Kara Goucher on e-sports:"100% no"

Kara Kan suK it m'Kay wrote:

I'm an e-Sportsperson.

Pretty famous within my niche.

About as famous as elite runners are within their niche.

Give us some hints

Bring Back the 880 wrote:

Video games are as legitimate a sport as running in circles.

Rupp is a video game fanatic.

nope..... wrote:

https://www.google.com/webhp#q=define:+sport

"An activity involving PHYSICAL EXERTION"

If you're some fat f*ck grunting as you manipulate your controller playing Call of Duty ... yeah, that's not sport. And if it is, then so is the same fat f*ck manipulating his own controller. WHERE DOES IT END?

You know how many athletes play video games? Tiger woods, Evan jäger, etc. Especially typical post collegiate pros in the west.

Valence_Electrons wrote:

You know how many athletes play video games? Tiger woods, Evan jäger, etc. Especially typical post collegiate pros in the west.

So in your mind an athlete playing video games is the same as a pro gamer. Okay, in that case it's cool.

What are you going to be busted for? Excessive Mountain Dew and Pizza?

Just because it is called a sport, doesn't mean it should be.

Just because it exists, doesn't mean everyone agrees with it.

Plenty of reasons to oppose e-sports in the olympics.

HOWEVER, "physical exertion" and definition of "sport" are TOTALLY INVALID arguments.

Shooting and equestrian events are in the olympics. E-sports would require similar levels of physical ability, if not more coordination and reflexes.

I can't get past that 'Stronger Higher Faster' thing....

couple years ago, the military was considering awarding valor medals to drone operators, the ones who sit in an air-conditioned room and drop bombs from 10,000 miles away.

and I haven't stopped throwing up since golf was included in the Games. I don't know, it seems like the Olympics should be based on human effort coupled with that SHF....I'd argue against equestrian, shooting, and for God's sake no video games.

The golfers don't need the Olympics: they already make millions with 4 major championships every year, and they proved that they need their events catered to them (how many golfers skipped the Olympics due to lack of interest or threats to their personal comfort?). For true Olympians, this meet every 4 years is the only reason for competing. A radio host was recently screaming about golf as a sport by talking up the alleged physical conditioning needed; my replies were Stadler, Craig and Daly, John. A skill, sure, with hand-eye coordination needed. But not an Olympic sport if the exertion is limited to walking four miles while someone else carries your gear.

NickyBC wrote:

couple years ago, the military was considering awarding valor medals to drone operators, the ones who sit in an air-conditioned room and drop bombs from 10,000 miles away.

Lol, if you are contributing to the war effort you are eligible for awards. Does a medic way way back from the front lines not deserve to be recognized either?

Also. Demand for physical ability has long since come and gone in the Olympics. Let's not pretend like we suddenly care about it.

Adderall is actually a huge problem in the gaming community

It's a game, a competition, not a sport. Chess is a competition, it's valid and it doesn't need my approval, but it's not a sport. E-"sports" is also a valid competition, but just because the go-to name that encompasses all of the games doesn't make it actually a sport. That's just a fast, easy, catchy name for it.

Email is not Mail

Ebay is not a bay

E-cigs

E-sports

E-bikes

Can our society get much lazier?

ssbm wrote:

Kara Kan suK it m'Kay wrote:

I'm an e-Sportsperson.

Pretty famous within my niche.

About as famous as elite runners are within their niche.

Give us some hints

Hey Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

I started an AMA thread yesterday. Not sure why mods deleted it. There were some great questions in there and i only got through answering the first 4 before it was gone.

Hopefully they will reinstate it today.

*Correction: Super Smash Brothers Melee

Was Obama an accomplice?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/39664382

Dope Donkeystrong wrote:

Imagine the doping possibilities.

Fancy Bears will bring glory to Russia once again!

quickndirty wrote:

as should everyone with at least half a brain.

Actually, I think it's the people with half a brain who think it's a sport.