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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by andrepd on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @03:31PM (#32667174)
I equate League of Legends with drugs or junk food. It's not fun, not rewarding, not creative, not anything. I could play 3 or 4 40m games and at the end have a completely empty feeling. It is, however, extremely addictive.

I'll try hard not to get addicted to something that meaningless ever again. Games like LoL are the soul-sucking rock-bottom of games.

My experience, of course.

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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by standardly on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @03:38PM (#32667260)
"It's not fun"

What did you expect to get out of a game? If it isn't fun, don't play! That's why it felt meaningless lol

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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by sph on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @08:13PM (#32670064)
An addiction (to use the same word GP has used) doesn't have to feel fun to keep engaging in it. It just has to feel rewarding, which in its strictest sense it means your brain saying "I shall have more of this".

Fun and addiction are two separate mechanisms mediated by different neurotransmitters.

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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by andrepd on Thursday September 01, 2022 @07:08AM (#32674726)
Why do smokers smoke? It doesn't even taste good when you're pumping a pack a day into your lungs.
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Re:Inter-brain sync occurs without physical copresence durin... by mym1990 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @05:47PM (#32668788)
I have played League for 10 hours straight before and thought "wtf just happened?". Its like time just evaporates and it really does feel like an addiction.
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