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S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games

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Kevin1211

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SEOUL (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 Tuesday.
The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing on-line 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 Aug. 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.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050809/tc_nm/korea_games_dc

all i can say is wow..... how sad is that?
 
Originally posted by: Kevin1211
SEOUL (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 Tuesday.
The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing on-line 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 Aug. 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.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050809/tc_nm/korea_games_dc

all i can say is wow..... how sad is that?
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Again? Or still...

 
This is somewhat similar from another story (around 2 years ago) from a guy who died played diablo II a bit too long. Pretty sad to know about it, 4-5 hours of gameplay is good enough for me.
 
if im playing by myself i cant play more than 30 to 45 min at a time. But when I was playin RTS/FPS with my roommatse in college those sessions could go for abojut 5 hrs
 
My head would exploed after more than a few hours of any game. I think the longest I've ever played a game was about 2 hours straight. That was the Lord of th Realms 2. My wife (girfriend at the time) came in and saw me sitting with bloodshot eyes behind the computer and turned it off. 🙁 We still joke about that game. "Your people are starving, my Lord." 😀
 
wuss.

last person i heard of this happening too (again... korean) played CS for like... 60-80 hours i think.

the weird thing... they don't seem to have any problems until they actually stop. that's when it catches up with them.
 
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