It all started when I told a friend of a friend that I enjoyed playing video games. She said she left her husband because he played league of legends too much, to the point of having problems at work.
After that I talked to some closes friends, friends of friends, co workers, and all women had very similar stories. Their husbands / boyfriends / grooms lost their jobs or failed college (in some cases PhD) because they failed to meet their commitments and reason was addiction to LOL.
I'm talking about cases where girlfriends sat down to talk, said they couldn't go on if things didn't change. Everyone involved in these stories was 24 to 32, so they were all grown men. In some cases they have forgotten appointments with their girlfriends / wives, some giving up sex, saying they couldn't stop a match online and that teammates would be annoyed.
I have a co-worker who does research about games (in general) and I am trying to convince him to check this further. Do you think there is something in particular about LOL that makes the game more addictive?
After that I talked to some closes friends, friends of friends, co workers, and all women had very similar stories. Their husbands / boyfriends / grooms lost their jobs or failed college (in some cases PhD) because they failed to meet their commitments and reason was addiction to LOL.
I'm talking about cases where girlfriends sat down to talk, said they couldn't go on if things didn't change. Everyone involved in these stories was 24 to 32, so they were all grown men. In some cases they have forgotten appointments with their girlfriends / wives, some giving up sex, saying they couldn't stop a match online and that teammates would be annoyed.
I have a co-worker who does research about games (in general) and I am trying to convince him to check this further. Do you think there is something in particular about LOL that makes the game more addictive?
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