Study: One in nine MMOG players addicted

[News Feeder]

Poll of 7,000 online gamers shows that 12 percent exhibit at least three signs of uncontrollable habitual behavior.

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[garetjax]

Originally Posted by News Feeder

Poll of 7,000 online gamers shows that 12 percent exhibit at least three signs of uncontrollable habitual behavior.

Uh, duh?

[Zambini]

I don't!


I can stop any time.... Where can we take this test?

[XoRn]

I used to be addicted to Runescape... then I realized that I was addicted to getting my character drunk. He became a digital alcoholic. The wife left him. She took the kids. He became homeless and had to beg on the streets for chicken feathers and ess to sell. Then he found the Barbarian Village. They don't guard their kegs so he was free to get drunk when ever he wanted to. Then one night, in a drunken stupor, he accidentally went to far north and picked a fight with a giant. The doctors said he might of made it if he hadn’t called the giant a vulgar name after it plumed him into the ground...

And that’s why I play Anarchy Online.

[gvblake22]

Originally Posted by XoRn

I was addicted to getting my character drunk. He became a digital alcoholic. The wife left him. She took the kids. He became homeless and had to beg on the streets for chicken feathers and ess to sell. Then he found the Barbarian Village. They don't guard their kegs so he was free to get drunk when ever he wanted to. Then one night, in a drunken stupor, he accidentally went to far north and picked a fight with a giant. The doctors said he might of made it if he hadn’t called the giant a vulgar name after it plumed him into the ground...

aaahhhhh, the story of my life......

[Deviqa]

I bet none of those 7000 were Everquest players cuz it would have been much higher than 12%.

I went from 5 years of EQ to EQ2 (sucked) and will be going to Vanguard:SOH as soon as it launches...maybe I'm addicted to Brad McQuaid.

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Deviqa

...maybe I'm addicted to Brad McQuaid.

Gross. Brad McQuaid eats little children for breakfast.

[DeanOlicious]

Originally Posted by XoRn

I used to be addicted to Runescape... then I realized that I was addicted to getting my character drunk. He became a digital alcoholic. The wife left him. She took the kids. He became homeless and had to beg on the streets for chicken feathers and ess to sell. Then he found the Barbarian Village. They don't guard their kegs so he was free to get drunk when ever he wanted to. Then one night, in a drunken stupor, he accidentally went to far north and picked a fight with a giant. The doctors said he might of made it if he hadn’t called the giant a vulgar name after it plumed him into the ground...

And that’s why I play Anarchy Online.

Haha, I think there's a meatspace version of that game, cept I can't seem to find any ungaurded kegs.

[Zambini]

How about freaking surveying WoW players....
97%

the other 3% can't afford it

[garetjax]

Originally Posted by Zambini

How about freaking surveying WoW players....
97%

the other 3% can't afford it

They won't survey WoW because it's not considered a real MMO. It's much too diluted, cartoony and kiddy-fied to really be called a challenging MMO. ;)