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Gamer drops dead playing Diablo III for 40 Hours

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Rodj Blake
PIE Inc.
Khimi Harar
#41 - 2012-07-20 07:25:51 UTC
Shameless Avenger wrote:
Afaik ~ "A human body can survive 8-14 days without water depending on the person and how fast sweat, urine, and tears"

Lack of water wasn't it. Food wasn't it either, you can be a lot more days without food. Not moving for 40 hours? Come on! If you haven't stay in bed longer than that during hangover-recovery, you haven't party hard enough.

And no I don't think it was the tears. Had he been playing EVE, maybe... but he wasn't so, no.



Sitting isn't the same as laying down.

You tend not to get deep vein thrombosis after laying in bed for a couple of days.

Dolce et decorum est pro Imperium mori
Sarah Atkinson
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#42 - 2012-07-20 07:32:09 UTC
dexington wrote:
Apathy is easy, empathy is not, it takes effort and makes you look weak.


Oh, in that case carry on..

Pickles!
Spectre80
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#43 - 2012-07-20 07:32:49 UTC
hah. diablo 3. would have bought it but they had to make it require constant internet connection to their servers and despite theirs claims that it was not done in fear of piracy i call bullshit. thats just why they did it. well im not one to take kindly on anybody trying to force my hand. i played old diablos as single player games and would have enjoyed same with new one and would have bought it but nope. blizzard can go to hell.
Vain Eldritch
Pandemic Horde Inc.
Pandemic Horde
#44 - 2012-07-20 07:32:54 UTC
Macks Artilius wrote:
So what, he didn't need to pee or take a dump for 40 hours straight either? I call BS.


From poopsock to coffin.

Androgynous Caldari Cross-dresser
Alice Saki
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#45 - 2012-07-20 07:43:05 UTC
Only 40 hours. Prrrffff

FREEZE! Drop the LIKES AND WALK AWAY! - Currenly rebuilding gaming machine, I will Return.
Dave Stark
#46 - 2012-07-20 07:44:15 UTC
doing almost anything for 40 hours straight would kill you, i imagine. this is hardly news.
Bunnie Hop
Bunny Knights
#47 - 2012-07-20 08:01:51 UTC
We all need moderation in the things we do, 40 hours of anything is too much. Saddens me a young person died and I hope that others learn a lesson so that it is not in vain.
hedge betts Shiyurida
State Protectorate
Caldari State
#48 - 2012-07-20 08:19:18 UTC
Wonders what the death tally will reach when mechwarrior online is released. I for one plan being divorced or castrated by my wife when this bad boy launches.

Pog mo thoin

Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#49 - 2012-07-20 08:27:33 UTC
Macks Artilius wrote:
So what, he didn't need to pee or take a dump for 40 hours straight either? I call BS.


That's probably what killed him.

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Cebraio
State War Academy
Caldari State
#50 - 2012-07-20 08:51:02 UTC  |  Edited by: Cebraio
I'm not sure if we all read the same article, but for the people who wonder about the cause of his death, it's pretty clearly written in the article: He played for 40 hours straight, probably not standing up in between (at least not often enough), then he stood up and walked a few steps. Then dropped dead.

When you sit for such a long time, you are likely to develop a Thrombus in your legs. Then, when you stand up and walk, the blood clot moves through your blood vessels and can end up in your brain, where it clogs again and causes a Stroke.

This can happen even within less time, for example during an oversea flight. That's why you should stand up and walk in between, when sitting for a long time - or at least move your feet repeatedly.
Lyskal Oskold
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#51 - 2012-07-20 08:55:55 UTC
I feel really sorry for his family. He must have been mentally ill or depressed to require such deep immersion into the game.

Hopefully there is a Heaven and when he goes there he'll have the opportunity to be the hero he always wanted to be. Maybe Valhalla. Yeah, he can go to Valhalla and kill all the annoying CoD fanboiz that are up there forever and get wasted.

"Love is just a chemical, no matter the origin. We give it meaning by choice." - Eleanor Lamb
Halete
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#52 - 2012-07-20 09:18:08 UTC
Of course the Norse were right. If there's no Yggdrasil, we'd fall into the Ginnungagap.

As a mighty forum warrior, my interpretation of Valhalla allows me to believe that dying with a keyboard in your hands totally counts to get you up there.

"To know the true path, but yet, to never follow it. That is possibly the gravest sin" - The Scriptures, Book of Missions 13:21
Victoria Sin
Doomheim
#53 - 2012-07-20 09:23:00 UTC
Shameless Avenger wrote:
I've been online for 48 hours camping a gate


Christ. Not so much dying from lack of water as loosing the will to live.
Patrakele
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#54 - 2012-07-20 09:23:27 UTC
How can anyone play that piece of **** of so long?
Klown Walk
Science and Trade Institute
Caldari State
#55 - 2012-07-20 09:33:20 UTC
I can´t even stay up 24 hours.
Cede Forster
Deep Core Mining Inc.
Caldari State
#56 - 2012-07-20 09:36:30 UTC
New difficulty unlocked in D3: "Reality mode"

If you die in the game ...


Haven't we heard that before, in a lot of bad sci-fi shows?
feihcsiM
THE B0YS
#57 - 2012-07-20 10:58:52 UTC
I remember playing X3:TC to storyline completion in one sitting. I had a targetting reticle burnt into my vision when I eventually went to sleep...

This guy probably had caffeine poisoning too, I bet there was a pile of empty RedBulls around his seat.

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
Rashmika Clavain
Revelation Space
#58 - 2012-07-20 11:05:09 UTC
I call marketing/advertising scam.

I bet Blizzard paid him to play with the agreement they'll double tap him after 40 hours. I bet his family is now substabntially richer.

Yes, that's it.
Hiyora Akachi
Blood Alcohol Content
T O P S H E L F
#59 - 2012-07-20 11:54:44 UTC
I can understand playing Diablo III.


But for 40 hours straight?

One can only stand Leah so long before they want to murder themselves....
Mallak Azaria
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#60 - 2012-07-20 11:56:58 UTC
People always die playing silly fantasy MMO's or strategy games. There is clearly something wrong with this kind of person.

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