There are a lot of people who play the game, and there are about 600 million in China. Only a small fraction of them can be called gaming addictive.
The United Nations Health Organization, as defined in the Eleventh Revision of the International Classification of Diseases, is characterized by game addiction:
1 is a persistent or sexual act of play (numbers game or game), which may be either offline or offline.
2. It is manifested in impaired game control (loss of control over the game), such as lack of self-control over the frequency, intensity, duration, termination time, situation, etc. of the game.
3. The importance of gaming has increased to the point where gaming takes precedence over other life interests and daily activities.
4 Despite the negative effects, the game continues to be played, and even the game is intensified.
5 This pattern of behaviour is severe enough to cause significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational, or other important areas of functioning, and usually visibly persists for at least 12 months.
My classification of gaming addiction is simple:
On average, more than 3 hours a day is classified as mild gaming addiction.
With an average of more than 5 hours per day, it is classified as moderately addictive.
With an average of more than 8 hours a day, it is classified as heavy gaming addiction.
The average daily game time, less than 3 hours, the harm of the game is slight, and even the feeling is not great.
The average daily game time, more than 3 hours, it is difficult to have a big development in the work, and it is basically a gangster day.
The average daily game time, more than 5 hours, the work trend is going down.
My feeling is that a heavy gaming addict who averages more than 8 hours a day will most likely have his personal career future ruined.
As for other aspects of life, not necessarily. Some people may have a better family environment, and they don't spend money on other personal expenses, and their lives are likely to be okay. In the words of many game addicts, people who play games, do not steal or rob, go to work normally, do not take drugs, do not gamble, do not play with women. Playing games and playing to the point of being in debt are also very few.
Therefore, the game only ruins the career prospects of a small group of people and the lives of a very small number of people. It's true that the game is bad, but the game is addictive, and it does ruin only a small part of them. The problem with the game is that, in the beginning, its harm is imperceptible. And most of them, in it, will constantly upgrade the game time. As time progresses, so does the game's harm. Once the game addiction stage is reached, the person will rank the importance of the game above other things in life. The conclusion is that the game doesn't necessarily ruin a person, but it definitely drags a person down. And the purpose of the game design is to make people gradually addicted, and it is best not to play.
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