Man dies from playing video games. Seriously. I'm not joking. (780 hits)
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Submitted by BongZilla (View user info) at 2005-08-11 18:13:09 EDT
I'll tell you what, this guy didn't go out like no punk bitch, a la Samuel L Jackson in Star Wars 3 (because anyone that knows Samuel L, knows that he don't go out like no punk bitch).
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6448213/did/8888579/
If you don't feel like opening up a new browser window, I pasted the text below.
-BongZilla
On a side note, how hardcore is that? To go out in a hail of gunfire, and by "hail of gunfire" I mean exhaustion from napping in a makeshift bed in a cybercafe.
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Man dies after 50 hours of computer games
South Korean left seat in Internet cafe only to use toilet, take brief naps
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.
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"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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User Reviews
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2005-08-12 10:14:18 EDT (#)
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Uhh...okay?
Submitted by joedaddy (user info) at 2005-08-12 03:43:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
that's OK kid
people around here use information, especially time lines,
as a form of retribution
especially for a prior perceived slight
fuckum
Submitted by williamson (user info) at 2005-08-11 22:38:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hahahaha. Those crazy fucking Charlies.
Submitted by lordofthedance (user info) at 2005-08-11 20:11:24 EDT (#)
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I still like this story. That guy's my hero.
Submitted by morontian (user info) at 2005-08-11 19:35:59 EDT (#)
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+2 because I didn't know.
-2 because I don't care.
Submitted by mockidol (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:48:36 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by tuesdaydelay (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:32:55 EDT (#)
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Sorry but I've refrained for years on posting Fark content. Everyone else seems to get away with it and you seem the first not to.
Submitted by BongZilla (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:30:02 EDT (#)
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i have an internet connection and didnt know about this until now. bitches.
Submitted by sideshow (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:26:49 EDT (#)
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Some of us are behind the times...
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:23:30 EDT (#)
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I think it's safe to say everyone with an internet connection has heard about this one by now.
Submitted by MrSparkle847 (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:22:02 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
That poor bastard. He's gonna catch hell in Heaven, that's for sure.
"Video games killed you? VIDEO GAMES?!"
Submitted by BobLobla (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:20:12 EDT (#)
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HOLY FUCK
http://www.ubersite.com/m/73012
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050809/od_nm/korea_games_dc;_ylt=AtYTbZmdVBNQoKsHxJ5BTKGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-
ON TUESDAY, IT IS NOW THURSDAY
FUCK OFF
Submitted by BongZilla (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:18:58 EDT (#)
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FUCK! I don't pay attention enough around here. -2 for me. I think this was new news. I apologize to those whom i've offended and wasted their time.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2005-08-11 18:17:54 EDT (#)
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http://www.ubersite.com/m/72919
sorry, man, but we read this two days ago.