Hardcore gamer tempts fate: Ohio teen Tyler Rigsby collapses after 5 straight days of Modern Warfare

Another close call from gaming without sleep or fluids. In July, a Taiwanese teen DIED after a 40-hour Diablo III session.

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Teenager Tyler Rigsby’s multi-day Call of Duty: Modern Warfare binge left him dehydrated, and landed him in Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

Teenager Tyler Rigsby’s multi-day binge left him dehydrated, with his lips turning blue. He stared at his aunt like he was looking through her. Then he collapsed.
Tyler wasn’t doing any drugs, according to WCMH-TV: He was playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
This is just the latest health crisis brought on from excessive hardcore gaming. In July, an 18-year-old identified only by his surname, Chuang, died in a Taiwan Internet cafe after a 40-session of Diablo III.
Rigsby’s mother, Jessie Rawlins, said her 15-year-old son became ill after spending four or five straight days engrossed in the first-person shooter, only emerging to use the bathroom or grab a snack.
On Tuesday morning they visited Tyler’s aunt, Jennifer Thompson, in Columbus. Tyler collapsed three times during the visit.
"I was very scared,” his mom told WCMH. “I thought he was going to die."
"We were talking and I heard a thump and I looked over and he just fell," Thompson said.
Tyler was rushed to the hospital, where doctors determined that he was severely dehydrated and gave him intravenous fluids. It was dehydration that had caused his lips to turn blue.

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Marriott chain to open 125-room Residence Inn in East Bronx

EXCLUSIVE: Seven-story extended-stay hotel at Hutchinson Metro Center

Rendering of Marriott Residence Inn to be built at Hutchinson Metro Center.

Stay in the Bronx? Yes, thonx!

Visitors to the East Bronx attend weddings in Throgs Neck, visit relatives at Calvary Hospital, hear lectures at Albert Einstein College of Medicine — and sleep in the suburbs.

They stay in Westchester County, where modern, affordable, brand-name hotels are plentiful.

But that could change now that local developers have struck a deal with the Marriott chain for a 125-room

Residence Inn at the Hutchinson Metro Center, the Daily News has learned.

“The location is strategic,” said Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. “We have Einstein there. We have Calvary. We have people coming here to see family and we have students, but they stay in Westchester and Manhattan. We want to keep them in the Bronx.”

The seven-story extended-stay hotel will occupy the upper tier of a new 300,000-square-foot building at the sprawling 42-acre complex.

Located off the Hutchinson River Parkway between the neighborhoods of Pelham Bay and Morris Park, the Hutch Metro Center is home to Mercy College and various government, medical and retail tenants. It features two large office buildings.

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Queens native to participate in texting competition 

Kent Augustine, 16, vies for top prize in LG U.S. National Texting Championship

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Kent Augustine, 16, practices for the LG U.S. National Texting Championship, on his LG Optimus Zip.

Kent Augustine is out to prove he’s 1NAM.

That’s “one in a million” in texting lingo. The Jamaica, Queens, native is an avid texter. He can type 3.5 characters per second.

At the LG U.S. National Texting Championship in Times Square on Wednesday, he’ll find out if that’s fast enough.

Augustine, 16, will test his chops against 10 other texting gurus ages 13 and older.

“There are a couple of players that are a little bit older than me,” he said. “I figured maybe they’d have a little bit more experience, but I don’t think it’s going to be that bad.”

The stakes are high, with a grand prize of $50,000 awaiting the speediest texter. If he wins, Augustine says he’ll put some money away for college — but he might also buy a Mustang.

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