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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jokamachi" data-source="post: 1996034" data-attributes="member: 6130"><p>Good points, though I think the tricky part lies in determining one's motivations for such "diversions." Some people who play three times a week would not consider themselves hardcore gamers, and yet you could easily find someone who plays a few times a month who would say that he plays quite a bit. There are some who have little free time and play regularly, while others with planty of time might play on occasion, and so on. In other words, I'd have to know a lot about someone and their commitments before I were in a position to make such a call. But even then, I wouldn't ever know enough to really say if that person were pursuing an escapist lifestyle, and even if I did, I think it would be useless to point it out. Only the person in question can truly make that determination. In time, the evidence usually manifests in failed relationships, jobs, or responsibilities, but even with all that piling up before him there might still exist a degree of denial on the part of the gamer. I've witnessed both hardcore escapist gaming and the ravages of alcoholism, and I can't help but compare the two. The escape (some might say the "beloved") takes precedence over all else, so it's not likely to be acknowledged until the bitter end.</p></blockquote><p></p>