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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:19 AM     [ Ignore ]  
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wow is a mmorpg so it requires no skill

cs and unreal are fps so its intense and require skill.

i play like 2 hours of ut a day and thats alot.

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:19 AM   [ # 1 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Man dies after online game marathon

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.

The 28-year-old man, identified only by his family name Lee, had been playing online 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.

I’ve heard of a kid dying playing Everquest too.  These people take it a bit too serious…

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:20 AM   [ # 2 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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yea and people paying chinese kids 25 cents a day to play wow for them is bad cuz the owner then sells that gold for 100s

sad.

good news is that china is opening up computer addiction clinics and only allowing people of certain ages to play.

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:22 AM   [ # 3 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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[quote author=“Kidd”]yea and people paying chinese kids 25 cents a day to play wow for them is bad cuz the owner then sells that gold for 100s

sad.

good news is that china is opening up computer addiction clinics and only allowing people of certain ages to play.

Thats INSANE!!!  I’ve never played WoW and I think I’ll stay away…

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:23 AM   [ # 4 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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:( How sad.. all my best to the guy’s family and friends

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:25 AM   [ # 5 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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he was at the cafe for 50 hours he musta raked a huge ass bill.

and how do they allow him to stay there so long :o

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:32 AM   [ # 6 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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[quote author=“Kidd”]he was at the cafe for 50 hours he musta raked a huge ass bill.

and how do they allow him to stay there so long :o

50 hours is just past obsession, its madness.  I played a 4 hour CS session at a gaming place once and was dying by the end.  That’s just too much gaming.  Maybe its b/c CS is kinda intense…

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:41 AM   [ # 7 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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i used to have an all day pass at a lan place, think its like 10 hours, it gets boring.

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:47 AM   [ # 8 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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last summer i was hardcore cs and diablo2.


I could get up at 8 and play till 11 that night, and only have maybe 1 or 2 things to eat

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Posted: 09 August 2005 09:52 AM   [ # 9 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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[quote author=“plugg3d in”]last summer i was hardcore cs and diablo2.


I could get up at 8 and play till 11 that night, and only have maybe 1 or 2 things to eat

damn addicted as #### :o

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Posted: 09 August 2005 10:30 AM   [ # 10 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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[quote author=“plugg3d in”]last summer i was hardcore cs and diablo2.


I could get up at 8 and play till 11 that night, and only have maybe 1 or 2 things to eat

Woah.  Thats a long time

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Posted: 09 August 2005 11:29 AM   [ # 11 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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[quote author=“kmg9000”][quote author=“plugg3d in”]last summer i was hardcore cs and diablo2.


I could get up at 8 and play till 11 that night, and only have maybe 1 or 2 things to eat

Woah.  Thats a long time


yeah, good thing I’m passed those days.

 

Now it’s like 1 hr, if that

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Posted: 09 August 2005 12:28 PM   [ # 12 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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[quote author=“plugg3d in”][quote author=“kmg9000”][quote author=“plugg3d in”]last summer i was hardcore cs and diablo2.


I could get up at 8 and play till 11 that night, and only have maybe 1 or 2 things to eat

Woah.  Thats a long time


yeah, good thing I’m passed those days.

 

Now it’s like 1 hr, if that

u got bored of it or wat?

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Posted: 09 August 2005 04:33 PM   [ # 13 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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[quote author=“Kidd”]wow is a mmorpg so it requires no skill

cs and unreal are fps so its intense and require skill.

i play like 2 hours of ut a day and thats alot.

*remembers his hardcore UT days*

When I was in a clan…damn…training every night for like 4 to 5 hours

Like 3-5 times a week…..

Got sick of it and quit though….....now I just play it casually

And WoW XD

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Posted: 09 August 2005 04:41 PM   [ # 14 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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thats ridiculous….the longest i’ve ever played a video game was maybe 6 hours and that was like Final Fantasy X
jebus that’s nuts

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Posted: 09 August 2005 04:45 PM   [ # 15 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 15 ]  
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I’ve had some long Counter:Strike sessions but they are like 3-4 hours and then I can’t play again for like 3 days…

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Posted: 09 August 2005 05:09 PM   [ # 16 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 16 ]  
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[quote author=“Wyzt”][quote author=“Kidd”]wow is a mmorpg so it requires no skill

cs and unreal are fps so its intense and require skill.

i play like 2 hours of ut a day and thats alot.

*remembers his hardcore UT days*

When I was in a clan…damn…training every night for like 4 to 5 hours

Like 3-5 times a week…..

Got sick of it and quit though….....now I just play it casually

And WoW XD

u play ctf?

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Posted: 09 August 2005 07:13 PM   [ # 17 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 17 ]  
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[quote author=“plugg3d in”]last summer i was hardcore cs and diablo2.


I could get up at 8 and play till 11 that night, and only have maybe 1 or 2 things to eat

thats just crazy.. only game i’ve ever played for more than like 3 or 4 hours at a time is GTA games… I love thos games.. and my computer is to damn old to run any computer games so i never play em’

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Posted: 09 August 2005 10:25 PM   [ # 18 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 18 ]  
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I feel sorry for that man… #### 28 years young… Thats sad…

Well GAME OVER

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Posted: 10 August 2005 08:01 PM   [ # 19 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 19 ]  
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lol thats a funny way to die

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Posted: 10 August 2005 08:06 PM   [ # 20 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 20 ]  
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[quote author=“hessy”]lol thats a funny way to die

lol rofl haha

stfu freak someone died

doesnt matter which way he died he still died have respect u worthless piece of ####.

go suck a dick

haha funny way of u getting ur dick cut off.

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Posted: 10 August 2005 08:12 PM   [ # 21 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 21 ]  
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nah i dont do that. im not gay like you. your mom can suck me off though. she’s hella ugly but i can put a playboy magazine over her face =]

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Posted: 10 August 2005 08:12 PM   [ # 22 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 22 ]  
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[quote author=“Kidd”][quote author=“hessy”]lol thats a funny way to die

lol rofl haha

stfu freak someone died

doesnt matter which way he died he still died have respect u worthless piece of ****.

go suck a dick

haha funny way of u getting ur dick cut off.

I concur as well. A death is a death is a death is a death.

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Posted: 10 August 2005 08:18 PM   [ # 23 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 23 ]  
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death is normal. if nobody ever died the world would be super crowded.

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Posted: 10 August 2005 08:21 PM   [ # 24 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 24 ]  
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Yeah I’d have to agree thats its a funny way to die.  Death is a part of life and come on, he died playing video games to long.  Stop all the flaming both of you…

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Posted: 10 August 2005 08:22 PM   [ # 25 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 25 ]  
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Hmmmm.. I dunno, no matter how much death there is in the world, it doesn’t make it any easier for me, but that’s just me I guess

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