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> S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games

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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/korea_ga...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/korea_ga...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

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>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/korea_ga...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-

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>Quoth The Raven "erico" <emolsen@comcast.net> in
>b8CdnZ2dnZ1F7DCrnZ2dnfTAZN-dnZ2dRVn-yp2dnZ0@comcast.com
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>what was the previous record before this? 48hours?

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> "Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
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> I've gamed for 40 hours and felt fine.

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> "Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
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> I've gamed for 40 hours and felt fine.

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> I reckon I could game for more than 50 hours and manage not to die.

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> "Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
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> I've gamed for 40 hours and felt fine.

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> "erico" <emolsen@comcast.net> wrote:
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> Only 50 hours? That's barely 2 days. Sissy.
> I reckon I could game for more than 50 hours and manage not to die.

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> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Bateau <Gamera@work.stomping.aza>
> wrote:
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> No, you need government protection. I propose we ban all videogames.
>
> Think of the children.

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> After about 30 to 36 hours I get really punchy from sleep deprivation.
> Solid objects tend to take on a wavy quality like seeing ripples on the
> surface of a pond.

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> After about 30 to 36 hours I get really punchy from sleep deprivation.
> Solid objects tend to take on a wavy quality like seeing ripples on the
> surface of a pond.

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> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/korea_ga...HBhBHNlYwM5NjQ-
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>"Bateau" <Gamera@work.stomping.aza> wrote in message
>news:olrjf1tn0v8o8iol7duqk2ru4qh6j0cvlj@4ax.com...
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>You're not Korean, are you?

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>Bateau <Gamera@work.stomping.aza> writes:
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>
>Remember to increase difficulty by not eating or drinking anything.

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>After about 30 to 36 hours I get really punchy from sleep deprivation.
>Solid objects tend to take on a wavy quality like seeing ripples on the
>surface of a pond.

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> You think Reuters got scammed? You'd think they'd fact
> check before
> sending it out on the wires.
>
> --
> Bill Cable - Steelers Fan & Star Wars Collector
> http://CreatureCantina.com <----- funny!
> cable@creaturecantina.com
>

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> "Bill Cable" <billcable@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1123646392.904605.140870@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
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> It reads like a story planted by the Korean government as a sort of
> morality tale. "Don't quit your job. Don't play too many video games.
> Remain a productive member of society. Or else you'll DIE!"

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> "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:VQrKe.14284$084.1471@attbi_s22...
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>
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> Wrong side of the 38th.
>
>

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> "Robin" <robinandtami@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:VQrKe.14284$084.1471@attbi_s22...
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> Wrong side of the 38th.
>

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>
> Certainly you aren't implying that only communist governments plant
> stories in the media?

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> I could totally do that too. It's not like you expend much energy or
> sweat while gaming.
> For $50,000 I would try it.

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> this was big news when it happened in 2002...
>
> funny, the name, age, and number of hours have been changed, but it's
> the same urban myth year after year...
>
> read here:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/7f56h

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> Certainly you aren't implying that only communist
> governments plant stories in the media?

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> After about 30 to 36 hours I get really punchy from sleep deprivation.
> Solid objects tend to take on a wavy quality like seeing ripples on the
> surface of a pond.

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> "Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:1123690707.569804.162280@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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> I start seeing stereotypical Grim Reaper figures, complete with black
> robes and scythes in my peripheral vision when I'm sleep deprived.
> Mentioned that to a former cow-orker of mine once. He suggested not
> telling too many people about that.

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>"Bateau" <Gamera@work.stomping.aza> wrote in message
>news:olrjf1tn0v8o8iol7duqk2ru4qh6j0cvlj@4ax.com...
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>You're not Korean, are you?

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> Robin wrote:
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> No, but have you ever read some articles from North Korea
> on Kim Jong Il? I'm sure his Nobel Peace Prize is on the
> way.
>
> Swi

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> No, but what will most likely happen is blood clots will form in your legs
> from being motionless for long periods of time and eventually they move to
> the brain, where they will kill you. I doubt this guy died from exhaustion
> like the article implied.

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>
> You're not Klan, are you?

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> you have to watch "dead like me" if you havent already

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> "Hank the Rapper" <xflopgoon@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:meSdnSE3tvfoHGffRVn-pA@comcast.com...
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>
> Is it pinched veins or something that causes them? That
> sucks.
>

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> "Bill Cable" <billcable@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1123646392.904605.140870@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
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> It reads like a story planted by the Korean government as a
> sort of morality tale. "Don't quit your job. Don't play
> too many video games. Remain a productive member of
> society. Or else you'll DIE!"

