Teen, 19, was so addicted to online gaming his feet started to ROT after six day binge
Hooked gamer did not stop to wash or eat during epic spree
A TEENAGER who was so addicted to online gaming he let his feet rot when he went on a six-day binge at an internet cafe and forgot to wash or feed himself and later collapsed.
The unnamed man, aged 19, had apparently run away from home in order to go on the bizarre and dangerous gaming adventure, with his own father even reluctant to take him home.
Police reportedly came across the young gamer after he was spotted lying unconscious behind the shrubs of a railway track in Hangzhou, China.
He was found with bleeding and infected feet, which had festered and let off a putrid smell.
The man woke only briefly to ask for water as he was carried to the police station for some basic medical attention.
He later told authorities that he had not eaten for three days, having spent all his money on a six-day, non-stop gaming spree at the internet cafe.
Reports said the gamer’s own father initially told officer that he did not want his son back, claiming that the teenager ran away from home ten days ago and did not care for anything else besides online gaming.
The dad later relented and asked for his son to be sent back to him.
Officers said they were concerned for the young man because his foot infection could have killed him if he had not been found in time.
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Last March a video game fan aged 24 dropped dead in an internet cafe in Shanghai after playing World of Warcraft for 19 hours without a break.
Two months earlier a 32-year-old man in Taiwan died after a three-day gaming binge.
Fellow gamers failed to notice he was slumped over a table while they continued to play. He had been dead for several hours by the time medics checked on him.
Another man died in Taipei after playing for five days straight.
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