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How do you think is TOO long to spend on a mmo per day?
Pro_Pwnerer
Member Posts: 51
ok i just came across this poll on the mmorpg home page.
And i was surprised to see that 20.6% of the people here actually play for 8-16+ hours.
Either they just leave there computer on all day and let it sit there selling stuff in some games, or they actually play that long.
I find it very sad that people have nothing better in life to do that they play that long.
How many hours per day do you play MMORPGs?
less than 1 hour/day
7.3%
1-2 hours/day
11.9%
2-4 hours/day
29.1%
4-8 hours/day
31.1%
8-16 hours/day
12.5%
16+ hours/day
8.1%
Based on 39206 votes.
Comments
It would be more relevant if it was a percentage of one's free time, since this is something that's a comparable measurement. If I have 4hrs free per day and I spend 3 on MMOs, I spend 75% of my free time. If you have 8hrs free and you spend 4 on MMOs, you spend more hrs but only 50% of your free time.
From my understanding, a person awake for 72 hours straight is legally insane.
Heh, as long as you can pay the bills and fulfill family responsibilities, go crazy.
Too bad those numbers aren't in numerical order, I voted 4 hours because it looked, based on a quick glance, to be the shortest amount of time. I'd go shorter, personally, but as people have said, it depends on how much free time you have in a day. Lately, I haven't been spending *ANY* time on MMOs and I don't miss them a bit. Even at my "worst" I was only on 2-3 hours a day, actual play-time, I used to sit and idle for a couple of hours while at work but I rarely if ever looked at the game, I just sat there.
Anyone who is playing a lot really ought to get a life.
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uh hu.
Many of the people who ridicule gamers of course see nothing wrong with sitting on their fat asses all night watching TV, or spending hours in some bar wasting money on liquer and trying to get a piece of ass from some random skank.
If I choose to spend 10 hours in one day playing an MMORPG, at least I'm excersising my mind instead of drooling mindlessly at a television, or driving home drunk with a burning crotch and an empty wallet.
I'll take my games any day over a "life" like that, thank you.
more than 30 mins in one area
Spending 12 hours is too less time.
Spending 10 hour a day at a bar or watching TV would be as much of a waste. If you want to spend 70hrs a week on a video game then have fun but you're letting the world pass you by.
Nothing wrong with spending all day on a game every once and a while but doing it more then an adult normally spends at work seems excessive to me.
at least that burning crotch got some action
I'm going to have to agree. Since I stopped playing a ton of hours I've started making significantly more in my career, gotten engaged and started to look into buying a house. ...Everyone's mileage may vary of course.
Until you cancel your subscription, you are only helping to continue the cycle of mediocrity.
at least that burning crotch got some action
well, some of us older married types get action WHILE we play....just gotta make sure there's plenty of clearance under the desk...rofl.
I'm going to have to agree. Since I stopped playing a ton of hours I've started making significantly more in my career, gotten engaged and started to look into buying a house. ...Everyone's mileage may vary of course.
well, I'm not advocating the blowing off of one's real life responsibilities to play MMORPGs. Work, the wife, the kids..sometimes we don't get as long to play as we'd like.
But when I've got three days off in a row, the kid's at his mom's, and my current wife is at work...you bet your ass I'm gonna play 'till my eyes bleed...hehehe.
at least that burning crotch got some action
well, some of us older married types get action WHILE we play....just gotta make sure there's plenty of clearance under the desk...rofl.
damn d00d that sucks the girls i pick don't need much room
well, some of us older married types get action WHILE we play....just gotta make sure there's plenty of clearance under the desk...rofl.
damn d00d that sucks the girls i pick don't need much room
Rosy Palm and her sisters don't count as girls.
As much as I disagree with some of Wharg0ul's posts, I do have to agree with his viewpoint on gaming as opposed to watching tv or hanging out at a bar getting drunk.
I'm married, I have kids, and if I have a few days off, I'm going to log in and game with my wife and kids.
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at least that burning crotch got some action
well, some of us older married types get action WHILE we play....just gotta make sure there's plenty of clearance under the desk...rofl.
damn d00d that sucks the girls i pick don't need much room
Rosy Palm and her sisters don't count as girls.
As much as I disagree with some of Wharg0ul's posts, I do have to agree with his viewpoint on gaming as opposed to watching tv or hanging out at a bar getting drunk.
I'm married, I have kids, and if I have a few days off, I'm going to log in and game with my wife and kids.
i can understand playing with your wife but come on man they're your kids
Don't feel bad, man.....everyone eventually agrees with me
My rule of thumb:
I can play as long as I want during a day, HOWEVER, if there's stuff I need to do, plans I have made, or plans that come up that seem interesting enough (such as gf calling to hang out), work, family, and soon University, etc., then those are priority over my gaming. I do go to the gym for an hour and a half at night, and nothing meses with that either.
I must add that I am going into University for Computer Science with an Honours in Comp. Game Development degree (focus on development of MMOs), so I feel like if I don't play, and get experience in seeing what works with people, and what doesn't, what is possible etc., that I will most likely fail as a game designer.
When you play so much that you neglect your responsiblities and/or start to lose your health (especially eyes which are pretty sensitive). That's too much.
I used to get a hard time for playing computer games until I pointed this out.
I don't watch TV. It's crap. NCIS, LA Law, Star Trek Legal (Where the hell is Spock anyway?), CSI, CSI:NY, CSI:Miami, Law and Order, SVU, House, Grey's Anatomy (false advertising there - I never saw her anatomy even once!). Don't even get me started on "Lost" etc. So you think you can dance?, Idol, Some Country has Talent, Masterchef, Iron Chef, Ramsey's swearathon (Where is the Moderator?), Biggest Loser (Descibes the audience), Dance your arse off, Big Brother, Then the re-runs of Two and a Half Men (This is funny once type humor).
Pointed out to people that some of them eat their dinner in front of the TV and start at 5:30-6pm nightly and only finish at 11-11:30pm.
At least I choose my own entertainment and don't accept what is 'piped' to me by some TV exec.
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does that mean getting fat too?
Lol 16 hours a day is waaay to much...
To be honest, i spended back in my high school days 12+ hours a day playing mmos easy...
Now that im doing a master i dont have that luxury, i play 10-12 hours a day on a hardcore weekend ( like the next one.) but on a normal week day 4-8 max
If you watch The Karate Kid backwards it's about this karate champ that just kinda slowly becomes a pussy and ends up moving back to Jersey
does that mean getting fat too?
definately. Excersise is important.
Luckily the gym and pool are right behind my unit here...a quick work-out and some Tai Chi in the pool and I'm ready to sit on my ass and play some games!
at least that burning crotch got some action
well, some of us older married types get action WHILE we play....just gotta make sure there's plenty of clearance under the desk...rofl.
I've wiped a few raids cause of that, lol, a wife sure knows how to put a stunlock on a healer.
My Thoughts on Content Locust
I probably play about 3 hours a day on the weekdays and 10 on the weekends.
I'm guessing over 4 at a time is probably bad.
I'm starting to get dickidoo.
How does someone even play for 16 hours, eat, sleep, and work?
16 hours a day must mean:
1. Unemployed
2. College Student
3. Retired
It's totally subjective and really needs to be looked at on a case by case situtation.
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