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webtaz99
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 Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:28 am Do you think you love online gaming? |
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Do you think you are hardcore online gamer? Guess again.
| Quote: | From MSNBC:
Man dies after 50 hours of computer games
South Korean left seat in Internet cafe only to use toilet, take brief naps
Updated: 6:43 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2005
SEOUL, South Korea - 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 online 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.
South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and highly developed game industry.
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source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8888579/
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Starbuck
faster...
Joined: 19 Feb 2003
Posts: 8715
Location: between chaos and melody
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| Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:30 am |
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woah........ and I thought I was addicted to neopets...
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nadia
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Joined: 08 Apr 2005
Posts: 8560
Location: Australia
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| Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:13 am |
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Thats bad, but it is a little bit funny
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Dirt
Exercise Boy
Joined: 19 May 2003
Posts: 2086
Location: a tree
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| Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:24 am |
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What a dumb dude, but rip
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robbiewebster
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Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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Location: Rochester, New York
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| Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:10 am |
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thats insane
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borgslayer
Rear Admiral
Joined: 27 Aug 2003
Posts: 2646
Location: Las Vegas
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| Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:30 am |
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That might be old news because 3 something years ago I heard a similiar story of a Korean Man dying in a cyber cafe from over playing.
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Lord Borg
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Joined: 27 May 2003
Posts: 11214
Location: Vulcan Capital City, Vulcan
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| Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:53 am |
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Yeah, well uh.. I practicly live on my computer, but i take breaks, I love to game, but I take long enough breaks so that dont happen to me. Even then Im on the computer to much
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Morphy
Forum Ogre
Joined: 15 Jun 2001
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| Mon Aug 22, 2005 12:37 pm |
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I think computer gaming is fun and cheap entertainment. However, I agree... this guy took it to the extreme.
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