I don't want to sound like a jerk or anything, but isn't this just another classic case of natural selection?

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darwin ftw

and it was WoW

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"Actually, I'm not a doctor, but I'm pretty sure he died from exhaustion brought on by staying awake for too long."

uhhh...that's what the "paper" was saying....too much time on the internet = staying awake for too long.

and i'm SURE the cyber cafe wouldn't mind keeping him there as long as he kept paying.

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Anyone else notice that it actually sounds like a classic case of trolling, except that it's done by CNN.

It might as well have the headline "ZOMG teh interweb tubes is OP, NERF plz."

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Queue the 1960's childrens' documentary narrator:

It's all meant to thin out the heard and provide for a stronger gene-pool, Billy. You see, because this frail and diseased member of the heard was not able t pass his genes on to future generations, the heard grows stronger and healthier.

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"but still, what business would allow people to basically live in their building?"

Have you been into the internet cafes overseas? I have, and as long as you've plunked down your money to be on-line they don't care how long you're there.

They also have so many people coming and going that who's to say who noticed him there or not. Same to be said of "How can you forget your baby was in the backseat of your car and you left it there to die in the hot sun?"

Do any of us say anything about something that looks a bit off or hinky? No, we mind our own business and keep on keeping on.

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"The paper said that he may have died from exhaustion brought on by too many hours on the Internet."

Nothing inaccurate about that. They clearly say exhaustion killed him, not the internet, as you're accusing CNN of reporting. They did say his exhaustion was a result of not doing anything for three days aside from sitting in front of a computer, which is absolutely true.

You can go ahead and slip in any biological implications that obviously arose from such a three-day gaming/internet marathon (like loss of sleep), but the fact still remains that the biological catalyst of his death by exhaustion, was brought on by his internet binge.

The guy was clearly an idiot, and the media still would love to pin violence on video games, but no sane person (or sane media outlet) would pin this death solely on the "horrors of internet/gaming addiction". Except FOX news and Jack Thompson.

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Has anyone else noticed that people seem to die from being on the Internet too long every time China wants to restrict Internet access and all that pesky access to democracy?

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I don't get it, how can 3 days of gaming kill you?
There is never any physiological evidence presented.

If you can do coke for 3 days and live, i don't see how this would drop you.

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The internet cafes in Japan provde food, drinks, beds, and showers. All for a cost of course. If this guy had the money, this place more than likely didn't care how long he stayed.

Doesn't dispute the fact that it was his own dumbass fault for sitting there for three days.

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I'm really starting to get disapointed in WOW Insider's opinion pieces. You guys are really trying to skew facts recently to make a blog.

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OMG now I know why the powerleveling service stopped at 34 on my character..

=)

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Gaming for three days without sleep? Okay, look, I've done that, and I'm none the worse for wear...er, except for this palsy I've developed in my right hand, a constant jumpiness in real life from a fear of being ganked, and the night terrors I experience every time I've tried to sleep since then. But, hey, STV will do that to you...

Oh, and did he drop any blues? I'll roll y'all for it.

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LOL @ 12

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You're mistaking CNN for a serious journalistic enterprise...

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So... that must be the reason that human with the name of werthwtbwrbsan just stood there in front of the Iron Ore deposit.

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Sitting for along time can cause blood clots and that can be a quick killer. People even die of them on long plane flights.

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China re-uses this story multiple times a year to justify what they are doing to their people.

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He was probably just doing a Maraudon run.

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@Brent:

Well, Brent, I'd have to assume that our Chinese friend wasn't in the best of health as it was. Exhaustion can, in extreme cases, cause shock -- due to low blood-sugar levels, horomone imbalances, and a few other things -- and I'd wager that it was shock in combination with already-poor health that caused the poor guy's heart to give out. And if I had it my way, staying up for three days doing coke WOULD kill you, guaranteed.

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