Second gamer dies after massive binge
on vnunet.com (thanks Larry Sayers) reports that a "27 year-old
Taiwanese man collapsed after playing computer games for 32 hours non-stop"
in a cyber cafe in central Taiwan. In spite of their headline, this is actually
the third such incident we've heard of, as it is reminiscent of a story a couple
of weeks ago about a death in a South Korean internet cafe (
story),
but also another similar incident last summer in Thailand (
story).
According to the story: "A police spokesman stated that doctors believe
Wen-cheng died from exhaustion, having remained in the same position for too
long. The death highlights the danger of such intensive game-playing."
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Sum Yung Ghuy |
Oct 23, 2002, 18:00 |
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i can just visualise the cyber cafe owner dragging his slumped body off the keyboard and dumping him in the street outside, hoping the restaurant next door will dispose of the evidence in a huge wok.
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Subject |
Author |
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Oct 23, 14:10 |
Loser |
Silent Sorrow |
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2. |
Oct 23, 14:18 |
Re: Loser |
adler |
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3. |
Oct 23, 14:46 |
Re: Loser |
Schnapple |
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4. |
Oct 23, 14:49 |
Re: Loser |
j |
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5. |
Oct 23, 14:51 |
Re: Loser |
Puck |
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10. |
Oct 23, 15:33 |
Re: Loser |
5peed |
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12. |
Oct 23, 16:05 |
Re: Loser |
Falling |
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14. |
Oct 23, 16:58 |
Re: Loser |
Oberiko |
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23. |
Oct 23, 22:42 |
Re: Loser |
Hoodwink |
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6. |
Oct 23, 14:57 |
White people |
Weas |
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7. |
Oct 23, 15:15 |
Re: White people |
Rirath |
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9. |
Oct 23, 15:21 |
Re: White people |
Schnapple |
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11. |
Oct 23, 15:39 |
Re: White people |
Raff Arundel |
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36. |
Oct 26, 10:25 |
Environment yes |
ManOfPorn |
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37. |
Oct 26, 10:36 |
Dieing for what you love? |
ManOfPorn |
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40. |
Oct 27, 09:36 |
Re: Dieing for what you love? |
John Nelson |
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15. |
Oct 23, 17:40 |
Re: White people |
Weas |
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17. |
Oct 23, 18:11 |
Re: White people |
Chris Johnson |
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8. |
Oct 23, 15:16 |
Re: White people |
Hazard |
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13. |
Oct 23, 16:54 |
No subject |
OneNightStand |
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16. |
Oct 23, 18:00 |
Sum Yung Ghuy |
Jobz |
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18. |
Oct 23, 19:20 |
Amazing. |
Two_Sheds |
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19. |
Oct 23, 19:26 |
Exhaustion? |
Xombie |
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20. |
Oct 23, 19:56 |
BLOOD CLOTS... |
SouL_DragooN |
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21. |
Oct 23, 21:31 |
Re: BS |
adler |
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22. |
Oct 23, 22:41 |
No subject |
Bill Borre |
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24. |
Oct 23, 22:48 |
Re: No subject |
Inexorable |
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25. |
Oct 23, 22:59 |
Evolution... |
Schnapple |
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28. |
Oct 24, 00:53 |
Re: Evolution... |
Nixx |
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26. |
Oct 23, 23:00 |
No subject |
Pete |
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27. |
Oct 24, 00:30 |
Definitely urban legend |
Verwirrung |
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30. |
Oct 24, 09:08 |
Re: Definitely urban legend |
anon@127.0.0.1 |
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29. |
Oct 24, 08:36 |
Whatta dumbass |
ColonFiller |
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31. |
Oct 24, 14:40 |
Cheers! |
Jerry S Ku |
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32. |
Oct 24, 17:34 |
Re: Cheers! |
anon@127.0.0.1 |
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33. |
Oct 24, 22:03 |
Absent compassion |
amerika |
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34. |
Oct 25, 00:45 |
Re: Absent compassion |
Nagumo2001 |
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35. |
Oct 25, 02:24 |
Let Us Clear Up Some FUD |
phatboy |
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39. |
Oct 27, 00:01 |
So much for Anon posting... |
Luka |
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38. |
Oct 26, 10:52 |
Honestly... |
Ray Marden |
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41. |
Oct 27, 22:27 |
Re: Honestly... |
anon@24.76 |
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42. |
Oct 29, 23:09 |
No subject |
teh mane mahn |
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