A man was found dead after playing Diablo III for too long without food or sleep.
The 18-year-old Taiwanese man named Chuang was found dead at an internet cafe. He had apparently been playing Diablo III for 40 hours without any food or sleep and had collapsed after the ordeal.
Chuang had checked himself into a private room in the café on the 13. An employee of the café found the man resting. When found him, Chuang managed to take a few steps before collapsing. He was pronounced dead soon after.
Blizzard released the following statement in regards to the man's death:
"We're saddened to hear this news, and our thoughts are with his family and friends during this difficult time. We don't feel it would be appropriate for us to comment further without knowing all of the circumstances involved.
"While we recognise that it's ultimately up to each individual or their parent or guardian to determine playing habits, we feel that moderation is clearly important, and that a person's day-to-day life should take precedence over any form of entertainment."
The police believe that "that long hours in a sedentary position created cardiovascular problems for Chuang", although an autopsy is being performed to determine the actual cause of death.
Diablo 3 is not fun enough to play for 40 hours straight; this man died a meaningless death.
Noob.
Diablo 3 is not fun enough to play for 40 hours straight; this man died a meaningless death.
Noob.
Yeah, I know what you are thinking... and that is included :-)
Seriously though, is a really sad situation
My condolences go out to the guy's family
And guys that want to play HardCore - your body is Your fined tuned weapon in the Battles ahead
Look at Pro Gamers like Fatal1ty - they does lots physical training and eat healthy diets to make sure they get Every advantage possible in their game!
Play Right to Win
actually i don't feel any other need when playing something i enjoy. Went without food for almost two days when i was playing Skyrim / Sacred / X3:TC and the weird part is that i didn't even notice/feet i was hungry. Guess video games are a good way to save money for the 660 Ti.
NOPE.
If it did, my roommate who drank a case of Monster and stayed up for 3 days to be the first guy on his server to hit level 70 on WOW when their first expansion came out would've died years ago.
Seriously, a man can go 40 hours without water--so how can gaming without food be the culprit? No, this guy had a heart attack or was already dying of malnutrition or something.