Gen Xers don't want to hear it, but E-Sports will 100% be in the Olympics one day

You may not realize it but your entire world is likely to be virtual one day and sometimes it seems it already is. Is there even a Hardloper outside of here?

Progressivism is progress. AI is a much better solution in the long run in saving our planet.

Got it. Hardloper likes the e-sports because he eats Kara Goucher's dust and presumably Ragen Chastain's.

Glad we found you an event. Need Twitch support?

Sincerely,

Mike, 46 year old Gen X

Not only the GenXers. This Boomer just threw up in his mouth a little bit.

Hardloper wrote:

I know Gen Xers like Kara Goucher cringe at the thought, but those paying attention to the E-Sports world know that it will 100% inevitably be added to the Olympics and other major sports festivals

It’s the perfect progressive sport: no inherent male physical advantage!

Stoppit Smith wrote:

Got it. Hardloper likes the e-sports because he eats Kara Goucher's dust and presumably Ragen Chastain's.

Glad we found you an event. Need Twitch support?

Sincerely,

Mike, 46 year old Gen X

Smartest guy in room. ^,

Generation X doesn’t care at all.

2020 was the best year yet. 2021 is starting out just fine.

DNC or RNC are the same crooks with different initials. We’ve known this since they interrupted game shows with Senate Hearings before Nixon resigned. None of it matters because it’s the same crap repeated every 15 years.

Only bored boomers and lazy millennials are getting worked up over this latest political garbage. Generation X is concerned about getting our kids through college and saving for retirement.

Crawl back into your troll cave and think about how you can do something useful with your life.

Why oh why do I see you like the ritzy glitzy version of Ryan Reynolds ready to call Daddy's lawyer if someone accidentally elbowed you at a Suicidal Tendencies concert. Lol Convince me otherwise.

Hardloper wrote:

I know Gen Xers like Kara Goucher cringe at the thought, but those paying attention to the E-Sports world know that it will 100% inevitably be added to the Olympics and other major sports festivals

Hardloper wrote:

100% inevitably be added

Huh?

Stoppit Smith wrote:

Why oh why do I see you like the ritzy glitzy version of Ryan Reynolds ready to call Daddy's lawyer if someone accidentally elbowed you at a Suicidal Tendencies concert. Lol

Convince me otherwise.

Hardloper wrote:

I know Gen Xers like Kara Goucher cringe at the thought, but those paying attention to the E-Sports world know that it will 100% inevitably be added to the Olympics and other major sports festivals

Whoa Mike, you should sign up for an 800 meter race because you're running on pure hate today

When have I not?

There's actually a set of criteria for something to be considered to have a chance to be an Olympic sport. I doubt gaming meets all those.

I agree.

I've watched Twitch streams before because I'm fat and not even making a D standard.

Just because you sweat doesn't make it a sport.

And most VR stuff is contrived anyway.

You COULD have VR stuff with an A standard for drink consumption but that violates USADA..

So, yeah..no. I sgree

In 20 years time I'll be accusing South Koreans of taking adderall to cheat Brits out of medals in the virtual e800m. People here will still say I have something against Kenyans.

As someone recently pointed out, race walking is in the olympics, so things can't really get much worse. Might as well put video games in there too.

Nero had violin playing, let's see who will win the gold at electric guitar.

How Did I Get Here? wrote:

Generation X doesn’t care at all.

2020 was the best year yet. 2021 is starting out just fine.

DNC or RNC are the same crooks with different initials. We’ve known this since they interrupted game shows with Senate Hearings before Nixon resigned. None of it matters because it’s the same crap repeated every 15 years.

Only bored boomers and lazy millennials are getting worked up over this latest political garbage. Generation X is concerned about getting our kids through college and saving for retirement.

Crawl back into your troll cave and think about how you can do something useful with your life.

This

Great thread Hardloper!

I realize this is a troll post. That being said, the main reason video games will never be an Olympic event is obvious... which games could they choose? There’s no way it could be the same game(s) every year because of the constantly evolving competitive scene. So good luck figuring out what game is going to have an active, widespread player base ahead of a 4 year Olympic cycle, and then defining the rules (hardware, patch version, exploits to allow, etc.) in enough time to create a level playing field for players to train adequately. Could E-sports become an Olympic caliber media event? Absolutely, and I hope it does (arguably we are getting close). But it will be near impossible to fit it into the current Olympic format. -Not A Golfer

Hardloper wrote:

I know Gen Xers like Kara Goucher cringe at the thought, but those paying attention to the E-Sports world know that it will 100% inevitably be added to the Olympics and other major sports festivals

When I was in high school, I could probably have made the Olympics if Robotron was an Olympic sport. I could play that game for hours on a single quarter.