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so, articles have given conflicted stories. Typically I recall him being a Warcraft enthusiast, but playing Starcraft during his final binge.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Jars of Gray (talk • contribs) 10. nov 2005 kl. 06:52
Just trying to list the notable unique articles here for a comprehensive look at Lee.
My theory is that there are two basic reports that the media is going on. First there was an AP release probably on August 9th or 10th which had the main details and said Starcraft. It's possible that the AP said Starcraft with no direct evidence of what was on the screen when he collapsed. They may have just heard about his incident in the cafe and assumed Starcraft based on its national (or maybe local) popularity. People who aren't into gaming don't know (or care) about details. My mom at first called every game I played on the NES Super Mario Bros. But giving the AP the benefit of the doubt, let's go with Starcraft.
The second report is the LA Times one which came later in the month and provides more info about Lee, including his full name, old job, and relationship history. It seems that this time around, they interviewed friends and family and probably found out that his favorite game was World of Warcraft. So then it might go to assume that he was playing his favorite when he died.
So neither version gives us absolute certainty. My hunch is that the game was Starcraft because the original report says that his friends found him at the cafe and he responded that he would go home after this game. [1] To my knowledge, World of Warcraft doesn't end in discreet "games" as such. David Bergan 18:21, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
I have been looking into this, as have others, and as I have posted on the Talk:StarCraft talk page of StarCraft is this a hoax or at least a re-printed version of the original death in 2002? Take a look at the talk page linked above and see what I mean? -Localzuk (talk) 19:20, 2 February 2006 (UTC)
I'm removing the edit
", coupled with a blood clot which travelled to his lung"
by 65.54.97.191 until we have a source for that info. I read a lot of news articles on this guy, and never once heard that there was a blood clot as part of his cause of death. David Bergan 17:23, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
I'm not familiar with how this stuff works, but honestly how is this one guy that important that he's got an article in wikipedia for playing a video game to death when there are numerous other people who contributed much more and are not permitted in because they are not 'noteworthy' enough? I don't know the procedure for asking for an article to be removed, but I would definatly reccomend removal of this article, thanks.
Because his death became incredibly known. People are interested. It's as simple as that. 83.254.135.251 19:33, 23 September 2007 (UTC)