Chinese Dude Plays for Three Days, Dies
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Yup there goes two things, first being people ripping on asian people again, and second the hate for video games, yay...
The problem I find with internet cafes is that you really feel sick after a while and I'm not sure how to pinpoint the exact problem. When I finished my University entrance exams all I did was go to play at internet cafe which had roughly 150 computers playing Dota with 9 other people. I use to be able go at 9 in the morning and not come home till midnight and I would always come out with a massive headache I felt ill for the next few days.
Its just not hygienic the conditions they keep these places (yes the ones in Thailand aren't kept in great conditions so I assume the ones in China are just as bad), most places that open 24hours don't get a chance to even clean up, there is no air filter so the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the room can really start to give you a bit of a headache.
If I stayed in for 3 days I bet I would die as well.
Its just not hygienic the conditions they keep these places (yes the ones in Thailand aren't kept in great conditions so I assume the ones in China are just as bad), most places that open 24hours don't get a chance to even clean up, there is no air filter so the amount of Carbon Dioxide in the room can really start to give you a bit of a headache.
If I stayed in for 3 days I bet I would die as well.
Does this make him a candidate for a Darwin award?
(sorry if I sound insensitive but it's really hard to care about someone who apparently doesn't care about themselves)
In any case, yeah i wouldn't say that it's the fault of video games or specifically mmo's, no matter how addictive they try to be. If you want to get into proximate and ultimate causation, the neglect of his life in favor of the game was the proximate cause of death, the ultimate cause is whatever was going on in his life that made the game so much more appealing than even taking care of himself.
So i guess what i'm saying is, you can blame the games, but if you get rid of them people will find other ways to ruin their lives.
(sorry if I sound insensitive but it's really hard to care about someone who apparently doesn't care about themselves)
In any case, yeah i wouldn't say that it's the fault of video games or specifically mmo's, no matter how addictive they try to be. If you want to get into proximate and ultimate causation, the neglect of his life in favor of the game was the proximate cause of death, the ultimate cause is whatever was going on in his life that made the game so much more appealing than even taking care of himself.
So i guess what i'm saying is, you can blame the games, but if you get rid of them people will find other ways to ruin their lives.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAA... no but seriously... Sad... Just sad....Daystar Clarion said: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.
I don't understand how you can't feel hunger, or you know... epic starvation
Oh I can't wait until the media uses this story as proof that "GAMING KILLS CHILDREN" even though this was a 30 year old addict.
I'm glad I have self-control.
I'm glad I have self-control.
Weirdly, I've heard somewhere that somebody done some research and managed a full week with no food, toilet, drink and sleep... Although dehydrated, exhausted and starving (on top of constipated), the guy was perfectly fine and swore he felt like he could go another couple of days. The only downside to it, was that his heart rate was raised due to the extra pressure of trying to pump blood whilst tired.RikSharp said:
I can go a full day doing work or gaming without feeling hungry, thirsty or going to the loo. I dont mean to do it, but the time flies when i'm engrossed. Suddenly its dark outside and I realise i've been on the computer for hours. No wonder my eye sight is failing =(
I really wish they'd stop inserting biased commentary at the end of articles like this. South Korea, which I believe is a democratic country, has had this kind of shit happen repeatedly. So, no, lack of civil liberties is probably not the major factor.
First of all, spending 1500$ at an internet cafe? Why? Just to play there online? I'm guessing he went to a cafe because he didn't have internet at home - but that money would have been enough to pay for an internet bill at home and probably even a good gaming PC or whatever - that doesn't make much sense, my only guess would be that he didn't want to be bothered by anyone at home - but seeing that this guy was 30 perhaps he was already living alone - since it seems no one came looking for him, and the employees were just so ignorant to let the guy sit there and die. Calling an ambulance after 3 days when something goes wrong? That's no excuse ...
C'mon Asia and the WORLD in general, this isn't the first or the second time this happened, and sadly probably not the last one. Why hasn't these places introduced a new rule of not letting anyone stay more than max 12 hours. Even if the place is so profit hungry, there should at least be some small piece of humanity in the employees to look after the customers...
C'mon Asia and the WORLD in general, this isn't the first or the second time this happened, and sadly probably not the last one. Why hasn't these places introduced a new rule of not letting anyone stay more than max 12 hours. Even if the place is so profit hungry, there should at least be some small piece of humanity in the employees to look after the customers...
It seems to me that he wanted to die while playing. If I were going out, I would prolly want to be playing games too.RikSharp said:
But then again, I just beat Bulletstorm in one sitting and am still here....I don't remember where I was going with that
