Man dies playing video game..:(....

§ephiroxa§ · 10-05-2006, 09:48 PM

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.

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flamingsquirrel · 10-05-2006, 09:50 PM

wow.....sucks to be him, though he couldent have thought he could play for 50 hrs without health reprocussoins?

§ephiroxa§ · 10-05-2006, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by flamingsquirrel

wow.....sucks to be him, though he couldent have thought he could play for 50 hrs without health reprocussoins?

Maybe he ate a whole bunch before he started his gaming binge? O_o;

Tsuyu · 10-05-2006, 09:53 PM

Those silly people...tsk tsk tsk... I hope this won't be another flame of gaming. I mean, what activity would you not die of if you did it for 50 hours straight?

flamingsquirrel · 10-05-2006, 09:56 PM

I'm lazy and I have to say, I dought I could sit on ass for 50 hrs, even with how big it is!

I know you play halo 2 online for 14 hrs strait, that is untill your freinds parent unplug the xbox

§ephiroxa§ · 10-05-2006, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsuyu

Those silly people...tsk tsk tsk... I hope this won't be another flame of gaming. I mean, what activity would you not die of if you did it for 50 hours straight?

yeah that would suck.

Darkside Hazuki · 10-05-2006, 10:02 PM

Hasn't this happened a few times before already? Sheesh. If only they'd used common sense... It's a shame.

Tsuyu · 10-05-2006, 10:05 PM

We've actually had quite a few of these cases up here in Sweden and alot of complaining about gaming was brought up, and some dudes from the goverment and whattanot came to my school and talked about how we should game less because of these risks. Bollocks I thought and I said:

"Shouldn't you guys warn us about exercising and and going to the gym too?"

They just looked at me as if I was crazy, when I said:

"Well if you do those so-called healthy activites for these extreme amount of times as the people that died from gaming did, wouldn't you die too?"

If someone is stupid enough to see pass their needs to eat, sleep and drink to do anything is an idiot - be the activity gaming or not.

In this case, don't blame the game, blame the idiotic player.

flamingsquirrel · 10-05-2006, 10:08 PM

yeah pretty much, at least we can agree on that. although fitness is important, if you justsit around youll turn into a peter jackson before the diet...

Dark Drakan · 10-05-2006, 11:31 PM

Must have been at least the 14th korean ive heard die like this, they are true games addicts!

Tsuyu · 10-05-2006, 11:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

Must have been at least the 14th korean ive heard die like this, they are true games addicts!

Yeah, you have to admire their dedication to the fine art of gaming.

flamingsquirrel · 10-06-2006, 02:07 AM

I know someone who is in korea right now teaching secret martail arts schools... north and south BTW

Poppycock · 10-06-2006, 02:12 AM

interesting but quite off topic

§ephiroxa§ · 10-06-2006, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Drakan

Must have been at least the 14th korean ive heard die like this, they are true games addicts!

hahahah.

Hexadecimal · 10-06-2006, 04:51 AM

I think it's kind of sad that this guy's social network was so lacking that nobody noticed he'd been gone for 50 hours. and if it got that bad, he must have been leading up to it before then bit by bit. shouldnt' somebody have noticed that he'd been gaming instead of eating and sleeping?
...that's why my consoles are right next to my beer fridge, so I can always get all my nutrients, and pass out easily when I'm done...