[ALL] teen dies after 40-hour Diablo III marathon

[Maynard]

made me think of the guy who did the 48 hr zelda feed

http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugge...es-40-hour-diablo-iii-marathon-190451985.html

The years of anticipation for Diablo III have brought about a number of marathon play sessions since its release on May 15, but one fan's obsession with the game has proven fatal.
An 18-year old Diablo III player in Taiwan was found dead recently after a 40-hour marathon session with the game, reports the Australian Associated Press.
The player, who has only been identified as Chuang, reportedly booked a room at his local Internet café before diving into the game, not stopping for sleep or food the entire time. An employee of the café found him passed out on a table Sunday.

[Related: Diablo III sets PC sales record]

He woke up when approached, but collapsed after a few steps and was rushed to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. An autopsy is pending, but authorities noted that the long period of sitting still could have created blood clots, which proved fatal.

Sadly, it's not the first game-marathon-related death in Taiwan this year. In February, Chen Rong-yu had a fatal heart attack while playing in an Internet café in Taipei while playing online smash hit, League of Legends. Fellow players, though, didn't notice he had died for another nine hours.

Deaths in Internet cafes are rare, but happen from time to time when players concentrate so intensely on their games, that they ignore factors like the body's need for sleep and food.
Last year, a 30 year-old Chinese gamer died after staying up for three consecutive days, barely eating or drinking anything. And last August, 20 year-old Chris Staniforth suffered a pulmonary embolism after a marathon session on his Xbox.

The deaths underscore the risk of game addiction, which more and more people are becoming worried about as the industry grows.

 

[July 4 1776]

Seriously after about six hours I just lose all desire to keep playing. Im a big boy at 6'5 250lbs though and food is too important to me to forget lol

 

[jms493]

I cant sit for more than like 2 hours before i have to get up.

 

[tigstah]

damn.....how someone could sit and play a game that long is beyond belief.

 

[Houston]

Couldn't even sneak in a bag of chips or something?

 

[NAHSTE]

I played NCAA for around 14 of the last 24 hours and even that made me feel pretty terrible physically.

 

[Chrispy]

Only time a i can play a game for more than a couple of hours is the first day I get a game like COD to try and complete the single player campaign mode.

 

[killgod]

smoking weed saves lives. if he was a pothead, he would gotten up from time to time.

just sayin.

 

[Rip]

I'm more astonished he was able to play that horrid game for 40 hours.

 

[Derrville]

smoking weed saves lives. if he was a pothead, he would gotten up from time to time.

just sayin.

Lol i was just thinking this.

 

[kmanharris]

I've pulled a few 24 hour days but it just isn't possible to sit that long. Once I hit the 10+ hour mark I gotta get up and at least stretch.

 

[Villain]

:cray:

 

[Twigg4075]

Of course it's Taiwan. 99% of the time you hear about this shit it's either Taiwan, Korea or some place like that. And it's always PC games like Starcraft or Diablo.

I played Borderlands for seven straight hours yesterday and started feeling light headed. So I grabbed another glass of Red Stag and a beer and I was good to go.

 

[killgod]

Of course it's Taiwan. 99% of the time you hear about this shit it's either Taiwan, Korea or some place like that. And it's always PC games like Starcraft or Diablo.

I played Borderlands for seven straight hours yesterday and started feeling light headed. So I grabbed another glass of Red Stag and a beer and I was good to go.

The other 1% of the time I think it'll be....Baltimore.

Just a hunch.

 

[CCBrink]

Longest gaming session I've pulled was powering through Arkham Asylum in one sitting. Stayed up all night and played 15 hours. I passed out for about 12 hours after that lol.

 

[tigstah]

15 hrs....geez.
i tap out after about 4 hrs straight.
damn i guess i am old....cant hang anymore.

 

[Swarley]

Who doesn't eat for 40 hours? What a rookie.

 

[dell71]

15 hrs....geez.
i tap out after about 4 hrs straight.
damn i guess i am old....cant hang anymore.

Exactly what I was thinking. I used to pull some 7 or 8 hour marathons of Madden back in the day but even that was ridiculous.

 

[Twigg4075]

The other 1% of the time I think it'll be....Baltimore.

Just a hunch.

Oh. Hahahahahahahaha. I see what you did there. Hilarious!

 

[1ke]

Twiggs, Med, and Swarley and I played GoW 3 on launch night for about 6 hours. But shit man, there were at least beverages involved. Who even plays games without refreshments.