Fornite Cited as an Addiction in 5% of Online Divorce Filings in UK

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According to online divorce specialists at DivorceOnline, Fortnite has been gaining traction as one of the problems cited in divorce petitions. Since January of 2018, more than 200 divorce filings have specifically listed Fortnite and other digital games as the reason for filing for a divorce in the UK. In recent years, digital addictions have joined substance addictions such as drugs, alcohol and gambling that are often cited in divorce proceedings.

"These now include online pornography, online gaming and social media, so it is no surprise to us that more and more people are having relationship problems because of our digital addictions. " "These numbers equate to roughly 5% of the 4,665 petitions we have handled since the beginning of the year and as one of the largest filers of divorce petitions in the UK, is a pretty good indicator."
 
Well you have to measure things up against eachother, i once spent 4 - 8 ours a day in competitive online FPS gaming, but that was easy to do as i also back then dident have a GF or W or god forbid any K
Also pretty sure if some one would make a GD game i would like to play i would probably commit even worse than back then due to the fact i am no longer available for working, so every day are Saturday for me now ( i know it might sound a sweet deal but really its not on the kind of pension i get )
Honestly i do think i would prefer a sweet little thing to make my life better, i cant really say i have ever tried that even with my advanced age, so could be nice to try before the last kick of the bucket.
Being selfish are so GD easy, even a retard can do it, and they also most often do / are.
 
yeah... you dont get to play video games 8 hours a day when you are married unless your marriage is super immature and weird. i havent known anyone that could maintain that bad habit without a divorce... if it wasnt fortnite, it was LoL. Before that, Warcraft. At some point before you take the dive you need to ask yourself "why am i getting married?"

Being miserable and alone with their steam account is a lot of people these days though...

you can sub "ltr" with marriage if you need to.
 
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Fornite Cited as an Addiction in 5% of Online Divorce Filings in UK"

That's probably because of only 3-5% of Fortnite players actually have a significant other (no their right or left hands don't count).
 
Adults willing to prioritize playing games over the health of their relationship(s), or helpless victims of a gaming disorder?

If there's an overall divorce rate of 40% then I'm guessing there's quite a few households out there with a spouse locking on to the screen and waiting for death; the world's most popular game is undoubtedly going to pop up in the paperwork when some of these finally reach the lawyers, just like WoW, Everquest, Shaq Fu, etc.
 
HorseproofBacon said:
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Fornite Cited as an Addiction in 5% of Online Divorce Filings in UK"

That's probably because of only 3-5% of Fortnite players actually have a significant other (no their right or left hands don't count).
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I'm fairly positive that the majority of the players are young kids.
 
People getting divorced over Fortnite would be getting divorced anyway as it's obviously a pretty weak marriage.
 
orange_monster said:
yeah... you dont get to play video games 8 hours a day when you are married unless your marriage is super immature and weird. i havent known anyone that could maintain that bad habit without a divorce... if it wasnt fortnite, it was LoL. Before that, Warcraft. At some point before you take the dive you need to ask yourself "why am i getting married?"

Being miserable and alone with their steam account is a lot of people these days though...

you can sub "ltr" with marriage if you need to.
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I would see it the other way, that an immature marriage would fall apart. In a mature relationship, the spouse wouldn't just file for a divorce for something like that, instead fight to help their mate to get back in line long enough that no specific game would be relevant anymore. With the exception of WoW i think, after several years, it may be time to give up on the lost cause.
 
A long time ago there was this person whom I knew about trying to get me into playing EverCrack (Ever Quest). At the time it was one hell of a game and I could see myself getting pulled into it. ( heh I became a hardcore Mech Warrior player instead... it was cheaper to the wallet hahahaha) Well because I was into something else and could have gone pro (G4 - Tech TV days) but real life got in the way and I had to made a real big decision on where I want to lead my life. I wanted to be free from my job... from working in the rat race... I want to be really free for the rest of my life.

I chose dealing with real life. He chose to play EverCrack. He got divorced had to move out of the Bay Area and slaving away at a 9-5 job getting nowhere in life... I on the other hand became well off retiring at 2006 never to have to work for ANYONE ever again.

In life you make choices and you only have so much time to make those choices for when you get old that is it... you either made to where you get by, or you will be in bad... bad shape. Unfortunately in life there are many who can not give up their form of drug, be it Crack, Meth, or video games.

Those are the choices that were made by two men of a similar age.

One chose his addiction....
And
One chose to be free....
 
Twisted Kidney said:
I tried it, my daughters kicked my ass. Then my wife kicked my ass.

I had to go out and cut a tree down to feel less... Like... The girl...

I'm never going back. NEVER!
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I can beat that...

Not only can my 9 year old boy kick the shit out of me but so can his friends that are all 9 years old. They're getting 5-9 kills a game where I struggle to get 2. It's so bad that they won't even play with me anymore. Me and my boy have been playing co-op together since he was 6, yes 6, in games like Left 4 Dead and Borderlands and even Dead Space 3 but now I'm am outcast lol.
 
MacLeod said:
I can beat that...

Not only can my 9 year old boy kick the shit out of me but so can his friends that are all 9 years old. They're getting 5-9 kills a game where I struggle to get 2. It's so bad that they won't even play with me anymore. Me and my boy have been playing co-op together since he was 6, yes 6, in games like Left 4 Dead and Borderlands and even Dead Space 3 but now I'm am outcast lol.
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Same here for my 10yo nephew.
 
alxlwson said:
Same here for my 10yo nephew.
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I guess it's the same for all of us that have jobs and responsibilities and can't play 14 hours a day. The game is really addictive no matter how much I hate it and bitch about it I still wind up playing it often.

