| Louie said: From my experience with some friends who are heavily into that scene? Nope. Sport is about physical activity and being competitive on a physical level to me. eSports is just people sitting in front of a computer screen and talking into a headset. Being fit won't help you win an eSports game. (Same goes for chess, but I don't know why people consider chess to be a real sport either, even though I love playing it.) |
One area that can be improved, by training/excersising. Is the speed you can button tap. You can pratice aiming, for FPS games.
Ka-pi96 said:
And endurance? For playing games? So the same kind of endurance you'd need for a late night movie marathon? Yeah, nothing at all athletic about that kind of endurance... |
What about speed runs? Completing a long game within a certain time? I wanted to clear the 100 Battle Tower in Pokemon Colesuem. I played the game for 14 hours non stop. To clear it in one day. That's edurance. I'd classfy it like Chess, a mind sport. Because If I wanted to complete a Pokedex within, say 100 hours. I'd have to know the games story mode. Inside and out. And how fast I can use older hardware/other games, that I need to transfer Pokemon like crazy. Without cheating.
I could actually do this. I own all the GB DS system hardware. And all the games that can link across, over the years. It take planning and pratice. To hit a certain time peroid. Just like a sport. What about the blind guy. Who cleared Zelda OOT? That took a lot of pratice. Would people go nuts, if say, the olymipics added in eating contests?
