Man dies after 49 hours of computer games

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Originally Posted by fenian

I wonder if he won though... So let this be a lesson, while on a long patrol snack, drink enjoy a meal put the cook to work and I suggest get a cot and submerge and get some shut eye, let the XO get some command time.

Man dies after 49 hours of computer games

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A 28-year-old South Korean man died of exhaustion in an Internet cafe after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours, South Korean police said Wednesday.

Lee, a resident in the southern city of Taegu who was identified only by his last name, collapsed Friday after having eaten minimally and not sleeping, refusing to leave his keyboard while he played the battle simulation game Starcraft.

Lee was quickly moved to a hospital but died after a few hours, due to what doctors are presuming was a heart attack, police said.

Lee had been fired from his job last month because he kept missing work to play computer games, police said.
Computer games are enormously popular in South Korea, home to professional gamers who earn big money through sponsorships and television stations devoted to broadcasting matches.

when i was at Choate Rosemarry Hall earlier in the summer, i met a Korean kid who told me that people there play in cafes with little/no sleep and eating nothing but noodles and drinking nothing but soda and energy drinks. this can go on for 12 hours, a day, or he said a kid did it for like 28 hours and fell asleep.

but yea, thats insane.