Great Debate: Are eSports sports?

djchameleon · 07-22-2013, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by FETCHER.

I actually find it quite funny when you guys bring up the risk of wrist injury.

I'm sure it was already brought up earlier in the thread but wrist injuries are not the only injuries that pro gamers are at risk for. That's why they have to condition their bodies for matches.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 07-22-2013, 10:42 AM

bo jackson is laughin somewhere readin through this thread

i already said, the injuries are because of prolonged gaming bot because of gamin itself and thats a big difference. nobody sits down to play a game and is riskin injury. its only a risk after hours or playing

plus another point, would u consider casual gaming a sport like if friends got together and played some multi player for an evening?? cause if me and friends go play pick up basketball i still consider it a sport

djchameleon · 07-23-2013, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by 216

plus another point, would u consider casual gaming a sport like if friends got together and played some multi player for an evening?? cause if me and friends go play pick up basketball i still consider it a sport

You may still consider a pick up game a sport but you aren't playing it at a professional level. It's just a casual pick up game.

Similar to the multi player session with your friends.

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 07-23-2013, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

You may still consider a pick up game a sport but you aren't playing it at a professional level. It's just a casual pick up game.

Similar to the multi player session with your friends.

what im askin tho is if you consider a pick up bball game a sport, would a game of super smash bros with friends be a sport?? or are you only considering it a sport at a pro level

djchameleon · 07-24-2013, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by 216

what im askin tho is if you consider a pick up bball game a sport, would a game of super smash bros with friends be a sport?? or are you only considering it a sport at a pro level

It's an e-sport regardless of the level that it's played at but obviously the more skilled players will be at the pro level.

Your friends playing a pick up bball game wouldn't hold a candle to NBA players.

GuitarBizarre · 07-24-2013, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by djchameleon

It's an e-sport regardless of the level that it's played at but obviously the more skilled players will be at the pro level.

Your friends playing a pick up bball game wouldn't hold a candle to NBA players.

To add - me and my friends, or your friends, or Prince and The Revolution playing a random game of basketball is just that - playing a game of basketball.

When you do that, you don't go from being a spectator to being a sportsman - you go from being a spectator to being a player, the key term being "player" - as in, "to play" - recreational, for fun, etc.

You would, however, become a sportsman if you and your friends entered a local league and played competitively. I think the same applies to all forms of sporting activity. Until you're competing on a serious level, for the sake of victory and advancement, that's a totally different thing than playing for fun.

Which isn't to say you can't find competing for victory and advancement fun in itself, or that you can't have fun while achieving those goals, just to say that the two aren't the same thing, and sportsmanship(sportsmanhood?) is defined by the competition and rules of competition, not by the nature of the game/sport/whatever term you want to use.

Plankton · 07-22-2013, 11:24 AM

Wii Bowling... now THATS an eSport, and you always have the added danger of getting hit in the face/head with a controller. Crank up the excitement level.

FETCHER. · 07-23-2013, 07:10 AM

When I go on to do sports science ill be sure to ask the lecturer to teach us about minecraft. Can't wait til it's in the Olympics.

djchameleon · 07-23-2013, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by FETCHER.

When I go on to do sports science ill be sure to ask the lecturer to teach us about minecraft. Can't wait til it's in the Olympics.

Don't ask him to teach you about minecraft. Ask him to teach you about the strategies related to either Starcraft or League of Legends and they will be in the Olympics one day and I will laugh so hard when it happens.

FETCHER. · 07-23-2013, 07:36 AM

Dj you know I like you but I laugh so hard at the prospect of a bunch of fat lazy nerds competing in the Olympics. It will never happen, atleast definitely not in our lifetime.

And if I'm wrong I will happily apologise.

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~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	bo jackson is laughin somewhere readin through this thread i already said, the injuries are because of prolonged gaming bot because of gamin itself and thats a big difference. nobody sits down to play a game and is riskin injury. its only a risk after hours or playing plus another point, would u consider casual gaming a sport like if friends got together and played some multi player for an evening?? cause if me and friends go play pick up basketball i still consider it a sport