7 Levels Of Video Game Addiction... today we talk about the 7 levels of video game addiction video game addiction has many levels to it. ... PODCAST: spotify.link/0...
From ages 7-14 I spent 15+ hours a day gaming until I started getting some friends and realized how much more fun the world was than sitting in your room
@@Admirance1234 is viable in my experience, although some people may not be running at full capacity they will still usually function correctly and be able to do everything necessary to sustain themselves
When I was in middle school, I had a friend who was level 6. He would spend every waking hour playing video games. Even when we were on FaceTime, he would ignore me in favor of whatever game he was playing. Eventually, I cut contact with him because he ghosted me in favor of playing video games. (He never answered my texts, and whenever I tried to call him, he’d tell me he was busy playing TF2 and would talk to me later, then hang up.) I hope he straightened out his life because he was on his way to level 7. He even had a shirt that said, “I must go. Video games need me!” When I could actually talk to him (usually when we played a multiplayer co-op game), he was a kind, creative, and funny kid. I hope he didn’t completely succumb to his addiction.
@@findot777 Perhaps. He just wasn’t direct about it. A mutual friend of ours cut contact with me a few years later and he made it very clear how much he disliked me and didn’t want to have contact with me anymore. In the former situation, even a simple, “I’ve had enough of you. Don’t contact me again.” would’ve been way more straightforward.
I was very addicted to video games for a while. However, I was the quietest gamer ever. Most of the rage was just bottled in until I could take it out on a punching bag I had in the yard. Good times
Very similar to what i would do. I would take a sledge hammer and beat the living shit out of a useless paint bucket (My dad was a finish guy in a cabinet shop.), in the winter i would go down to the creek (It was on our yard) and spend HOURS smashing ice. I still dk it to this day, just for different reasons.
I use to play Fortnite all day during Covvid 19 because I had no friends to Hang out with, All the kids in my neighborhood were half my Age, one of my neighbors that was around my age moved out 2 years later/ mid-late 2021 or early 2022. So all I had was video games
I’m like level 2, but I have a friend who is level 7. Every time I get on my Xbox (which is like once or twice a week for about an hour) he spams my party invites, and my ears get blown up by his raging in cod, while I’m just chilling, not competitive, and like level 30 on the game. I swear every hour or 30 minutes I get a notification saying he’s online, and in school he purposely throws up just to go home early and get on Xbox. I don’t even find gaming as fun as it used to be, but he can’t live without gaming. And i swear, he has like every game in the App Store, while I’m chilling with Pokémon go and clash of clans. I do care about him so I wish he would game less often and have a better life, but I don’t feel like his addiction will end anytime soon, if it ever will end. I even tell him I’m gonna take a break in hopes he will think it’s a good idea too, but nope, he just grinds some more while I take a break, but I don’t get on after because I get bored pretty fast of it. Thx for reading my comment that’s crazy u read that much
My mom told me that my dad clocked up more than 1 year’s worth of World of Warcraft in 5 years back in the early 2000’s. He would wake up at around 3 am and grind until maybe 11 pm. Every. Freaking. Day. This was before I was even born!
I used to be a level 7 just last year, I can say I am now in the middleground between level 2 and 3. I used to spend about 14+ hours a day playing games, cause I am in online college, and the only reason I used to be like this was due to online "friends". When i cut all ties with them in December, that was the best decision for me ever. I stopped playing games all day, started doing my own hobbies more, studying more, got a job in my career, went from 205 lbs to 147 lbs, am not depressed or suicidal anymore. While sad to say all my ex friends are still stuck at level 6 and 7 and all are unhappy. Don't let gaming take over, and delete discord is what I have learned, almost everyone on there is a time waster, and will just make you fall right back into gaming. Go make some irl friends and go out with them and do something.
I'm 30 years old. I'm able to hold down my WFH job, pay all my bills on time, and practice self care. But video games has been a part of my life since I was in diapers. I couldn't imagine life without gaming. So yes, I do play about 4-5 hours a day. But not before all responsibilities are taken care of first. And that's the takeaway here. As long as you're not hurting yourself or anyone else, do what makes you happy. I do.
Yeah exactly I’m not some god that needs perfection I just love playing some stupid game for hours at a time because to live I need to work and be somewhere I don’t wanna be my whole life so ofc I’m gonna play my games
I think I get a level 3 and a half. Sure, I love video games and have spent a pretty penny on them, but I don't rage often. I'm a pretty laid back dude who plays casually and when I do play online, I like to keep an optimistic mindset. People on the SSBU discord even called me "Anime Protagonist."
