[maroon1]

A man in southern China collapsed and died after a three-day marathon online session at a cybercafe, state media reported on Monday.

The web-user, estimated to be 30 years old, suddenly collapsed in front of his computer terminal in Guangdong province, and emergency personnel were unable to revive him, the Beijing News reported.

"According to preliminary findings, the length of time this man spent online might have triggered heart problems," the paper quoted a local hospital emergency medic in the city of Zhongshan as saying.

The paper did not provide the man's name or the online activities he was engaged in.

Worried about growing Internet addiction, China's government has taken steps to combat the problem, including forcing online gaming sites to dock the points of gamers who stay online too long.

This is the result of internet addiction

R.I.P.

China web-user dies after three-day online binge

[peterhuang913]

Sad...

[b1gapl]

Sad indeed. There was another one, where a Korean man around the same age, died after playing WoW, nonstop.

[Trotter]

I get bored after a while. I just can't see keeping at it like that. If I did, three days wouldn't kill me...

[peterhuang913]

Originally Posted by Trotter

I get bored after a while. I just can't see keeping at it like that. If I did, three days wouldn't kill me...

But it would if you had a heart condition.

[Trotter]

My whole body is a walking heart condition.

[Saxon]

I think this is old news, but if it is true it is indeed sad.

[Average Joe]

It's probably not just this three days that killed him though, he's no doubt been on so many 'binges' that he's weakened himself to this point.

I hope he was looking at porn and died happy.

[veedubfreak]

Darwinism at its finest. I'm sorry but if you cant be bothered to leave the computer to eat/drink/sleep, nature takes over.

[Tuskatappaja]

Maybe his sodium levels went too low and caused the heart failure.
Or a bloodclot entered his heart, from sitting so many hours straight.