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**DrSpike** · January 16, 2003, 05:48

Lol a lot of people play games.........chances are some of them are going to die whilst playing through random chance. I want more info.....was this guy prone to any illnesses, was he physically fit.

The article says he only played for 5 hours.......somehow I don't think that alone (or even continued playing over time) can be the sole cause of death.

**aaglo** · January 16, 2003, 05:49

Not another casuality!

Diablo2 has taken it's first steps towards complete annihilation of human race...

**aaglo** · January 16, 2003, 05:51

DrSpike

He played 5 hours of Diablo2 - the article doesn't say what he did previously... Played Quake3 for 12 hours... ?

**DrSpike** · January 16, 2003, 05:54

I don't think the implication was he played other games before playing Diablo.

**Skanky Burns** · January 16, 2003, 06:43

Playing until 1am? Like everyone here hasn't done that - or more - before.

I'm suspecting something other than playing the game caused his death.

**aaglo** · January 16, 2003, 06:55

Poor overall health, lack of vitamins, unhealthy diet, frustration caused by too good MP-opponents and poor AI.

**Maquiladora** · January 16, 2003, 07:59

What puzzles me is why no one at the game centre told him to stop playing, maybe they thought he was just sulking when he was "slumped" on the computer. Theres probably some legend with that terminal now, about it being cursed by some character in Diablo II, if not then there should be.

**Traianvs** · January 16, 2003, 08:08

Yeah, this guy probably had a certain hart failure or something (it happens not only to the elderly, some people simply have a weak hart or so)...

I remember a CS player in Asia that died after a marathon of 48 consecutive hours of gaming or so... simply the combination of the lack of sleep, no food, and the stress of playing CS made him crumble after a while..

but that's just sick, when I am at LANs I usually don't really sleep the entire weekend, apart form an occasional hour with me head on the table

But I still eat, and I don't play stressy games around the clock, plenty of other fun, such as shows, leeching, watching movies, or taking pictures of ppl sleeping in front of their computer screen which is showing a dirty porn movie

**DrSpike** · January 16, 2003, 10:29

I would admit to 8 hours civ2 sessions.....SP and MP. Think I should see my doctor?

**aaglo** · January 16, 2003, 10:32

I wouldn't be worried, DrSpike.

1) Civ2 has nothing to do with the devil (some might disagree

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2) It's not RTS
3) Doctors couldn't help you anyway.

**DrSpike** · January 16, 2003, 10:47

Originally posted by aaglo
3) Doctors couldn't help you anyway.

Oi!

/me slaps aaglo with a large piece of haddock.

**Urban Ranger** · January 16, 2003, 10:47

Second person died playing games. I hope they at least die hapily.

**Traianvs** · January 16, 2003, 11:59

Ya it's a nice way to die.... I mean I've seen pictures of people molested by trains, and mauled by various industrial machines... I think dying in front of your computer is a very relaxing death

**MattyBoy** · January 16, 2003, 20:16

frustration caused by too good MP-opponents and poor AI.

As a programmer, I am often grateful that my errors cannot kill, but now I know otherwise I will have to be more attentive.

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