Gaming Addiction


Why MMORPG are the leaders in Gaming Addiction for people of all ages




You start to play the game and before you realize it, you are captivated and just can not stop playing. In the beginning, MMORPG rewards and plentiful and you are able to climb to higher levels easily. That is short lived though as soon it will take hours to advance like you did in the beginning. The gratification is almost instant but they trap you by leading you down a slippery slope. It hooks you and keep you wanting and needing more because you are always so close to getting another reward or advancing to another level. You are in a virtual world when you are communicating with others and you want what they have and even more. You need to camp the item which only results in a new item. Another primary factor that is a breeding ground for the addiction cycle is the networking that is involved with MMORPG’s. Many people develop platonic as well as romantic relationships over time as they are spending more virtual time with these people than with anyone else. Yet, at the same time, the environment in which these relationships grow is still one with anonymity so many people share a unique relationship with these co gamers. Also, know that when gaming and using MMORPG’s, the world, although fantasy based to us is real to them and creates a high stress environment and allows them to create allies quickly and build up a level of trust. In order to succeed with MMORPG’s you have to buddy up which creates an environment in which these relationships can breed. MMORPG’s also encourage spending a lot of time playing as well as the added pressures from your co parts with whom you play. If the others play more than you do, you might fall behind so virtually every moment is revolved around the world of the game. The network evolves quite quickly and the larger it grows the more obligations you have to fulfill. Hence, the more time you will spend gaming. The player that levels the most causes all of the other players to want to catch up and they will spend as many hours as it takes to do just that. As the players group up, like in any group setting, you have to do your part and meet your part of the requirements. It is a world of clerics, rezzes, druids, and teleports that most of us will never understand. This can take a very long time to do but to gamers it is never done in vane. These virtual fantasy environments are so attractive to gamers that they actually believe they are the characters in these games. They are living in that world while they are playing, thinking of nothing else. They have feelings for these characters and actually feel empathy for them as well. MMORPG’s saturate the entire soul of your being and put you in a place where you feel empowered and enchanted.