Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session

Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session 486

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:12PM from the need-wearable-computing-to-multitask dept.

loserMcloser writes "Another Chinese man has died after spending three days in an internet cafe for an online gaming marathon session. He apparently fainted and died at the cafe from exhaustion. 'The report did not say what the man, whose name was not given, was playing. The report said that about 100 other Web surfers "left the cafe in fear after witnessing the man's death."'"

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oblig. futurama (Score:5, Funny)

by Joe the Lesser ( 533425 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:14PM (#20639967) Homepage Journal

Scruffy gonna die the way he lived

And the culprit is .... (Score:5, Funny)

by 140Mandak262Jamuna ( 970587 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:14PM (#20639969) Journal

... the lead paint on the game controller.

anyone else hear that (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:14PM (#20639973)

It's the sound of Jack Thompson creaming his pants

Only one thing to do then .. (Score:5, Funny)

by PriceIke ( 751512 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:14PM (#20639975)

Guess we'll just have to ban online gaming. How many more have to die??

Die with a smile (Score:4, Funny)

by BlowHole666 ( 1152399 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:15PM (#20639979)

All you need is a beer helmet and a chick giving you a blow job and you could die with all your bases covered.

This could have been avoided (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:17PM (#20640043)

This wouldn't have happened if he had been running Linux.

Re:$5 says... (Score:5, Funny)

by njfuzzy ( 734116 ) writes: <ian AT ian-x DOT com> on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:18PM (#20640055) Homepage

So technically that means he died at work? Go figure.
What? It did say he was Chinese, right?
What?
...I'm just sayin'.

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:4, Funny)

by RingDev ( 879105 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:20PM (#20640085) Homepage Journal

Funny, I thought China already had laws dealing with online gaming... Maybe they just need more laws. Laws will save us all! Yea laws! Because if it's illegal, no one will do it. We just need to make it more illegal.

-Rick

The problem with today's youth is ... (Score:5, Funny)

by 140Mandak262Jamuna ( 970587 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:21PM (#20640109) Journal

This is precisely the problem with the youth of today compared to my Great Generation. Just one gamer kicks the bucket and 100 others run away from the scene scared. Come on guys, show some courage. Show some sticktoitiveness.

Linux games (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:21PM (#20640121)

So true, not enough Linux games to play for 3 days straight. GO LINUX!

Mega Kill!!! (Score:5, Funny)

by Cedric Tsui ( 890887 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:22PM (#20640125)

Double Kill
Multi Kill
Mega Kill!
ULTRA KILL!!
M-m-m-monster Kill.
LUDACRIS KILL!
H O L Y S H I T!

R E A L I T Y KILL!!!!!

Microsoft Vista Prevents this Problem (Score:5, Funny)

by 517714 ( 762276 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:22PM (#20640137)

The (lack of) stability of the Operating System prevents running a computer for such marathon sessions.

Re:$5 says... (Score:5, Funny)

by slughead ( 592713 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:23PM (#20640165) Homepage Journal

>He died playing WoW. Do I have any takers?

If that were true, I'd say his life just improved.

Re:And I thought ... (Score:2, Funny)

by BosstonesOwn ( 794949 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:24PM (#20640171)

Ahh greatest lines EVER !!! Half Baked !

Cocaine Addict: Marijuana is not a drug. I used to suck dick for coke. Now that's an addiction. You ever suck some dick for marijuana?

Re:anyone else hear that (Score:4, Funny)

by Esion Modnar ( 632431 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:26PM (#20640225)

No, that was him releasing his bowels.

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:2, Funny)

by CloneBot ( 554877 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:28PM (#20640241) Homepage

Or do we? That would be the last thing they would be expecting.

The worst part... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:28PM (#20640253)

An hour later, he was hungry for life again.

Re:Doesn't happen here? (Score:5, Funny)

by vidarlo ( 134906 ) writes: <vidarlo@bitsex.net> on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:28PM (#20640257) Homepage

I suppose I don't understand because all of my addictions are mild and state endorsed (women, video games, food, and tea).
Excuse me sir, but I regret to tell you that you're quite addicted to food. Withdrawal will include death and unpleasantness.

Re:Not really an epidemic (Score:5, Funny)

by TopShelf ( 92521 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:29PM (#20640275) Homepage Journal

A lot more people die from sky diving every year, and I think most of us accept that sky diving is not an epidemic social problem.

