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E-sports should be in the Olympics.
mgilbrtsn
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So says Rob Pardo from WoW, according to the BBC. Can't say I agree. IMO, if other cerebral type games are in the Olympics, then E-sports deserve a spot. When chess gets in, we can talk E-sports.
I already know I am going to get blown up for my thoughts for:
Comparing Chess to E-sports
(I'm not trying to, just trying to make a general comparison in a general sense of them both being games)
Refering to games as E-sports
(Call it whatever you wish, they gotta be called something, and E-sports is just fine with me. If you want, we can call them "Video games that people play in competition and draws audiences and can even make money off of" Quidopo for all I care. As long as you understand what I mean, I'll just say E-Sports.)
Equating games to cerebral.
(No defense, couldn't think of another word. Just trying to convey that they aren't physical in nature. Yes to some hand/eye coordination)
Let the bombardment begin.
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True, but I think once some non pysical based game gets in, you will open the floodgate. Maybe if they had an E-Olympics or something. You would have to call it something else, so that Chess, poker, other games could join in the fun. Some of the events would probabably get better ratings than some of the actual Olympics.
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Can't agree, while millions may watch E-Sports (why they do is is beyond my understanding) it doesn't make them sports.
Millions watch poker being played, even on ESPN-2, doesn't make them a sport even if a sports network is covering them.
They are definitely something that can make money, that's for sure, so we'll be seeing more of them on a competitive front, even if they never make it as an Olympic game.
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There are already enough stupid activities in the Olympics. If Pardo said that, he's just thinking about $$$ and all the corporate sponsorship and advertising. You can never have enough!
Just no.
But I wouldn't be surprised by anything in the world these days.
I dont think sports really have anything to do with olympics, and to say sports are something to do with anything other then a game is ridiculous, and saying that sports are different from a video game is being even more. First i think olympics are about a concept to bring people closer, and to a better understand other, rather then fighting. As for physical sports well, that just happened to be the most popular form of games. As for physical and computer games well, they are for the most part the same thing. Just wastes of time that people enjoy to do. Some people are obsessive, so they take things way to seriously, such as professionals in physical sports, or elite players in video games. But other than bringing people closer, and enjoyment, video games and sports are the same, which i think the olympics are all about.
Video games should be in the olympics if it helps bring nations closer.
The ONLY criteria these games have is the use of the brain and that is often marginal at best.Real sports as we know it do require some form of physical ability and perhaps even cardio as we have seen gamer's stream their games for 24 hours straight,not likely to happen in real sports,not without needing some sort of medical attention.
To me they are just video game competitions,i don't like attaching a name or title of e-sport to try and make it sound more important.
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As everyone knows, olympics is about physical sports.
Like curling where you push forward a large piece of rubber with brooms.
Like bobsled, where you need to sit and wait.
And like shooting where you need to stand up.
Well, the system has been broken before (e.g., letting professional athletes participate).
Money talks and gets its way, eventually. Just don't be surprised.
Does any other country play American football? We have football in Canada but it's a little different.
Non-physical sports should not be in the Olympics. I think this is a ridiculous idea.
Have you ever curled? I haven't but I know weighting something delicately does take physical skill and altering it afterwards based on snap judgements by removing ice also requires mental skill.
Have you ever bobsleded? I haven't but I know controlling something racing down on an icy half pipe with sharp turn with your body does take physical and mental skill.
Have you ever shot at several very fast moving targets that go at different trajectories? I haven't but I know that it requires good reflexes, good form and steady nerves.
Now you can argue that certain video games require a combination of physical and mental skills but if you are belittling these sports as not worthy than your going to have a hard time making that arguement.
If we're going to make a mockery of the Olympics let's not do it half ass. We also need to add
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Good stuff!!!! lmao
i can see it happening if chess ever gets accepted
http://killscreendaily.com/articles/articles/can-esports-become-olympic-sport/
Chess has been trying to get into the Olympics almost as long as there have been Olympics to get into. In 1924, the sport made a push to be accepted in the eighth Olympic games in Paris. It wasn’t. In spite of the snub, the chess theorist and old master Eugene Znosko-Borovsky helped organize the first unofficial chess “Olympiad,” held in Paris during those games. Since World War 2, the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, or FIDE, the international body that governs the sport, has been knocking on the door. In 1999, the game was finally recognized. Hooray, right? Not so fast. Recognition merely means they get to present their case to the International Olympic Committee (IOC hereafter). These days chess doesn’t even make the shortlist.
What’s the cause for the century-long cold shoulder? Here’s a quote from New in Chess Magazine a few years back.
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I agree with this. Its just a stupid idea for game companies to get more money in ads. Having something in the Olympics where your sitting on your arse in front of a screen with a controller is so lame. The Olympics is already turned into crap with letting pro Athletes in the games.
Why is that a problem? Isn't the Olympics about being really good? Not letting the pros to compete is like saying "well, they are too good, let's forget about being good ... but make it about being mediocre".
That's not what they were supposed to be about. It was supposed to be about sportsmanship.
"From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sportsmanship (or sometimes sportspersonship) is an aspiration or ethos that a sport or activity will be enjoyed for its own sake, with proper consideration for fairness, ethics, respect, and a sense of fellowship with one's competitors"
So it's not supposed to be about doing something because you are paid to or because you hope to attract sponsers. It's supposed to be enjoyed for it's own sake.
If it is not about competition and winning, why do we need the olympics? Just join any little league baseball (or whatever sports club), and you can have plenty of fairness, respect, and "sense of fellowship with competitors".
and "enjoying something", and "being paid for it" are not mutually exclusive.
It had a +1 from me. Triathlon would be awesome, RPG,FPS and RTS. WoW,Counter Strike and Starcraft (can't remember older ones that are mainstream).
But it had to be different from the normal Olympics. Normal ones are every 4 yrs. Summer games , 2 yrs, Winter games, 2 yrs, Summer games aso. Maybe put them in between. So Summer games, 1 year, E-games,1 year, Winter, 1 year, E-games, 1 year, Summer aso.
E-Sports should be added to the Olympics right after Risk, Tag, and Solitaire
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It's a conflict of interest because it's hard to do something for it's own sake if you livelihood depends on it. That and it's hardly fair when you have pro's going up against amateurs or even semi pros but anyway. Any person who truely loves any sport will tell you they want to be as good as they can and it's harder to enjoy it let alone love it if you have no interest in the outcome of it or in other words want to win. What's not mutually exclusive is the idea that you can want to win and still have considerations for fairness, respect and sense of fellowship with competitors.
Entirely agree.
People that play Esports are not athletes period no matter how good they are at video games.
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