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I'm late 40s gamer, and been through a lot of this. My key to this, is pretty much only playing games that have defined endings. Keeps me away from MMOs, and FPS shooters with seasonal/ladder systems. This has helped a lot. I occasionally relapse but I'm very mindful of it, since I've been in the grip of EVE addiction so badly haha. best of luck

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Yes, you are right, the problem with the game I played is the ladder system. And yes there is definitely not an end. There will be always a better player than you.

Problem is video games with defined endings don't really appeal to me at all. I'm not really into video games in general, it was just something particular about this game that got me hooked. Will try sports now

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