S.Korean Man dies after 50 hours of computer games


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S.Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games

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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.

South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and highly developed game industry.

I love games...but wow.... :blink:

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Yeah, I'm just like this guy except I actually get some sleep and I still goto school.

I will probaly end up like him if ever get enough money to make my comp BF2 ready.

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He didn't die because of the games.

He was probably sick to begin with.

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Your right he didn't:

We presume the cause of death was heart failure stemming from exhaustion

They say from exhaustion, which in some cases can be true. If you dont' get enough sleep your body's normal functions slow down, and your immune system gets weak due to not getting enough sleep. And if he had a problem, the gaming and not getting sleep added a lot to it...

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Your right he didn't:

They say from exhaustion, which in some cases can be true.  If you dont' get enough sleep your body's normal functions slow down, and your immune system gets weak due to not getting enough sleep.  And if he had a problem, the gaming and not getting sleep added a lot to it...

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its true exhaustion can kill you but its not that instant.. I mean 50 hours of gaming.. there had to be more to the story thats not being told.

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Bleh, he deserved it.

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blant but true

how stupid you gotta be to play a game for 50 hours straight

i love games but i get bored after one hour max

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damn, when I reach three hours playing my head and eyes start to ****ing me, I need to stop, but 50 hours, you have to be mentally sick :blink:

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50 hours? Hmm... My friends and I used to regularly do 2-3 day stints on Empire Deluxe (pre windows days) without sleep!

Dunno if anyone is familiar with it, but it was a turn based strategy wargame running on DOS, so the guy playing his turn would be at the PC for half an hour or so, and the rest of us would be hanging around the lounge drinking beer, eating pizza, chatting.... Load's of fun!

We may not have actually played the game for 50 hours straight, but we sure as hell didn't sleep for 72!!

Ah... College.. those were the days! If I tried that now at my age, it probably WOULD kill me! :D

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i wonder what his physical condition was like?  there had to be another major contributor to this.

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I would think that would be a factor in the cause of his death.

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Man, the Far East is stupid-serious about their games, huh? First we have that dude who killed his friend for selling his all-mighty magical sword. Then the married couple who left their 4 month old at home by herself while they went to play an online game, only to find her dead when they got home. And now this bozo.

Damn, and I thought it was boring where I live, what the hell?

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My friend is like this. Except hes obsessed with a game called Maple Story. Some Jap/Chinese? whatever game thats, in my opinion, pretty stupid. At times hell get up at 9 an play ALL day straigh, into the night, into the dawn hours and into midday the next day. Hell sleep a few hours and go right to it. Hes stopped socializing with the outside world (for the most part) and its sad really.

Nice Family Guy sig btw ^ :laugh:

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My friend is like this. Except hes obsessed with a game called Maple Story. Some Jap/Chinese? whatever game thats, in my opinion, pretty stupid.

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Maple Story was made in South Korea.

My friend's younger brother used to be obsessed with that game too. It looked interesting, but too cartoonish to me.

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Wasn't there a story exactly like this a few years ago?

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Hmm, I'm not sure, but I do remember reading a news article on some American guy who died after staying up all the time to post on forums.

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^lol.

Most I ever done was 12 hours solid gaming, and the headphones really hurt my ears, hang on, must have been more than that, more like 14 hours.

But yeh, 50hours is insane, he's mad.

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