Why Video Game Are So Addicting

Now look, why video games are so addicting. Now I've been addicted my whole life, like literally, bro, at least half of my life was just video games. I can't tell you, bro, I've spent countless and countless and countless hours just on video games. Now first of all, I started with playing games like Clash of Clans. I got an iPad— or not me, but someone in my family got an iPad, so I started— I installed Clash of Clans. I played that game for long time. It wasn't like so addicting because, you know, you cannot play Capture the Flag for multiple hours. You always gotta wait, and so you like, it's not addicting. But also at the same time, or maybe just right a bit after, I started playing Minecraft. Or maybe before I played Minecraft. Okay, yeah, back in primary school, someone— I still remember someone, my best friend in primary school, showed me Minecraft and And I started playing it, I became like very good and everything. And then I started, I bought a Wii. I bought a Wii like just right after Clash of Clans. That, the Wii, actually bro, think about it, like it was like one of the only video games that I don't think should be considered addicting because first of all, you're playing offline, you're playing like Wii Sports, you're playing like sports with your friends and you're like physically doing things like, bro, It's actually fun, bro. Yes, it's better to do these things in real life, but it's actually, bro, like, hey, like, still, like, if there's more video games you play, like Minecraft or, or this, like, literally, really, I was playing this Wii, and then I played— after I played the Wii, I bought a PlayStation. I sold my Wii, I bought a PlayStation 3. I played games like NHL and FIFA. Uh, I was still playing Minecraft. You know, I was grinding Minecraft, bro. I was literally like became one of those that's like very good at PvP, like, you know, fighting and everything. I was like a god, bro. I was— but you know, like, I was just spending too much time. That's why I was a god. But, and then I sold my PS3 a couple years after, like 2 to 3 years after. Uh, no, not even more, like, because the PlayStation 4 was out for like 4 years and I still had my PlayStation 3. But like And I bought an Xbox One, and that's when the addiction started, bro. First day I got my Xbox One, I would sleep the fuck— sleep the fuck, bro. Sleep, like, sleep— not sleep the fuck, I just still slept like a good amount, but like, it was the first time in my life where I just said, I'm not gonna do my homework right now, I'm gonna do my homework tomorrow morning at 5 AM. But at that time, I wasn't waking up at 5 AM, I was waking up at like 7 AM so I can go to school. But now I had to wake up at 5 AM and be sleep deprived just so I could do my homework because I didn't do it because I was playing the Xbox One. So every day what I look forward to was playing the Xbox every time I, you know, I come home. You know, I'm gonna explain a lot of things about those words, bro. And what you gotta understand is when I was coming back, like, playing Xbox, that was— I was always looking forward to do that, and I was doing that until, like, I could go to sleep. I was like eating fast. I was just doing nothing but playing video games. And you know, that created like a lot of problems, like a lot, a lot of problems, because I became very addicted. I was still addicted back in those days too, but not as much as with Xbox. And what you gotta understand is, you know, I went to Clash of Clans. Clash of Clans maybe wasn't addicting at that time, and then Minecraft, it wasn't too much addicting. And then it became more and more addicting, you know, PlayStation 3, playing games that is competitive, that you have rewards and ranks and everything, and then you play more games that is more addicting. Like when I was playing the Xbox One, I played games like Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, or I was still playing Minecraft, or I played Call of Duty. I played— I forgot, but I literally forgot. I played Fortnite. I started playing Fortnite when it just started everything, it started blowing up. That's when I started playing Fortnite. I was like an OG. And bro, games are so addicting. And even to this day, every time I'm sort of like in a state of like I'm bored, I feel like lonely and everything because I still, I feel lonely because I don't have like much people like around me and everything. I'm taking a break from all like jobs and school and everything. So bro, I always think about going back to video games because it feels like life but easier, more easy to, because it's easier to progress, it's easier to make improvements. Not only that, it's, you're confident because, well, you're just talking with headphones and if you're good, you can say anything. And I was good because I played Counter-Strike. I wasn't like always good compared to other people, But you know, there's a lot of words in there that I'm gonna talk about. But bro, video games, if there's one thing like, bro, I don't think that you should do in real life, yeah, I don't think that you should like try in life, I think it's video games. Except if you're just playing at your friend's house or something like I used to do because I didn't have an Xbox, so I just went to my friend's house every day. But Bro, it's so addicting. Like, what you gotta understand is, yes, when I was playing Clash of Clans, the Wii, like Minecraft, those things were not addicting. I wasn't like dependent on it. I wasn't like really depending too much. Like, yes, the Wii was fun, but you can't play— try playing 16 hours of Wii every day. There was no competition. There was no sort of like leveling up, we were just playing fun games. But now, bro, they evolved so much. Just for this video, we're gonna take for example the game, uh, this game, Rainbow Six Siege, or Rocket League, or Rocket League, any game, okay? Now, Rainbow Six Siege, what is Rainbow Six Siege? It's basically a game where you play 5v5 and you— it's like the first who wins 4 rounds. And what you gotta do is either kill all the other people in the in the other team, which are 5, or you plant a bomb and you pretty much like, uh, you pretty much like let it like defuse and if you let it explode or something. But look, what you gotta understand is this game, Rainbow Six Siege, and shout out to them, like I'm not trying to create no beef or expose them, bro, Rainbow Six