My apologies, didn't mean to come off as self righteous. To me it just is very surprising because I have so many other things that I need/want to do. I clearly stated More than 15 hours Some weeks when I have more than 20 hours a week clocked. But majority of the time I have many other recreational or things I want to do with my family or other things I want to accomplish. So for you to assume that gaming is a persons only recreational time needs to take a step back from this discussion.
But for fun lets just break down what many would asume is an average adult life.
40-50 hours a week for work. 1 hour drive time to and from 5 days a week. = 45=55 hours
Additional 6-8 hours of sleep a night = 42 - 56 hours
87-112 hours used so far.
We all have different eating habits but for funsies lets just say 15 -45 mins per meal not including snacks possibly 3 rimes a day = 45m - 2.25 hours roughly. 5.25 - 15.75 hours
And for the sake of argument lets assume we all bathe 30 mins a day.
So we are what? 96-130 hours.
You have 38-72 hours in your week to do whatever one wants. I find I like spending time with my wife watching what ever show she seems to enjoy at the moment say 2 hours here and there. I get some solid exercise walking my dog at least an hour a day. I like to make sure my House is clean so I dedicate at least 2 or more hours to clean up on the weekend. perhaps some friends wants to hang out a bit that can easily last up to 4 hours. Some times things like grocery shopping and getting "errands" done can take 3 hours in your week. I also have been getting into Light novels lately so there is about 3 hours per book there.
Maybe its just a me things but I find Not neglecting your family during your recreational time is apart of your adult responsibilities. And good grief can your family eat up whatever free time you have, but I wouldn't give it up for the world. So yes it is a struggle for me to comprehend that there are those out there that can sink as much time into the game as they would a full time job.