Hardcore...
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S.Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
Tue Aug 9, 2005 11:44 AM BST
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 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.
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u sld see how they devalue everything in wow
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like how?Originally posted by BeEtHoVeN:u sld see how they devalue everything in wow -
They should learn to use botting
I'm lame -
If one have to resort to botting, then what serves the purpose of playing?
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The thrill of winning an opponent?
But playing for too long really bad for health
Have tried 24 hours CS before...the last few hours everyone was behaving like retarded -
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ya heard it in the papers. kinda sad.
if he had played 49hrs instead of 50hrs, who knows? maybe he wouldn't had died.