Man Dies After 50-hour Gaming Marathon

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday August 9, 2005 @04:17AM from the quit-making-us-look-bad dept.

Orbital writes "CNN is reporting that a South Korean man has collapsed and died of heart failure just minutes after wrapping up a 50-hour gaming marathon during which he only took short breaks to go to the bathroom or a quick nap on a makeshift bed." From the article: "Lee had recently quit his job to spend more time playing games, the daily JoongAng Ilbo reported after interviewing former work colleagues and staff at the Internet cafe. After he failed to return home, Lee's mother asked his former colleagues to find him. When they reached the cafe, Lee said he would finish the game and then go home, the paper reported."

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Starcraft... by alphaseven · 2005-08-09 04:38 · Score: 5, Informative

My guess is it was either Lineage, or a map-hacked version of StarCraft.
Yup, Starcraft.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200508 /200508080012.html
Re:Well at least he didn't die working by Goobermunch · 2005-08-09 06:26 · Score: 2, Informative

Actually, according to this article (http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/20050 8/200508080012.html), he didn't quit his job so much as he was fired.

--AC