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man dies after 50 hours of computer games

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.

"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.

brrrr...

rolf

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Re: man dies after 50 hours of computer games

Haram man.
Games and computers can be so foolishly addictive.

darkstar

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Re: man dies after 50 hours of computer games

yeah lol just read that , amazing how people can act with such foolishness..

mahdoum

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whatever :S

Dark_angel

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Re: man dies after 50 hours of computer games

I am willing to die for one game :

Duke Nukem Forever

neo_boss_man

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Re: man dies after 50 hours of computer games

why cant i get these kind of guys in Neo lol.............

mahdoum

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oh well  do you really want death's on your mind lol

hisham88

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shit thats so sad !! a 28 year old that addicted ?
damn well i know another one that had a retina failure in his eye !
his optical nerve died or something like that  anywyas he only played 24 hours approximately so watch out guys   cuz my record is 11 hours in a net work like 1 and a half year ago ! ( i was a freak lol )

teodorgeorgiev

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Addiction to PCs is really a strong one and should be not understimated :)

I have heard, there are special clinics in the world (heard for some in China, Korea and Canada) where one could get rid of his PC addiction.

hisham88

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hehe  who wud want !

ludwig

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i think some day computers will be more dangerous from drugs. addiction then ...death. lol

mezin

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Re: man dies after 50 hours of computer games

btodrob ebar CPU ?