3 hours of gaming alone can be valuable relaxation and entertainment but doing it while voice chatting can be both as well as social engagement. Just because on

3 hours of gaming alone can be valuable relaxation and entertainment but doing it while voice chatting can be both as well as social engagement. Just because one is more valuable from most perspectives doesn't mean one is a waste and one isn't. You don't need to be in a lobby with friends to enjoy or be good at CS:GO or R6, but I think it makes you more likely to become a better player and cooperate with your teammates if you do, and I think engaging in cooperation in one realm of your life can lead to easier cooperation in other areas. They are both wastes of time from the perspective that you could be building something or doing a creative hobby with an actual output, and they're both effective uses of time from the perspective that recreation and skill are important even if they aren't essential skills. In the end, I think playing MMOs without engaging in the social aspect is a waste and you might as well be playing Cookie Clicker, but that doesn't mean I think MMOs or Cookie Clicker are waste of time in and of themselves.