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- CaptainNoPants, on 11/02/2007, -12/+159If NASCAR is a sport, competitive spitting could be a sport.
- DaveGeffon, on 11/02/2007, -2/+50It was as I downed my 40th hotdog at the Nathan's hotdog eating contest that I knew anything could be a sport.
( I'm currently training for the World Rubix Cube Championship ) - sockpuppets, on 10/31/2007, -1/+27What's with all these new accounts commenting and digging this up? I smell spam.
- thebraineater, on 11/03/2007, -5/+30no
- atomicpoet, on 10/31/2007, -0/+24If lawn bowling and chess can be sports, I don't see why competitive gaming can't be. Afterall, you have to have strong thumb muscles to game properly.
- inactive, on 11/03/2007, -3/+26There are sports, and then there are competitions. Football, baseball, soccer, and other physical activities with people directly competeting with each other = sports. Eating contests, video games, NASCAR, chess, etc. = competitions.
- carpespasm, on 10/30/2007, -8/+29i'm not a huge fan of it, but it is physically taxing to do. The cars get upwards of 120F, on many tracks you're constantly having to coordinate between the wheel, clutch, gas, brake, and gear shift. You're only on your butt because you have to use all your appendages to control something.
- sockpuppets, on 10/31/2007, -3/+21Then use the reply button, Forrest.
- sockpuppets, on 10/30/2007, -1/+16Then gangbangs are about to become an olympic event.
- 12345Falcon, on 10/30/2007, -4/+18NO
- cnot3, on 10/30/2007, -0/+13Cash prizes doesn't make it a sport. Bingo is a sport by your logic.
- Okari, on 10/30/2007, -0/+12Everyone wins in that game.
- kidjay, on 10/30/2007, -0/+11contest of skill != sport.
there is no athleticism involved in gaming whatsover. ridiculous to even discuss it.
and i spend time playing games. - carpespasm, on 10/30/2007, -2/+13or just the digg button.
- Genjeta, on 10/31/2007, -0/+10It already happend 10 years ago when Korea founds its soul mate, Starcraft.
- DaveGeffon, on 10/30/2007, -3/+12I know
- inactive, on 10/30/2007, -5/+14of course it's a sport, one day there will be a gamerbowl XL. NY Donkey Kongs FTW
- amrush4th, on 10/30/2007, -2/+11Sure why not, I mean jerking it could be a sport if you set some rules "OK, can I rub one out while my wife goes to the bathroom. on my mark get set.."
- ozid, on 11/01/2007, -6/+14Sport: An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.
Video Game playing = not a sport.
Nascar = I didn't think it was a sport until I got a ride along in one of my friends short track stock cars. (Basically nascars but mandated that there is a radio in the car, although it doesn't have to have speakers or work at all, two seats, etc). He was only driving at 150mph at the fastest, and it exhausted me being in the car. It's like 120 degrees in those things. The steering wheel is set up so a 90 degree turn turns the wheels completely. And without power steering, that is a very hard thing to do. Even while your moving.
I don't necessarily like watching Nascar, but I sitting in that car for 30 laps was harder than any game I've ever played. Literally. - ummagummas08, on 10/30/2007, -5/+13No, because watching someone play video games is on about the same level of entertainment as watching paint dry.
Seriously Boring. - zeroEDGE, on 10/30/2007, -2/+10If ESPN aired a spelling bee competition and equipped it with commentators and floor reporters.... I don't see the problem with competitive gaming.
- 89vision, on 10/30/2007, -0/+6It's as much as a sport as poker is.
- jeimus, on 10/30/2007, -0/+6If someone has lost an eye, then its a sport
- Metl, on 10/30/2007, -1/+7Complexity gaming... the professional gaming team that's widely known because of its Counter Strike Source squad early last year proved to the United States Government that Video Gaming was a legitimate sport when they drafted zet from Sweden on a special visa. So... Its been done already, people just haven't come to accept it yet. =D
- floridiot2, on 10/31/2007, -3/+8I agree with sockpuppets.
- ByronT, on 10/30/2007, -1/+6Hey, you're moto! (It's sad that I still remember all the big names from Counter-Strike... and their real names)
- cnot3, on 10/31/2007, -0/+5If video gaming is a sport then I am a great athlete.