Used to be level 4-6 around elementary to middle school. I was the tablet kid. Almost everywhere i go, i always bring my crappy Android tablet and play almost every Angry Birds game that ever existed lmao. In college now; drastically decreased to level 1. Hell, i mostly do game development now than actually play games. My social skills has vastly improved as well. Balance is key, folks.
I got quite hooked to video games during quarantine, I was only a level 2-3 but in 2021 I got super addicted, I was at probably the middleground of level 5 and 6, i’m glad I realized it early that this video game addiction isnt healthy at all because I was averaging around 4-7 hours each day, so now 2023, i’m back to level 2-3, I don’t take video games seriously anymore, and i’m glad I made that decision.
I'm still between level 3-4 where I wanted to get better, had a little bit of toxicity, and only raged when I play games with friends and they fuck up the game. I also hated games that require tons of skill or grinding.
I *USED* to be on level 7 during Covid. At a point, I even started skipping online classes just for some extra screen time. I probably had 7-15 hours of screen time! Now that Covid has ended, I'm in Level 4 right now. I now have 3-4 hours of screen time, still working on lowering that. I think a lot of us got our addictions from Covid! *UPDATE*: So appearantly my main source of screen time got taken away, my laptop. So now it's like 2 to 3 hrs with phone and I am just sleeping more lol
I had this one friend who got so addicted when corona happened (and still after) that he wouldn’t even go outside his house to hang out with the homies, so addicted he literally dropped out of high school to play more games, so addicted he basically disappeared. It sucked because he was actually a really good friend. I wish he never had this happen
I dont play every day, but when i do its between 6-8 hrs. When i "rage" i just swear under my breath, i have never yelled or broke something over a game
2:32 for me, it was the fact i had a crowd back in school days. i had a table, with friends to relate with. i thought life was going smoothly. like, if i have people, i'm off to a good start. then, as we grew, we all got better at whatever game it was. for me, it was pokemon. and i feel like the main reason i cared so much about the acomplishments. was because i had this sense where i felt the more i continued at other peoples' pace, the more consistant i'd flow with my group (keep in mind, this was during school for me. and, didn't know that most people won't talk to you after school's over.) the more i was doing good. it was a competition for like "me doing my part for the group" if you will.
I’m probably a 3.5. One problem I have is that i’m usually relatively calm, but the one thing that makes me rage is games. Never got to the point of breaking equipment though.
I’m level 1 most of the time and level 3, like, twice a year. For example, at the end of 2021, I downloaded Doodle Jump for nostalgic purposes, became so addicted that I would get on the global leaderboard on a daily basis, and then reverted to normal at the beginning of 2022.
It's hard to align myself in this video because i almost exclusively play singleplayer games, but i play a lot. I do play a lot and if it was up to me, i'd probably be playing like 6-8 hours a day Yet i rarely rage, out loud or physically. I'm more likely to just silently break down for like 30 seconds and either quit a game or keep playing.
new video by the duck!!! I'm in the middleground of level 3 to 4, I dont rage much and I try to be a team player when i'm playing team games like counter strike, and im not too focused on rankings but its still kinda fun to see how good you are. Most of my gaming recently has been trying to achieve all the achievements I can in the games I own and I've been having a lot of fun with that! I'm glad im not anywhere higher and I hope I never go to that sort of level. Good video, cant wait for the next one!!
I feel like this video confuses rage/emotions with addiction a lot. The most important thing to ask yourself and obduct is: could you stop playing and not care (which means that you don’t damage other parts of your life).
I bought a punching bag and a pair of boxing gloves cause of video games, but they helped reduce stress in everything else. The moment you buy a gamer drink/powder, is the moment you can never be normal again.
It’s actually so sad because us as little kids were introduced to video games, and instead of using our drive to improve in life and becoming better on things that matter in real life. We just put them into video games. Video games stole our happiness.
I used video games to understand the kind of person i wanted to be. Got me to stop reading comics and make me go and work out. I wanted to be my personal hero Kazuma Kiryu.
