Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games

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#1 Post by **navynuke04** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:53 pm

My mom sent me this link... think she's trying to tell me something???

Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games

Steffi Evenstar · #2 Post by **Steffi Evenstar** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:56 pm

good lord!

my boyfriend was once telling me about the time that he and his friends played games for 20 straight hours. this guy, though, he has them beat.

Oilers99 · #3 Post by **Oilers99** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:56 pm

It never ceases to amaze me how obsessed people can become. At least, my love of food and sleep will ensure that I will never be that guy. :P

Brainiac · #4 Post by **Brainiac** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:27 am

Is it just me, or do things like this keep happening in the Far East? I think this is the fourth or fifth time I've heard about something like this happening over there.

#5 Post by **navynuke04** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:42 am

We must make sure to advertise Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchmen's Mine in South Korea...

Jafar · #6 Post by **Jafar** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:47 am

I used to think I had no life. I think this convinced me otherwise...

Oilers99 · #7 Post by **Oilers99** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:55 am

Jafar wrote:I used to think I had no life. I think this convinced me otherwise...

To paraphrase The Simpsons:

"(Directed at Homer, after Barney gives up drinking) We need someone to make our alcoholism seem less raging."

Same sort of deal.

MusicallyInspired · #8 Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:08 am

I know a guy at work who played one Final Fantasy game for a week straight no sleeping until he beat it and only breaked to get food. He slept for I think he said 3 days straight after that.

Craziness.

Broomie · #9 Post by **Broomie** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 11:23 am

navynuke04 wrote:We must make sure to advertise Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchmen's Mine in South Korea...

Are you sure? I would have thought people would be staying on the computers much longer if it t'were an adventure game.

Gronagor · #10 Post by **Gronagor** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:40 pm

49 hours isn't that long! Ok. Over here people don't have time to go past 48 hours (we HAVE to work here to be able to play computer games), but since he died of an heart attack it's obvious something else was wrong.

*sigh* Typical media to blame computer games again.

The Avatar · #11 Post by **The Avatar** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:25 pm

Haha!!

Navy, My Mom sent me the same link yesterday.. i was going to post a thread for it today. Wow, not only are we alike in that we love games and are both Navy, and live near the same spot, but we have similar moms too!

Kurdt · #12 Post by **Kurdt** » Thu Aug 11, 2005 6:02 pm

Woa, I want to get sponsered to play video games!! Where do I sign up for that jazz??

Peter Swinkels · #13 Post by **Peter Swinkels** » Sat Aug 13, 2005 5:11 pm

It never ceases to amaze me how obsessed people can become.

Same here. Playing a game for 50 hours straight... :eek

#14 Post by **navynuke04** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:44 am

Girl Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming

Another link from my mom... She's got to be spending all kinds of time on the computer to find the stuff she sends me. Perhaps she should head her own advice.

Fender178 · #15 Post by **Fender178** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:43 pm

Some teenager had died from playing World of Warcraft for several days and died from some organ failure since he hadnt eaten or even slept.

The total time I spend playing games in one day total is around 8-16hrs per day.

Spikey · #16 Post by **Spikey** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:17 pm

So many people play computergames for many hours straight, and nothing ever happens to 99,9% of them. Obviously some sort of foolish propaganda by sensation reporters.

El_Listo · #17 Post by **El_Listo** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 8:55 am

I spend 23, I mean, 4 hours a day playing computer games, er... yes, 4.

Quest For Glory Fan · #18 Post by **Quest For Glory Fan** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 12:28 pm

there was also the kid who killed himself because he was playing Everquest and one of his characters got deleted.

Vroomfondel · #19 Post by **Vroomfondel** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 1:30 am

Ahh yes, I found this in one of my classes. Apparently, Asian countries have the highest number of Internet cafes and MMORPG players.

Paladinlover · #20 Post by **Paladinlover** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:55 am

Geeze, I love video games and all, but playing them for 49 hours straight and killing yourself... I couldn't do that in my dreams.

These are just games, and there's a time for them and a time for rest and other things... giving up everything just for an extremely prolonged gaming session is something that... nevermind.

Till next time stay cool :smokin

Deloria · #21 Post by **Deloria** » Mon Dec 19, 2005 5:19 pm

Quest For Glory Fan wrote:there was also the kid who killed himself because he was playing Everquest and one of his characters got deleted.

Perhaps you're refering to this: http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/mar02/31536.asp article? I saw it a couple of weeks ago, man some people are just screwed up. Killing yourself over a computer game... *shakes her head*. :\

Vildern · #22 Post by **Vildern** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 10:44 am

It's understandable.

I think that the concept "life" is way overestimated.

The Talking Skull · #23 Post by **The Talking Skull** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 5:48 pm

There have been plenty cases like this. (Mostly Asian countries) Its quite stupid for someone to play games for such a long period of time. Given the chance I would play games for hours on end but I'll laways need 8 hours sleep and a few meals. Otherwise problems might trigger just like in these stories.

Has anyone died playing an adventure game?

Deloria · #24 Post by **Deloria** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:52 pm

Hardly anyone plays adventure games anymore, which is a real pity. PC-gaming is not what it used to be.

#25 Post by **navynuke04** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:54 pm

The Talking Skull wrote:Has anyone died playing an adventure game?

Yes.

...and I always get some sarcastic death message.

Seriously though, most adventures have a save/restore feature which will allow you to undo any big mistakes. Adventure games aren't set up to be played for months and months and months, so losing a save game really only results in a loss of a couple of days. At worst, you could probably play back through to where you were in a day because you already know the solutions to the puzzles.

Nice hat Deloria.

Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games

Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games

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