Siege since ever since, like it's one of the most competitive game I've ever seen, to be honest. You need skills, you need to be good, like really good. Like manually, you need to be very good. Like if you have a controller or your laptop and your keyboard and mouse, you need to be very, very good, okay? So it was a game where like all those aspects which I'm going to talk about applied, okay? Now, tribe, tribe, okay? What is tribe? When you play 5v5, okay, um First of all, most people play with their friends and they play with people that they kind of have a relationship with. Or maybe sometimes they develop a relationship online with someone who's good at the same video game and they play with each other. Okay? But that makes you feel like you're in a tribe. Like in real life, people have clans or tribes where they pretty much do things together and try to progress together. But it's the same with video games. You're in a tribe. Remember, we say cheese, 5v5, you're playing with 5 people where you gotta communicate. And if you win, bro, you feel, you all feel good. You feel like everything, everyone is, has his roles and is doing like his job. And you know, it's not like really like this, but it's like, you feel like, you feel like you're a group of people that are like helping each other to win. You don't want, in Rainbow Six Siege, you don't want to just, you know, get the highest rank by squadding up with random people. You want to be with people that you like playing with. You want to be with people that are good to play with. And that makes you feel like you're in a tribe. Or maybe sometimes a lot of people create clans. That makes you feel like a tribe. You know, you always invite, like, it's crazy, but you know, on the Xbox, people have a lot of clans. Like, people are in clans, they literally I have clients where they be like, they have people that are superior in this clan because of how good they are. Well, it's literally a tribe, okay? In real life, we do the same thing. Back in the days when people used to have a tribe. And that's, when you go look at the Maslow Pyramid of Needs, of needs and everything, like relationships is something you want. Relationships is crucial for like a good life basically, or a happy life. And when you play Rainbow Six Siege, you have good relationship with people because you are evolving with these people and you're achieving different levels, achieving different ranks, you're improving, you're doing things that are fun, like not fun, but You're playing competitive game because it's a competitive game. And when you win, it's the same if you play basketball in real life and you win with your teammates and everything, you still want to play with them. If you're good and you're having really good communication, y'all both skilled, y'all all skilled, then you're going to have sort of feel like a tribe where you have good relationships with them and everything. It's the same with video games and especially Rainbow Six Siege. Now ranks, no ranks, in most of the stages, for example me, I remember when I used to reach a rank because what happens in those games is you're always like sort of like in the same rank and then you, with time you become used to play against those ranks and then you get better and then you reach another rank and then it becomes like, it feels so good like you've reached a rank that you thought you would never reach before and now you think you're a god, but then you realize there's so many more ranks you can achieve that other rank. And then you become more good, and then you reach another rank, another rank. And bro, and it plays on your social image on aimbots. Literally, it plays like people, if they see your rank, that you're good. And there's also the stats, because in Rainbow Six Siege, you have what you call a KD, okay? And it's popular also in Call of Duty. You have a KD. So a KD is the ratio of kill and death, okay? Now, in Rainbow Six Siege, if you add one, let's say, ratio of 1.2, which means you kill people like 1.2 times compared to dying, like, like, it's a good ratio basically in that because you're playing 5v5, it's a good ratio. But if you had one, like, let's say 1.4, your rank was like Diamond. Diamond is like one of the highest. The highest was like champion, when you're, let's say, diamond 1.4 KD, 1.4 ratio of kill per death, then you have like a sort of social image as people will see you as superior, as good, okay? Literally, they will always sort of like, they will not insult you or anything because they see that you're good. It's crazy, but if we're being 100% honest, I'm not trying to insult anyone, But the same people who are so good in video games most of the time are the same people who are not so good doing in life. And I'm not saying in terms of money or anything, but just in terms of confidence or just living a good life. Because that was the same for me. I was very good in video games, but in real life, bro, I had nothing. Now, with the ranks, like I said, it makes you feel superior. It's like when people buy expensive cars in real life. They feel superior. It's like they buy them for their image so they can feel, I'm not gonna say superior, but they can feel like they're worth something. The same with video games, okay? Your confidence. Now this is a big one, okay? You are literally have a microphone and you don't even see people, okay? And you don't see their face, they don't see your face. So you trash talk, you can do anything. Feel confident. Me, I almost feel bad because I was always like this guy who was like toxic and felt like I was good and people were not good in video games. I was always like this, but in real life I have like zero confidence, bro, zero. But video games was like 100. Literally, I felt like I was— because I was good, I was like, you know, I was always like If, let's say, I'm mad because someone is trash, instead of like being in real life, like, I would be like, not mad, I would say nothing because I had no confidence. In video games, I would insult them, I would be mad at them. I would be like sort of like, quote unquote, confident to be myself, like confident to react the way I want to react. But in real life, it wasn't like this. But video games, well, you're free to do anything. Now really think about just what I said for those 3 words. It really feels like in another world, in another sort of life or realm where it's more easier to evolve. And 'cause I