No one should really blame video games for their declining mental health. The only one who is to blame for getting addicted in the first place is you and you alone. Gaming, just like with every other form of media, is created for entertainment. Its main purpose is to keep you entertained when you're not busy with something. Don't let video gaming ruin your health. The best way to avoid getting addicted is to have self-control and being responsible. That is the best way to handle ANY form of addiction. As anything remotely fun to us humans can lead to an addiction. It's been that way since the dawn of man. Having self-control from getting any urges and becoming more responsible to your duties as a human being can prevent you from being an addicted junkie of any kind.
As I grew up, I went from level 5 to 1. But hey, those level-5 days were THE DAYS as a gamer, but now I regret them from a mature perspective. Never go beyond level 2, I'm warning you all from the bottom of my heart.
In terms of gaming, I'm probably at level 4 usually. Unfortunately I am undoubtedly addicted to my phone. Your video made me laugh a bit, thank you and good work!
I'm on the third level. If I start to get mad, I just go outside and do something else. Seriously, this is much better than convulsing for several hours because you can't beat some stuff in the game.
When I was 12 my parents started limiting my game time and I'm glad they did because I did not want to become one of those discord mods. I was gaming like 6 to 8 hours a day before my parents cut down on my gaming time.
Over this summer I played anywhere from 400 to 750 hours of Minecraft because I had nothing else to do, but since school has started I’ve been slowing down on it so I can get actual sleep to actually function socially
In like less than a year i played 4x more of Mario kart 8 than i did in in the first 8 years of having the game and similar thing with Minecraft but way worse 💀
I am happy to say I have no addiction to video games. :) I played games a fair bit as a kid, and I sunk a lot of hours into Minecraft around ages 11-13, but I was never too bad. Since then, I really just don't care and I'm a game dev myself. I occasionally play some games, but I quickly grow tired of it. Usually it is TF2, Minecraft, or Clone Hero. Sometimes one of my many PS2 games from my childhood. I have a pretty good PC, but it's been the same since 2017, and I have no desire to upgrade it. CPU's a bit slow, but I am not gonna spend like $600 to replace CPU, mobo, and RAM. Even then, the reason I'd want that is to render videos faster. The best games coming out nowadays can be played on 10 year old PCs no problem, if not Intel HD graphics. I bought Will You Snail? on Steam when it came out and that was great. You can run that on any PC that you'd reasonably be using nowadays. Probably even a Core2Duo laptop.
I used to really not care about games back then from 12 and younger. But every since I moved to another area (I didn't really make any friends at that area and even as of now). I got more addicted to Minecraft, so much I would rage so much if i were to lose to much. Right now I'm 15 (turning 16 in like 3 months), and although I'm not a hardcore gamer (I play like 2-3 hours a day), I can agree that I'm somewhere around level 3 or 2, probs because I got more laxed in gaming and took school more seriously. Edit: I have taken a break from Minecraft and nowadays just play Pokemon and Roblox, just forgot to mention that.
This is relatable on some level, i have a weird progression of gaming addiction, i always preferred my life before games, but when i had the time, i often turned on the PC. Right now im on the level 3-4. This video opened my eyes, you got a new sub!
From 6-14yr old i was always glued to a game. I was a 7 all day until I realized how much time I was wasting not taking care of myself. I look back and hated that version of me, but now im more a 2 and play for fun
Same bro. My friend’s a level 6 with brawl stars and I’m trying so hard to help him since I’ve been friends with him since before fucking kindergarten but it’s all he does and no matter what he is either 1) pissed at brawls stars or 2) is happy about something in brawl stars and only talks about that. I think I’m starting to lead him into a better direction though.
My gaming level varies a lot. Sometimes, it’s level 8, level 0, or level 1-5. It really depends on the days that I have. When I feel sad, I play more video games, but the happier I am, the more time I spend outside doing other things
I'm 5.5 (4-6 hours a day, no energy drinks lol) and I'm chill most of the time. Have a life and two jobs and am in shape. When I need to I can put it down for weeks and go to work, then get right back on the grind. I don't think you can really be addicted to a game, at least not chemically like you are to alcohol and drugs. All you need is a tad of discipline and to just walk away when you need to.
I'm somewhere between level 2 and level 3, I play every day during lunch break at work and often play a little before and/or after work. But gaming is just a small part of my day. During 2020-2021, I was level 4 (minus the raging), I spent lots of time gaming because there really was nothing else to do.
