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Another Man Dies After Marathon Gaming Session

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on 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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  1. Marathon session by Pojut · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    We had a week-long LAN party during the summer between 11th and 12th grade (wow...I know I'm still quite young only 23, but DAMN that feels like a long time ago) It was quite cool the way it worked. There were a total of about 20 people or so in this one dude's basement...we would essentially play in "shifts"...10 people or so would play for 3-5hours while the others slept. Rinse and repeat.

    That was a hell of a week.

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  2. Re:In other news today ... by XenoPhage · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Oh how I wish I had mod points...

    +1 Funny!

    Actually.. I've never, to my knowledge, had mod points.. And if I suddenly gain them, how will I know? Hrm... Something to ponder..

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  3. Re:Die with a smile by Amouth · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    +1

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  4. Re:huh? by Ash+Vince · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Karma: Bad (mostly from not giving a fuck) I don't give a fuck either, but try doing it in a more interesting way.

    (This is offtopic in case you fuckwits with mod points haven't noticed)
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