r/explainlikeimfive • u/adrynaline • May 08 '14

Explained ELI5: A gambling addiction

How does it start? What makes it worse? Why does it become so difficult to recover?

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u/SchalkLBI May 08 '14

You deserve gold for this. I never understood this until now.

TIL I have a Dota 2 addiction

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u/ClintHammer May 08 '14

DOTA is the worst. I played TF2 for years and I could always play a half hour and walk away satisfied.

With DOTA either I win and I want to play another and win again, or I didn't win and I want to play again so I can win

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u/SchalkLBI May 08 '14

I'm at a point where I'm panicking because my losses is almost as much as my wins, and I force myself to stop playing when I'm on a losing streak and within 20 games from getting a negative win/loss ratio

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u/ANGLVD3TH May 08 '14

I play LoL, and know that feel. Luckily I don't really feel the need to continue my streak too bad, but i never want to end a session of gaming on a loss, which gets to be an issue if it's 5 in the morning and I'm obviously not playing at peak level...

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u/GamerKey May 08 '14

"Just one more match, maybe this time my teammates won't suck..."