Report: Man dies after 'marathon' online session

[Guard Dog]

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- An obese 26-year-old man in northeastern China died after a "marathon" online gaming session over the Lunar New Year holiday, state media said on Wednesday.

 

The 150-kilogram (330-pound) man from Jinzhou, in Liaoning province, collapsed on Saturday, the last day of the holiday, after spending "almost all" of the seven-day break playing online games, the China Daily said, citing his parents.

 

Xu Yan, a local teacher, said the "dull life" during the holiday prompted many people to turn to computer games for entertainment.

 

"There are only two options. TV or computer. What else can I do in the holiday as all markets, KTV and cafeterias are shut down?" the paper quoted Xu as saying.

 

China has seen an alarming rise in the number of teenage and young adult Internet addicts in recent years, despite attempts to restrict minors from cyber cafes and limit online game playing times. (Watch how China is trying to cure Internet addicts )

 

About 2.6 million -- or 13 percent -- of China's 20 million Internet users under 18 are classed as addicts, state media have reported

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This stuff will KILL you!

 

Out of curiosity, whats the longest time you guys have spent playing at one time and what game was it? When Madden football came out for the Sega Genesis back in '94 I called in sick for work on Monday and played nearly continuously from Saturday morning until Monday night. These days I ususally lose interest after 2-3 hours. But I have a pretty short attention span.

Edited February 28, 2007 by Guard Dog

[Guest The Architect]

I played FIFA 06' for around 10 hours straight one day, but meh, that's about it.

 

The moral of the story is not to play online games. I never have, and I never will.

 

Oh, and the other moral of the story is to exercise regularly!

[Fenghuang]

BEIJING, China (Reuters) -- An obese 26-year-old man in northeastern China died after a "marathon" online gaming session over the Lunar New Year holiday, state media said on Wednesday.

 

The 150-kilogram (330-pound) man from Jinzhou, in Liaoning province, collapsed on Saturday, the last day of the holiday, after spending "almost all" of the seven-day break playing online games, the China Daily said, citing his parents.

 

Xu Yan, a local teacher, said the "dull life" during the holiday prompted many people to turn to computer games for entertainment.

 

"There are only two options. TV or computer. What else can I do in the holiday as all markets, KTV and cafeterias are shut down?" the paper quoted Xu as saying.

 

China has seen an alarming rise in the number of teenage and young adult Internet addicts in recent years, despite attempts to restrict minors from cyber cafes and limit online game playing times. (Watch how China is trying to cure Internet addicts )

 

About 2.6 million -- or 13 percent -- of China's 20 million Internet users under 18 are classed as addicts, state media have reported

Link

 

This stuff will KILL you!

 

Out of curiosity, whats the longest time you guys have spent playing at one time and what game was it? When Madden football came out for the Sega Genesis back in '94 I called in sick for work on Monday and played nearly continuously from Saturday morning until Monday night. These days I ususally lose interest after 2-3 hours. But I have a pretty short attention span.

 

 

Is this with breaks for food/toilet or without?

 

 

With, 36+, but I was a lot less motivated back then.

 

Without, 12 hours.

Edited March 1, 2007 by Fenghuang

[SteveThaiBinh]

I played The Sims for fifteen hours once, but I did have breaks. That was part of the fun, to go off and come back and see what kind of mess they'd got themselves into.

There are only two options. TV or computer.

Yup.

[Draken]

Street.

 

Fighter.

 

II.

[Sand]

Moderation in all things leads to a long life. The most I stay infront of a computer is 6 hours and even then I take breaks.

[Sammael]

I originally finished Torment in one marathon session which lasted 36 hours (with bathroom breaks and two food breaks).

 

These days, I rarely spend more than 2 hours per day gaming, although the total time I spend at the computer is 12+ hours daily (job+free time).

Edited March 1, 2007 by Sammael

[theslug]

Longest I probably played a game was probably diddy kong racing when me and my friend spent like an entire day and night playing it on n64 or when I first got Oblivion.

[Azure79]

I've never played for that long a time. Usually my urge to eat will overpower my urge to play games and then my urge to sleep will overpower everything.

 

Since I'm hungry every 2-3 hours and am constantly sleepy, I've never played video games for more than 3 hours straight.

 

So the trick is be so lazy you don't even want to play games.

[Zoma]

40+ hours with short breaks in between playing NWN in one of the RP persistent world. Felt like going through a heart attack from that session. I was such an undisciplined kid back then.

 

I still do play in that PW, but I don't marathon anymore now.

