Should pro gamers be considered as athletes? | |||
| Yes | 50 | 14.66% | |
| No | 263 | 77.13% | |
| indifferent | 17 | 4.99% | |
| Where am I? | 10 | 2.93% | |
| Total: | 340 | ||
| Zeus09 said: why the hell should you.get respect from playing games all day |
The same can be said for all entertainers, it isn't a job that exists to change the world, but we all like to be entertained.
| greenmedic88 said: I put video gamers in the same category as board gamers or card players and since I don't refer to world ranked chess players or professional poker players as athletes, you can see where my opinion is coming from. I can understand why competitive gamers would like to call themselves athletes, but the only relevance here is that there are varying levels of skill that elevate all the way to a professional, ranked level of play. The skills sets don't require agility, balance, body movement or any type of physical exertion that defines sports games. Having the level of dedication required to be at that level is both uncommon and respectable, but I would not place a world champion Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat player in the same category as a professional boxer or MMA fighter. I certainly wouldn't call them both athletes any more than I'd consider a world class EA Sports NBA 2014 player an athlete same as someone who actually played in the NBA. |
Yeah basically that.
e-sports is just as "athletic" as professional chess players.
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I'm really surprised by the lack of understanding from the gaming community no less.
The comparisons with chess are not only stupid but hurtful to the gaming community. Chess is a game of mind that requires absolutely no skill whatsoever. Compare that with a round of Starcraft or CS which require not only intelligence but skill that none of you would ever achieve in a lifetime. And instead of appreciating our kind that is so in love with games that they take it to the next level you are belittling their achievements.
That close minded definition of sport: "You have to move your body and sweat a lot" is long outdated. People will consider everything that requires some amount of physical skill and/or intelligence as a sport if it is pursued competitively. Think of Darts or Curling or Snooker.
I wonder what you people would think of a professional DDR gamer.
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| greenmedic88 said: I put video gamers in the same category as board gamers or card players and since I don't refer to world ranked chess players or professional poker players as athletes, you can see where my opinion is coming from. I can understand why competitive gamers would like to call themselves athletes, but the only relevance here is that there are varying levels of skill that elevate all the way to a professional, ranked level of play. The skills sets don't require agility, balance, body movement or any type of physical exertion that defines sports games. Having the level of dedication required to be at that level is both uncommon and respectable, but I would not place a world champion Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat player in the same category as a professional boxer or MMA fighter. I certainly wouldn't call them both athletes any more than I'd consider a world class EA Sports NBA 2014 player an athlete same as someone who actually played in the NBA. |
Dis.
No.. Even those participating in motorsports (f1, nascar, motgp etc..) aren't considered athletes..
They're just video game competitors, not athletes.
Not until foosball is considered an actual sport.
| vivster said: That close minded definition of sport: "You have to move your body and sweat a lot" is long outdated. People will consider everything that requires some amount of physical skill and/or intelligence as a sport if it is pursued competitively. Think of Darts or Curling or Snooker. I wonder what you people would think of a professional DDR gamer. |
This so much, it's already starting to change.
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No.
I won't form my opinion on why, because this question always sounded too stupid to be asked in the first place ~
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