Chen Rong-yu of Taiwan checked into an internet cafe in the city of New Taipei on Tuesday evening to play popular multiplayer PC game League of Legends. Wednesday evening a waitress found the 23-year-old sitting rigidly in his chair, hands outstretched towards the computer.

He had been dead for up to nine hours.

Intense levels of concentration and marathon gaming sessions are common at internet cafes throughout the region, where players purchase computer time in order to log into their favorite online multiplayer games. So it makes a sad sort of sense that the 30 other people working and playing at the New Taipei location failed to realize they were sitting in the same room with a corpse for several hours.

Rong-yu was apparently witnessed talking on his cell phone around noon on Wednesday, the last time anyone recalls seeing him alive. Initial police reports indicate he may have died due to cardiac arrest brought on by blot clots formed due to a combination of cold temperatures, exhaustion, and lack of movement. According to his family he had been treated for a heart condition last September.

Source: kokatu (or something like that)

This just goes to show that nothing good can come from PC gaming!

Like the article said, I guess it's not surprising that it took that long for someone to find him, but still... It's pretty sad to think about, really.

Asians dying left and right from marathan gaming, what is this world coming to.

People probably thought that he was sleeping for 8 hours then some notices that no one sleeps for 9 hours?

Holy crap LOLOL

I bet someone wanted on his computer finally is how they found out. Hey, are you still using this computer? I guess not...

This is why I don't game on PCs.

This is why I'm glad I can do my marathon gaming at home, with beer, food, a heater, and a pause button.

LMFAO!!