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15th February 2008, 16:05

Man dies while playing DotA

Ong Yi Bao was found dead over his computer terminal on Wednesday afternoon just 12 minutes after a game of Defense of the Ancients started.

Despite not being an ardent gamer himself, the 20-year-old Singaporean fainted in front of the same computer the night before, according to his mother. She was teaching Ong how to play mahjong over the internet then. However, the 50-year-old mother did not mention if medical attention was sought at that point of time.

It is said that Ong’s mother bought him the game upon the completion of his 2-year spell of his country’s military service.

In addition, despite Ong’s medical history of asthma, his condition has been fairly stable and was not on any medication for it.

Ong is also a high-school dropout, but the unemployed man has had plans to enroll in a private school to pursue a computer course.


Source: The Straits Times

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(last year)  #62 MrDrBubi 1989
 
Agree with #61. He died and you are making jokes about it. Sad:(
(last year)  #63 imported_gaygay
 
GG

rip bro
(last year)  #64 xMsBigBlind
BigBlind
Too bad it wasn't death match.
(last year)  #65 raxhe
 
:(
Most aimer of my city, the legend, my legend ;)
(last year)  #66 iamRA
iamRA
n/c
rip

-My might cannot be matched-
(last year)  #67 sliverlz
sliverlz
That really sucks, he leaved :(
Anyway, rip

slv^
(last year)  #68 charm
 
omg leaver(of life):(
(last year)  #69 Hereticeighteen
Hereticeighteen
R.I.P. Show some respect, you people :(
OMG it's shiny!
(last year)  #70 [WB]Romopollis
 
that could be worse... It might happen to me LOL
(last year)  #71 Fenneth
 
Sad, but this has nothing to do with DotA or gaming in general and isn't really appropriate for this site.
(last year)  #72 DeGReeS
DeGReeS
#69, how are we supposed to show respect when the people that posted it had no respect to begin with. i agree with #71.
You'll get over it.
(last year)  #73 EEDZeeDra
ZeeDra
Stupid news, stupid comments. You cant avoid it. Most of the people here writing "RIP" are trying to show how a respectful person they are to other people of the community, they dont even care about this poor guy. Sad.
(last year)  #74 SOyuncastor
 
I am sure it was not the stable version.
(last year)  #75 GERKog-_-
Kog-_-
RIP
Simply The Best
(last year)  #76 BEZmozgOFF
BEZmozgOFF
OMG
R.I.P =(
(last year)  #77 Alexiony Lim
 
it said he had medical history of asthma, must because of this problem? =S
Anyway, at least give others some respect dude.
(last year)  #78 ARTIZAN
ARTIZAN
He should have get an aegis earlier...
Only God can Judge me....
(last year)  #79 imported_masterj33
 
First Blood! his spirit might still be in that hero.. RIP
(last year)  #80 xP|Heart-braKe-kiD
 
12 min in the game i wonder what the other players in game were saying ?
Omg we have a afk ban him host
Wtf is this guy doing etc :P
(last year)  #81 Wind
Wind
To all those that thinks this is a ridiculous news story, please read comment #55 ;)
(last year)  #83 Opxono
Opxono
RIP (:
(last year)  #84 manhunter321
manhunter321
rip man
you will know and recognise me after somtime
(last year)  #85 YaTzY
 
Techies suicide, and not even double kill =)..

R.I.P

|\| i ( o,
(last year)  #86 TSAKenig.ma
 
GG back u! :P

Rip m8, altho you wouldn't be able to read this.
(last year)  #87 killa-k0rti
killa-k0rti
omq R.I.P
(last year)  #88 GMTickePa
TickePa
R.I.P
Gaming World in Serbia = 0
(last year)  #89 diG1tY
diG1tY
Showint respect in a forum ? ;) And im not joking about it. Just pointing how you makine readers thinking the computer/games/dota was the fault of death. What would have hapend if he had died in front of the pc, watching CNN.com or a movie? Will you still post a news about it ? I doubt it. Furthermore you are posting this news in the DOTA section, why didn't you post it in overall?
http://www.id-petrov.com
(last year)  #93 Wind
Wind
I'm not saying that computer games was the fault of death, though there is a possibility that it may be. No one can be certain.

But the fact that he slumped over while playing a game of DotA remains as a news, which explains why it was posted on a widely acclaimed newspaper, and re-written by me here.

