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Flatulence
A funny little article I came across. Worth the read. Maybe I'm next?
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/news/npwo431.html

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Whoa! I know someone who had an epileptic stroke or something after playing computer games for four days straight, but that one can die…

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Veillord
Why on Earth was he playing Diablo 2 in the first place?

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Divals the Conqueror
Because Diablo 2 is one of the most addicting games ever! Booyah!

Actually I don't play all that much but it's pretty addicting.

Divals

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I've played Madden from about 9:30 PM to 2 AM straight ... I guess I'm just lucky.

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EVula
Hmm, I'm guessing I should stay away from my Lightning tree now... Thunderstorm may be the end of me.

The Fire and Ice trees, however, are still wide open. Woohoo.

And, forgive me for being a bit insensitive (and this may make me seem a bit predjudiced; I'm not), but doesn't it seem that those of Asian descent tend to get screwed over by flashing lights on a regular basis? Some kids went into seizures in Japan a few years back from a TV show, both people cited in the link above seem to be of Asian descent (based on their names and the URL: newspaper.asia1.com.sg)...

Not trying to sound racisist, just something I realized while reading that.

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Maybe it has nothing to do with games at all. Both men who died were in a cyber cafe. Perhaps the cafe owners are using substandard monitors to save cash, or possibly the interaction of poor fluorescent lighting with CRTs over periods of extended use causes unfortunate results. Someone should investigate these shady Asian cyber cafes. It's a conspiracy!

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Fear.

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Originally posted by EVula:
Hmm, I'm guessing I should stay away from my Lightning tree now... Thunderstorm may be the end of me.

The Fire and Ice trees, however, are still wide open. Woohoo.  

And, forgive me for being a bit insensitive (and this may make me seem a bit predjudiced; I'm not), but doesn't it seem that those of Asian descent tend to get screwed over by flashing lights on a regular basis? Some kids went into seizures in Japan a few years back from a TV show, both people cited in the link above seem to be of Asian descent (based on their names and the URL: newspaper.asia1.com.sg)...

Not trying to sound racisist, just something I realized while reading that.  


Just FYI, that TV show was pokemon, they just dont mention it in the US because of fear that it will scare audiences. Of course, since it was pokemon there are other reasons he could have siezed...


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Bobster
And I thought it was just because I can't stand the cartoon....

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Desert Fox
bah, hes a weakling if he cant stand it. Ive played single games for twice as long as that and not conked out.

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/me turns off the computer

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Have you people never had 24-36 hour LAN parties before? Geez allnight is nothing.

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Then how did you post?

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Im physic I sent it directly to your brain fool!

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