Second gamer dies after massive binge
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22 Oct 2002, Nick Farrell , V3
Just days after the first 'internet overdose', another addict has died after a marathon games binge.
The 27 year-old Taiwanese man collapsed after playing computer games for 32 hours non-stop.
Police confirmed that Lien Wen-cheng started playing at the cyber cafe in Fengyuan in central Taiwan at 10.30pm on Thursday.
At 7am on Saturday, a staff member found the man on the floor of the cafe's toilet foaming at the mouth and bleeding from the nose. "They rushed him to hospital but he was already dead," local police said.
A police spokesman stated that doctors believe Wen-cheng died from exhaustion, having remained in the same position for too long. The death highlights the danger of such intensive game-playing.
Less than 10 days ago, a 24 year-old South Korean man died at an internet cafe in Kwangju, 260km outside Seoul, after playing continuously for 86 hours.
Psychologist Peter Watson explained that playing games over prolonged periods without sleep places the body under considerable stress.
"Depending on the game, the brain is receiving [the impression] that it is constantly under attack," he said.
"We would not expect hardened soldiers to cope with a 32-hour fire fight, and yet some people think they can play these games constantly for long periods of time."
Do you agree?
Game Overdose
i have played games for over 4 days straight and im only 16 yrs of age and im still typing as it is so....ahh stupid
Posted by Nathan, 19 Aug 2005
unbelievable
Unbelievable. At what point in those 30 some-odd hours do these guys not realize that they are no longer enjoying the activity but DYING from it??? I'm a hard-core gamer. My friends and family always telling me, "Enough!" or "Stop!" but cmon. DEATH by GAMING??? these guys are clearly on ecstasy or cocaine.
Posted by Ali, 13 Sep 2005
We are humans
All those people writing that they have played this long and that far and such, remember that we are humans. Who knows?
His body maybe couldnt resist 32 hours non-stop, even thou some others might play for several days a row and who knows what he did before that? Maybe he was depressed? Maybe he was stressed?
we are all humans, we are all diffrent.
Posted by Isterbandet, 22 Oct 2005
oh my god..ignorance
you guys cant see how your wrecking your health??
get off your coomputers and get outside and get a life..clearly this guy that died had issues...virtual worlds will let you down eventually..its not always gonna be there
take care though
celia-jayne xxx
Posted by Celia-Jayne, 15 Dec 2005
OMGWTFBBQ
HOW STUPID DO YOU HAVE TO BE?!? I mean come on....get off the game for one second and goto the bathroom and get something to eat. I've played for over 7 days, ate food, and went to the bathroom. The difference I'M STILL ALIVE!!!
Posted by Josh Allison, 06 Jan 2006
roflmaonade
yeah, i played for 10 months straight without sleeping and eating and i am still alive!
Posted by mufias, 23 Feb 2006
Hardcore Gamer
In the report I saw nothing of eating or taking a break, I'm a hardcore 16 year old gamer, I've also gone for a week almost strait, but in that wek I did take atleast 30 hours of sleep, I did eat, and I did excersise. givn that he sat in the same position and looke dat the same thins over and over without a break at all, I can see why he had this happen to him. The remedy to this problem is that you need to take a break for atleast 10 minutes every hour, get somthing to drink, get somthing(healthy) to snack on and stretch a little!
Posted by Akari Tsukai, 09 Feb 2006
Lol
yea im hardly hardcore but i ply litlally every night or so, eat healthaly and sleep well and then one day i was plying i suddenly got a headache and now i hv had it for like 8 months non stop, my m8 hs got the same, its just a dull pain but i reckon its worse than a sharp pained headache because it never gone away. I think we need professionls to look into the effects of gaming!!
Posted by Madness, 22 Feb 2007
hard core nerd
last year i played ruinscape for 11 months straight only sleeping for 1 minute periods per week. The only form of exercise was moving my hnd up and down in the groinel area. i didnt eat for ages
Posted by jordan nerdalich, 30 Apr 2007
jesus....
you guys need help... you nshould all seek theropy, then once your over your viedo game fetish try and get laid for once. it will ndo a world of good and i bet you will be off the viedo games
Posted by j, 17 Aug 2009
Don't be stupid.
Take at least a 15 minute break every few hours stretch, do push ups, do anything that gets your blood flowing.... and eat something and drink water.
Posted by Gabe, 24 Mar 2010
wowy
I played over 30 hours straight once. Another time I lost 15 lbs in 1o days as I was not eating, just playing. Crazy. Sex is cool, but gaming lasts longer.
Posted by seaeagle, 26 May 2011
DEAD GAMER
ALL good , one less mouth to feed.. If you are that addicted then I guess it is time to pull the plug.
Posted by mikk, 04 Feb 2012