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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by falcolas on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:29PM (#28357405)
> playing with a ball in a field might be better

I categorize this as "maybe". If you're a physically fit child with good hand/eye coordination, playing ball is fun. If you're not, due to genetics, weight, or illness, it's closer to torment.

Also, playing ball is almost always going to be competitive - there are no bots and only rarely cooperative objectives involved.

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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by brundolf on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:33PM (#28357479)
For me it was just always boring. I played pee-wee sports for a few years and I spent most of the practices and games staring up at the sky daydreaming. I couldn't relate to my peers over their interest in it (though I did relate to some of them over Pokémon when we had water breaks)
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Re:China has forbidden under-18s from playing games for more... by falcolas on Monday August 30, 2021 @12:36PM (#28357529)
I'll agree with this. Being in left field was bo-ring. It was being up at bat, and knowing that I was going to rack up an "out" for our team, which was agonizing.
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