OT: Too much game playing!

Greybeard · #1 August 11th, 2005, 10:17 AM

At least I play at home and stop for sustenance...
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Man dies after 49 hours of computer games

By Associated Press
Published August 10, 2005, 7:10 AM CDT

SEOUL, South Korea -- A 28-year-old South Korean man died of exhaustion in an Internet cafe after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours, South Korean police said Wednesday.

Lee, a resident in the southern city of Taegu who was identified only by his last name, collapsed Friday after having eaten minimally and not sleeping, refusing to leave his keyboard while he played the battle simulation game Starcraft.

Lee was quickly moved to a hospital but died after a few hours, due to what doctors are presuming was a heart attack, police said.

Lee had been fired from his job last month because he kept missing work to play computer games, police said.

Computer games are enormously popular in South Korea, home to professional gamers who earn big money through sponsorships and television stations devoted to broadcasting matches.

Xrati · #2 August 11th, 2005, 10:39 AM

Ahhh Yes, to go while crushing your enemies, with a big smile on your face as your computer forces crush evil!!!

Renegade 13 · #3 August 11th, 2005, 11:30 AM

I prefer to crush good, not evil

Seriously, if someone is that addicted, they need some professional help. Like a good kick in the *** and be told to grow up.

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 August 11th, 2005, 11:49 AM

It's really sad, someone dying because of that.

Slick · #5 August 11th, 2005, 12:21 PM

Someone was asking if Starcraft was good a few months ago. It's good enough to have someone die of exhaustion playing.

Raapys · #6 August 11th, 2005, 01:24 PM

It's good enough to have someone die of exhaustion playing.

5 years after its release.

Renegade 13 · #7 August 11th, 2005, 02:00 PM

Quote:

narf poit chez BOOM said:
It's really sad, someone dying because of that.

First, it's hard to say whether or not that report is trustworthy or not. Second, it is quite sad that someone would be so addicted to something that they would die because of it.

RCCCL · #8 August 11th, 2005, 02:02 PM

I know someone who lives in Korea, and he said that gaming is taken extremely serious there.

He said they have internet cafes on nearly every corner, and that they can play for $1.00 - $1.50 an hour.

There was also something not long ago about a couple leaving their infant alone to go play World of Warcraft. The child died from it.

narf poit chez BOOM · #9 August 11th, 2005, 04:37 PM

This is the bad side of the entertainment industry.

Not that I'm saying the companies are responcible; it's just that nothing happens in a vaccuum.

RCCCL · #10 August 11th, 2005, 05:08 PM

Ok, the vaccum part confused me

, but I agree.

It's especially troubling since it envolves a video game, since most people in charge seem to have a negative veiw on them to begin with.

The recent GTA: San Andreas is a perfect example.

If anybody has happened to check out the Original "Hot Coffee" mod then you'd know that what it was was just a playable scene where fully clothed chars mimed a few sexual acts. Albeit that is a bit extreme, it was never intended to be seen. Besides the game was rated Mature anyways. Which means parents were already warned that the game wasn't meant for younger children.

What really pissed people off was the later versions of the mod, in which other people wrote new char skins into it to make the women nude. Rockstar had nothing to do with that.