Hey, some people are addicted to computer games, some are addicted to gravity...

In other news today ... (Score:3, Funny)

by u-235-sentinel ( 594077 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:30PM (#20640291) Homepage Journal

The State has confirmed today that it has struck a deal with Comcast to provide monitoring services stating had Comcast's service been in place, no one would have died as their Internet service would have been terminated in time to save the victim.

Comcast has yet to release a statement about the deal however the President has been heard stating in the back "It's Comcastic!!"

Re:anyone else hear that (Score:5, Funny)

by sentientbeing ( 688713 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:31PM (#20640313)

Whats the problem?

He'll just respawn back at the entrance.

Re:Doesn't happen here? (Score:5, Funny)

by king-manic ( 409855 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:35PM (#20640393)

I suppose I don't understand because all of my addictions are mild and state endorsed (women, video games, food, and tea).

Excuse me sir, but I regret to tell you that you're quite addicted to food. Withdrawal will include death and unpleasantness.
Meh.. I can quit any time I want to.

Re:$5 says... (Score:5, Funny)

by Farmer Tim ( 530755 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:36PM (#20640409) Journal

Actually, the first Marathon [wikipedia.org] was fatal.

Nobody ever learns from history.

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:36PM (#20640421)

No, the last thing they would be expecting is the Spanish Inquisition.

Re:$5 says... (Score:5, Funny)

by Farmer Tim ( 530755 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:39PM (#20640477) Journal

>He died playing WoW. Do I have any takers?

If that were true, I'd say his life just improved.

Perhaps he thought his Second Life would kick in.

Was it really out of fear? (Score:3, Funny)

by Hel Toupee ( 738061 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:45PM (#20640573)

The report said that about 100 other Web surfers "left the cafe in fear after witnessing the man's death.

Are we sure it wasn't just the smell?

Re:Doesn't happen here? (Score:3, Funny)

by king-manic ( 409855 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:46PM (#20640589)

Perhaps we have a lot less to escape from.

I don't know, my cousin in guangzhou has a life similar to mine. Wake up, work 8-10 h at a tech shop. Go home spend a few hours with the GF. game. Sleep. Except I get 1 more day off a week, My overtime is optional and infrequent, and my GF is hotter although his is very cute too. Life isn't so bad in the parts of china I visited (shanghai, beijing, guangzhou, HK, Macau, Xin Hua).

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:5, Funny)

by mstahl ( 701501 ) writes: <marrrrrk@gmail.TEAcom minus caffeine> on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:49PM (#20640639) Homepage Journal

It worked here for the war on drugs... oh wait.

Re:$5 says... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:52PM (#20640705)

Guess he couldn't take the grind no more. At least he's leaving family with WoW gold.

Oh wait...

Only on Slashdot (Score:4, Funny)

by Critical Facilities ( 850111 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:54PM (#20640719)

He apparently fainted and died at the cafe from exhaustion. 'The report did not say what the man, whose name was not given, was playing.

How funny/sad is that? No "did he have a medical condition?", no "was there evidence of foul play", no "is there an autopsy scheduled", just "what game was he playing?"

Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)

by sam_paris ( 919837 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:57PM (#20640775)

Did he drop any good loot?

Re:Not really an epidemic (Score:5, Funny)

by GrayCalx ( 597428 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:57PM (#20640779)

Hey, some people are addicted to computer games, some are addicted to gravity...

I tried going off gravity cold turkey... I crashed hard.

/I'm here all week... tip your mods.

Re:Mega Kill!!! (Score:3, Funny)

by pimpimpim ( 811140 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @02:59PM (#20640821)

And even worse, he forgot 'wicked sick'!

his name was (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @03:04PM (#20640889)

Tu long

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:5, Funny)

by Dirtside ( 91468 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @03:07PM (#20640935) Journal

We just need to make it more illegal.

What we really need is to define the standard metric unit of illegality. Here's some options:

- Five-megabyte unauthorized song downloads
- Men's room foot-tappings
- CIA agent identity leakings
- Sports memorabilia thievings

Come up with your own!

Re:Die with a smile (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @03:12PM (#20641005)

die with all your bases covered.
All your dead base are belong to us.

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:2, Funny)

by operagost ( 62405 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @03:15PM (#20641067) Homepage Journal

And gun control. Oh wait...

