Man dies after 49 hours of computer games

[CQ]

OMG! I don't know whether to laugh or feel sorry for this poor guy's family! (I know, shame on me!)

Man dies after 49 hours of computer games

[size=-1]09:38 AM EDT on Wednesday, August 10, 2005

[size=-1]Associated Press[/size]

SEOUL, South Korea — A 28-year-old South Korean man died of exhaustion in an Internet cafe after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours, South Korean police said Wednesday.

Lee, a resident in the southern city of Taegu who was identified only by his last name, collapsed Friday after having eaten minimally and not sleeping, refusing to leave his keyboard while he played the battle simulation game Starcraft.

Lee was quickly moved to a hospital but died after a few hours, due to what doctors are presuming was a heart attack, police said.

Lee had been fired from his job last month because he kept missing work to play computer games, police said.

Computer games are enormously popular in South Korea, home to professional gamers who earn big money through sponsorships and television stations devoted to broadcasting matches.

©2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

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[Brian in Mesa]

Same story

 

[thirty-two]

Same story

it's not CQ's fault that story was posted in the wrong forum

you go girl!!!

 

[Ryanwb]

Asians are crazy and they smell like oysters

 

[CQ]

it's not CQ's fault that story was posted in the wrong forum

you go girl!!!

Thank you Kate! I wouldn't have even THOUGHT of searching P&R for a story about video games. I actually DID look through this forum for the story before I posted it.

<--- This is me blowing raspberries at you BIM.

 

[Mike Olbinski]

Thank you Kate! I wouldn't have even THOUGHT of searching P&R for a story about video games. I actually DID look through this forum for the story before I posted it.

<--- This is me blowing raspberries at you BIM.

Nice for once that Bim gets :bimmed:

Mike

 

[AzCards21]

Computer games are enormously popular in South Korea, home to professional gamers who earn big money through sponsorships and television stations devoted to broadcasting matches.

Who's a bigger loser, the guy who dies playing video games or the person watching him play on TV?

 

[Sound2TheBay]

Well at least this guy provides an example for me to use with my kids one day.

 

[Pariah]

Man dies after 49 hours of computer games

Whatta wuss.

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Whatta wuss.

 

[FischerKing]

Whatta wuss.

shawn