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Old 04-29-2015, 07:23 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Pretty simple explanation to me: fat rednecks like sports, eating, and gambling, but they do not like video games.
If I like sports, eating, gambling, AND video games what does that make me?
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If I like sports, eating, gambling, AND video games what does that make me?
A fat **** playing Madden for money?
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Old 04-29-2015, 12:17 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Pretty simple explanation to me: fat rednecks like sports, eating, and gambling, but they do not like video games.
But video games are sports.
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Old 04-29-2015, 01:10 PM   #4 (permalink)
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But video games are sports.
Then so is ****ing your mother: it's a strenuous activity that I am professionally qualified for and should be on ESPN.
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My issue with the whole argument is that a sport is a nebulous concept to begin with, likely created by people who weren't particularly concerned with the specific definition of what constitutes a sport. I imagine it was so many people who decided what a sport is that trying to actually define it is pointless. It's probably like porn.

I don't know how to describe it, but I know it when I see it. Professional Counter Strike players don't seem like athletes to me, but their skill level is just as high as a professional basketball player (theoretically). I really don't think it matters what constitutes a sport. It's such a bull**** term that figuring out what exaclty it means is pointless and accomplishes nothing.
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I mostly agree, but as an avid gamer and someone who played sports through high school I find it fun to debate.
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Which is why (as I've been saying), esports should be their own category. In due time it'll probably get its own damn dictionary definition. It requires entirely different sets of skills and talents than physical sports.
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That's fine, but I want a cut of your earnings. If not, I'll eat you.
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That's fine, but I want a cut of your earnings. If not, I'll eat you.
How about if I just give you sloppy seconds?
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