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> No, it's called DVT, or deep veined thrombosis. It is a
> blood clot, usually in the calf area that results from the
> lower legs being motionless for long periods of time.
> That's why, if you've ever had surgery, they made you wear
> those funny hoses massage your legs. The signs are pain in
> the leg area, heat emanating from the area, and tenderness
> to the touch.

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> "Highlandish" <ckreskay_CURSEING@dodo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:42fae460$0$18643$14726298@news.sunsite.dk...
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>
> Fun show. Too bad it got cancelled.

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> "USAF LM" <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:11fl1jjqmvubq70@corp.supernews.com...
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> Yes, 11 holes in one on the first round of golf he ever played, AMAZING!
>

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> "Fred Liken" <nothanks@toocoolforschool.com> wrote:
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> No it's my pure white man blood that keeps me going!

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> tenderness to the touch.
>

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>
> it did? I've downloaded the first 2 eps. now I'll have to get the rest

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> Robin wrote:
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> Well, I read a similar article a couple of years ago, but
> I haven't
> read this one yet. I'm just curious about your statement
> here. I'm
> wondering how playing video games for 50 hours straight is
> a message to
> bust your XXX for your country?
>

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>"Bateau" <Gamera@work.stomping.aza> wrote in message
>news:g6gkf1lu11a3j7jfd7jjpo8ci9k4ev307d@4ax.com...
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>Yes, well preserved from all the pringles, beer, and twinkies...

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>Bateau wrote:
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>No, but what will most likely happen is blood clots will form in your legs
>from being motionless for long periods of time and eventually they move to
>the brain, where they will kill you. I doubt this guy died from exhaustion
>like the article implied.

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> from being motionless for long periods of time and eventually they move to
> the brain, where they will kill you. I doubt this guy died from exhaustion
> like the article implied.

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>
> Blood clots in your legs go to your lungs, not your brain. It's a DVT
> (deep vein thrombosis) that causes an embolus that causes a PE (pulmonary
> embolus). Can be deadly. I would recommend, um, moving your legs every
> once in a while if you plan on playing video games for 50 straight hours.

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> I'd check the show's official site, but Showtime doesn't
> seem to let people from outside the US view their page.

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> "HockeyTownUSA" <cyberpilot at gmail dot com> wrote:
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> I don't touch alcohol and we don't have twinkies in Australia. But
> pringles r great!!!111111111111

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>"Bateau" <Gamera@work.stomping.aza> wrote in message
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>Don't touch alcohol?!? You're not a real man. Sheesh, until you've puked
>your guts out on beer, you're still just a pre-pubescent boy...

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> "HockeyTownUSA" <cyberpilot at gmail dot com> wrote:
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>
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> I am a manly man.

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>Bateau wrote:
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>Victoria's Bitter and XXXX.....mmmmmm.... I like Australian beer

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>Bateau wrote:
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>Victoria's Bitter and XXXX.....mmmmmm.... I like Australian beer

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> babanoosh <snoopdizzel@dodgeit.com> wrote:
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> It's called "VB"

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> babanoosh <snoopdizzel@dodgeit.com> wrote:
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> Oh and VB is also for white trash.

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>
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> It's called "VB" and that other one I think is export only.

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> Don't touch alcohol?!? You're not a real man. Sheesh, until you've puked
> your guts out on beer, you're still just a pre-pubescent boy...

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>"Bateau" <Gamera@work.stomping.aza> wrote in message
>news:86apf1dprqbackb1ratv4h69qk8sp290mh@4ax.com...
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>Don't touch alcohol?!? You're not a real man. Sheesh, until you've puked
>your guts out on beer, you're still just a pre-pubescent boy...
>

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>
> You have confused "Real Man" with adolescent that thinks puking is
> somehow "cool".
>
> Real Men know when to stop drinking, morons and teenagers drink till
> they puke.
>
> Xocyll

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>Xocyll wrote:
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>No. Actually, YOU have misplaced "simple humor" as some sort of
>egotistical threat to your manhood.

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>"Xocyll" <Xocyll@kingston.net> wrote in message
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>Ask a Roman.
>
>Hint: it's the journey, not the destination.

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> "CCCP1" <nobody@nothanks.not> looked up from reading the entrails of the
> porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>
>
> That's just the point, it was the destination.
>
> There's a vast difference between the old Roman custom of the vomitorium
> so they could continue to _eat_ and preppies drinking till they puke,
> and then not drinking any more.
>
> They drank TO puke, and that's mystifying to me.

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>"Xocyll" <Xocyll@kingston.net> wrote in message
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>Huh. I always saw puking as a badge of honor (of sorts). What you're
>describing is just...weird.

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> "CCCP1" <nobody@nothanks.not> wrote:
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> Is that honour above or below getting your sister pregnant?