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World Health Organization Draft Recognizes Gaming Addiction
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...addiction.aspx
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12-28-2017, 09:43 AM | #2 |
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Eh, while I think it is sort of interesting that a WHO draft recognized gaming addiction I doubt anything major is going to come out of it.
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Here's to hoping people, and more importantly the people around those people, can get some help.
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12-28-2017, 10:24 AM | #4 |
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I never really had a gaming addiction, I played video games since the 80s, but it was never enough that I was addicted to them, I only play the games I'm interested in, plus there are times where your burned out by video games, you rather watch other people play them, like on Twitch.
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12-28-2017, 11:07 AM | #5 |
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I think this is a response to the people who sit on games like League of Legends and World of Warcraft virtually all day long.
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12-28-2017, 11:18 AM | #6 |
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I think someone died doing a marathon thing like that recently.. Anyway, yes that was my thought, the minority you mentioned not general gamers.
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12-28-2017, 08:13 PM | #7 |
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And they wanted to make gaming as an e-sport. What a joke.
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12-28-2017, 08:21 PM | #8 | |
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Its about time!
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12-28-2017, 08:29 PM | #9 |
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I mean, anything can be taken too far, so this isn't really news but it is good that more forms of addiction are being recognized
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12-29-2017, 02:51 PM | #10 |
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Gaming was my life as a kid. Once I had to work for a living, I feel as if I have to force myself to game.
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12-30-2017, 10:20 AM | #11 |
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I must have played about 30 hours of video games in the past 10-14 days. Do I qualify as an addict?
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12-30-2017, 10:39 AM | #12 |
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Can't tell if this is a rhetorical or legitimate question.
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12-30-2017, 10:50 AM | #13 |
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12-30-2017, 11:21 AM | #15 |
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Anyway, I think I was more addicted when I was a kid/teenager. granted nowadays I don't have much time to play games all day anymore, but even if I have nothing else do one on a day, I cant' bring myself to spend 8-9 hours of it playing video games like I did when I was 13 or so.
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