Now THIS GUY was a power gamer

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Found this while looking for any type of coverage on Cindy in Crawford


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050810/ap_on_re_as/skorea_game_death;_ylt=AtXfq_X2fqxZ4L89e5RMeHx34T0D;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Man Dies After 49 Hours of Computer Games

SEOUL, South Korea - A 28-year-old South Korean man died of exhaustion in an Internet cafe after playing computer games non-stop for 49 hours, South Korean police said Wednesday.
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Lee, a resident in the southern city of Taegu who was identified only by his last name, collapsed Friday after having eaten minimally and not sleeping, refusing to leave his keyboard while he played the battle simulation game Starcraft.

Lee was quickly moved to a hospital but died after a few hours, due to what doctors are presuming was a heart attack, police said.

Lee had been fired from his job last month because he kept missing work to play computer games, police said.

Computer games are enormously popular in
South Korea, home to professional gamers who earn big money through sponsorships and television stations devoted to broadcasting matches.

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1. Get ready for another "blame video games for everything"-fest

already two threads in the lounge.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3828965
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3828968

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2. Oiy!

Yeah, watch it snowball into "games are EEeeeeevilll".