Topic: Video Game Addiction, a very real problem. - page 5. (Read 1099 times)

The problem is not about video games but ADDICTION in general.

People may be addicted to various things and it just so happened that people are hooked to video games nowadays. Also, there are people who are addicted to gambling which I believe brings worse implications and effects. The only way in order to solve this problem is by having self-discipline and limitation to oneself. Without these essential restrictions, people would succumb further which would potentially destroy their lives in the future.


What kind of method would transpose to playing and earning cryptocurrencies? Also, regardless of the earnings, you would still succumb to addiction. The problem would manifest especially you take it away from them quickly and not gradually.

Of course gaming addiction is a problem. Every addiction is a problem. But...
Behind every addiction is a big business that generates a very lot of profit. Just look, gaming, alcohol, drugs, smoking etc.
Gaming industry "Sony" for example generated over 11 billions (https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/02/01/playstation-network-revenue-hit-record-high-in-2018-topped-nintendo-and-xbox-totals)

If it is about the money that the player spent on video games then it is their problem.
To be honest some of us are only having a real fun in the virtual world .
But we also have to control it we should always remember that having too much is a bad thing.
The problem isn't really the video game it is the person it self if they couldn't control their self in spending too much on video games then don't blame the game,
It is their decision and to be honest some of us are spending time playing video games in order to earn from the game.
There are some online games that some players are using in order to have some profit.

I really dislike video games because they are such a waste of money..

I have friends and family that have massive video game collections. Like they have bought everything new since the PS2. They have untold thousands of dollars sunk into a bunch of 1s and 0s on disks thet they would now be lucky to be able to sell for $100..

Stacks and stacks of games they paid $60 each for and now are close to worthless plus all this buying expansion packages of more 1s and 0s to get a new map or fancier gun or the online playing passes you have to buy and controllers and headsets and fancy TVs...
All holds ZERO value..
Terrible investment..

And they make you fat..


Besides.. All that time you could have been reading some nonfiction and learning useful knowledge and you could use that knowledge and money to build something real that is actually worth something, also increasing your personal value through education..

I used to like playing COD zombies a bit..
I hooked up a PS3 a couple months ago in my living room, played it like 5 times..

This is a much better video game..
http://www.msextra.com/doc/pdf/html/Megasquirt2_Setting_Up-3.4.pdf/Megasquirt2_Setting_Up-3.4.html
Read all that and then go build something real.. Learn something.. Have something valuable when you are done..

Create value in yourself and your belongings..

Video games are just a degenerate waste of yourself, your time, your money, and for god sakes quit spending BTC on video games!
In 10 years you are going to hate yourself when you realize you could have retired on the BTC you wasted to make your videogame screen flash colors a certain way..

How about starting a garden? You ever build a house? Additions? Garages? Fences?
Do something productive..

/rant

All these kind of addictive things were created to extract data about ourselves and keep in control of them so we can relate each kind of addcition to the reality and its long term effect.But if we are just getting addicted to these things and not doing anything then we wasted our priceless life.

+1 to this.

Videogames are built to be addicting, yes. But everything is meant to be addicting in this day and age. If you are to watch CNBC the tickets and colors and all that is meant to draw you into watching them because humans like being stimulated like that.

Facebook and other social media companies? They're addicting too.

Most things in the world are addicting, the people that are addicted have an addictive gene.

Well, those are one of the misuse of engineering and coding to make kids hook to such products lol. But everything has turned into a filthy business, so can't really blame them I think more than video games, games like pubg are more harmful to the mind than it can appeal to be.

Very true, but you can play to earn cryptpcurrency.

There were actually a lot of things I learned playing video games. I was able to learn how to be more patience in getting thing that you really want. It made me quite smarter cause I have learned that you should have strategic plans to deal with your problems.

But then again it is very obvious that to every addiction is really indeed a huge problem in the society. To those who wanted to defend that "Video Game Addiction" is not causing problem at all stop being a smarty-pants.

