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Added by Gauss on 19.07.2012 |
A 40-Hour Diablo III session without eating?!
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A Taiwanese man collapsed and died over the weekend after playing Blizzard's Diablo III for 40 straight hours.
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Looks like a Taiwanese player collapsed and died after a 40-Hour Diablo III marathon without eating, past Sunday.
According to the report, the 18-year-old man entered an Internet café in southern Taiwan around noon on Friday, booked a private room, and played almost two days without stopping to eat. On Sunday morning, an employee of the café entered the room to check on the man and found him resting on a table. Shortly after being roused, the man collapsed and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.
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The exact cause of death is being investigated by police. It's believed prolonged sitting created cardiovascular problems.
Of course, this isn't the first time a marathon gaming session has ended in tragedy...
The AAP reported that another Taiwanese man died in February after a 23-hour gaming jag ended with a heart attack. In 2007, a 30-year-old man collapsed and died in Guangzhou, China, after gaming for three straight days, In 2005, a 28-year-old South Korean man died after a 50-hour gaming session. In 2003, police in Hong Kong cited a six-hour stint playing Diablo II at an Internet café as a contributing factor in a 28-year-old man's death. In 2002, a 24-year-old South Korean man died after 86 uninterrupted hours of gameplay. That same month, a 27-year-old Taiwanese man lasted 32 hours before succumbing to death by exhaustion.
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