTO |
damn video games...as addictive as drugs...LOL
I know a lot of people that are/were like the guy in the article...skipping work/school to play games, spending hours/days at at internet cafes etc.
A lot of people take it quite seriously too...once you get into "tournaments" and such...
the longest stretches that I recall would be 14 hours straight of rainbow six (I couldn't see straight after that for awhile) and a whole weekend of earth & beyond (i'd say at least 14 hours per day for 3 days in a row, with only bathroom/food and quick nap breaks in between - took awhile before I was back to "normal"). |
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