Re:Wonder why.. (Score:3, Funny)

by sootman ( 158191 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @03:23PM (#20641233) Homepage Journal

As A. Whitney Brown [wikipedia.org] said on Saturday Night Live when China reach a population of one billion: "Even if you're a one-in-a-million kind of person, there's still a thousand people just like you."

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:4, Funny)

by BorgCopyeditor ( 590345 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @03:41PM (#20641541)

Damned liberals with their nanny-state! Saving children from death! How are children going to learn the fatal consequences of dangerous actions if they are constantly protected against them? How are they going to learn to survive on their own if we don't let them die a few times?

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:5, Funny)

by BorgCopyeditor ( 590345 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @03:44PM (#20641593)

the standard metric unit of illegality
I propose the "hijink."

Re:oblig. futurama (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @03:56PM (#20641829)

but the real question is: Did he die happy? Was his corpse smiling or not?

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:2, Funny)

by ShaneThePain ( 929627 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @04:00PM (#20641907) Journal

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Re:$5 says... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @04:09PM (#20642049)

>He died playing WoW. Do I have any takers?

Come on, get real... Internet, 3 days straight... Exhaustion... these are the clues... he was watching porn!

Re:But is it true? (Score:3, Funny)

by afabbro ( 33948 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @04:32PM (#20642439) Homepage

For God's sake, the two of your are arguing about a word made up by a television comedian.
Go outdoors. Now.

Re:Doesn't happen here? (Score:5, Funny)

by bigstrat2003 ( 1058574 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @04:41PM (#20642565)

I used to play SC2 against my roommate.
Hey man, can I borrow your time machine? Cool, thanks!

ObTron (Score:4, Funny)

by Cajun Hell ( 725246 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @04:44PM (#20642601) Homepage Journal

"I want him in the games until he dies playing." -- MCP

Re:And the culprit is .... (Score:4, Funny)

by Fozzyuw ( 950608 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @05:01PM (#20642877)

And the culprit is ....

Too much over-time at work.

Re:anyone else hear that (Score:3, Funny)

by EvanED ( 569694 ) writes: <{evaned} {at} {gmail.com}> on Monday September 17, 2007 @05:09PM (#20642981)

He'll just respawn back at the entrance.

"No, don't you get it? If you die in Bejing, you die in real life!"

Re:Marathon session (Score:4, Funny)

by Pojut ( 1027544 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @05:12PM (#20643047) Homepage

Nonsense! We rinsed out the bongs twice a day during that week ;-)

Re:Only one thing to do then .. (Score:3, Funny)

by kernel_panic ( 98119 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @06:27PM (#20644185)

I guess the same can be said about driving a car, or having a penis.

Re:oblig. futurama (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @06:44PM (#20644379)

If you die in the real world, you die in the game!

Re:And the culprit is .... (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @07:15PM (#20644797)

Actually, his gaming assistant brushed his teeth for him with counterfeit Colgate Whitening Expressions. The high ethylene glycol content dissolved the majority of his throat, causing him to suffocate after subsequently inhaling the liquified remains of his esophagus. But man, his teeth looked great! And his breathe smelled like a mango kiwi salsa, delicious!

Re:anyone else hear that (Score:5, Funny)

by chemisus ( 920383 ) writes: on Monday September 17, 2007 @08:39PM (#20645737)

actually, china has banned respawning [msn.com].

Re:anyone else hear that (Score:3, Funny)

by discogravy ( 455376 ) writes: on Tuesday September 18, 2007 @04:25PM (#20659209) Homepage

so...he's been talking again?

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oblig. futurama (Score:5, Funny)

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anyone else hear that (Score:5, Funny)

Only one thing to do then .. (Score:5, Funny)

Die with a smile (Score:4, Funny)

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Re:$5 says... (Score:5, Funny)

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The problem with today's youth is ... (Score:5, Funny)

Linux games (Score:1, Funny)

Mega Kill!!! (Score:5, Funny)

Microsoft Vista Prevents this Problem (Score:5, Funny)

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The worst part... (Score:1, Funny)

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In other news today ... (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:$5 says... (Score:5, Funny)

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Only on Slashdot (Score:4, Funny)

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his name was (Score:2, Funny)

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ObTron (Score:4, Funny)

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