In the news: DDR Death???

[*Motoko*]

Please note that I have no idea whether this is true or not.

The other day, Someone told me that about two weeks ago, a young man (I would assume in his late teens-early twenties) in either Japan or Korea, actually played Dance Dance Revolution in the arcade for (and I kid you not) 30 hours straight! The result... DEATH. Apparently after playing his 30 straight hours of DDR the young man walked off the machine, took a few steps, collapsed of exhaustion, and DIED.


Can anyone confirm this?

When you think about it, I suppose something like this could be possible.

If this is true, this would raise alot of questions:
Was he staying hydrated?
Was he playing nothing but the most difficult songs?

DID THE FOOL BOTHER TO EAT AT ALL???

=/

Once again- Can anyone confirm this?

[I LOVE MY DAUGHTERS]

I think the world record was 27 hours, and that guy lived.

[revenGmyass]

LMAO WTF was this guy thinking, i mean why, just WHY?
if this is true, he should be in the book of world record or something

[Ætheros]

I doubt this is true. I;ve played endless mode for around 2 hours (all heavy songs) and i was tired, but not dead. I'm also only fourteen, so someone in his early-twenties would have to be in really bad shape for that to kill him. Also think about what sort of lawsuit would have occured, and we probably would have heard about that.

[google666]

I'm guessing that that's not true. If it is though, then that guy is just retarded.

[cstarflare]

I would assume it's false on the grounds that noone in Japan, much less Korea, really plays DDR anymore.

[SulferDragon]

It could be true, but it could be an overexageration of some type. Maybe he was playing DDR, and he tripped, and fell off the machine, and then wacked his head, or something. He thought he was all right so he got up took a few steps, and then collapsed on the floor from some sort of concussion, or something of the other, and later died at the hospital, or something like that...

It's always possible... I guess...

[HioMrSan]

I call BS, remember back in the 1920's where people would have dance marathons for days at a time?

[「dj.TK」]

And he was i think DDR: Death would be the next DDR version.




Dam got excited for nothing.

[Lvng]

I thought it was another thread talking about how no one played DDR anymore.

[Cybeast Gregar]

Yeah..........shouldn't they be WORKING to pay for all those plays?

lets do some us math costs shall we?

$1/ 4 songs 1 song 1:10 - 1:50 so thats about 6 min for 1 dollar .
60m= 1 hor so $10 = 1 hour
multiply that by the 30 hrs of DDr and .........he payed $300 for 30 hrs of DDR?
Just rent out the machine for a day Damn

[Razer]

1. DDR is not that popular in Japan anymore, and it wasn't even very popular to begin with in Korea.

2. How many arcades are open for 24 hours a day.

3. Even with DDR's lower popularity, I can promise you that someone else would have probably wanted to play.

I'm calling bullshit on this as well.

[jonhon0]

Let's see...

You can't die from not eating for 30 hours (unless he was anorexic before that)

Chances are he probably wouldn't be able to continue playing if he was dehydrated.

I'm pretty sure you just made this up so we would have something to discuss.

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

There WAS, however, an incident of a Korean man playing StarCraft for around 50 hours straight, taking only a little time off for short naps and snacks. He died.

Just shows people how fun to play StarCraft is.

[MechaNeko]

Originally Posted by Razer_2mb

1. DDR is not that popular in Japan anymore, and it wasn't even very popular to begin with in Korea.

2. How many arcades are open for 24 hours a day.

3. Even with DDR's lower popularity, I can promise you that someone else would have probably wanted to play.

I'm calling bullshit on this as well.

I agree with you, DDR isn't very popular in Japan, even thought that's where it's from... ^^; I was talking to my friend and people think a game like "DDR" is childish. ^^ But here in the US and around the world people are EXTREMELY into it.