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Only 15% of Gamers are Internet Addicts
Huckster writes "Jeffrey Parsons - a doctoral candidate from University of Iowa has resently conducted a research on MMORPG addiction. It took a while to get the results - but they are now available.
The study found that about 15% of gamers meet the criteria for Internet addiction as provided by Kimberly Young, a leading researcher in Internet addiction. Using more strict criteria, a minimum of at least 10% of gamers met criteria for Internet addiction. Compared to national studies of Internet addiction, this numbers are somewhat elevated. However, given the sheer number of hours MMORPG gamers spend online (in comparison to the general population), even a 15% addiction rate is somewhat low.
To illustrate the point, the college student spends 10 hours on the Internet per week. The average MMORPG gamer (addicted or not) spends 20-25 hours per week just playing MMORPGs, and an additional 10-15 hours per week in other Internet use. In other words, MMORPG players are spending 4x as much time online as non-gamers."
It took a while to get the results...
Perhaps somebody was fooling around on the INTERNET when they should have been working?
Jeez, I'm one to talk...
Gotta do something to fill the void of loneliness. And sometimes a steady regiment of Hotpockets, Mountain Dew, and cigarettes simply won't do.
Most Americans are addicted to driving their cars.
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Women gamers were more likely than men... to have children
In other news, male gamers are more likely to pee standing up.
My god! You hit on it without even realizing. WORD ADDICTION! I use words all the TIME! I'm using them right now!! I've got to stop .. augh! I did it again! Okay okay, I'm stopping now. Really. Come on Ike, STOP!!
Oh noooooo .. I'm addicted ...
It's not a lie. It's the truth with lossy compression.
By that time, you've grown old, wife left, dog died.. etc.
So in a few years, we'll have to suffer through MMORPG themed country songs?
The average MMORPG gamer (addicted or not) spends 20-25 hours per week just playing MMORPGs, and an additional 10-15 hours per week in other Internet use. In other words, MMORPG players are spending 4x as much time online as non-gamers."
Wow! People wwith a hobby of online computer games spend more time online than people who have other hobbies. Now if only someone would do a study to find out if people with gardens spend more time outside than those with high definition TV's.
pfft, a pail is for n00bs. i've got a catheder hooked up directly into my bladder, running out the window to ... well ... i guess i don't really know what's out there, whatever it is, someone has the brightness on it turned up way too high.
either way, a pail is stupid. i mean, eventually you're going to have to get up and empty it, a problem i don't have, and the smell ugh. how someone who hasn't showered for three weeks straight could possibly tolerate the smell of their own piss is beyond me.