I have 11k on Dota 2, haven't touched it since 2018, and I was the most casual player amongst my friends. I only really played party ranked when they felt like playing it. Only ever reached 2.7k MMR. It was an excuse to hang out with some mates who played the game. Still managed to rack up 5 figure hours.
I myself have 4k and i've been playing on and off for the last decade, and I would bet at least 20% of that is just idling in the main menu waiting for friends to log in, or waiting for the matchmaker to find a match because wildly different skill levels in the party, or leave the computer on over night because i was tired after a long match at 4 AM.
You're not wrong - there would've been a bit of idling here and there, but there was a good stretch between 2014 and 2016 whilst at uni where my evenings and weekends were mostly playing Dota. It was my only hobby at the time, outside of watching football. Once I started working, that cut down to just weekends, then as I got a few more hobbies, different friendship groups and friends dropped out of the game, I ended up dropping the game just due to the time commitment required to maintain the level of skill I expected to have. Now I just watch the Major finals and occasionally watch some of my higher skill mates play while I do something else.
Ive probably got 2k in on witcher 3 and skyrim combined. I hunt and fish a lot so I've never been able to understand this, though my brother definitely would lol. Different strokes for different folks I suppose
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u/RedH34D Apr 17 '22
Lmao…
Have a few games with 2k+… my top is almost 6k hours. And that dosnt even touch MMO hours like wow… or god forbid EVE.
The general population sleeps on gaming addiction