Gamer Dies In LAN Cafe, No One Notices

[Chicago Ted]

This reminds me of a quote from one of my favourite movies:

Max: First time in L.A.?

Vincent: No. Tell you the truth, whenever I'm here I can't wait to leave. It's too sprawled out, disconnected. You know? That's me. You like it?

Max: It's my home.

Vincent: 17 million people. This is got to be the fifth biggest economy in the world and nobody knows each other. I read about this guy who gets on the MTA here, dies.

Max: Oh.

Vincent: Six hours he's riding the subway before anybody notices his corpse doing laps around L.A., people on and off sitting next to him. Nobody notices.

No one really notices the world around them anymore.

 

[lacktheknack]

To be fair, a lot of gamers totally look dead while gaming.

But yeah, this is a bit messed. I can see one hour of not noticing, but NINE? Some waitresses worked their WHOLE SHIFT WHILE HE WAS DEAD and they didn't notice that he wasn't... you know... PLAYING?

 

[008Zulu_v1legacy]

Could have been a rage stroke brought on by kill stealing.

I have been in a few LAN cafes, not all make the wise investment of air fresheners. The combined reek of mountain dew, various energy drinks and body odour can overpower that of death.

 

[Craazhy]

I couldn't help but laugh. This is genuinely funny because i can imagine the community screaming "omg gtfo noob he dun fukin no how to moov".

"Dood are u fuckin dead or something?"

No, seriously. This is a tragedy, though I could not help but laugh. And if I died EXACTLY like that, I could only hope that the world could find it in themselves to laugh at me.

 

[Aikayai]

I'll drink a tasty beverage and play some league in his memory. Didn't know the guy but he damn well deserves the respect.

 

[The_Blue_Rider]

I need to stop reading these articles. The comments you guys leave behind make me laugh and then I feel like a terrible person

 

[antipunt]

Must...not make...map ..awareness..joke..

 

[JasonBurnout16]

You'd at least think the waitress would have noticed!

But then if you ever watch someone playing a video game, unless they are raging they usually look dead anyway.

 

[Scarim Coral]

And another one added to the list of death by gaming.
When will some people learn about self control and simply enough it enough?

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

To be fair, a lot of gamers totally look dead while gaming.

But yeah, this is a bit messed. I can see one hour of not noticing, but NINE? Some waitresses worked their WHOLE SHIFT WHILE HE WAS DEAD and they didn't notice that he wasn't... you know... PLAYING?

Yup, that's what I was thinking.

"Hey, what's up with him?"

"Oh, he's just in the zone."

Extreme gaming has spawned some bizarre deaths alright.

 

[blackknight467]

I feel bad, but i think he was probably reported for being AFK during a game.

 

[DyranLK]

Not sure if this should be considered a tragedy or a facepalm fest.

But nevertheless, condolences to whoever the man's family and friends are, and hopefully people in that cafe will be a little more attentive to what's going on to whom in the future, 'ey..

 

[Frost27]

The body of 23-year-old Chen Rong-yu sat in a crowded Taipei gaming center for nine hours before anyone noticed that something was amiss.

Looks like he was in the wrong place...
*sunglasses*
at the Rong time.


YYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!

Shit! Beat me to it.

That was essentially the first thing that came to mind... that and "How did it take 9 hours for anyone to notice something was Rong?".

 

[harvz]

from the sounds of it, the way his body was lying would look like that of someone who fell asleep while playing. with the fact that no one noticed him for 9 hours (meaning it must be a normal thing to game for that long), the smell that is probably already there and it was probably dark in there...

 

[BanZeus]

Man this is just like dieing while having sex!

If you die while having sex and nobody notices for 9 hours, you were a terrible lover.

 

[Whytewulf]

Man this is just like dieing while having sex!

If you die while having sex and nobody notices for 9 hours, you were a terrible lover.

Ha ha. This made me laugh pretty loud in the restaurant.

Did I read it wrong. It says the body was found Tuesday night but the waitress last saw him on the phone Wednesday at noon?

Oh and I think it is sad but as others have said people stick to their own these days. Other than reading and sleeping I doubt anything in the past ever made people so inactive for long periods of time. Reminds me I need to get up more even and focus my eyes in the distance.

 

[lancar]

Is it wrong of me to find this whole thing hilarious?

 

[ShaneGunWolf]

The body of 23-year-old Chen Rong-yu sat in a crowded Taipei gaming center for nine hours before anyone noticed that something was amiss.

Looks like he was in the wrong place...
*sunglasses*
at the Rong time.


YYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!

Holy..!

You have just won the Internet. And I have just lost a pair of pants.

OT - Yeah, this won't be the last time this happens. No doubt about it. -_-