Chinese football fan, 26, dies after going ELEVEN nights without sleep as he watched

[Serpo]

Chinese football fan, 26, dies after going ELEVEN nights without sleep as he watched every single Euro 2012 match[(:)]

Time difference means matches are played in the middle of the night

Jiang Xiaoshan would then go and do a full day's work the next day
Sources said drinking and smoking weakened his immune system
He was supporting England and France in the tournament

By Lee Moran (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Lee+Moran)
PUBLISHED: 07:29 GMT, 22 June 2012 | UPDATED: 10:56 GMT, 22 June 2012



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A Chinese football fan died after going 11 nights without sleep as he tried to watch every single kick of the ball of Euro 2012.
Jiang Xiaoshan, said to be supporting England and France in the tournament, died of exhaustion on Tuesday morning.
Because of the time difference, he reportedly stayed up each night with friends and then went to work the following day.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/22/article-2163057-13AC5B8B000005DC-766_634x542.jpg Tragic: A Chinese football fan died after the Ireland v Italy match after going 11 nights without sleep as he tried to watch every single kick of the ball of Euro 2012



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Fanatical: Jiang Xiaoshan was said to be supporting England (left) and France (right) in the tournament



Following the Ireland versus Italy match, Sina.com said he went back to his Changsha home at 5am, had a shower, fell asleep and never woke up.
Friends said the news of his death came as a shock, as he lived a 'relatively healthy life', and had played football for his university team just a couple of years before.


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Sources said, however, that the effect of alcohol and tobacco, combined with the chronic exhaustion, was to blame for his death as it weakened his immune system.
It is not the first time a Chinese football fan has suffered from trying to keep up with their on-pitch heroes.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/22/article-2163057-054A94350000044D-835_634x408.jpg Exhaustion: There has been a worrying increase in people suffering from sleep deprivation in recent years from watching too much TV or being online

During the Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010 World Cups reports surfaced of people being admitted to hospital after their bodies broke down from not sleeping.
Sleep deprivation from playing online video games is a huge problem in South Korea.
A TRAGIC FOOTBALL ADDICTION:Jiang Xiaoshan watched:
* 21 matches of live Euro 2012 action

* That equates to 1,890 minutes of football
* Saw a total of 51 goals



Earlier this year video game addicts in the country were told they could have the amount of time they spend playing limited to just four hours per day.

The country's government said it was looking at introducing a 'Cooling Off' system to regulate the time students play in a 24-hour period.

It wants to stamp out online bullying, and stem a number of suicides attributed to internet and video game addiction.

Their game will switch off after two hours, where they will be given a 10 minute rest, and can then only log again in once for a maximum two hours in the following 24 hours.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/22/article-2163057-0055CD7D00000258-659_634x279.jpg Scene: The man died in his sleep after going back to his Changsha (pictured) house


It follows the Shutdown Law, passed in November, which bans gamers under the age of 16 from playing between midnight and 6am.

Fears are growing in South Korea that rampant gaming will lead to more deaths if the system is not introduced.

In February, in Taiwan, a young gamer lay dead in an internet cafe for nine hours before anyone noticed.

Chen Rong-yu, 23, was thought to have suffered a heart attack after playing League of Legends for 23 hours straight.

He was apparently still sat on the chair with his hands stretched out in front of the keyboard as if he was still playing in the cafe in New Taipei City.

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[Awoke]

Hahahaha, they are talking about making laws to stop people from using the internet and shit, so they don't die from exhaustion?

Let them die. If they are stupid enough to run themselves into the ground by sleep deprivation and starvation, etc, let them.

You can't stop people from jumping in front of a car if they want to.

[chad]

soccer is a communist sport.

[BrewTech]

Damn... even the tweakers are going "dude! that's hardcore!"

LOL.

[freespirit]

it's fucking soccer, for god's sake!!!

WHO GIVES A SHIT?!?!

and chad...all team sports are "communist" by nature...lol

[AndreaGail]

someone should have introduced him to torrents

best way to watch your favorite sport if its halfway around the world

[Twisted Titan]

The asian are absolutely crazy about gaming....thge most horrific thing I every heard was a asian couple that STARVED their own physical child to Death so they could raise a virtual one at a internet cafe

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Korea-baby-dies-virtual-malnutrition,news-6028.html

[Awoke]

I remember that TA. Brutal.

[LuckyStrike]

The asian are absolutely crazy about gaming....thge most horrific thing I every heard was a asian couple that STARVED their own physical child to Death so they could raise a virtual one at a internet cafe

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Korea-baby-dies-virtual-malnutrition,news-6028.html

You could've stopped typing after the word crazy and it would've still made sense.

[LuckyStrike]

soccer is a communist sport.

Funny you mention this, but I was thinking about starting a thread about this on my way home from work today.

Is soccer not the gayest sport of all time loved the world over by third world people? Growing up the people I knew who played soccer were the ones whose over bearing mothers didn't want their children getting hurt in football, pretty similar story in HS.

What brought this thought process on was I saw some kids possibly wetbacks kicking a soccer ball at a local farmers market as a drove past, it just seems like a scene from some movie shot in a poor country.


I don't need a song and dance either about how good athletes soccer players are, or how physical it can be, I understand that and don't disagree.

But IMO, soccer is poop.

[Buddha]

What a bunch of pussies. Back in my gaming days I would play Starcraft (Those damn Koreans were impossible to beat) or Diablo 2 for 24-48 hours straight, did it multiple times I used to like the 36 hour rule. Start in the morning continue all night and through out the next day. Then sleep early that night and get relatively back on schedule, and this was all while chain smoking, drinking beer, and eating fucking ho-hos.

Bunch of Pussies

Edit to add, I may have been a teenager then, but I thank the heavens that I woke up and did not continue down that path. It's always been easy for me to fall into unproductive abysses.

[D sciple]

There had to be some coke involved.

[Buddha]

There had to be some coke involved.

Yeah, that High Fuctose Corn Syrup can give a good rush. Gotta be careful though as one can never get enough.

[Skirnir_]

But IMO, soccer is poop.

As is organised sport in general. If it were confined to a children's pastime, it would be benign, but instead, it becomes a diversionary form of ersatz tribalism. The degree to which one is influenced by such silly things is a valid measure of compos mentis.

[Uncle Salty]

Death by masturbation is better. Anyone remember the kid who died form excessive masturbation?

[steyr_m]

it's fucking soccer, for god's sake!!!WHO GIVES A SHIT?!?! and chad...all team sports are "communist" by nature...lolAgreed, watching soccer is more boring than watching baseball

[steyr_m]

The asian are absolutely crazy about gaming....thge most horrific thing I every heard was a asian couple that STARVED their own physical child to Death so they could raise a virtual one at a internet cafe

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Korea-baby-dies-virtual-malnutrition,news-6028.html

thanks for the link, since i'm always switched-on looking for social-engineering -- of course the page has a white woman next to a lap-top.

[Awoke]

thanks for the link, since i'm always switched-on looking for social-engineering -- of course the page has a white woman next to a lap-top.

Always villianizing the whites.