Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#0Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 1:58pm
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/8888579/
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.
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"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.
#1re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 2:26pmThe thing that kills me (pardon the pun), is that he quit his job so he could play more games. A lot of good that did.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#2re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 2:42pmMission accomplished. He had a whole lot of time to play games.
#3re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:06pmI'll bet he drank 500 sodas while playing, and that's what killed him. How much did he weigh?
popcultureboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/23/03
#4re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:11pmIs this worthy of a Darwin Award?
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#5re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:17pmThis doesn't have the flash of, say, lighting a cow fart on fire, but I'd say it qualifies.
#6re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:32pm
It's not colossally stupid enough for a Darwin. To be eligible, one must do something so unbelievably stupid (like trying to tip a free Coke out of a vending machine and being crushed under it when it tips over) that it goes beyond all reason. Playing video games for 50 hours is unwise and a waste of time, but not unbelievably stupid.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#7re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:35pmDoing anything for 50 hours if you have another choice is pretty stupid if you ask me.
#8re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:40pmI'm with Plum. And I love her use of "flash" in that earlier post.
#9re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:43pm
Doing anything for 50 hours if you have another choice is pretty stupid if you ask me.
Unless it's hot sex.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#10re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:45pm
Now that would be a fun headline:
Man Dies After 50 Hours of Hot Sex
#11re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 3:51pmRose, your example of a Darwin cracked me up!
#12re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 5:01pmHmm..disturbing.
#13re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 6:42pmIntriguing Plum...
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. - Randy Pausch
One Song Glory
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/12/05
#14re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/11/05 at 7:35pmI heard that on the radio. My dad was awkwardly laughing.
#15re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/12/05 at 12:19amLeno made a crack about it tonight. A fairly un-funny joke, too.
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#16re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:31amAhh but when one says "Leno", must one REALLY go through the trouble of putting "unfunny" in the same sentence? Aren't you just overemphasizing the obvious?
#17re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 8/12/05 at 1:41am
CS-Leno, unfunny, you took the words right out of my mouth.
*makes not to never play video games for 50 hours straight*
#18re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:05pmoh my god...that is really very sad.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#19re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:12pmwow this is quite disturbing..
#20re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:13pmI fear the day we hear that someone passed on after 50 consecutive hours of posting on bww
#21re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:13pm
Craig, you beat me to it... grr!
i think we should take this as a warning 
#22re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:15pmcraig you kick ass. haha. i love it.
#23re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:16pm
Not to sound snarky - but I will..
Do you think the people at the other end of the game had any idea while they were screaming out "die! die!" during the game had any idea...???
touchmeinthemorning
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/3/04
#24re: Man Dies After 50 Hours of Computer Games
Posted: 12/28/05 at 4:16pm
Word has just come out that the man isn't dead.
He got an extra life from collection coins on level 3.
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