Should video gaming be considered a sport?

[𝕯𝖚 𝖋𝖊𝖍𝖑𝖘✠]

Like eSports becoming a legitimate sport

[Flowernose]

No they should not be sports.Sports shouldnt be pushing buttons at the right moments

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Miss Amanda Jones の投稿を引用：

definition of sport

an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Therefor video games can not be a sport, just like Nascar can not be a sport.

Nascar is a MOTORSPORT,videogames are ESPORTS.

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Horatio の投稿を引用：

I prefer not seeing them as sports. I can hardly relate to all the eSports scene. Especially the mindset of Koreans who seem to only see it as sport. To me it should be about fun.

I agree with you that we should not mix up games with money.Most of todays ''sports'' like football used to be just innocent games between friends and neighbors,today football is just business,its also a tool to control humans (in south america and europe football is like a religion).I like playing football too but i wouldnt imagine myself playing for money,how would i enjoy playing working for all this corrupted capitalistic business model?Thats why i dont support mixing videogames with money,its ok for esports to exist but without money involved,the players should play because they like doing this and competitions are also good for players who want to see their limits.

[Pahoot22]

I dont agree with your latest post A Name means nothing on a battle, they train for tournaments and spend a lot of time on becoming pro gamers and there wouldnt be pro gamers if they couldnt make money with their skill

[Naedmi]

Like it or not. it is already considered one.

If the winners get high payouts, it's a sport to me.

[grounded in reality]

Miss Amanda Jones の投稿を引用：

definition of sport

an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Therefor video games can not be a sport, just like Nascar can not be a sport.

so video games do not require skills?

[MykeMichail]

the random wholescout の投稿を引用：

Miss Amanda Jones の投稿を引用：

definition of sport

an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Therefor video games can not be a sport, just like Nascar can not be a sport.

so video games do not require skills?

Re-read the description. There are 4 elements defining a sport in that definition:

1. Physical Exertion
2. Skill
3. Individual or Teams
4. Competion

Video games meet 2, 3 and 4, but not 1.

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MykeMichail の投稿を引用：

the random wholescout の投稿を引用：

so video games do not require skills?

Re-read the description. There are 4 elements defining a sport in that definition:

1. Physical Exertion
2. Skill
3. Individual or Teams
4. Competion

Video games meet 2, 3 and 4, but not 1.

You're forgetting that it must also be done for one, or others' entertainment.

Motorsports, Javelining, things like that? They may LOOK like they don't require Physical Exertion, but the fact is it's a very physical thing.

Things like Dancing and Skating may also seem weightless, but they're Tiring and, infact, ARE often competitive. They all are sports of some flavor or another.

"E-Sports", though, if we're talking things like Starcraft or some shooter.... it isn't a real sport. Clicking and pressing keys on a Keyboard isn't a sport, and as someone said earlier in the thread, It's mostly spam clicks.

Now, if we can somehow make one of those kinect sports things and do it on some World-wide basis, competitively, between hundreds of people, then it would go on to be a true sports as it would meet the Parameters.

BUT, This hasn't happened yet. Until someone can actually do something like that, Video Games -aren't- sports.

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Peanut の投稿を引用：

I dont agree with your latest post A Name means nothing on a battle, they train for tournaments and spend a lot of time on becoming pro gamers and there wouldnt be pro gamers if they couldnt make money with their skill

''Pro gamers'' shouldnt even exist,just like football professional players shouldnt exist either.They arent productive and they dont offer anything to our society so they shouldnt get paid at all.The only reason they get paid is because of the sponsors and marketing,its capitalism all over it,plain disgusting.

[Gus the Crocodile]

A Name means nothing on a battle の投稿を引用：

''Pro gamers'' shouldnt even exist,just like football professional players shouldnt exist either.They arent productive and they dont offer anything to our society so they shouldnt get paid at all.The only reason they get paid is because of the sponsors and marketing,its capitalism all over it,plain disgusting.

Saying that a career that entertains huge amounts of people shouldn't exist (talking about sports more than pro gaming, but it's on the rise too) seems a weird thing to do on the forum of a videogame platform. Entertainment isn't a thing you can offer now?

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Gus the Crocodile の投稿を引用：

A Name means nothing on a battle の投稿を引用：

''Pro gamers'' shouldnt even exist,just like football professional players shouldnt exist either.They arent productive and they dont offer anything to our society so they shouldnt get paid at all.The only reason they get paid is because of the sponsors and marketing,its capitalism all over it,plain disgusting.

Saying that a career that entertains huge amounts of people shouldn't exist (talking about sports more than pro gaming, but it's on the rise too) seems a weird thing to do on the forum of a videogame platform. Entertainment isn't a thing you can offer now?

Entertainment for me means doing something actually myself.Entertainment isnt for me watching others doing stuff.I enjoy playing football & videogames but i m not gonna watch others play,plain and simple.

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A Name means nothing on a battle の投稿を引用：

Gus the Crocodile の投稿を引用：

Saying that a career that entertains huge amounts of people shouldn't exist (talking about sports more than pro gaming, but it's on the rise too) seems a weird thing to do on the forum of a videogame platform. Entertainment isn't a thing you can offer now?

Entertainment for me means doing something actually myself.Entertainment isnt for me watching others doing stuff.I enjoy playing football & videogames but i m not gonna watch others play,plain and simple.

Then why are you commenting?

This thread doesn't concern you becuase you aren't entertainment-y. If you do it alone, Then why should you even care to debate?

[Ranko]

MykeMichail の投稿を引用：

the random wholescout の投稿を引用：

so video games do not require skills?

Re-read the description. There are 4 elements defining a sport in that definition:

1. Physical Exertion
2. Skill
3. Individual or Teams
4. Competion

Video games meet 2, 3 and 4, but not 1.

it meets 1 as well.
https://www.google.com/#q=definition+of+exertion

[Gus the Crocodile]

A Name means nothing on a battle の投稿を引用：

Entertainment for me means doing something actually myself.Entertainment isnt for me watching others doing stuff.I enjoy playing football & videogames but i m not gonna watch others play,plain and simple.

That's lovely, just, you know, do bear in mind that you aren't "society", which is what you were talking about earlier. There are plenty of things I'm not interested in, but I don't think that means those things shouldn't exist. That would be a bit over the top.

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Gus the Crocodile の投稿を引用：

A Name means nothing on a battle の投稿を引用：

Entertainment for me means doing something actually myself.Entertainment isnt for me watching others doing stuff.I enjoy playing football & videogames but i m not gonna watch others play,plain and simple.

That's lovely, just, you know, do bear in mind that you aren't "society", which is what you were talking about earlier. There are plenty of things I'm not interested in, but I don't think that means those things shouldn't exist. That would be a bit over the top.

THANK YOU For saying that!