Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games

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"MIS" <nospam@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> There must be alot of stress in Starcraft
>
> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20 [...] UTG00.html
> Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games
>
> Aug 10, 8:10 AM (ET)
>
>
> SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - 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.

Just 49 hours and he dropped?

Sheesh, he never did cow runs with me

Mickey - Record for consecutive play, 77 hours on the FIRST LoD ladder.

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"Orion Ryder" <orionryder@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> MIS wrote:
> > There must be alot of stress in Starcraft
> >
> > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20 [...] UTG00.html
> > Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games
> >
> > Aug 10, 8:10 AM (ET)
> >
> >
> > SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - 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.
>
> People are gonna kill me for asking this but:
>
> Did he give anyone permission to loot his corpse - notebooks are a hot
> item in internet cafes.
>
> (covers head while he ducks and moves out of range)
>
> Well my day isn't going that great (but much better than his) so don't
> mind me. I just needed to outpour something!


I dunno... I had to hide as I was casting inside of town again and hurt some
guy :¬/

*looks innocent*
Ummm... yeah.... natural causes....

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Long ago, in the world without shrimp, "Mickey"
<mickeySPAMb@SPAMcomcastSPAM.net>, supreme ruler of bunnies, hopped and
flopped and said:

>Just 49 hours and he dropped?

>Sheesh, he never did cow runs with me

>Mickey - Record for consecutive play, 77 hours on the FIRST LoD ladder.

I hope you're at least sensible enough to get up and waddle around
occasionally. ;-)



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After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw>
"Mickey" <mickeySPAMb@SPAMcomcastSPAM.net> wrote

>"MIS" <nospam@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:wQnKe.2937$0d.2284@trnddc06...
>> There must be alot of stress in Starcraft
>>
>> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20 [...] UTG00.html
>> Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games
>>
>> Aug 10, 8:10 AM (ET)
>>
>>
>> SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - 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.
>
>Just 49 hours and he dropped?
>
>Sheesh, he never did cow runs with me
>
>Mickey - Record for consecutive play, 77 hours on the FIRST LoD ladder.

Ah yes, the joys of being an insomniac.
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"Stephen van Ham" <svanham@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Long ago, in the world without shrimp, "Mickey"
> <mickeySPAMb@SPAMcomcastSPAM.net>, supreme ruler of bunnies, hopped and
> flopped and said:
>
> >Just 49 hours and he dropped?
>
> >Sheesh, he never did cow runs with me
>
> >Mickey - Record for consecutive play, 77 hours on the FIRST LoD ladder.
>
> I hope you're at least sensible enough to get up and waddle around
> occasionally. ;-)

Yes... and I ate also. That was when I made level 99 in 6 days with
GiveMeYourDead on the first LoD ladder. That is called playing to the very
edge of divorce

Mickey

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"jerk-o" <jerk-o@yomomma.org> wrote in message
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> After going to <http://tinyurl.com/2tnqw>
> "Mickey" <mickeySPAMb@SPAMcomcastSPAM.net> wrote
>
> >"MIS" <nospam@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >news:wQnKe.2937$0d.2284@trnddc06...
> >> There must be alot of stress in Starcraft
> >>
> >> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20 [...] UTG00.html
> >> Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games
> >>
> >> Aug 10, 8:10 AM (ET)
> >>
> >>
> >> SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - 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.
> >
> >Just 49 hours and he dropped?
> >
> >Sheesh, he never did cow runs with me
> >
> >Mickey - Record for consecutive play, 77 hours on the FIRST LoD ladder.
>
> Ah yes, the joys of being an insomniac.

A hyperactive insomniac, no less

Mickey