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    Man Dies After Playing For 86 Hours Straight

    Oh my god...has anyone seen this yet?

    http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/...061260831.html

    That guy basically played in an Internet cafe for 86 hours straight before he died. Has anyone here ever played for close to that long? How did you guys feel after staying awake for 48 hours straight?
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    I get a dead link
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    Originally posted by Rewdog
    I get a dead link
    Sorry about that. Added an "l" to the end of that URL. It's working now.
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    I wonder what he was doing on the net.

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    he was playing a game..thats pretty sad most ive done was 72 that was lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of soda and coffee!!
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    hmmm

    Wow this guy takes the cake. Although game addicts playing for hours does not seem to be unusual these days. My friend owns an internet cafe and I have seen people who would go as much as two days straight playing games without standing up or taking a rest. Business was so good that she decided to offer sandwiches and set meals for those too busy to simply stand up and eat. She is making quite a killing with that as well

    Now whats next? Dextros on the special menu?

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    I'm trying very hard to not do something like that at the moment. Just got 'Mafia' and am enjoying it way too much.

    It makes you wonder what game he was playing though. 86 hours is an amazingly long time to do *anything*, much less sit in a chair playing a video game.

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    omg.. 1 hour is the most i played.. and i get a headache from that already

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    seems to me like another "blame the internet" story
    what else was this bloke doing apart from sitting at the computer ?
    it says he hardly ate .. so, what's that mean ? some sort of speed ?
    you'd really need some kind of chemical to stay awake .. no one can stay awake for 86 hours

    be interesting to see the autopsy results

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    Originally posted by interactive
    he was playing a game..thats pretty sad most ive done was 72 that was lots and lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of soda and coffee!!
    72 hours!!?? I've never come even remotely close to that. One question - Why, why, why?

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    what was the game?

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    It definitely sounds quite strange. Whatever was he playing anyway? It could have been a factor in his demise...

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    Originally posted by Angel78
    what was the game?
    Minesweeper

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    this isnt the first story like this. About two years ago i was a news poster at this one site (Name skiped my head) and i posted a similar aritcle. A man died at a comptuer cafe playing Counter Strike for over 70 hours strait. I wish i could find that article but like i said it was 2 years ago.

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    It's true what they say.

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    I wouldn't call it stupidty, rather devotion.
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    Maybe he should have been as devoted in finding a job.

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    well i dont think devotion is the right word either... or maybe stupidity mixed with devotion...

    i think there must've been something else there.. 'cause shouldn't the body's defense mechanism stop him before he dies??? It's like you can't just stop breathing and drown just because you want to... right?

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    Originally posted by ChowSumDung
    Minesweeper
    Now that's sad...

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    There had to be a drug or substance involved. Even if he shotup with cafeine every once in awhile, that would put him to sleep quite quickly. I am very interested in the autopsy results.

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    My questions is how exactly did he die?

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    that's 3 of us now

    we want the autopsy results !!!

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    It looks like Darwin's influence reaches all the way to Korea Sorry, but I can't bring myself to feel any sympathy for him.

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    Once played Tribes for about 15 hours with small breaks. I was in the zone and totally OWNED them....

    That was about 18mths ago....
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