They need a level where adults can play lol.
 
I use to work with a guy that is wife presented him with divorce papers and part of the reason was his addiction to WoW.
 
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Dr. Righteous said:
I use to work with a guy that is wife presented him with divorce papers and part of the reason was his addition to WoW.
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Divorced my first wife because of WoW. She was a complete bitch, treated me like shit. So I met a chick on WoW, kicked the bitch to the curb, got my dick wet a few times with WoW chick, then five years later, met my current wife on WoW and neither one of us has played since . Lol
 
MacLeod said:
I can beat that...

Not only can my 9 year old boy kick the shit out of me but so can his friends that are all 9 years old. They're getting 5-9 kills a game where I struggle to get 2. It's so bad that they won't even play with me anymore. Me and my boy have been playing co-op together since he was 6, yes 6, in games like Left 4 Dead and Borderlands and even Dead Space 3 but now I'm am outcast lol.
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My wife. Doesn't. Play.

Beat me like a free-to-play hooker. I can handle losing to teenage daughters, they're teens, they may not play much but they play. Do you know what my wife said to me during this humiliation?

"If you just relax and let it happen, you might enjoy this."

I'm never going back.
 
What do these folks want anyway? Their spouse is home, not in the pub getting drunk, not out having sex with others. If the spouse prefers gaming to you, you either need to improve your game or you picked your spouse poorly. Same rule applies to the game player. If you prefer gaming to your spouse, why did you marry her/him?
 
I've had many subordinates get divorced due to gaming addiction and a recent one being Fortnite. Not funny-enough but kind of is, we sat the dude down and told him he had an issue and his life was going down the toilet due to his addiction to video games and needed to cut the coord. Ended up gaining tons of weight, got divorced, work performance was crap so he's now unemployed and still thinks the world did him wrong. The ones prior was mostly WoW and they had almost exactly the same story, which is kind of telling how people just fall to their addictions and would rather deal with the consequences than get help or flat out quit.
 
Twisted Kidney said:
My wife. Doesn't. Play.

Beat me like a free-to-play hooker. I can handle losing to teenage daughters, they're teens, they may not play much but they play. Do you know what my wife said to me during this humiliation?

"If you just relax and let it happen, you might enjoy this."

I'm never going back.
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Yeah, I think that one wins lol. That's just brutal!
 
DNMock said:
I would see it the other way, that an immature marriage would fall apart. In a mature relationship, the spouse wouldn't just file for a divorce for something like that, instead fight to help their mate to get back in line long enough that no specific game would be relevant anymore. With the exception of WoW i think, after several years, it may be time to give up on the lost cause.
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sometimes the most obvious element can indeed be the cause and not necessarily a symptom of some other underlying issue. I dont want to be rude but I am guessing you are not married or have not spent a lot of time around married people. You can't spend 8 hours a day playing vidya no matter how awesome your relationship is. Doesn't happen. Too much vidya can be the cause of problems, I know that is a hard pill for some [H] to swallow.
 
orange_monster said:
sometimes the most obvious element can indeed be the cause and not necessarily a symptom of some other underlying issue. I dont want to be rude but I am guessing you are not married or have not spent a lot of time around married people. You can't spend 8 hours a day playing vidya no matter how awesome your relationship is. Doesn't happen. Too much vidya can be the cause of problems, I know that is a hard pill for some [H] to swallow.
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I hear you, I'm just simply saying if it's a strong marriage, the spouse doesn't just say "screw it, I'm out" at the first signs of an issue. They yank the damn cord out of the wall if necessary and fight to save the marriage. An immature marriage might just get the "F it, I'm out" instead though.
 
DNMock said:
I hear you, I'm just simply saying if it's a strong marriage, the spouse doesn't just say "screw it, I'm out" at the first signs of an issue. They yank the damn cord out of the wall if necessary and fight to save the marriage. An immature marriage might just get the "F it, I'm out" instead though.
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True, with time invested you usually see couples try to make things work, young couples with out much time invested won't try as hard and seek better options.

Similar to how an employer sees employees, a person who has many years has a lot more invested into them and then can get away with more lenience while a younger employee will be dropped faster as there hasn't been much invested yet so the loss isn't has big.
 
A whole 5%. Stop the presses! We must use this to continue to malign video games.
 
Twisted Kidney said:
My wife. Doesn't. Play.

Beat me like a free-to-play hooker. I can handle losing to teenage daughters, they're teens, they may not play much but they play. Do you know what my wife said to me during this humiliation?

"If you just relax and let it happen, you might enjoy this."

I'm never going back.
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Wow. I wouldn't go back, either. Holy crap.
 
This game must be pretty good if it’s destroying marriages. I guess it’s time to install it and give it a try.
 
Joust said:
WoW ruined lives. And it was a turd.
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Games don't ruin lives, people ruin their own lives. People with addictive personality will always find something.
Also, not sure I would call one of the most popular games ever a turd. 12m subs at the high point =\= turd
 
I know it is not a very popular opinion on this forum, but the simple truth is these companies have dumped millions of dollars in research to make their products more addictive. There are several graduate level classes on this at my university alone and a great number of books on the subject.

Also, why is one of the tags for this thread online pornography? lol
 
alxlwson said:
Games don't ruin lives, people ruin their own lives. People with addictive personality will always find something.
Also, not sure I would call one of the most popular games ever a turd. 12m subs at the high point =\= turd
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Cmdrmonkey said:
Sure, one the best selling, most popular, highest grossing games ever that people are still playing 14 years later is a turd. Because that makes sense.
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Evidently the /s wasn't clear. I don't play WoW, but there can be no argument it's not a monster of an earner.
 
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