Terrific article. I'm 70 and I get it. I think it's great for the kids. I play golf. People say it's not a "sport". I agree. It's golf. Chess a sport? Well, no, it's chess. These video games a sport? Well, that's just silly. They are what they are and they are the future. And great for the kid's brains. Play on!
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This is insane. Pushing buttons into a coded game that does not exist outside of a computer is, at its best, meaningless entertainment. Empty calories. When the lights go out, these individuals have nothing.
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Please watch a kid play Minecraft before saying that. It is an extremely creative game. If you think building with Legos is meaningless entertainment, then, yes, you will feel the same way about Minecraft. But look at what the kids create with their imaginations before condemning the game.
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Great idea with great gamesĀ“m video games foiiower
Although FWS's comment feels like it's derogatory in it's intent I guess he makes a fair point. This is "gaming" not "sports". Chess is also a game not a sport. But like sport these games are highly competitive and have large followings.
The trouble is folks like FWS would appear to rank sports "higher" or "more important" than gaming. However, depending on the game, there is a very physical aspect to the game - reaction time & quick thinking while under pressure. Sure, it's not a cardiovascular workout - but speed & brains play their part in finding the best competitors. Just like certain games in the sports world.
Creating a positive & supportive environment for pursuing these competitors passion is a great idea. I hope it elevates gaming alongside sports in some parents minds.
The trouble is folks like FWS would appear to rank sports "higher" or "more important" than gaming. However, depending on the game, there is a very physical aspect to the game - reaction time & quick thinking while under pressure. Sure, it's not a cardiovascular workout - but speed & brains play their part in finding the best competitors. Just like certain games in the sports world.
Creating a positive & supportive environment for pursuing these competitors passion is a great idea. I hope it elevates gaming alongside sports in some parents minds.
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This is mass delusion. Sports, but not "cardiovascular" sports? That's like saying, reading, but not "mental" reading, or rain, but not "wet" rain.
Find another name and embrace it. How about "Pretend Sports"? Do "shooter" games make you a soldier? No, because you are not going to bleed or die or kill or been in any danger at all. So, all you Pretend Athletes out there, have a ball, enjoy your money, but don't say "I am an athlete".
Find another name and embrace it. How about "Pretend Sports"? Do "shooter" games make you a soldier? No, because you are not going to bleed or die or kill or been in any danger at all. So, all you Pretend Athletes out there, have a ball, enjoy your money, but don't say "I am an athlete".
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The only thing delusional here is your idea that e-sports AREN'T a sport. A sport is "athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature..." Now, an athlete is just someone who participates in sports, and your problem lies with the physicality of e-Sports. The truth is that while e-Sports do truly rely a lot less on physical strength than obviously football, plenty of other sports are a combination of skill and strength and e-Sports just happens to be 5% physical/95% skill.
Baseball is a great example because plenty of baseball players aren't in "great" shape but focused on specific areas and trained those, allowing them to excel in that area. Working out doesn't make you better at hitting, for example, so hitting is a skill. Video games require so much muscle memory to compete at the highest levels, just like so many of your "real" sports. The difference is what those muscles are executing
If I gave you a keyboard and a mouse(something you actually have used), chances are you wouldn't be able to make nearly as accurate of the motions or reflexes necessary to compete with some of these 7 year olds. In fact, it'd be funny to watch a grown man lose to them over the case of $10,000.
Baseball is a great example because plenty of baseball players aren't in "great" shape but focused on specific areas and trained those, allowing them to excel in that area. Working out doesn't make you better at hitting, for example, so hitting is a skill. Video games require so much muscle memory to compete at the highest levels, just like so many of your "real" sports. The difference is what those muscles are executing
If I gave you a keyboard and a mouse(something you actually have used), chances are you wouldn't be able to make nearly as accurate of the motions or reflexes necessary to compete with some of these 7 year olds. In fact, it'd be funny to watch a grown man lose to them over the case of $10,000.
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If a "sport" requires "athletic activity" then your argument falls on it's face. There is no athletic activity involved with this. It is as obvious as the nose on a face. Sitting down, moving a mouse, athletic? Grasping at the ridiculous
Hand-eye coordination is not an athletic trait. Developing muscle memory does require skill. Reaction time has no inherent athletic component.
These are contests of skill, and the participants are contestants. Be happy with what you are. Why the desperate insistence to claim an a mantle neither warranted nor deserved?
Hand-eye coordination is not an athletic trait. Developing muscle memory does require skill. Reaction time has no inherent athletic component.
These are contests of skill, and the participants are contestants. Be happy with what you are. Why the desperate insistence to claim an a mantle neither warranted nor deserved?
This story is nice, but would be much more informative if it included Major League Gaming. Yeah, there is more than one organization doing video gaming as a sport. And all things being equal, I give MLG an advantage for two words: Sundance DiGiovani.
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MLG is a professional e-sports organization, unlike Super League Gaming, which aims for a much younger, amateur target audience. It's beyond the scope of the story to talk about the whole e-sports scene, which is mentioned quickly in the beginning of the piece.
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