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Doraemon
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Australia14949 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-05 02:04:30
March 04 2010 22:58 GMT
#1
http://www.news.com.au/world/korean-baby-dies-as-parents-kim-yoo-chul-and-choi-mi-sun-raise-virtual-bub/story-e6frfkyi-1225837180407

wow...koreans...crazy o.O i think excessive is an understatement.

i must say. when i went to korea for 2 weeks. i didn't even see 1 LAN cafe. hmmmph

Do yourself a favour and just STFU
sMi.MeOw
Profile Joined August 2007
New Zealand160 Posts
March 04 2010 23:01 GMT
#2
these are old...

and...you sure you went to South Korea???

<3CL<3Minzy<3Bom<3Dara<3 [2NE1]
KwarK
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States43367 Posts
March 04 2010 23:05 GMT
#3
I always make sure to stay well hydrated when I play bw for 50 hours without stopping. Dehydration messes with the decision making.
ModeratorThe angels have the phone box
Assault_1
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada1950 Posts
March 04 2010 23:13 GMT
#4
I cant play bw more than 12hours... d2 I could though.
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
March 04 2010 23:14 GMT
#5
I can't focus for more than 8 regardless - I have trouble believing that he was playing optimally for all 50 hours
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Craton
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States17274 Posts
March 04 2010 23:14 GMT
#6
"Due to our sense of guilt, we have not been to a PC gaming room over these five months," they said.


I laughed at how pathetic that was.
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Saturnize
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States2473 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 23:25:00
March 04 2010 23:17 GMT
#7
On March 05 2010 08:14 Craton wrote:
Show nested quote +
"Due to our sense of guilt, we have not been to a PC gaming room over these five months," they said.


I laughed at how pathetic that was.


How is it pathetic? The man died over playing too much starcraft. If someone i knew died from playing starcraft I might feel a little uneasy around the game as well.


EDIT: Didn't read the article before making a comment.
"Time to put the mustard on the hotdog. -_-"
Assault_1
Profile Joined April 2009
Canada1950 Posts
March 04 2010 23:19 GMT
#8
On March 05 2010 08:17 Saturnize wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2010 08:14 Craton wrote:
"Due to our sense of guilt, we have not been to a PC gaming room over these five months," they said.


I laughed at how pathetic that was.


How is it pathetic? The man died over playing too much starcraft. If someone i knew died from playing starcraft I might feel a little uneasy around the game as well.


it sounded cheesy.
zzangbbangddong
Profile Joined March 2010
Antigua/Barbuda21 Posts
March 04 2010 23:20 GMT
#9
On March 05 2010 08:17 Saturnize wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 05 2010 08:14 Craton wrote:
"Due to our sense of guilt, we have not been to a PC gaming room over these five months," they said.


I laughed at how pathetic that was.


How is it pathetic? The man died over playing too much starcraft. If someone i knew died from playing starcraft I might feel a little uneasy around the game as well.


That quote was from the article in which a baby died because its parents were playing some other game..in that case..it is really really pathetic.
im the stone that the builder refused im the visual
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 23:22:42
March 04 2010 23:21 GMT
#10
are you people even reading the article?
wtf is wrong with you

life sentence for both parents imo
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Raelcun
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States3747 Posts
March 04 2010 23:22 GMT
#11
On March 05 2010 08:01 sMi.MeOw wrote:
these are old...

and...you sure you went to South Korea???



Yeah this seriously, theres a huge difference and if you didnt see any internet cafes you werent looking hard enough.
Whiplash
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2928 Posts
March 04 2010 23:24 GMT
#12
Some people fail to realize that if you want to always bring your A game, your body and mind need to be in decent shape or they won't come through for you.
Cinematographer / Steadicam Operator. Former Starcraft commentator/player
SoL[9]
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Portugal1370 Posts
March 04 2010 23:27 GMT
#13
50hours is insane...

"Police said the couple spent up to12 hours a day at internet cafes, leaving their three-month-old daughter home alone at their apartment in Suwon, South Korea."

WTF? Love for a game is understanble for the "gamers" but how the fuck can pass the love to a own child?????

(Bad english i know)

I Can Fly...
RoieTRS
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States2569 Posts
March 04 2010 23:28 GMT
#14
There was another story about someone dying after 50hours of starcraft in sk.

I always joked "Silly korean... can only go 50 hours before dying?"
konadora, in Racenilatr's blog: "you need to stop thinking about starcraft or anything computer-related for that matter. It's becoming a bad addiction imo"
numLoCK
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Canada1416 Posts
March 04 2010 23:30 GMT
#15
Those parents are awful o.O
And the SC player, damn. I've played for over 10 hours once and I had absolutely no idea what was going on by the end of it. I couldn't play cat and mouse, never mind a competitive 1;1
And I had food/drink breaks.
SkylineSC
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States564 Posts
March 04 2010 23:33 GMT
#16
hope that guy was at least B rank
Bill307
Profile Blog Joined October 2002
Canada9103 Posts
March 04 2010 23:34 GMT
#17
IIRC, the last guy to die from non-stop gaming lasted ~80 hours.

50 hours is not news.
InfeSteD
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States4658 Posts
March 04 2010 23:40 GMT
#18
I heard about this when I barely started playin sc long long time ago... but yah asians are pretty crazy when it comes to gaming,,,, just like japanese with fighting games atthe arcades... its a culture...thats why they are better than us xD
w/e
Kennigit *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada19447 Posts
March 04 2010 23:43 GMT
#19
How did you fuck this up so bad lol. It's not the story about a guy dieing from playing too much video games. Its about how 2 parents went on a marathon session raising a virtual child and when they came home, their REAL child had died of malnurtrition.
blue_arrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
1971 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-04 23:52:13
March 04 2010 23:45 GMT
#20
^EXACTLY

also maybe most people are completely ignoring the article details/comments or you truly just don't give a damn:

- parents raise a virtual baby in their MMORPG instead of caring for their real baby
- parents returned home after a 12-hour gaming session to find their 3-month old baby dead from dehydration
- parents lie to the police about finding the baby dead after they 'woke up from sleep'
- all this occured 5 months ago, and the parents were only arrested 2 days ago as they went into hiding right after the child's funeral
- they say "due to our guilt we haven't been to a PC cafe in these last 5 months" when they are caught

WTF
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