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« on: August 09, 2005, 03:30:14 pm »
This is some interesting news I just found on the web.

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S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games
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Aug 9, 1:11 PM (ET)

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.


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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2005, 04:03:33 pm »
I wonder what that guy\'s reaction would have been if he paid a visit to D.Peck\'s basement Pexbox?

Luckily, DPeck is too busy working in Stamford and concurrently running .info to be logging in 50 hours on his videogame supermarket, though I\'m sure Lele will be monitoring his usage more closely after this press release.
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2005, 04:05:51 pm »
I can\'t believe the internet cafe let him stay there for 50 hours and sleep on a makeshift bed.
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2005, 05:19:41 pm »
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2005, 05:30:50 pm »
W.H.P.R

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Joshua - "How about a nice game of chess"
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« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2005, 05:46:26 pm »
SER Wargames ref.
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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2005, 12:52:00 am »
I should forward this to my bro...I swear, his roomies tell me he plays World Warcraft online about 8 hours a day.
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