S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

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.

Read entire story here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050809/tc_nm/korea_games_dc).

I guess the key is to try and keep it around 49 hours...

[WE_DELIVER]

Yea, the key is to do 49 hour sessions with 15 minute breaks in between and youre all good.

[Celtic Fox]

JA JA JA, What a dork!

[Potato]

I guess that's pretty hardcore..................


or something.

Crazy Koreans. Yeesh.

[Digital Bliss]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asi


SEOUL, South Korea (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.

Full Story: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/09/game.death.reut/

Now the question I have is what game was he playing?

[the great one]

What a way to go.Must have been a very addictive game.


I think it is best to take a break every once in a while no matter how intense the game is.It's unfortunate nobody told this poor fellow this.

[Digital Bliss]

hey this was my post -_-

Umm it might be the pills talking but wtf my post from the thread I started is in here ....

[d3ft0n3s]

enegry drinks much? jolt? vamp?

[Mels_Smileys45]

Its been awhile since I had a good online war game. I was very addicted to SOF2 and also liked Return to Castle Wolfenstein (WW2 sure was fun, storming the beach was kick ass!) . Whats the best war game out now? I like capture the flag the most if that helps, any suggestions?

There have been a few times Ive been surprised really bad and felt my heart hit the front of my chest.


How about A ZP squad ( I hate clan!) to kick some fannys?

[Auggie2k]

Ah damn, and I thought my 24 hours of gaming once before was pretty hardcore. Suppose it's not too hard to believe.

[Slycktom]

That's awesome.

[shawners]

Now if he had a clone, the clone could played the games for him while he watches and takes breaks.

[Digital Bliss]

I am not mad I just want to know what happened to my post? I made a tread about this and its in here why?

[WE_DELIVER]

U probably made a thread after there already was one on the same subject and a mod merged the two threads.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Bingo. Look at the times.

[ROMANTICGUY50]

What a way to go. 50 hrs is a heck of a long time to play a game. Sounds like his body just gave out.

[Auggie2k]

At least he died a happy man. Would have been a bitch if it was a game where he was on the last level. How annoying!

[boogiedan]

yeah over in the far east
they love very long periods playin online

well it's a good way 2 go

I'd die for John Connor!!

[pianoben]

re: the King
Another good game nowadays is Battlefield 2. Great online war sim.

[Digital Bliss]

U probably made a thread after there already was one on the same subject and a mod merged the two threads.

Hmm but mine was special and I thuoght it was the first one *cries*

[Dark Reign]

sof2 sux and so dose return to castle wolfenstine i played them once and threw them out then i started playing counter strike 1.6

[shawners]

You know he wasnt married.

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Shanghai. August 23. INTERFAX-CHINA - The Chinese Government unveiled a new system Tuesday to prevent individuals from playing online games for more than three consecutive hours, which must be installed for every online game in the country.

"This timing mechanism can prevent young people from becoming addicted to online games," Kou Xiaowei, Deputy Director of the Audiovisual and Internet Publication Department of the General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), said during a press conference.

The new system, developed under the guidance of the GAPP, stops individuals from playing online games for more than three hours by cutting the abilities of game characters. The new system cuts the ability level of a player's online game character by half after he or she has played for more than three consecutive hours. Once a player has played for more than five consecutive hours, the system cuts the ability level of that player's character to the lowest level allowed by the game.

Read entire story here (http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=4913).

[Vampmon]

What a twat!!!