| ironmanDX said: 6 posts at 30 minutes a day is reasonable, without a doubt. So we'll ignore times when you don't post and just read comments and articles. That's 3.5 hours a week though. Spend a mere 6.5 hours a week gaming and you're basically at this "gaming disorder" threshold. So, the question becomes... How often do you game? More than 6.5 hours? I have no doubt gaming can be an addiction leading to a condition... But the 11 hours or so for my fellow Aussie gamers and I? That's got to be a joke. |
I can tell you that I game no more than 5 hours a week on average ... (I literally don't see the reason to spend more than 1 hour per weekday on games when you realize how little life has to offer since a normal real life gives you less than 8 hours of free time.)
11 hours is definitely cutting into available time and could potentially be a cause for concern, can you really imagine spending a 1/5th or more of your time for gaming as ideal for quality of life ?
| AngryLittleAlchemist said: Wow, you are being very liberal with what you consider a "mental condition". This is honestly the kind of thing a grandpa would write on a type writer because he still doesn't understand how a computer works. Sure, gaming addictions and disorders exist. But 15 hours a week as a limit? I personally don't game that much, I have a bad habit of picking up gaming and dropping it completely for weeks, but I know for a fact that many people on this forum who are as successful or more successful than your average joe probably spend 20 hours a week gaming. 15 hours is not a lot especially when you consider to a lot of people it's their only digital hobby (no movies, tv shows, and if you count it music). And that increases if you're including weekends, where you might indulge a little bit more or have more free time. Maybe then it goes to 25 hours. So what? It's not a big deal. Edit: Just to be clear, the second sentence is just silly hyperbole :) |
It is definitely a mental condition no less and I'm being literal in the definition since just about any mental state is also a mental condition. 15 hours a week on average is god damned insanity and at 25 hours a week you should question their social lives at that point ...
Also define "success" for me ?
| setsunatenshi said: How can there be so much wrong in just 2 sentences? I didn't know there was an officially approved way in which people "should" spend their own free time. Is there a list of tasks that don't count as "waste of life"? How about we leave up to each person how much their hobby is or isn't a waste of life? |
Mad ? I didn't dictate how people should spend their own free time but that doesn't mean people can't ostracize them for it ...
LOL, I didn't know that their was "pride" to be had in gaming around here ...