- greekgoat91, on 10/30/2007, -3/+8No, neither is Nascar, fishing, dancing, poker, or spelling bees
- ParaSwarm, on 10/30/2007, -0/+5Nice grasp of satire.
- inactive, on 11/01/2007, -0/+4NASCAR is a physical activity with people directly competing against each other.
- kageki, on 10/30/2007, -1/+5To say racing is crap is plain wrong and does require you to be in physical shape while on the other hand I did never get the point of NASCAR specifically. This is why I prefer F1 racing because the tracks are not just plain ovals and you can visibly see the amount of skill involved in navigating the course.
- D3koy, on 10/30/2007, -0/+4but I can pick up a ball "and get good at it"... i just choose to pick up a controller/keyboard and "get good at it"...I'm sorry, I just don't see the distinction there...And if it has to require physical activity, can DDR be a sport?
- tatltat, on 10/30/2007, -2/+6I agree with floridiot2.
- Vector713, on 10/30/2007, -1/+5No.
It's just really not. - SanTe, on 10/30/2007, -3/+7"Video Game playing = not a sport."
Oh yeah? Let's see you break the marathon record on the original 1983 arcade game "Star Wars" ( http://tinyurl.com/yvsc6r ). No pause button, no save game states, no eating, no sleeping, no sitting on your ass on a comfy couch, no breaks of any kind, just seven seconds between levels to regroup before the next onslaught. See you in 54 hours, if you live.
If ***** *golf* of all things qualifies, then video gaming certainly can. No physical exertion my ass... - logic, on 10/30/2007, -0/+4Wow... you guys are reading wayyyy too much into this.
- thewfirestarter, on 10/30/2007, -2/+5Thanks for ruining the joke.
- bagboyrebel, on 10/31/2007, -0/+3I agree with floridiot2 but disagree with tatltat.
- TruthKid, on 10/30/2007, -0/+3Perhaps you could reconsider on spelling bees?
- BlueSkyfish, on 10/30/2007, -1/+4Does a plasma TV count?
- inactive, on 10/30/2007, -0/+3Competitive spitting might actually be a sport in Japan.
- mustang460, on 10/30/2007, -1/+4anything where two or more people can compete has the potential of becoming a sport in my opinion.
but gaming has a pretty large hurdle to pass to become anything like football/baseball/ ect
which is variety, there are many dozens of games at any given time, which are replaced with sequels/new titles on a regular basis, limiting the competitive communities overall size per game
for esports to get really mainstream, a single game needs to shine in each genre to last for many years, and keep a huge community of players/fans(shining example being korea and starcraft)
also, games need to be much more interesting to watch by non gamers, most sponsorship is coming in from companies pushing the latest hardware, but that only lasts for a short time(your not getting a starcraft player to buy an 8800gts/c2d extreme) - ericrous, on 10/31/2007, -1/+4I'll change my terminology when the NAACP takes the "C" out of their name.
- SanTe, on 10/30/2007, -1/+4"You're talking about an endurance test."
Thanks. I'll remember that the next time marathon runners call themselves athletes.
"Running isn't a sport because anyone can do it. Anything we can *all* do can't be a sport. I can run; you can run. My mother can run. You don't see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated do you?" -- George Carlin - jon30041, on 10/30/2007, -0/+3But now a younger, prettier, more flexible mistress has come along.
Starcraft II: The announcement that had all of Korea ***** their pants in unison - pooper, on 10/30/2007, -1/+4You're talking about an endurance test. I could type for 50 hours straight, it doesn't make me an athlete, nor does it make typing a sport.
- inactive, on 10/30/2007, -0/+3Video games are fun, and it's fun to compete. Why do we spend so much time arguing if something is a sport or not. Who gives a crap? Shut up and pick up a controller, or if you are smart a mouse and keyboard.
- inactive, on 10/30/2007, -0/+3Which is not at all.
- pooper, on 10/30/2007, -0/+3Who the ***** says lawn bowling Chess is a sport?
- pooper, on 10/30/2007, -0/+3That's not the point. Just because ESPN airs it, doesn't make it a sport. Hell, they've aired dominoes and Scrabble championships.
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