40-Hour Diablo III Sesssion Kills Taiwan Teen

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Taiwan Teen Dies After a 40-Hour Diablo III Session

July 19, 2012 by Stan Schroeder

"A Taiwanese teenager died after playing Diablo III for 40 hours straight, The Australian reports citing United Daily News.

The 18-year-old boy identified only by his surname, Chuang, booked a room at a cafe in Tainan on July 13 and spent almost two days playing the game without eating.

On July 15 Chuang was found resting on a table; after an attendant woke him up, he took a couple of steps before collapsing. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at a hospital.

Chuang’s death is speculated to be the result of cardiovascular problems due to spending that much time sitting.

This is the second gaming-related death in Taiwan this year, and similar deaths have been reported in other countries as well. In February, a man died after playing League of Legends for 23 hours straight. In February last year, a 30-year-old Chinese man died in Beijing after playing an online game for three days. "

[funkindrago]

This is sad considering there is plenty of opportunity to stop and do something else for 5 minutes while playing DIII

[slugbug]

Pretty sad when people become so addicted to playing a game that common sense gets thrown out the window

[Skataneric]

Asians take their gaming waaaaaay too seriously.

Remember that story of some guy selling off a rare item on his friends WOW account. The "friend" stabbed him to death.

[JMHTL]

wow, just wow. Amazing that someone can subject themselves to this type of gaming session.

[rrplay]

Sometimes wonder with news like this, that maybe some folks could be getting into abusing such highly caffeinated products and energy stimulants for these extended gaming sessions.

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