curl-6 on 20 June 2018
| Flilix said: So basically, this means that people with a severe gaming addiction can get help more easily. Why does this offend so many people? Shouldn't gamers be happy that their issues are getting more attention? |
I think a lot of the kneejerk reactions to this issue are due to people misunderstanding the WHO's position, feeling attacked, and jumping to the defense of themselves and their hobby, when it reality neither is actually under attack.
If one reads the definition of gaming disorder, it's not talking about 99.9% of gamers, it's talking about the most severe and dysfunctional 0.1%, just as the term alcoholism does not refer to the vast majority of those who consume alcoholic beverages.
