Angelo Kim G. Jimenez E.A.P.

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Grade 12 – STEM 202 Mrs. Sarah Jean R. Tilos

MOBA ADDICTION HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES

Nowadays, one of the issue here in the Philippines is MOBA addiction specifically
Mobile Legends. Because some players of MOBA gamer, specifically, Mobile Legends show(s)
violence, people in authority should provide programs that will lessen the use of it. Mobile
Legends is very popular that half of the country knows this game, even adults and kids ranging
from 8-40 yrs old plays this game. Multiplayer Online Battle Arena(MOBA), also known as
action real-time strategy (ARTS), is a subgenre of strategy video games that originated as a
subgenre of real time-strategy, in which a player controls a single character in a team who
compete versus another team of players. Mobile Legends is one of the example of MOBA, it is
designed for mobile phones and it has been popular in Southeast Asian region especially here in
the Philippines.
One of the effects of MOBA addiction is getting annoyed easily when being disturbed or
when playing Mobile Legends. Some topics being tackled in social media is all about their
partners getting angry when disturbed by their partner when playing Mobile Legends.There are
also people who threatens their partners especially boys, when their team is defeated or resulted
in a loss, they will blame their partner for being annoying. Some will result to “break-up” of their
relationship just because of being disturbed when playing. This is the common type of problem
when addicted to MOBA or some other games.
Almost 70% of people who play the game will be addicted and eventually when they
gradually play the game will feel bored and will choose another latest game to play again. From
the mental side of childrens addicted to Mobile Legends will be cowardly mentally and usually
their nature is closed. Their socialization to their friends and the outside world is lacking, as their
activities are limited to learning and playing without the attention and affection of poor parents.
For the adults, it can affect their job performance because they can get caught playing and can
get fired that leads to being jobless.Also they prioritize gaming than having a family bonding.
Family problems may be the most common difficulty for those who are addicted MOBA
games. Although poor family relationships may increase the likelihood of MOBA addiction,
MOBA addiction often leads to family conflict. Someone addicted to video games may accuse
concerned family members of trying to interfere in his or her life, may be verbally or physically
aggressive when others attempt to limit gameplay, and may try to hide just how much he/she
plays. Parents with teens or childrens that are addicted to MOBA games may disagree of how
much problem it is or how to intervene.
MOBA addiction leads people to loss of self-awareness and having a big impact on their
life. I recommend that the authorities/government should help lessen by giving programs or
developing an app/game that lessens violence or teach kids/teens the effects of being addicted
and the future problems for them. Advice for parents, prevent before the occurrence of addction,
limit the child in using of gadgets and keep monitoring the child’s development continue to do
prevention that you feel the need to do. It can either have a good or bad effect on your kids
whether you did your job taking care of them or not.