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DevilRising on 04 September 2014

Gamers are not athletes. Games are not sports. And getting a scholarship for playing a game, let alone a stupid MMO type game? Right...............................

It isn't that gaming "isn't a real sport". It's not a sport, as in at all.



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AZWification on 04 September 2014
RenCutypoison said:

It's a logical evolution, pro players could already get athlet passports.

Also "not a real sport" comments incoming.

Gaming is not a real sport...



                
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RenCutypoison on 04 September 2014
AZWification said:
RenCutypoison said:

It's a logical evolution, pro players could already get athlet passports.

Also "not a real sport" comments incoming.

Gaming is not a real sport...


It's the only sport where you mostly train brain, though.

They say brain is like a muscle.



AZWification on 04 September 2014
RenCutypoison said:
AZWification said:
RenCutypoison said:

It's a logical evolution, pro players could already get athlet passports.

Also "not a real sport" comments incoming.

Gaming is not a real sport...


It's the only sport where you mostly train brain, though.

They say brain is like a muscle.

My post was supposed to be a reply to the bolded part..



                
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outlawauron on 04 September 2014

Yeah, it's a competitive game, but it's not a sport.



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vkaraujo on 04 September 2014

I don't see the problem in calling this a sport.



RenCutypoison on 04 September 2014
AZWification said:
RenCutypoison said:


It's the only sport where you mostly train brain, though.

They say brain is like a muscle.

My post was supposed to be a reply to the bolded part..

Well, if you're training muscles, it's kind of real sport, isn't it ?



RenCutypoison on 04 September 2014
outlawauron said:
Yeah, it's a competitive game, but it's not a sport.


Well, there is no scholarship for competitive gaming, that took what was the closest.



Teeqoz on 04 September 2014
RenCutypoison said:
AZWification said:
RenCutypoison said:

It's a logical evolution, pro players could already get athlet passports.

Also "not a real sport" comments incoming.

Gaming is not a real sport...


It's the only sport where you mostly train brain, though.

They say brain is like a muscle.


Chess.



outlawauron on 04 September 2014
RenCutypoison said:
outlawauron said:
Yeah, it's a competitive game, but it's not a sport.


Well, there is no scholarship for competitive gaming, that took what was the closest.

I feel like it is a scholarship for competitive gaming, they just are forced to call it an atheletic scholarship because there are no club scholarships at the college level.



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