Lord Ser Brightblade Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 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. South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and highly developed game industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altarial Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Haha, you always beat me! I was JUST going to post this... http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/4831912/detail.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hothgorn TheBlack Posted August 10, 2005 Share Posted August 10, 2005 Yeah, i read that one about a year ago. There are a few other stories of people stabbing each other because one person "dis" another in counterstrike and got stabbed to death. Heck...i met a guy in the city i live (now) who got addicted to crack so he could play EQ nonstop....scary times. -hoth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ser Brightblade Posted August 10, 2005 Author Share Posted August 10, 2005 Haha, you always beat me! I was JUST going to post this...http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/4831912/detail.html <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hehe WBAL. I remember watching that station when I lived in Balto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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