Reuters
Updated: 6:43 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2005


SEOUL, South Korea - 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 online 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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****in physco...

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korean are dum at all

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db posted one of some kid dying after 12 but 50 hours of gaming is hardcore gaming

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you are dumb at english.

Nothing annoys me more then ignorant people characterizing an entire race or w/e like this.

That Korean was obiously dumb, but does that make them all, no...

Anyway back to topic... Its ONE person, maybe a few others have done it, but the media will try to turn this into a rallying cry against video games and w/e. He didn't even die from video game exhaustion as much as the lack of sleep and likely caffeine overdose.

Btw, wtf kinda reporter would say this, :wacko:

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they are kinda dum i always eat when im hungry so why gaming 50 hour witout eat they are kinda dum and retarded

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"They"? wtf you mean "they"?

Who is they?

The one person reported about in this story is "they"?

First off moron, it never says he didn't eat..

Second, you can live for well over 50 hours without food.

I'm susprised, you eat when your hungry, good for you son, do you go potty on your own too!?

Lol sorry bout that rant, I'm done if he is.

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you are dumb at english.

Nothing annoys me more then ignorant people characterizing an entire race or w/e like this.

That Korean was obiously dumb, but does that make them all, no...

Anyway back to topic... Its ONE person, maybe a few others have done it, but the media will try to turn this into a rallying cry against video games and w/e. He didn't even die from video game exhaustion as much as the lack of sleep and likely caffeine overdose.

Btw, wtf kinda reporter would say this, :wacko: [/b][/quote]
good question i copied that straight from the site maybe you can email msnbc and let them know your offended but yeah...and emp come on ty for clearing things up but can't you be a bit more polite :S

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Lol, I'm not offended, I just don't think they want something like that on their site :P

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yeah..this topic when i saw it actually just reminded me on dbs topic lol, the **** can u do that ****? i mean did he even sleep? ****en shyt...

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SSA owns EMP!

rofl lmfao lmao this topic has given me alot of laughs lol. emp leader is a funny guy and yeah i agree with him i dont like people who are racist and what not. i dont see why one korean person who kills himself while playing games for 50 hours makes it ok for some geek on this site chat bubbles about tha entire country..

i read an article that said 49 hours :-p lol it was funny it said that he missed work cuz he was playing so much loololol i actually feel bad for him haha he died in a library too lol

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