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| Ka-pi96 said: Wow :O RIP Olympics! |
The new sports for the 2020 Olympics has already been announced and while Chess is recognised by the Olympics committee as a sport (has been for years), it was never in consideration for them. The new sports are Wrestling, baseball/softball, skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing. (still no squash but I guess they don't want Eqypt and GB to win all the medals).
...besides, Akira will destroy the stadium before it happens anyway.
On subject I do think eSports has a long way to go to be openly accepted. Sports don't change, not really. Baseball now and baseball 50 years ago is basically the same, few rules changes here and there to adapt to modern technology or techniques. Chess hasn't change for centries. League of Legends has an update every 2 weeks and in 3 years time the pro Overwatch scene could be gone, replaced by the next 'fad' game. It's hard to establish routed games/sports when the games change so much. Also, some of the player base and fans need to grow up.
Hmm, pie.
