Effects of Dota to the Academic Studies of Students in Sacred Heart School

Playing this game triggers the player to lose his/her temper and values. It is because of the different languages used during the game or what we called “Trash talks”. Trash talks such as foul languages can really lose their temper and values. As a result, the both sides will fight against each other. Gamble is also present in this game, but money for them is not that important anymore as long as they are having fun with each other and enjoying the game. Many players says that Dota is the best game so it’s OK for them to waste their money just to have fun with each other .

Due to playing, eating is irrelevant; the satisfaction they get from playing is the same as the satisfaction they get from eating. As a result, the body’s immune systems are getting weaker and now expose the different viruses and diseases. All in all, Dota really affects the life style of the student who are in to this game, although it has one good benefit, but it corrupts the mind and the way the youth think. It also weakened the body system, money and moral values were not given importance because of this game. There are many students and even some young professional are addicted to Defense of the Ancients or DotA.

This is a kind of computer games that can be played by many players and is one of the most popular games to young students. Many students get addicted to this game and they even long hours inside the computer shop just playing this kind of game. There are studies that getting addicted in playing computer games affects their studies and this is the cause why they are lying to their parents that they need extra money for their school project but the truth is they are just using the money to rent a computer where they can play DotA with their classmates.

Sometimes in order to make the game exciting, they have a deal to pay those who won the game so it becomes already a form of gambling. When time spent on the computer, playing DotA games or cruising the internet reaches a point that it harms a child’s or adult’s family and social relationships, or disrupts school or work life, that person maybe caught in a cycle of addiction. Like other addictions, DotA game has replaced friends and family as the source of a person, emotional life.

Increasingly, to feel good, the addicted person spends more time playing video games or searching the internet. Addiction of DOTA is very Dangerous, it has a possibilities that the person can be a killer, because the person is trying to imitate the game called DOTA like experiencing that he is inside the game. People who are addicted cannot control what they are doing, taking or using. Their addiction in DOTA may reach a point which it is harmful. Addiction do not only affect physical but also the mental state, they can also be crazy when playing DOTA that they may even kill themselves. by: Engr.