still feel that sometimes I still feel like playing video games and going back to playing games and it will feel fun and everything. But I tried that in the past and To be honest, without those things, without like just without the tribe, for example, because I was just playing lonely, I didn't even feel like playing video games. I feel like it was just a waste of time. Now leveling up, like with rings, bro, you leveling up like you leveling up so fast. It's way more easier to make progress because it almost feels like the progress is assured. And in real life, it's not. In real life, you're not It's not gonna be sure that you're gonna make a lot of progress. Yeah, you're gonna make progress, but maybe it's gonna take years. But in video games, it's not gonna take years. It's gonna take you like 1 week and you're gonna be there. You're gonna reach a different rank in 1 week. In real life, it's not. If you wanna, let's say, build a body, you're not gonna build abs in 1 week. It's gonna take months. But video games, you're gonna reach that rank that is so like high lifting, maybe in one week if you're already good. And you know, let's say GTA, GTA for example. I love, I still love GTA. Like, I don't play GTA, but GTA, like, you can get money easy. Like, you just do missions, you just do heists, lifting, and then you become more good. You have different cars, you become stronger. It's easy to level up. Now, competition. This is a big one for Rainbow Six Siege because it involves ranks, and when there's ranks, there's competition basically. Now in real life, bro, like a lot of people might disagree, but I think like people want to compete against each other, okay? I know, like, I understand the sentence like compete against yourself, but a lot of people still want to compete against other people. They don't want to compete like Subconsciously compete against other people. And you know, if let's say for example someone has all the money, he has like all the, he mastered, not mastered life, but he mastered like things like happiness, you know, wealth, healthy, like health, all those things. When he has sort of like mastered those things, bro, Like, he's gonna feel good. He's not gonna have much competition because he already beat his competition. But video games are always— I know it sounds very toxic when I said just ignore this, okay? But in video games, you compete against people 24/7. It's like when you play basketball, like, with a team, you're competing against other people so you can win something. Now it's the same with field games. Rainbow Six Siege, you compete against a 5-man squad against your 5-man squad, and you know, if you beat them, you feel good. You feel good. Like, if you lose, you feel bad. It's literally like this. It's literally the same in real life. If you lose to someone— like, I know it sounds toxic and you shouldn't be like competing against other people, but that's how a lot of people think. If you compete against someone else You're gonna, and you lose, you're gonna feel bad about yourself and everything. Even though you should always compare, just compare yourself and compete against you. Don't compete against other people for sure. But use other people to motivate you, okay? Don't, I'm not gonna keep talking about this, but rewards. It's just also ranks, it goes with ranks. Rewards, when it's, you, let's say there's challenges, for example. Or missions, okay, you basically get the reward too fast and too easy. You know, your reward might be like, for example, when you play Rainbow Six Siege, once you achieve like a rank, like let's say Diamond or Platinum or something, you basically get, uh, I was trying to— like, you basically get a sort of like thing that you can show to other people when you play, okay. You get something that shows that you achieved this rank. And when people see it, they'll be like, oh, you achieved this rank, that you achieved this rank in that time, and that means that he's good and everything. You get rewards like this, and you can even sell your account for money afterwards. Imagine, bro, imagine video games was— I know nowadays it's like this, like you can get money, like for example on Fortnite, like you can easily get money by competing. Imagine if like video games decided to give money like easier. Like let's say you win a game, you win like $2. Then people would be making like $200 like every month or like every week and they will feel good. Like, I don't know, like they will like, if they win, let's say they win $10 if they win a game. So it can be addicting. Imagine if they play 10 games a week, they get $200 per week. Literally. So, bro, the rewards are already like sort of high, and I think like people, it just becomes, people are doing what you call split testing, where they're just trying to see what works and what doesn't work. And I think they're just trying to make it more addicting because, you know, if you spend more time on it, then you're gonna be more, it's gonna give them more money basically. And you mentioned, but like In GTA, you do missions, you get money, rewards. It's easy like this, bro. Video games, like, like I said, bro, I still feel like video games is one of like my own, because it feels like your own when you play video games and all that. Feels like a safe spot in a sense. Feels like the place you can go hide when you don't— when you face something that you don't want to face. I know, like, you gotta like face that thing and everything, but Maybe like if you don't have video games, you don't have stimulation from like your phone and internet and everything, you maybe like maybe go to your parents and, you know, ask them for advice instead of just hiding your feelings and go to the video games. But you, you gotta, if you are addicted to video games, watch my videos on monk mode and watch, just study instant gratification and try to reduce it, okay? Try to constantly reduce your instant gratification. Doesn't mean you gotta drop video games, it's up to you. But try to limit, I'll say, like games that involve all those things because that's what keeps you addicted. If you played Minecraft by yourself, you wouldn't be addicted. Like if you just played Minecraft doing nothing but just building your house, you wouldn't be addicted. You're just doing it for fun. Like actually, I'm being dead serious, so. That's it for the video. Okay, I'll let you comment, share, subscribe, and like. I'm out, peace.