49-hour gaming session kills man

I used to play CivNet head-to-head all night long on occasion, but 49 hours of gaming is insane.

That is insane. I played couple of games over night, but 49 hours is way too much. Also hi might have some prior health issues. (I stayed awake more then 60 hours)

A friend of mine doesn't want to go out. He's playing World of Warcraft every day from 4 pm to 7 am. He's already at 40th leve. A bit crazy... :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

Didn't he even stop to go to the toilet from time to time?:blink:

That seems a bit nasty.

I'm on the same level as A.J. Did he even use the bathroom?

Eeeew, that's nasty!!

According to BBC he did.

From the BBC article:

How many of you zoomed right in on that sentence? :)

That was scary *uninstalls all addictive games from computer* :D

How would they pay you?

Ops, you got to 70th level, heres 110000 whatever in currency.

He must not have snacked properly :bleh:

Gaming championships can be lucrative. When Nvidia has the need to showcase their new hardware and organise a big lanparty for it, you can get some big cash prices when you win.

Sponsorship,
you have company's label & logo and win tournaments.

Insane IMHO.

That was strange, I have logged in about 65 hours (with breaks to go to the toilet, eat and walk for 2-3 min every few hours) and never had any problem. I was much younger at the time, but still. (then I was asleep for about 13 hours, my second most high record sleeping)

Of course it is not healthy at all. There is also blood clotting that might cause a problem.

Nowdays I can barely play about 4 hours in a row without the need for a break, even if it is 20 min one.

Well, you know how it is with Starcraft...

Un?fortunately, I don't. When I first tried the game (back then) I quickly got bored of it so I never touched it again.

they should use it on the promo material *starcraft, its so cool its Killer*
*starcraft, so good people are Dieng to play it*
i never played starcraft but im tempted now, if a dude died for it its gotta be good.
how long untill world o warcraft takes its first victim i wonder..

Longest I've ever played a game was Starcraft, and I played it for 22 hours straight before my parents came out and yelled at me and threatened to ban me from the computer for a month if I didn't get off.

When I was staying at my brother's place in Utah this summer, one of his roommates played Counter Strike for 36 hours straight,, stopping only to go to the bathroom, and to grab a few slices of pizza to eat while playing. When he finally came out of his room around noon, he was walking with his hands out to the side like he was sneaking. He would pause at all corners and very slowly peer around, then pull back, then peer around again to make sure it was safe or something. My brother said "Hey!" to him from behind, and he turned around and tried to shoot him with his fingers :bleh: Then he realized what he was doing, took a sleeping pill, and slept for 18 hours. His eyes were sooooooooo bloodshot. It was funny to watch :D

I've heard of that before, around the year 2000. It sounds exactly the same to this new one here. A guy named Lee in South Korea dies in an internet cafe after playing lots of computer. Either its a hoax, or people haven't learned their lesson.

uhh.. you forgot to read the whole topic. LOOK AT THE FIRST POST!

Yobor,
It’s not hoax. Apparently a lot of people in Korea took (online) gaming very seriously.

south koreans are also known for Off Line Pking which they are famous for after someone kills them on lineage or another MMO they loveand they lose alot of money and rare items they sometimes hunt down and kill the person in RL


scary obbsessed basterds

at least.. um.. something..

sports and gaming is similar in some way

recreational is entertaining and good for you
whilst proffesional is bad,twisted boring,repetitive and dangerous

see thats where you would never find me playing for more then 5 hours i like to eat eating is right under things i like to do playing video games
food

Whoa, I remember, only thing I ate today was pizza for dinner.
It's the game I'm working on (See Evil's Playground, Programming) It's so much more fun to make a game than play it, you get so caught up it's unbearable.

Sorry for double post, but the reason Starcraft is so attracting to people is because it's AMAZING when you play it online.

You get so hooked on custom maps and melee games that you want to play everyday.

starcraft was a RTS the game with the zerglings right and space aliens/space troopers

whats this game you speak of?

Yah, das Starcraft. :blink:

Im not scared nor shocked.
In fact,i could play even more than 49 hours. :D

This kind of crazy online gamers can get even worst....

Check it here.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

And I just had a thought of buying Starcraft a few days ago.

And my parents say that I play too much.

warcraft has now claimed its first soul.
not cool.

blargh...people like that don't deserve to have kids...idiots!

Yeah ! It's a shame the game wasn't released earlier, maybe they would have been to busy playing it to actually have a kid. :not_ok:

That is *dirty word* awful.... thats disgraceful!!

Gee. Why are stupid people allowed to breed? Life isn't about the life you are living through a monitor at 4 am LOL

Me heards about it a long time ago.

They were just really, really stupid people...

How can you hear about it long time ago, if this happened not even 3 months ago? :blink:

There was another accident with some girl locking baby in the car with closed windows on a very hot day, while she played Everquest II. That was about year (or more) ago.
:blink:

I whish that they end up in prison where guards play games and forget to feed them. :ranting: :angry:

That would cut down on the breeding, good idea Anubis LOL

w00t for the Darwin Awards!

If I don't consider 2 months a long time ago then I have a problem with digesting time.

That's long enough to be a "long time".

OK.