"1"^^ . "14230" . . "adolescent; community; MMORPG; games; social group"@en . "RIV/00216224:14230/08:00026229" . . "http://ivdmr.fss.muni.cz/info/storage/smahel2008-EARA.pdf" . "\u0160mahel, David" . . "The subject of this research was the playing of online games, so-called MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game). MMORPG are usually virtual fantasy worlds in which many of the players spend a large portion of their time and a tendency for addiction appears to be quite large for this type of games. Players from our sample spend an average of 27 hours weekly in these games, 13.5% of players however note 50 or more hours weekly in the game, corresponding to about 7 hours of gameplay per day. Our research sample consists of 548 participants (352 from Europe, 181 from North America and 14 from other parts of the world). Players were addressed in forums designated for games %22World of Warcraft%22 and %22Everquest%22 and were asked to fill in a questionnaire found on the web page."@en . "The subject of this research was the playing of online games, so-called MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game). MMORPG are usually virtual fantasy worlds in which many of the players spend a large portion of their time and a tendency for addiction appears to be quite large for this type of games. Players from our sample spend an average of 27 hours weekly in these games, 13.5% of players however note 50 or more hours weekly in the game, corresponding to about 7 hours of gameplay per day. Our research sample consists of 548 participants (352 from Europe, 181 from North America and 14 from other parts of the world). Players were addressed in forums designated for games %22World of Warcraft%22 and %22Everquest%22 and were asked to fill in a questionnaire found on the web page." . . . "Adolescents and young players of MMORPG games: virtual communities as a form of social group" . . . "[6BA994D01B4B]" . "RIV/00216224:14230/08:00026229!RIV10-MSM-14230___" . . . . "Adolescents and young players of MMORPG games: virtual communities as a form of social group"@en . . . "Adolescents and young players of MMORPG games: virtual communities as a form of social group"@en . "354951" . "P(1P05ME751), Z(MSM0021622406)" . . . . . . "Adolescents and young players of MMORPG games: virtual communities as a form of social group" . . "1"^^ . . .