Chinese Dude Plays for Three Days, Dies

[True Nero]

I put my money on that he died of thirst because you dont die from sleep depravation untill 8 to 10 days and from starving until around 6 days.

true, but it also depends on what you're doing. if no strenuous activity is done, then yes sleep deprivation takes about a week, but if he was gaming HARD, for 72 consecutive hours, then i definitely thinks it helps

 

[Lucifron]

What I find most amusing about this article is that the Vietnamese government believes that it is justifiable for it to spend time on gaming addiction instead of, well, everything else.

Trololol.

 

[duchaked]

no amount of slapping the face or smelling salts could resurrect him.

I laughed

The game that the man was playing was not reported, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that it had War and/or Craft in the title.

I laughed even harder

 

[Gralian]

I'd like to know how it's possible to starve / thirst / stay conscious enough to the point of death, especially in a public place like an internet cafe. Surely somebody would have recognised the man was looking none too healthy by day 2, and i didn't think places like that literally stayed open 24 hours around the clock the point where someone could theoretically sit in the same spot for 72 hours without ever having to move or be thrown out by the management to close for the night. Not only that, but you have to have ridiculous constitution to be able to sit there in presumable pain. I know you're absorbed into your game world, but i simply can't accept it would draw you in to the point of ignoring pain, or failure to notice you might be blacking out from loss of sleep / thirst / hunger. Things like these makes me question whether the story is actually credible, or if there's simply more to it than 'Asian man dies from video game marathon'.

 

[duchaked]

Looks like...

*puts sun glasses on*

He ran out of lives.

What can I say? There are people who die because of addictions all the time. Video games are no different.

lol that is so awful...but so awesome at the same time

I put money on the fact it was Hello Kitty Island.

Or maybe we was really really into Eve?

EDIT: World of Warcraft doesn't kill people. East Asian Gaming Cafes do.

I concur, with both points

altho the last one I'm not so sure about...I think we should focus our research on the impact of violent video games on the increasing rape percentages first

 

[C2Ultima]

Well, it's a shame when anyone's death is connected to video games (on top of the shame of someone dying early in the first place), but it was either this, or having him rehabilitate. Sounds like he had a pretty dangerous addiction.

 

[Someone Depressing]

Video-Games cause death's. Ok we went from : Kids pissing them-self because they just beat the fire-man stage. To : People starving to death.

"..." Huuh. Kinda a big change, don't ya think?

 

[DirgeNovak]

Looks like Natural Selection has played its part again.

Seriously, he sould be nominated for a Darwin award.

 

[Brother-Link]

Could have been from lack of water, but another thing that could have killed him is if he didn't use the restroom at all, then he could have died from a type of toxic shock from the waste building up in his body.

 

[ZombieGenesis]

That's what the cafe told the press at least after the man had ordered their 'surprise' special.

 

[vxicepickxv]

If I was in China, I would want to find an awesome way to kill myself too. This isn't run over by a tank awesome, but it's not the worse I've ever seen.

 

[ThreeKneeNick]

Conspiracy theory time: no sensible person would do such a thing, he was either mentally ill, or was killed bu the corrupt regime who seeks justification to impose control under the guise of care for their citizens. Why doesn't this stuff happen in the west?

 

[KiKiweaky]

Interesting way to commit suicide isnt it? Better than taking a shotgun into a bathroom at any rate.

 

[Dana22]

We lost a moron.

Having said that, whose more stupid? The person who kills when playing video games by ignoring basic human needs like food and sleep, or the people who own the cafe and just let him do it?

The first one.

 

[Hithlain]

Chinese Dude Plays for Three Days, Dies

All of these stories seem to be linked to the social problems of gaming in these nations, but I don't know that games are the root cause. Sure, MMOs use mechanics that can can be addictive, but perhaps the economic conditions and lack of civil liberties make these poor souls more susceptible to poor choices when it comes to gaming. If your life is decidedly more enjoyable when you are in a virtual world, why would you ever log off?

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That seems plausible given that you don't really see European or American gamers dropping over dead from 3 day play sessions. It seems culturally related rather than gaming related.

 

[wulfy42]

I was once so addicted to an online game (A mud...it didn't even have graphics...but was a text based MMO) that I spent on average 17 1/2 hours a day over an entire year. I once played for over a week without sleep because I was sick.

I did at least always drink and eat...but I was at home so that didn't stop me from playing.

Online games are deadly addictive because there is always something to shoot for. There is always a way you can improve yourself and a goal that you can achieve. In addition they have non-stop competition and the worst ones cause players to "race" to be the best.

I was the highest player in a guild (like a class) in the game I played and was shooting for a goal that seemed impossible and had never been done. This caused me to have constant motivation and rewards for accomplishing things so I had endless enjoyment. Every single hour I played that game I was interested, motivated and drawn in.

I had already been playing alot before that year and slowly drew away from my friends (As you can guess I didn't do ANYTHING with them or anyone else for that year) and by that time I had ceased to consider anything outside of the game important. I had saved enough money to pay the bills and buy food/drink and that was it.

I was very lucky to be only 24 at the time with a very fast matabolism so I didn't gain much weight at all (first time I ever gained about 20 pounds in fact)....and over all had no real long term negative effects from my crazy gaming bing.

But games like that can totally take over your life...and you don't have to live in China for it to happen. I'm even fairly good looking, had friends, and a fairly good life...the gaming was just non-stop fun. I would get bored easily (Always used to carry a book around with me in case I had to wait for something) and that is what killed me. I NEVER got bored playing my game. Why try and figure out what new thing your gonna do with friends on the weekend (burning man, rock climbing, white water rafting, magic the gathering etc etc) when you have something you can do that is fun ALL THE TIME.

I still play games (DDO online right now) but never like I did back then. Rarely spend more then 20 hours a week all together playing games and often half that. Honestly though.......I don't think I've ever had as much non-stop fun as I did that year. It was very hard when I accomplished my goal and didn't really have anything left to shoot for. I stopped playing cold turkey pretty soon after that....and due to extreme boredom ended up dating and meeting my current wife (over 10 years) within 6 months.

Online games can be very addicting.

 

[MrGalactus]

Why doesn't this stuff happen in the west?

Well, he died of thirst or hunger or exhaustion, right? We westerers can't go 5 minutes without a hot dog, a large coke, and a nap.