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Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session
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."'"
Scruffy gonna die the way he lived
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... the lead paint on the game controller.
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Guess we'll just have to ban online gaming. How many more have to die??
It's not a lie. It's the truth with lossy compression.
All you need is a beer helmet and a chick giving you a blow job and you could die with all your bases covered.
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This wouldn't have happened if he had been running Linux.
What? It did say he was Chinese, right?
What?
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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.
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So true, not enough Linux games to play for 3 days straight. GO LINUX!
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The (lack of) stability of the Operating System prevents running a computer for such marathon sessions.
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>He died playing WoW. Do I have any takers?
If that were true, I'd say his life just improved.
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An hour later, he was hungry for life again.
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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...
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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!!"
Has Comcast disconnected your Internet account? Same here. You can read about it at http://comcastissue.blogspot.com
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.
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Actually, the first Marathon was fatal.
Nobody ever learns from history.
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>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.
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Are we sure it wasn't just the smell?
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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).
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Guess he couldn't take the grind no more. At least he's leaving family with WoW gold.
Oh wait...
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?"
Did he drop any good loot?
Hey, some people are addicted to computer games, some are addicted to gravity...
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I tried going off gravity cold turkey... I crashed hard.
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As A. Whitney Brown 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."
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>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!
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Nonsense! We rinsed out the bongs twice a day during that week ;-)
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