How has your gaming habit affected you or people around you

Question

GAMERS AROUND THE WORLD!!!!
How has your gaming habit affected you or people around you?

Answer 1

I wont say that it has affected me but i will say i have learnt many things from gaming as it helped me improve my concentration and helped me be focused. Though my parents always complained about me spending a lot of time in gaming but still it was worth the time spent.

Answer 2

I am a hardcore gamer and I play a variety of games.. According to me, gaming increases creativity and imaginations... There are so many games that require the gamer to do things, maybe solve a problem or complete a task (Like in GTA) and there is no single way of doing it... It lets the gamer do whatever he wants and this helps the gamer improve his creativity and imagination..

Answer 3

Again i am contradicting with my previous answer but Gaming is good but when done in a limit as we dont want us to get stuck with a screen for the entire day as it would make you lazy to do physical work. If you are really good learn the backend mechanism of the gaming as it has wide opportunity when it come to make a future in gaming as a developer.

Answer 4

I heard a news sometime ago that a kid of about 10-12 years old saved his sister from a moose who was gonna attack her.. After the incident when he was asked how did he know to handle such situation, he answered telling that he learnt those skills from a video game called "World of Warcrafts".. What could be better when a video game can teach you how to save lives, right? Yes, it is not true with all the games and all the situations but there are many such examples where gaming has helped save lives...

Comments

Maybe I should start playing that game :)
Cause i;m young by heart :P

Answer 5

FAT. Sitting in the same place, eye vision getting weaker is one thing, but i also put on like crazy fat....:P

Answer 6

Gaming has spoilt sleep.. I have so many friends that are so into gaming that do not sleep much(and on some days they dont sleep at all).. They do not maintain proper routine for sleep and food.. and this affects their health.. This affects them physically and psychologically

Answer 7

Games have their own pros and cons, playing video games till an extend is actually very helpful, it increases concentration, focus, reflexes etc but at the same time if the amount of time you spend on them increases because obviously its addicting, you start screwing up your health.

Comments

Hm..Interesting.
I've never felt anything like that before...

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Maybe you're playing the wrong games! :-P  @Vardhan

Answer 8

Gaming increases aggression. There are many games that have intense violence, killing people, these kind of games increase the aggression in people. People have that thought even outside the game.. And there are so many studies that prove it. You can read more about it here: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/health/2017/03/17/study-finds-violent-video-games-increase-aggression/99303180/

Answer 9

Maybe it has helped in improving the analytical abilities in me....otherwise i'm not too sure about this...thoughts?

Answer 10

Gaming, according to me can have both positive and negative impact on an individual. I agree that gaming can boost one's imagination and creativity as well as presence of mind to a certain extent but if you let yourself get addicted to gaming, I would say that it could have a major impact with maintaining relationships with family and friends. It could cause a person to involuntarily distance himself from friends and family in the long run.

Answer 11

Well my English has improved and my reflexes too...and some quality games  will teach u a lot About life .... besides that gamers is a religion which I'm proud to a part of....as Asus markets its products REPUBLIC OF GAMERS ...true from word to word

Comments

haha...True dat :xD

Answer 12

Destroyed my life.

Made me broke.

Lost my little girl.

Wife left me.

I suffer from chronic depression.

Eminem still won't write back.

Probably gonna die of cancer

Comments

Brother I feel for you!

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Hi ariaholic.. here you go, I've written back to you.. you can scratch out one from the above  list..

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You neither sound like a good rapper, nor like a good gamer.
Get a life asap. #GBY

Answer 13

The people around me are avid gamers. Though I personally do not game, I have gained appreciation for it. I think it is misinterpreted by many of us an unhealthy habit categorized along the lines of an addiction. Most gamers have a very healthy relationship with their gaming habit. It keeps them socially and mentally active. Sometimes it keeps them cooped up in a room for hours, but so does reading a book.

Answer 14

My friends are like hardcore gamers and i just get ignored. i hate it when they game

Answer 15

It started as time pass but eventually got addicted.

Answer 16

Gaming has been there ever since from the begining of the society !

Gaming builds up concentration power!

Helps take instantaneous decissions

Answer 17

People get too lost in gaming and are unaware of incidents that's going on in the world.. This is not a good thing.. Everybody should be aware of what's going on in the real world.. because thats where they are living..

Answer 18

All the real gamers out there!

Answer 19

My son's gaming all the time and its annoying and noisy for all of us at home.

Answer 20

I can say I'm an addict. I've started missing my classes just so that i can finish my tasks in this new game i've been hooked onto. My parents had realized that i'm getting addicted to gaming, they started restricting the use of gadgets but i fight and lie to them and go out of my way just to game.

Answer 21

I started gaming when i was in 8th grade. My parents are very strict when it came to using electronics but i started lying and fighting with them. In 12th grade my parents told me i've gotten addicted and i needed help, i refused. But when i saw my career falling down right in front of my eyes, i realized and started the therepy and its helped me a lot. I only game in my free time now and meditation has helped me gain self control.

Answer 22

for me gaming gave me a career option as i don't know what i would have done if gaming was not an option to choose as my career. I get in these really cool game review over the internet and get paid for just playing them and talking about it.

Answer 23

My brother is a hard core gamer and he has won many tournaments of many games. This all came in return of increase power of his specs, making him lath and his motor skills i guess are degrading day by day.

Answer 24

I think my gaming has affected my mom more than me. She hates it when i game, she's become very short tempered and annoying.

Is it just my mom or everyone's?

Answer 25

Gaming's had both good and bad effects on me. Starting with good effects, it increased my creativity, my concentration, my focus, my imagination and made a lot of online friends. Moving on to the bad effects, i became less social, I ended up screwing my eyes and ears(headphones) and I've put on weight.

But I'm glad gaming hasn't become addiction for me.

Answer 26

Gaming has taught me time-management (to some extent), co-ordination, working with team.. These things would benefit me in real life too.

Answer 27

I have seen people who are so into gaming that they spend all their timing for gaming. They prefer to stay away from interacting with people. Due to this, when they come around people, they start feeling uncomfortable and start acting weird

Answer 28

Gaming got me diverted from my academics.. Some games are addicting and once your start playing them, that's all you can think of.. Gaming is good but i think getting addicting to it will have bad consequences..

Answer 29

I have made a lot of friends all around the world through gaming. And most of them are pretty close friends to me now.. I'm glad that gaming gave me friends like them..

Answer 30

Gaming literally helped me get out of depression!!

Answer 31

I feel like i dont live in the real world anymore. Very involved and fascinated by the gaming graphics, it makes me sink in it.

Answer 32

Gaming has always been a mood enhancer for me. Whenever i am frustrated or sad or bored or not in a good mood, I spend my time gaming and it results in enhancing my mood. Gaming relaxes and refreshes my mood.

Answer 33

For me gaming has always enfluenced me to do more, acheive more and infact study more. As a kid i was allowed to play only that many hours of games as many i took for studies. So i had to study more in order to play more. This gave me a zeal to study as well as play.

Answer 34

My social life is messed up.