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Addiction is not about how many hours you play, it's about how much it interferes with other priorities.
That said, above 20 hours a week would be around the borderline for me. If I started playing more than that then I'd probably be addicted.
Nonsense. E.g. I do play a lot more than 20hrs and am not addicted. Wifey too. It's a passion and we don't work, so there's plenty of time to do so. Like any other hobby.
Addiction isn't measured by time but harm.
There are exceptions. 20 hours is just a rough watermark. My reply wasn't really clear on this so I'll amend it.
Very rough, that's not even 3 hours a day. Which, in my book, is very very little for a hobby. Compared to going to work for 8 hours :)