Lee Seung Seop
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| Lee Seung Seop | |
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| Born | c. 1977 South Korea |
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| Died | August 5, 2005 (aged 28) South Korea |
| Nationality | Korean |
Lee Seung Seop (Hangul: 이승섭; born c. 1977, died August 5, 2005) was an industrial boiler repairman in Daegu, South Korea.
[edit] Biography
On August 3, 2005, he achieved global notoriety when he visited a nearby Internet cafe and proceeded to play StarCraft for almost fifty consecutive hours. Ultimately, from both exhaustion and dehydration induced heart failure he went into cardiac arrest. He died shortly thereafter at a local hospital. A friend commented: "He was a game addict. We all knew about it. He couldn't stop himself." About six weeks before his death, his girlfriend, also an avid gamer, broke up with him, and he had been fired from his job for missing work to play computer games.[1][2][3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Korean drops dead after 50-hour gaming marathon (London Times) August 10, 2005
- ^ Korea Reacts to Increase in Game Addiction (GameSpot) September 12, 2005
- ^ S Korean dies after games session 10 August 2005
