A Case Study on the Effects of Playing Dota

Young people today spend Most of the time playing video games. These games are fun and engaging and young people often feel like playing games is a great thing to do in their spare time. Many times they often use video games as a reason for communication and often never even learn any social skills. However, People shouldn’t spend too much time gaming and there are a number of reasons for this: it’s unhealthy, should spend more time focusing on school, and people need to socialize more.

International studies have shown that between seven and eleven per cent of gamers show some symptoms associated with addiction. Some teens are heavy users of online role-playing games (RPGs) such as World of Warcraft and multiplayer games such as Call of Duty in which they interact with other players in real time. These teens will often neglect schoolwork and other aspects of their daily lives when they become immersed in these games. The American Medical Association has identified “video game overuse” as ‘behaviour’.

Information technology develops with rapid speed every year. This leads to the innovation in video games technology in many aspects such as: graphic, gameplay, sound, the story of the game, etc. Therefore, video games become a very popular way to entertain for many people, from children to adults, especially well-developed games with stunning graphics and vivid sound. We are living in a society where even a baby can play games on an iPad. Furthermore, video game influences on human behavior is a very controversial topic which has been abundantly studied and researched. Every student of University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL) may have played video games one time in their life. Some students played video games on computers, other students play them on smartphones or tablets, and the others played on consoles. However, some UHCL students gave up on playing video games because they think video games have no benefit and are waste of time. Moreover, some of them also think that playing video games might have negative influences on their behaviors. This might be because of many blockbuster video games in recent years, for example, Grand Theft Auto V, Fallout 4, or The Witcher 3 contain a lot of violent materials. Contrary to common thinking, video games actually have many benefits instead of being harmful to players. With the booming of the video game industries and video games become more popular in our society, understanding the advantages of video games

Video games have become a massive icon that has spanned decades, technology and even cultural boundaries. Whether you play on a computer, tablet, phone, or console: at some point in your life, video games have been a part of what you do. Strike up a conversation about games and you can make lasting friendships or bitter enemies. Even if they might not know the specific game, everyone knows what the genre is, and because of this, video games have taken their lasting place in our pop

Video game addiction is not yet recognized by the American Medical Association as a diagnosable disorder, but addiction has become a very real problem for many video game players. An addiction is when the person needs more and more of a substance or behavior to keep them going, and if the person does not get more, they can become irritable and miserable. Compulsive gaming meets these criteria, and there have been many studied instances where severe withdrawal symptoms in game addicts are seen when parents take away the child’s electronic gaming system. According to chapter three of the book, a study in Singapore of 3,000 middle schoolers found that the

In Iran, there are few and limited studies on the effects of addiction to computer games on players. Considering the increasing rate of addiction to computer games among Iranian adolescents and youth, the present study was conducted to

Before every quiz and exam, most students study very hard for it. However, some lazy and treacherous students would find some way to cheat. Therefore, they may use some technology to help them for cheating, like using Scroll Pen, which can be scrolled out a little paper from the pen and students can read it. In addition, being addicted by using technology may decrease the GPA or result in the class. In the summary of procon.org, on average, student get 3.06 for GPA when they are addicted on social media, whereas, non-addicted users get average of 3.82 GPA (Procon.org, 2015). It seems it would really influence students’ grade. Even worse, many video games promote violent to people; therefore, many teenagers try to imitate those violence skills and attack people near

From the past till now, video game never loses its popularity, from Gameboy to Wii, and from NDS to LOL, millions and billions of people are obsessed with this imaginary world. Some of the video games are created for educational purpose, however, most are created for the people who wants to escape from reality. “In a national Harris Poll survey of 1,178 American youths (ages 8-18), ISU Assistant Professor of Psychology Douglas Gentile found nearly one in 10 of the gamers (8.5 percent) to be pathological players.” ("Figure 2f from: Irimia R, Gottschling M (2016) ") Not only the statistic shows the high rate of addiction towards video games, terrible consequences of the addictions are more than enough to be served. For example, an extreme case of an Chinese kid called Xioyi suicide because he lose in one of his game on December 27, 2004; where he left a note that said he wanted “to join the heroes of the game he worshiped.” Video game has the potential to ruin a person’s life, as well as their family, or even the

Advances in technology have forever changed the way that children play, communicate, and view the world. Have you ever told your child that it was time to turn the video game off, or to put away the cell phone? Of course you have. Did they become upset, aggressive, or even depressed? These are warning signs indicating a potentially dangerous addiction. Addiction is characterized by the intense need for a substance and the experience of withdrawal symptoms when that substance is taken away (Rauh). Video games fill the player with strong feelings of pleasure and fulfillment. When considering the effects that video games have on your social, academic, and financial life; when do these fun technologies morph into a dangerous addiction?

Document A bestows a marvelous example on how gaming addiction can harm one intellectually. The days of Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario Kart, and Power Rangers have disappeared and been replaced with Multi-User Dungeon games such as "LambdaMOO". This game includes adventures and is more socially oriented; gamers are able to become characters and travel through quests in attempt to win. Adolescents are spending time playing video games rather than studying for tests, the total amount of hours played per week range from 60 to 70 hours. Adolescents prioritize video games, like LambdaMOO, over education and decide to play all night and miss their morning classes. These gamers do not meet their family's expectations and their GPA slowly falls lower and lower. They spend up to 10 hours per day and attend one or two afternoon classes. After class or eating dinner, these gaming addicts rush into their room to play video

According to Document C, “5 percent to 10 percent of...teens are gaming addicts.” This addiction has become a serious problem in recent years. With more games online, creators want to keep players online. “The games are designed to keep you at your computer as long as possible because you can’t win,” according to Liz Woolley from Online Gamers Anonymous. The games are diminishing the players motivation to do anything but play (Document C). This can also be said about internet addiction the constant flood of information and artificial communication to some people can be intoxicating. With the added risks of serious mental and social health problems gaming and extensive internet use may bring with it a new generation of antisocial

October 27, 2009 was the release date for the current most popular and successful game in the history of video games. League of Legends, developed by the company, Riot Games. League of legends has 26 million players daily, and 67 million players monthly all around the world. Based on the hours played, there is a total of over one billion hours logged on per month. It is also the most competitive video game today as well. The growth of the game has been so large that it the competitive scene in League of Legends has more viewership numbers than most popular sports including the NBA finals and the World Series that occurred in

An epidemic is beginning to sweep this nation. In this modern society, a majority of children, teens, and some adults are showing signs of what some experts refer to as video game addiction. Many professionals have differing opinions on the addictive nature of video games, but it does not take an expert to see that children are no longer playing outside, toddlers have learned how to operate pieces of technology that are challenging to some adults and cry when they are taken away from them, and some adults jeopardize their health every year by risking malnutrition and heart disease all in the attempts to play video games.

“High-school students who report spending more time playing video games or who report spending more money on video games had poorer grades in English classes” (Gentile, Lynch, Linder, Walsh 2). All young minds that play video games longer than the average time start to show a poor performance in school. These children start to think more about the video games they are watching and playing every day, rather than doing their homework and studying for tests.

Technology is largely consumed by teenagers who don’t have money. It’s a privilege within itself to be able to have internet. For that reason, League of Legends is one of the most popular games out there because its FREE! It was published and developed by “Riot Games.” Riot Games was founded by Marc Merrill and Brandon Beck on September 2006, in Los Angeles, CA. “Riot was created with the intent of