Author Topic: Another idiot dies during marathon computer gaming. (Read 221 times)

Thrawn · « **on:** October 20, 2002, 03:38:16 PM »

Man dies after playing video game for 32 hours
October 20 2002

A 27-year-old Taiwanese man died yesterday after playing video games in a cyber cafe for 32 hours continuously.

Lien Wen-cheng arrived at the cyber cafe in Fengyuan in central Taiwan at 10.30pm on Thursday and played video games non-stop, pausing only to go to the toilet, police said.

At 7am on Saturday, a staff member found Lien foaming at the mouth and bleeding from the nose on the floor of the cafe's toilet.

"They rushed him to hospital but he was already dead," local police said.

Police suspect Lien died from exhaustion, having sat in the same position for too long.

Less than 10 days ago, a 24-year-old South Korean man died at an Internet cafe in Kwangju, 260km outside Seoul, after playing computer games nonstop for 86 hours.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/19/1034561356377.html

Hawklore · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2002, 03:50:00 PM »

Sounds strange wonder whats causing this........

easymo · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2002, 04:27:22 PM »

Ah hah! So thats what that piece of crap, pizza map is for. To get you off the machine for awile.

SirLoin · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2002, 04:40:13 PM »

Lol...!

hardcase · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2002, 06:03:58 PM »

He could have easily formed blood clots in his legs and one gave him a stroke. Happens in long air flights from sitting cramped up.

HC

thrila · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2002, 06:13:36 PM »

Maybe coppies of WWIIonline finally reached asia and the guys were waiting for the updates to download.

capt. apathy · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2002, 07:06:22 PM »

a solid reason for rudder pedals over the 'twisty-stick' thing. keep your legs moving so you don't die.

Eagler · « **Reply #7 on:** October 21, 2002, 07:48:11 AM »

They must have better computers/computer games over there than we do here in the states ... or less of a life.

Dingbat · « **Reply #8 on:** October 21, 2002, 08:15:17 AM »

Sounds like someone bet him...

gofaster · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2002, 08:22:10 AM »

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Originally posted by hardcase
He could have easily formed blood clots in his legs and one gave him a stroke. Happens in long air flights from sitting cramped up.

HC

Deep Vein Thrombosis. Pressure points in the legs and hips from sitting too long cause blood to clot. Getting up changes the pressure points and the clots enter the bloodstream, blocking various tissue, such as heart, lungs, and/or brain.