And I posted it in the DotA section because it is quite ostensibly related to this game? ;)
(last year)  #98 vieestchien
 
It has nothing to do with DotA. If he had died after playing non stop in 3 days or so then it would worth reporting. In this case he just happened to die while he was playing. I don't see the point of posting this here.
(last year)  #100 wNv|VBadGirl
VBadGirl
well this news is just like one of those news with wicked getting a new page (call care police really!!). Perhaps MYM pays him according to how many news he makes in a month or something.

and btw how u know he played any dota? what if he died before the game even started?

PS: i knew dota is evil!!!!..lol.

Hold the S cause i'm an AINT.
(last year)  #90 GG-Uappia
 
rmk with standin
(last year)  #91 Forkxx
Forkxx
Maybe he died happy, because he was playing DotA.
It's Coke time!
(last year)  #92 sthemo-cor3
emo-cor3
get insurance while dota is ON. lulz, gg
:)
(last year)  #94 sux0r
sux0r
some comments made me laughing =o
Last edited by sux0r at 16.02.2008, 23:43
(last year)  #95 KANGA
 
DOTA KILLS!
(last year)  #96 h34d-_-
h34d-_-
he probably warded at start or brought a chick..... his hp was low o.O
----Last Word Gaming----
(last year)  #97 EtoM_JehovA
EtoM_JehovA
It is here where we should see some respect :(.
"DOTA KILLS!"...I meen this is not funnY
Last edited by EtoM_JehovA at 17.02.2008, 02:23

No matter what you have found..You'll allways miss something
(last year)  #99 MFucker
MFucker
R.I.P.
(last year)  #101 PainK
PainK
Awn !! RiP
*PaiN* StriKe lyK LiGhtnin
(last year)  #102 shlovic
 
This comment has been deactivated by the admin crew due to its content.
(last year)  #103 shpongle
shpongle
Dota = dead or teenage affliction?
"Where's the "Any Key" ?
(last year)  #104 jimace
 
"uhm theres thousands of people dying each day and you want to tell me that this guy has all your respects and stuff but on the other hand you dont give a fuck when children get shot or starve in africa. wheres the coherence -_-
sure its sad but please try to put this into the greater story "

Uhm, why the hell do you think people dont give a fuck about children getting shot or starved o.0 And yes giving a guy his respects even, especially when more people do it creates a consensus and a rare thing among people; a unified feeling. So errhh isnt that a good thing? There is no shame in doing that althought a lot more people than this dude died today. You seem like a good person, keep up the faith in your next human being man, i know it can seem stupid sometimes.
(last year)  #105 diG1tY
diG1tY
Quite well said, jim
http://www.id-petrov.com
(last year)  #106 PainK
PainK
very well said
*PaiN* StriKe lyK LiGhtnin
(last year)  #107 nukeme1
 
Firstly - RIP. Never laugh/joke about someone over their gravestone. Someone has died, acknowledge it, even if you don't respect them.
Secondly - I don't respect anyone who gets addicted enough to a game to die. It is a game, for fun, entertainment, and should be thought of as one.
(last year)  #108 SWEZebob
Zebob
lol, ban afkers!
(last year)  #109 Boondock_Saint
Boondock_Saint
LMAO. i laughed loudly out at this.
Last edited by Boondock_Saint at 18.02.2008, 08:22
(last year)  #110 Mu
 
nukeme1, i agree with you, but i think you are wasting your time =)...

And it's clear that this death dosen't result (ONLY) of dota..., so i don't understand why this news is reported here...
Last edited by Mu at 20.02.2008, 18:47
(last year)  #112 wGAhhWhatever
 
Every day million of people die from diseases, old age or get murdered, but when somebody dies in front of his PC and happened to be playing a game people make a big story about it. "OMG [insert game name here] kills!"
Nobody, except his relatives and friends, would care if he died in his bathroom or while sleeping, though. Heck, nobody, except them and maybe his neighbors, would even know.
He happened to take his last breath at his computer, which is not more usual than dying while reading a book. So stop making a big fuss about it. People die. End of story.
(last year)  #113 N1Jr
 
lol I dint expect the news to reach to the mym site :/ anyways, RIP
(last year)  #114 scorpiass
 
he played with russian maphackers!!!!!
(12 months ago)  #115 Oompa
 
What happened here is he got FBed and when he went to PP his modem, he accidentally pulled the plug on his dialysis machine.


Seriously though not an awful to die. Would work for me @_@. My condolences to the family.
(11 months ago)  #116 Rogerkorn
 
Dota sucks its boring thats why he die.

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