A SURVEY of online gamers has shown that more – much more – would prefer sitting in front of a computer or games console than having sex.

Online gaming community Fizzy.com launched the survey to celebrate its second birthday, sounding out 1200 members on what kind of an impact gaming had on their social lives.

Colin Cardwell, CEO of Australian developer 3rd Sense which owns Fizzy, said the survey revealed “some surprising findings to say the least”.

Perhaps the most surprising was that at least 75 per cent of those participants of legal age were happy to ditch the opportunity of sex in order to live out their fantasies online.

For the record, while 43% of Fizzy users are under the age of 17, the question regarding sex was dropped for those respondents once they qualified their age.

But the future of nooky’s not looking too bright, either, with another surprise result among the juniors showing it’s not the boys that are more obsessed with getting a high-score than scoring a date.

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