Korean man dies from Starcraft

[lord of the mark]

played for 50 hours, stopped only to go to the bathroom, and for short naps.

Link on OT thread, i thought id mention it here for benefit of some folks here who dont read OT.


At least he wasnt a CASUAL GAMER.

[Urban Ranger]

Wuzz. I played rogue for longer than that.

[DrSpike]

These stories are always floating around..........the usual one is Diablo2. No matter what the pursuit there is always someone who will take it too far.

[Adagio]

Some day I should try to play Pong for 50 hours straight




After that I wonder if I ever want to play that game again

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Wuzz. I played rogue for longer than that.

Yeah, but look what it did to you.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by DrSpike
These stories are always floating around..........the usual one is Diablo2. No matter what the pursuit there is always someone who will take it too far.

yeah, like playing on days other than Sunday

[Sava]

I've played counter-strike for around 40 hours straight before... but that was at a LAN party

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


yeah, like playing on days other than Sunday

Such healthy behaviour should not be mocked.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Sava
I've played counter-strike for around 40 hours straight before... but that was at a LAN party

you spent 40 hours with a bunch of nerds, presumably none of whom showered? Ewww.

[Kassiopeia]

I thought his heart condition killed him.

[Skanky Burns]

It was probably one too many "ZOMFG ZErG RUSH kekekeke"s.

[Dis]

why do Koreans like starcraft so much?

[Verto]

They can't handle real games.

[snoopy369]

Starcraft is quite a fun game, if you ignore the lamers who turn it into a co-op and/or a uberrush game. It not only made perhaps the biggest contribution ever to its genre, but is still playable all these years later. It and Civ2 are probably the only graphical games I played in college (1997-2001) and still play today ... that and Moria/Angband.

Edit: And still WOULD play today. I haven't played in a while, but I WOULD play if i had people to play against at my (admittedly poor) skill and interest level

[child of Thor]

"He only paused for short toilet breaks and to catch a few moments of sleep........edit..........we presume he died of exhaustion" - from bbc site.


hmmm lets see, i've been playing FM2005 for about 100hrs, with just short pauses for toilet breaks and to catch a bit of sleep - i feel fine

I'm guessing he must have had some pressing medical condition to die of a heart attack caused by fatigue after that short a stint?

Its important as a hard-core gamer to keep in good physical shape imho - computer gaming often leads to cronic 'couch-potatoe' sydrome.