A lot of the victim of the video games are the student aging from 8 year old and above, most of them change lifestyles instead children studying in the school they at the computer shop during the classes is ongoing. Somto avoid this need parents to monitor their child and control to play videos in the right ways. I am not against the technology improvements to get more entertainment but need to use this in the right way.

I'm always playing video games too but I always do my responsibilities after that. I think it's a huge problem if the person is playing all the time and not being productive. It will make a huge impact on his life he is having this kind of addiction.


You can set them as your inspiration and it will motivate yourself to do better but remember that not of all people will go to this kind of faith. Only gifted people can be able to reach this kind of legacy and be rich.

Actually, you cannot use code that doesn't belong your region. And if you got the code from a retailer, you should contact them for a refund or swap.

I just purchased battle.net credit with BTC, still think it's a problem?






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I can't get my fix. 

Gaming companies have no control over the amount of time players spend on their games.
The only solution is that parents should talk to their child about the risk of video games and also limit the time their child plays video games.

Then only buy games that won't rip you off continually. If it's free, then you are the product, either you spend your time or you shell out cash bit by bit.

Only buy those that have high replay value and is just a one-time pay. It doesn't hurt to unwind every now and then. I mean, I'd prefer sitting in front of a PC rather than risking my life jumping off a plane or climbing a freezing mountain.

Well some are treated like real life sports and others can generate revenue. There are plus sides to video games granted I think are just as many downsides too. But that is just technology in general

Gaming has been in existence for long time. There are professional gamers in the gaming industry that make a lot of money from gaming. Here are the list of Richest Pro Gamers in the World as at last year
1. Kuro Takhasomi
    Alias: KuroKy
    Age: 25
    Nationality: German
    Current Team: Team Liquid
    Earning to date: $4.1 million
2. Johan Sundstein
    Alias: N0tail
    Age: 25
    Nationality: Danish
    Current Team: OG
    Earning to date: $3.8 million
3. Amer Al-Barkawi
    Alias: Miracle-
    Age: 21
    Nationality: Jordanian-Polish
    Current Team: Team Liquid
    Earning to date: $3.7 million
4. Ivan Ivanov
    Alias: MinD_ContRoL
    Age: 23
    Nationality: Bulgarian
    Current Team: Team Liquid
    Earning to date: $3.4 million
5.  Lasse Urpalainen
    Alias: MATUMBAMAN
    Age: 23
    Nationality: Finnish
    Current Team: Team Liquid
    Earning to date: $3.4 million
 Most of this guys are on the same team.
Esport is not meant for kids. kids play games for fun.

I don't think many of us know how to monetize our passion because I have met with people that really like playing video games and other games. We would be enslaved when we treat video games just to please the desired of our mind and heart but if we mean business, we would not be addicted to it but rather we would see the playing of the games as a business.

It depends on what game you chose. "Free-to-play" games tend to have much micro-transactions that they really are pay-to-win. This is an issue in the gaming industry now where you already paid to own the game but it still got microtransactions in it.

As for grinding games, if it's popular enough, you can earn money out of it by selling stuff you've farmed.

"You are slaves on the world they created, wasting your consciousness away on a virtual world"

Little do you know your entire life is a video game in a virtual world, you just think it`s real.

So if you have more fun in another digital world (like vr game) than in real life, are you wasting it?

If you enjoy your time doing something, it is never a waste.

Seems this kid wasted his time https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/teen-gamer-wins-3-million-in-fortnite-world-cup-/5023619.html
I bet he is richer than you will ever be playing video games and having fun doing his hobby
AND EVERYONE ON THIS LIST https://www.esportsearnings.com/players


I personally made over 50,000 playing video games, and I would of did it all for free, because I had fun playing them. #notwasted I also learned more from them, than I did any teacher ever.



And if you want them to become even more intelligent, let them play in the fairy tales.