Online gaming users who are hooked on multiplayer online games can raise social problems. In an online survey of more than 400 gamers who were regularly playing a game called 'Asheron's Call', the research project discovered some players who spent most their time online led to arguments at home and negatively affected their work as well as their social life going downhill. On average they were spending 18.5 hours a week online playing. One player claimed to be spending 100 hours a week online. A survey of the 400 gamers showed that:
- More than 40% said their social life was suffering
- 30% recognised gaming was interfering with their work
- 40% said it was causing arguments at home
- 50% confessed they were not getting enough sleep
- 35% said they missed meals to carry on playing.
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