SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- 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.

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.

You can tell this guy's single. My wife gets crazy if I spend over an hour a day playing computer games. Seriously, though, even overlooking the fact that he went for 49 hours without food or drink, how did he manage to sit that long without going to the bathroom? And what about the employees of this internet cafe? After about 24 hours, didn't it cross someone's mind that maybe something was wrong?

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1 The little woman rescued me from a 3 hour mech commander binge last night.

Posted by: Howie at August 10, 2005 09:44 AM (D3+20)

2 Died after only 50 hours? Noob. /TJ

Posted by: TJ at August 10, 2005 09:56 AM (/0bzs)

3 Yeah TJ, this guy was a total n00b. I finished Starcraft in like 3 hours, while watching porn.

Posted by: Fersboo at August 10, 2005 11:14 AM (x0fj6)

4 >>>I finished Starcraft in like 3 hours, while watching porn. Same here, but then there are endless hours of fun playing online against real human opponents. That's the stuff that keeps a guy locked to his keyboard.

Posted by: Carlos at August 10, 2005 01:27 PM (8e/V4)

5 Hopefully Hillary & the libs can help this guy's family sue the game maker since it is clearly their fault he became addicted to their product and it killed him.

Posted by: j. blair at August 10, 2005 02:57 PM (FrnwP)

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