Korean Man Dies After Playing 50 Hours Non Stop

Grumpy Old Fart · 09-08-2005, 10:46 AM

From BTYahoo...

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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 on 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 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.

I must admit I'd never play for those soughts of durations, but I certainly have felt side effects from playing the odd 8 hours straight. I've suffered such side affects has headaches, unable to relax, irratable and tired. It certainly shows that excessive gaming isn't good for you, not without having a few breaks

Iron Orta · 09-08-2005, 10:55 AM

Thats just crazy

Jacksmith28 · 09-08-2005, 12:37 PM

holy crap! 50hrs. I can barley play for 3 straight!

360 · 09-08-2005, 12:45 PM

what a messe up guy 3 hours also makes me go nuts but 50 aww hell no.

korphaeron · 09-08-2005, 01:10 PM

All of the Asians seem to be getting too far into games these days.

Justin Buser · 09-08-2005, 09:25 PM

Haven't all the people who have been injured/died playing game been of Asian decent?

Must be a hardcore gaming culture over there - more than I can fathom anyway.

morphec · 10-08-2005, 05:16 AM

Mad wonder what game he was playing, it must be pretty good lol!!

bennyboo03 · 10-08-2005, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by morphec

Mad wonder what game he was playing, it must be pretty good lol!!

it was propably an arcade game called snake

Blank · 10-08-2005, 07:52 AM

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Originally Posted by korphaeron

All of the Asians seem to be getting too far into games these days.

Have you noticed that most involve MMORPGs of some kind?

Dawn · 10-08-2005, 10:53 AM

Thats why Ive never got into the kind of game, I can imagine getting completely addicted to it and never leaving the house again (kind of one of the reasons I never got Live actually)

bxgladiator · 11-08-2005, 10:51 AM

Damn 50 hours that's crazy. The most I ever played was 10 with a friend of mine. isn't there a rule in internet cafes that limit the time u can play or whatever?

Agent X · 11-08-2005, 11:14 AM

One word RETARDED

Adrenaline · 11-08-2005, 02:45 PM

It's pretty crazy what people do.

If I'm playing a game for 3 days..I'd still go eat..shower, and all that.

Dawn · 12-08-2005, 03:34 AM

Thats nice to know, lol.

I should think most of us have other people in the house who would drag us away if we were there for tooo long. My bloke would not let me hog the console for that long without him having a go.

bennyboo03 · 12-08-2005, 07:27 AM

this made the MSN homepage yesterday. it must of been pretty sad to see wat he looked like