The years of anticipation for Diablo III have brought about a number of marathon play sessions since its release on May 15, but one fan's obsession with the game has proven fatal.

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 café before diving into the game, not stopping for sleep or food the entire time. An employee of the café 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.

Sadly, it's not the first game-marathon-related death in Taiwan this year. In February, Chen Rong-yu had a fatal heart attack while playing in an Internet café in Taipei while playing online smash hit, League of Legends. Fellow players, though, didn't notice he had died for another nine hours.

Deaths in Internet cafes are rare, but happen from time to time when players concentrate so intensely on their games, that they ignore factors like the body's need for sleep and food.

Last year, a 30 year-old Chinese gamer died after staying up for three consecutive days, barely eating or drinking anything. And last August, 20 year-old Chris Staniforth suffered a pulmonary embolism after a marathon session on his Xbox.

Source: http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/taiwanese-teen-dies-40-hour-diablo-iii-marathon-190451985.html

ROT IN HELL SON. DISADVANTAGE OF 24/7 ELECTRICITY. ONE WONDERS HOW MANY DEADS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NIGERIA IF WE HAD SUCH POWER.

If they tell the same person to spend 10 minutes in prayer to God, he will be complaining.

Show me ur 2go star nd i wil tell u hw unserious you are...show me hw much tym u spend on dablo III nd i wil tel u hw close u re to ur grave...orisiirisii...E-death!

If the game earns him money, I don't mind doing an 80 hrs marathon provided the dough is worth the trouble!

MAYBE the game producers invoked some spiritual force that enforces addiction. You might not know.... Just saying.

Kayusfity: ROT IN HELL SON. DISADVANTAGE OF 24/7 ELECTRICITY. ONE WONDERS HOW MANY DEADS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NIGERIA IF WE HAD SUCH POWER.

There is an advantage in disadvantages

stagger: If they tell the same person to spend 10 minutes in prayer to God, he will be complaining.

Which of the gods are you referring to and under which religion?

It can't happen in 9ja..PHCN or Whateva they call it,wud disengage him without hitch.d guy died well..internet casual..ty.

It happens!

Game kill Man? So human life is now so cheap now that ordinary game will just pick it away? Not disease, alcohol, drugs & now electronic GAMEs?

ANY-PEN :
Game kill Man? So human life is now so cheap now that ordinary game will just pick it away? Not disease, alcohol, drugs & now electronic GAMEs?

It's called exertion.

Funny

im wondering what he will go and tell God,when he asks him how he died.

make his gaming soul rest in diablo peace.

I think introducing this gaming to Nigeria will change the dynamics of Boko Haram, all those Boko boys will love the game well well and will never wanna wear bombs.

NL for don kill me if no be say I get 'ajesara'.

Na wa for this people,playing games for hours without break, I dont think I have ever played any electronic game for 30 minutes.

Billyonaire: I think introducing this gaming to Nigeria will change the dynamics of Boko Haram, all those Boko boys will love the game well well and will never wanna wear bombs.

That's if the game is like suicide bombing. Those abolish are addicted to it(suicide).

Billyonaire: I think introducing this gaming to Nigeria will change the dynamics of Boko Haram, all those Boko boys will love the game well well and will never wanna wear bombs.

That's if the game is like suicide bombing. Those abokis are addicted to it(suicide).

Why hasn't anyone noted the similarities between diablo and diabolic?

is he supposed 2 rest in peace? couch potato shikena,,,,,,,,,

He will continue playing the game with michael jackson and dargrin and others.no power interruption

Kayusfity: ROT IN HELL SON. DISADVANTAGE OF 24/7 ELECTRICITY. ONE WONDERS HOW MANY DEADS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NIGERIA IF WE HAD SUCH POWER.

Hahaha... if you stay too long in the dark, you go begin see clearly....carry go...nothing do una for this darkness jare...

My longest gaming stretch was during my SSCE break (after the exams): from 11pm, August 3 to 12noon, August 4. That was on generator, btw. I was playing HALO.

tribalism don start again

Kayusfity: ROT IN HELL SON. DISADVANTAGE OF 24/7 ELECTRICITY. ONE WONDERS HOW MANY DEADS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NIGERIA IF WE HAD SUCH POWER.

Kayusfity: ROT IN HELL SON. DISADVANTAGE OF 24/7 ELECTRICITY. ONE WONDERS HOW MANY DEADS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN NIGERIA IF WE HAD SUCH POWER.

guy,u funny

Diablo actually sounds like devil in french. Some games and cartoons are designed with demonic characters. Parents select what your children watch. Most of these game designers are occultic men and they use the characters to hypnotise and influence children.

mjconcept: Na wa for this people,playing games for hours without break, I dont think I have ever played any electronic game for 30 minutes.

Are you Gaaaay!!!

Is it that they don't know or they've forgotten that the human brain consumes more energy and electrolytes than a 13mm Nepa cable?

Its so sad, this is the bane and blessing of Asian people. They have such a higher affinity for tolerating and understanding electronic devices, softwares and games that it makes them go to the extreme. All those flippantly tossing one pithy comment or another about should consider that fact that the gaming industry is multi-Billion one that rakes in more than Nigeria's Oil and this gives there youth so much edge mentally, financially and psychologically that they conquer heights unimagined technologically.

Omo rest in Peace Chueng, at least u left doing something fun. Which is more than I can say for victims of BH antics.

Ijogz K: Are you Gaaaay!!!

wat has gay gat 2 do wit dat comment? Perhaps u r a gay cunningly searching 4 a partner.