[Krookie]

I remember playing the original Pokemon Red for the whole day, a few times. I'd go to a friends house (which was really stupid cause no one said a word outside of "I CAUGHT IT!") and we'd all sit on the couch with extra batteries and soda and stuff.

[theslug]

I remember playing the original Pokemon Red for the whole day, a few times. I'd go to a friends house (which was really stupid cause no one said a word outside of "I CAUGHT IT!") and we'd all sit on the couch with extra batteries and soda and stuff.

Rofl I remember my friend got a gameboy and pokemon blue. We were outside and me and another friend were pretty much just hovering over his shoulder watching him play. One fight this pokemon whose only move was "harden" rofl but anyways that was pretty much the selling point for me to get the game later that evening. Pretty sweet game though.

[Calax]

Longest marathon? after I quit school but did not have to pay rent, I played City of Heroes for almost a week strait.... it was the only thing I did other than Sleep for a few hours.

[Gorgon]

This reminds me, i'm going to try and see if I can make it through a week with no gaming of any kind.

[LadyCrimson]

I don't remember exactly, but probably the longest was around 30-40 hours, w/occasional bathroom and mt dew breaks. I don't remember eating much over that time, but I probably had a small sandwich or something. I know I've had marathons with Diablo2, and probably some early single-player games...like DungeonKeeper and Baldurs Gate1. During the most manic gaming phase, it was probably more average for me to game 6-8 hours every day, sometimes up to 10.

 

That doesn't happen too much anymore.

[Atreides]

Maybe 6 hours. Then I'd have meals and "life" for a few hours then get back to gaming in an intense period.

[kirottu]

There haven

[ramza]

Played Final Fantasy Tactics on Playstation for 8 hours in a row (with breaks probably... can't remember, that was so old)... I usually avoid playing videogames for too long (2-3 hours per day max, and that happens rarely)...

[mkreku]

Back in the mid-nineties, when the Internet was still young, I discovered Multi User Dungeons, more commonly known as the abbreviation MUD. I started playing on a MUD called Valhalla (which is dead now) and after a few years I moved on to Medievia. When I played Medievia I used to start playing at about 10 in the morning, play throughout the whole day (with the occasional soda purchase break for 30 seconds every now and then), play through the night and still be sitting there at 10 in the morning the next day. I'm guessing I've had ~30 hours sessions at one time. The thing is that I didn't have a computer back then, so I'd do this sitting in the University computer labs! I had to hide from security guards during nights and when morning came, I had to pretend like I had just arrived there when the other students came.

 

I kind of miss those days. I was pretty good at that game and I miss being a top player in a cyber world sometimes. I vaguely remember having something like 4500+ player kills, but they reset those numbers a few years after I stopped playing.

[Diamond]

Longest? NWN1 online, ~24 hours (a day + a night + half a day), one food break + snacks on the go. For the last month I was only playing tetris on my mobile phone while going to work by train.

[aVENGER]

When Baldur's Gate 2 came out back in 2000 I skipped two weeks of University lectures and exams and played it 8-12 hours each day (with breaks).

 

Nowdays, I mostly game during the weekends, usually in 2-4 hour sessions.

[Musopticon?]

The longest I've ever gone was 11 hours playing Rune, I made almost through the whole singleplayer on one sitting. But nowadays I play in two hour intakes. And I get to play on like every third weekend. A couple of months ago, I was without any kind of gaming for a one and a half month.

 

It's uncanny how easily computer addiction passed, a year ago I was here doing almost full days of posting and playing tons of Rome:Total War on the side. Now I hardly post and gaming is just a way to pass time.

Edited March 1, 2007 by Musopticon?

[Slowtrain]

Despite what that article would like to lead us to believe, there's nothing there to indicate that either obesity or gaming were any factors in his death. It doesn't even say how long after his gaming session he died. For all we know he was hit by a bus on his way home.

 

Nice bun of loaded propaganda bull**** trying to link gaming obesity and death. Typical

[Gfted1]

There have probably been occasions where I logged a good 7-8 hour stretch on WoW but thats about it. Normally I play it 2-3 hours a day over 3 days a week.

[astr0creep]

Before I had a girlfriend, on weekends I would get out of bed at around 8am(that's sleeping in for me...), turn on the PC and read some news while having breakfast. Around 9am I would start a game and I would play until dinner time(6-7pm). Then I would order food and play while waiting. When the delivery guy arrived he would see my screen and we'd have a little chat about the game I was playing.

I'd watch a movie while I ate and after that I'd play until midnight or 1-2 am.

 

Sundays were very similar but sometimes I'd go see a movie in a theater in the afternoon.

 

 

I had no friends and my skin is still pasty white/greenish to this very day.