Next time you feel like gaming for 50 hours straight...

[Kenrick]

Stop, and think of this guy.

[stray]

I couldn't do it even if I wanted to (if that makes sense?).

Binge for me 5 or 6 hours. In a single player adventure game.

[Nevermore]

BBC Link

Same story but the BBC link embellishes the story with gems like:

Online gaming in South Korea is extremely popular thanks to its fast and widespread broadband network.  Games are televised and professional players are treated, as well as paid, like sports stars.  Professional gamers there attract huge sums in sponsorship and can make more than $100,000 a year.

and

More than 15 million people, or 30% of the population, are registered for online gaming in South Korea. The country also host the annual World Cyber Games.

World Cyber Games.  The joke pretty much writes itself.

[Trippy]

The country also host the annual World Cyber Games.

And that's also wrong. Last year's WCG were held in San Francisco and this year's are being held in Singapore.

[Signe]

Why do these weird gaming thingys only seems to happen to Korean blokes?

[schild]

I've done it. All that happened was the intense need to pee when I stood up. Also, one of my lawyer friends sent me this article this morning with the note "Thinking of You."

...

keke?

[Signe]

You've gamed for 50+ hourse, died, and you still needed to pee?

[Furiously]

You'd be pissed off if you were dead too.

[Fabricated]

Darwin strikes, world turns, sky is blue.

[Sky]

Is this some kind of game geek litmus? Just had it forwarded to me by a coworker.

Shit, I haven't seen a 50 hour gaming week since I was unemployed 6 years ago (UO).