I am antisocial and basically have no friends. For a few months I just sat at home and did nothing, and then I started gaming. It’s all I can do in my life and now I’m horribly addicted and any time I try to stop, I just remember how lonely I am and go back to playing
just about 3 years ago in 2020 I was kind of level 7, I didn't rage at losing much, but damn, I never properly bathed and whenever I was bribed to do something for videogame time I would bolt to go do the task but halfway through it, I'd get bored and then I'd find myself 4 hours later and still haven't finished it. I am far past that now and I'm like level 2.3, I sometimes play more than I should, but i def don't play everyday, and seeing this video shows who I was even though I already know I'm not the same person since im really active now, but I like to see how far I've gone in the RIGHT direction.
When I was in middle school, I was a level 5, I was very competitive with video games and it was the only thing I'd look forward to. Fortunately, my parents recognized how bad it was and unplugged my console. Throughout high school, I was at level 0 and would only play at my friend's house, and I started becoming an outdoors person. Now that I'm in college and living away from my parents, I'm at level 2, and my parents are fine with it because they know I'm not addicted and enjoy other activities.
I’m quite obsessed with my game, but half of it was to have fun in the game. The other half was to have fun with my friends. Even if it was a fighting game, sometimes me and my friends would just sit back and talk about stuff. I will not lie, I have gotten mad sometimes/rage quitted, but I don’t really do that much anymore. And funnily enough, I was the talk of the friend group because I was bad. I sucked ass at Fortnite, yet it didn’t make me mad. I was having a lot of fun with my friends, laughing and insulting each other at the same time.
Coming from school, I went to the computer, stayed there for 4 hours, did the homework at last hour, watched tiktok and RU-vid shorts, I was addicted to games. It was the worst time of my life ever. I always thought I had my gaming hours controlled, but I didn't. Thanks to a miracle, the algorithm showed me videos about how bad gaming is for you, and watching tiktok. So this year, I stopped completely. I can tell you, it works really well not playing video games anymore. The best part of it being more focused and not getting bored so easily.
I was a level 7 but to be honest I stooped down to about like between 2 or 3 just a few months ago. Gaming got boring for me but I only play it like once every few days. I never drank energy drinks though.
I’m probably a level 3.5. I play around 3-5 hours a day (on weekends) and about an hour and a half/2 hours a day on weekdays when I have free time. I used to rage a lot at games, but now I realized it was pointless and whenever I lose to another player I just accept that they’re better and I try to improve myself. If I lose to an AI because they have some goofy code that guarantees them a win though.. that’s when I start to get mad. Anyway I normally play with my friends and we just have fun without really caring about how well we do unless it’s against each other.
When I was little i for some reason jus adored RPGs and such, I never played shooter games except sometimes with the boys. This RPG habit made me really calm and never rage, i had a level 3 gaming addiction minus the raging
I had a streak where I'd play for a significant chunk of the day. From about 8 or 9 in the morning until 4 or 5 in the afternoon. I'd have the wiki/tutorial pulled up beside me because I don't mess with multiplayer or fps games and spend hours in front of the screen. Once I was playing minecraft for so long in one day that I noticed how much a vine had grown in between the hours. Glanced out the window and suddenly it grew several inches up from where it was when I first looked. I can't do nearly as much time like that anymore because I get super motion sick/eye strain
ngl the only level that fits for me is lv7 but atleast i try to take care of myself. i‘m a heavy gaming addict with 6-8h per day but i can‘t really quit that addiction since i can barely do anything in real life
I’m like a 3 in terms of competitiveness with a 4-5 in terms of hours played. In other words, I’m not too competitive, but I spend a lot of hours on games
Used to be a level 7, Now I'm actually focusing on the important stuffs like laundry and stuffs. Now im like a level 3. Thanks Duckie boy for changing my life!
I'm level 5 but ive gone to level 7 at my peak. With just two peices of gaming clothes and how competitively i played (never raged, took energy drinks, or did stretched). But thats when I decided it was too far for me and went down to a 5 and maybe less now. But i used to play like 4-8 hours a day which is too much.
I played LOL for 4 years and 2 of them i played 14+ hours a day. But i never got angry at my stuff, i rage on the chat but my body had no reaction. and i don't understan why people rage to their own items.
