Unclean September 17, 2007 Share Unclean Member September 17, 2007 Man dies after 3-day gaming binge BEIJING, China (AP) -- A man in southern China appears to have died of exhaustion after a three-day Internet gaming binge, state media said Monday. The 30-year-old man fainted at a cyber cafe in the city of Guangzhou Saturday afternoon after he had been playing games online for three days, the Beijing News reported. Paramedics tried to revive him but failed and he was declared dead at the cafe, it said. The paper said that he may have died from exhaustion brought on by too many hours on the Internet. 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." China has 140 million Internet users, second only to the U.S.. It is one of the world's biggest markets for online games, with tens of millions of players, many of whom hunker down for hours in front of PCs in public Internet cafes. Several cities have clinics to treat what psychiatrists have dubbed "Internet addiction" in users, many of them children and teenagers, who play online games or surf the Web for days at a time. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/09/17/interne...h.ap/index.html Anyone know what game he was playing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EbilDustBunny September 17, 2007 Share EbilDustBunny GC Alumni September 17, 2007 how does one die from a binge in a netcafe? Don't they close and kick ppl out? O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VooDooPC September 17, 2007 Share VooDooPC Member September 17, 2007 There's probably a lot that are open 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean September 17, 2007 Author Share Unclean Member September 17, 2007 Yeah, but you'd think someone would have said something. Imagine someone being there when you start a shift, they're still there when you leave, and they're STILL there when you get back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa September 17, 2007 Share Playaa Member September 17, 2007 there are cities in China that have higher populations than some STATES in the U.S. I'm willing to bet that these "Internet Cafe's" are not the little 10-20 computer things we're used to seeing in our neck of the woods. It is entirely probably that the workers in that cafe have so many people to deal with that they don't know how long someone has been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wentz September 17, 2007 Share Wentz Member September 17, 2007 maybe he didn't really die but got sucked into the game like in lawnmower man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringadon September 17, 2007 Share Ringadon Member September 17, 2007 When I first read this topic title I thought "oh great, someone else is gonna ad fuel to the anti video game fire by brutally killing a few dozen people and also being an avid gamer" then I read the actual meat of the post and I just kinna shook my head. That sort of thing makes me sad to see. People need to know their limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtY_joE September 17, 2007 Share dirtY_joE Member September 17, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruten September 17, 2007 Share Kruten Member September 17, 2007 When I first read this topic title I thought "oh great, someone else is gonna ad fuel to the anti video game fire by brutally killing a few dozen people and also being an avid gamer" then I read the actual meat of the post and I just kinna shook my head. That sort of thing makes me sad to see. People need to know their limits. Either way I'm sure Jack Thompson will jump on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean September 17, 2007 Author Share Unclean Member September 17, 2007 there are cities in China that have higher populations than some STATES in the U.S. I'm willing to bet that these "Internet Cafe's" are not the little 10-20 computer things we're used to seeing in our neck of the woods.It is entirely probably that the workers in that cafe have so many people to deal with that they don't know how long someone has been there. Good point. And Ringadon -- don't you think that there are some people that DON'T know their limits? I'd liken this story to a Darwin Award, but there are lots of people that don't know limits, be it booze, food, tv, internet, golf, whatever. I think it's a good thing that some videogames/videogame companies are taking steps to help those that can't control themselves. I've seen "please take a break" messages in Guild Wars, WoW, and on the Wii. It's not perfect, but it's a start. On a side note, I see this turning into a political discussion real quick. Mods, feel free to move if it gets to that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringadon September 18, 2007 Share Ringadon Member September 18, 2007 And Ringadon -- don't you think that there are some people that DON'T know their limits? I'd liken this story to a Darwin Award, but there are lots of people that don't know limits, be it booze, food, tv, internet, golf, whatever. I think it's a good thing that some videogames/videogame companies are taking steps to help those that can't control themselves. I've seen "please take a break" messages in Guild Wars, WoW, and on the Wii. It's not perfect, but it's a start. On a side note, I see this turning into a political discussion real quick. Mods, feel free to move if it gets to that point. The whole point of my saying that people need to know their limits was to call attention to the fact that there are so many people that don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon September 18, 2007 Share Allanon Member September 18, 2007 Like me with my forum browsing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo September 18, 2007 Share anonymo Member September 18, 2007 Chinese government killed him to ensue fear in their people, it's how things get done over there apparently. (note 100 people left the cafe after witnessing the event) Oh and he wasn't playing a game he was figuring out the keyboard on his iPhone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wentz September 18, 2007 Share Wentz Member September 18, 2007 Oh and he wasn't playing a game he was figuring out the keyboard on his iPhone roooooooofles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiler September 18, 2007 Share boiler Member September 18, 2007 Oh and he wasn't playing a game he was figuring out the keyboard on his iPhone +1 internets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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