Report: Taiwanese teen dies after 40-hour Diablo III marathon | Games Blog - Yahoo! Games

An 18-year old Diablo III player in Taiwan was found dead recently after a 40-hour marathon session with the game, reports the Australian Associated Press.

The player, who has only been identified as Chuang, reportedly booked a room at his local Internet caf� before diving into the game, not stopping for sleep or food the entire time. An employee of the caf� found him passed out on a table Sunday.

He woke up when approached, but collapsed after a few steps and was rushed to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead. An autopsy is pending, but authorities noted that the long period of sitting still could have created blood clots, which proved fatal.


In Vegas I used to see Asian players who would sit for several days at a time at the Baccarat tables, taking no breaks to do much more than (perhaps) grab a bite to eat at the VIP food tables located near the tables, or go to the bathroom, losing obscene amounts of money and never changing their clothes or sleeping. Yes, within a few days they were smelly, tired, terrible looking, losers!