I feel ya! I used to play fortnite for a good 14+ hours as well for about 4 years before moving on to apex and rocket league and doing the same there. If you know rocket league chat, you know.... Man I would get angry sooo bad, but I never yelled or broke anything or slammed anything, I would just be sooo fucking pissed and angry but wouldn't even yell let alone break stuff, idk what is wrong with people to be breaking their setup or doors for that matter.....
I get mad almost every time I play games. But I've never broken anything. I'm the guy that just leaves in the middle of the round. I don't understand the breaking things, theres plenty of stuff to do without that.
@@Quick15 one of my best gaming moments are when my team is loosing hard but in the end we win, you will never experience that feeling if you leave the mach. But i understan some of the teams are noobs but 1 out of 20 you will win with bad team (what turns into best team ever in the end) what is best feeling ever.
I’ve never raged at all, actually. Im a- casual? Player? But at the same time I’m also on like 24/7 whenever I can. I mostly play single player though, cause I’m on Xbox and I’d get killed instantly in any pvp. I also don’t drink ANY energy drinks, or do the ‘gamer stretch’. I also don’t stay home just to game. I play games so much yet at the same time I close the ranked match to go out with friends or something.
Was on level 7 til a few years ago, dropped down to level 5 two years ago and now I'm at level 2-3, but still spend sometimes way too much time on the computer because I'm more interested in how the games are programmed than playing the games.
My own 10 levels of gorilla tag players Level 0: never played gorilla tag before Level 1: first time playing gorilla tag and they are always the target Level 2: starts to become good. Gets the first cosmetic
level 3: becomes sweaty because of the game Level 4: becomes a gorilla tag content creator and makes gorilla tag videos Level 5: is aware and is aware of any tagged monkeys depending on what game mode you are in Level 6: is super good at the game and is the pro Level 7: focuses on gorilla tag and gets more good Level 8: knows a juke and becomes a mega fan of gorilla tag Level 9: knows every juke in the whole game Level 10: better than any player and 3 4 5 6 7 9 combined
I spend tons of time playing games. Not because it gets in the way of my life, but because I have literally nothing else to do. Don’t got a job yet (thinking of getting one in 2024 though), honestly don’t like sports, and being air conditioned in a house doing something I like sounds better to me than sitting outside on a hot day and doing fuck all. But for anyone on tier 7 or above, damn I feel sorry for you.
@SilaenNase eh, don’t really got any books lying around… the only one I DO have is the one my reading teacher forced on me, and I do NOT want to read that, because I think we all know that any book you’re forced to read is shit.
Yea im definitely level 3 (possibly 2.5 since im a bit of both) i play games ALOT, and im competitive, but im not ALWAYS on them, i do get pretty bored of my games (especially when theres a game drought untill later this year) so i tend to not play video games for about half the week total.
Almost failed grade 9 because of lvl infinity,clutched up, turned into a lvl 3 and didn't get a single failing grade that year. Also thanks to my dad for gving mehis genetics and helping me stay athletic during that time. edit: I am now the best in my class in multiple subjects
In 2023 I was probably level six or seven. It was getting in the way of my dental health and I did start gaining weight, but my New Year’s resolution, Heck, My New Years Promise, was to lock in. Today I’m probably level 6 or 5, but I’m only halfway through the year, let’s get my screen time below five or six hours and I can call it done
It is interesting: I am playing somewhere 1:30 to 2 hours a day, but i am not a competive player at all. i just play some strategy games and if i get into online stuff i just try to get fun. Yea, teammates are angry, but who cares, i just get fun!
me personly will consider myself lvl 3 cuz eveyday after school i play for 2 hrs or so but 1 or twice in a year i would put my whole day into playing games
idk why but when I die on a video game when im really far into a level i have this random addiction to sit and contemplate every life choice i made over the years
I don't have a level really, I'm just chaotic in this viewpoint. I could play all day on one game for fun, or 12 games. Or I could just not game that day since I felt like doing something else. Or I'll play for 2 hours and get off It's quite literally just pure chaos
I'm probably at like a level 3 right now. I sorta fluctuate between levels 1-3 depending on how long I've invested in whatever game it is that i'm into. Mostly, I just use games as a way to pass the time at school when I've got nothing better to be doing. As of late, I've been very invested in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and plan to play Tears of the Kingdom if I get it for Christmas. Am I playing a little too much? Maybe, maybe. I make sure to take care of myself though, as I'm into weight lifting and other forms of exercise as well as reading. My study habits could use some work though, so I should probably cut out some of my game time for that.
