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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger
No my point was is that a character on a screen does everything and can only do the things within the parameters of the game. Which is why I don't consider it a sport.
The day that someone in Soul Caliber pulls up with a hamstring from landing awkwardly in a fight is the day I consider it a real sport. Not because of the physical aspect but because until the games start to use ALL the real attributes of the person playing it in the game (all rather than just a few) I don't consider it to be a true sport.
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Thats...an unbelievably arbitrary and personal distinction. You can't seriously be suggesting that your personal bias is a valid rationale for describing things as sport?
Regardless, competitive gaming does carry similar random elements and risks of injury. IMMvP is currently competing in the GSL with wrist injuries. BoxeR has had to take a sabbatical and forfeit his Code A matches because of a growing pain in his shoulder. Flash, the famous Broodwar progamer has had similar wrist issues and is still suffering the after effects.
Just because the game is immutable doesn't mean there is no such element, and even if it did, it seems completely ridiculous to me that you're trying to define sports in a way that literally has nothing to do with what makes a sport a sport.