Man dies after 50 hour gaming session

Having lived with an xbox live addict i can believe it!!

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. South Korea, one of the most wired countries in the world, has a large and highly developed game industry.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/050809/80/fp7pg.html

[antonioledesma]

one more, one more...one...
too bad. The guys from the internet cafe should have done something to unplug him

[bmagni]

Originally Posted by antonioledesma one more, one more...one... too bad. The guys from the internet cafe should have done something to unplug him

they care more about the money

[topgeartom]

As sad is it is for anyone to die, its his own fucking fault.

@bmangi - unfortuenately, your right.

[evoWalo]

One less person to threaten the dogs...

[RC45]

Who cares? And what game was it? I can't imagine webbased games being that stressful to beign with

UT or Q3 etc maybe - but "battle mahjongg" or "combat tetris" I highly doubt

[5vz-fe]

I remember there's a spoof about a kid playing @ net cafe for 20 hours.......

This looks like the real deal.....