Gaming can be an addiction and gaming can be a sport, if you do it in a clan. I was addicted because he only thing i could think about was gaming, i almost lost my longterm gf because of it. Now after 6 month break last year we are back together. GamIng can also be soooo awesome and exciting - when i game i lose the feeling of time and thats a good thing - i am in a flow and enjoy my time like nothing else. But i need to manage it well and not overdo it. I love games and i hate reallife events where people here just go to drink beer and alcohol, to smoke and do stupid stuff. This is me and i am proud of myself - imo gaming is so much better than alot of other reallife activities (like i coudl do stupider things in my free time, drugs and so on)

Also i work as a programmer in a big bank. Wouldnt know so much about computers wihout gaming i bet ;-)