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Computer games addict dies after playing nonstop for 86 hours
A South Korean games addict died after playing nonstop for 86 hours.
According to the Syney Morning Herald the 24-year-old man, identified by police as Kim, was found dead on Tuesday at an internet café in Kwangju.
Police said Kim had been virtually glued to the computer since for 86 hours and had not slept or eaten.
He collapsed in front of the front desk but soon regained his consciousness. He then went to the toilet where he was later found dead.
An initial investigation ruled out the possibility of murder and police believe he probably died of exhaustion.
More than half of South Korea's population of 47 million has internet access, and there are also about 22,000 cyber cafés - also known as PC rooms. Many of these PC rooms are open 24 hours.
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Computer games addict dies after playing nonstop for 86 hours
A South Korean games addict died after playing nonstop for 86 hours.
According to the Syney Morning Herald the 24-year-old man, identified by police as Kim, was found dead on Tuesday at an internet café in Kwangju.
Police said Kim had been virtually glued to the computer since for 86 hours and had not slept or eaten.
He collapsed in front of the front desk but soon regained his consciousness. He then went to the toilet where he was later found dead.
An initial investigation ruled out the possibility of murder and police believe he probably died of exhaustion.
More than half of South Korea's population of 47 million has internet access, and there are also about 22,000 cyber cafés - also known as PC rooms. Many of these PC rooms are open 24 hours.
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Strafex wrote:
> Doing ANYTHING for 86 hours straight can't be good for your
> health...
>
> Playing Football, doing maths, watching TV, reading a book, even
> staying awake for that long!!!
>
> I hope the media don't twist this into a "Computer Games are bad
> for you" topic...
that's what I thought, but hopefully a game playing friend of the reporters might point out, as you said, doing anything for 3 days strait is likely to kill you.
> Doing ANYTHING for 86 hours straight can't be good for your
> health...
>
> Playing Football, doing maths, watching TV, reading a book, even
> staying awake for that long!!!
>
> I hope the media don't twist this into a "Computer Games are bad
> for you" topic...
that's what I thought, but hopefully a game playing friend of the reporters might point out, as you said, doing anything for 3 days strait is likely to kill you.
That'll learn him.
Armatige Shanks wrote:
> If your talking to your Mum through an internet discussion forum, then
> your probably spending too much time in the Internet too?
LMFAO funniest thing i've read in a while.
> If your talking to your Mum through an internet discussion forum, then
> your probably spending too much time in the Internet too?
LMFAO funniest thing i've read in a while.
cipro wrote:
> 86 hours non stop! He should have used a bit of common sense and taken
> regualr breaks, that's what I do and the longest I usually play games
> for is a mear 2 hours.
ha what a lite weight longest ive played is say 5 hours, sorry make that 6 hours, it was on aoe 2:aok wow that game rules. that was a year ago and i still play for long periods of time on it
> 86 hours non stop! He should have used a bit of common sense and taken
> regualr breaks, that's what I do and the longest I usually play games
> for is a mear 2 hours.
ha what a lite weight longest ive played is say 5 hours, sorry make that 6 hours, it was on aoe 2:aok wow that game rules. that was a year ago and i still play for long periods of time on it
86 hours non stop! He should have used a bit of common sense and taken regualr breaks, that's what I do and the longest I usually play games for is a mear 2 hours.
y'know i had the weirdest dream last nite you see on of my teachers has a mono-brow (eye brows joined together) and i dremt that his "mono-brow" was all over his forehead. hehe. oh and yeh 86 hours is bad
Semajal wrote:
> what game could he have kept playing for 86 hours??
There's a theory going around that it could have been the beta trial of Evil's Illusion, the MMORPG sequel to Legend of Mir, which is one of the most popular games in Asia at the moment.
Either that or CounterStrike, which was rumoured to be implicated in the death of another gamer a few months back. (He died of stress, apparently, after another extended redeye session).
> what game could he have kept playing for 86 hours??
There's a theory going around that it could have been the beta trial of Evil's Illusion, the MMORPG sequel to Legend of Mir, which is one of the most popular games in Asia at the moment.
Either that or CounterStrike, which was rumoured to be implicated in the death of another gamer a few months back. (He died of stress, apparently, after another extended redeye session).
Doing ANYTHING for 86 hours straight can't be good for your health...
Playing Football, doing maths, watching TV, reading a book, even staying awake for that long!!!
I hope the media don't twist this into a "Computer Games are bad for you" topic...
Playing Football, doing maths, watching TV, reading a book, even staying awake for that long!!!
I hope the media don't twist this into a "Computer Games are bad for you" topic...
what game could he have kept playing for 86 hours??
and why did noone stop him? cos that is over 3 days, I would have though the owner of the cafe might have been vagually worried.
and why did noone stop him? cos that is over 3 days, I would have though the owner of the cafe might have been vagually worried.
P@st@ wrote:
> Mum your right, I should neve3r have spent so much time on my
> SNES...
If your talking to your Mum through an internet discussion forum, then your probably spending too much time in the Internet too?
> Mum your right, I should neve3r have spent so much time on my
> SNES...
If your talking to your Mum through an internet discussion forum, then your probably spending too much time in the Internet too?
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