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By *ong-leggedblond OP   Woman
over a year ago

Next Door

Are they really sports? Should they be in the commonwealth games?

Personally I think its just gaming and not a sport.

Your thoughts please

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Are they really sports? Should they be in the commonwealth games?

Personally I think its just gaming and not a sport.

Your thoughts please "

Depends if it fits the definition, I suppose, if played competitively with prizes then is it much different to golf or curling or whichever?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Emmm this subject is very touchy one to considering

That’s what I do for a living

My stance on it is

Should it be in the commwethe games no

Should it be considered a sport well yes

As if it was easy

No one would be doing any other job considering the money that’s involved

The gameing industry in general

Has spawned more millionaires over the last 5-10 years then any other industry in the world has over the last 50 years

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By *etcplCouple
over a year ago

Gapping Fanny

They can be quite competitive, big money and require crazy hand eye coordination and mental agility.

Its about appealing to a younger generation in my opinion, otherwise they would have involved chess a long time ago.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I consider it sports in the same bracket that darts is a sport.

Both require high degrees of skill and focus, big followings and highly competitive nature.

But you wouldn't consider them athletic or see them in the Commonwealth Games or Olympics.

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By *ong-leggedblond OP   Woman
over a year ago

Next Door


"Are they really sports? Should they be in the commonwealth games?

Personally I think its just gaming and not a sport.

Your thoughts please

Depends if it fits the definition, I suppose, if played competitively with prizes then is it much different to golf or curling or whichever?"

An esport gaming prize? Do they have these already?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"They can be quite competitive, big money and require crazy hand eye coordination and mental agility.

Its about appealing to a younger generation in my opinion, otherwise they would have involved chess a long time ago.

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Yes some also requer rocket science I.Q levels typically raceing games

For setting up cars and stuff in sim raceing

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Are they really sports? Should they be in the commonwealth games?

Personally I think its just gaming and not a sport.

Your thoughts please

Depends if it fits the definition, I suppose, if played competitively with prizes then is it much different to golf or curling or whichever?

An esport gaming prize? Do they have these already?

"

Very much so, big money to some

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Are they really sports? Should they be in the commonwealth games?

Personally I think its just gaming and not a sport.

Your thoughts please

Depends if it fits the definition, I suppose, if played competitively with prizes then is it much different to golf or curling or whichever?

An esport gaming prize? Do they have these already?

"

Yes loads there was last week there was a war zone lan event winner took home hafe a million

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

They're more of a sport than many sports.

Synchronised swimming

Ice skating

Diving

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By *r SproutMan
over a year ago

the middle somewhere

Well this is a tough one. I was going to say you can bet on the outcomes of some of these events that are held, thus making it a sport.

But then you can bet on politics and obviously that isn’t a sport.

So I’m going to say they are just games and not sports.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

activity that you do for pleasure and that needs physical effort or skill, usually done in a special area and according to fixed rules

Physical skill for sure (there were only two buttons in our day), definitely special area needed and many fixed rules.

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over a year ago

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over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"For me a sport shouldn’t be possible whilst sat on your backside, in your underpants with part nights pizza dribbled down your chest.

Yes I do game occasionally so this isn’t a dog at gamers."

I mean, chess is a sport.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Naaa its just hand eye coordination but no athletesism required just like bloody darts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Too many spelling mistakes

For me a sport should be possible whilst sat on your backside in your underpants with last nights takeaway dribbled down your chest.

Yes I am a bit of a gamer so this isn’t a dig either.

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By *eadinthecloudsMan
over a year ago

Manchester

Please just let my generation have it's fun. It's the only thing we have left.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

https://www.chess.com/article/view/is-chess-a-sport#:~:text=5.,like%20properties%20inherent%20in%20chess.

And not even Extreme Chess either

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"For me a sport shouldn’t be possible whilst sat on your backside, in your underpants with part nights pizza dribbled down your chest.

Yes I do game occasionally so this isn’t a dog at gamers.

I mean, chess is a sport."

Is it? I thought it was a board game.

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By *batMan
over a year ago

Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales)


"So I’m going to say they are just games and not sports. "

How would you differentiate a game and a sport?

Football is definitely a game and definitely a sport.

Darts, I'd say just a game.

But I don't know if I'm honest.

Gbat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Too many spelling mistakes

For me a sport should be possible whilst sat on your backside in your underpants with last nights takeaway dribbled down your chest.

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^ Sunday morning volleyball

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

Is chess a sport?

How about monopoly?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Is chess a sport?

How about monopoly? "

Or fox hunting.

There's never really been accepted definitions for sport.

E-sports aren't likely to be going away though.

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)


"Is chess a sport?

How about monopoly?

Or fox hunting.

There's never really been accepted definitions for sport.

E-sports aren't likely to be going away though."

True. I’m not saying that they should but if one is a sport, then why not other games?

International connect 4

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By *oeBeansMan
over a year ago

Derby

I wouldn't say it's a sport. It's a competition definitely, but not a sport and I wouldn't say there isn't any physical exertion or not enough that justifies calling it a sport

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

I don't think it should be in the commonwealth games.

But watching top tier competitive gameplay on a game you enjoy playing can be quite exciting at times.

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By *olly_chromaticTV/TS
over a year ago

Stockport

Damn, I thought there was a typo in the title. I was going to tell you about my first car, a Mk III Ford Escort...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Trouble is, "e-sports" is such a misnomer.

It has no specificity, and as such the average punter gets confused.

Does it belong in larger athletic events, doubtful. Will it be used to push a particular demographic, yup.

I could go on and on about all the different types of e sport, games, genres within genres. It's very much a niche within niche topic, that really, can't translate well to the wider public.

I don't think it needs to either, it's fanbase is established, hard core and growing all the time. If I knew my KD on 1.6 could have been developed for a job with Global Offensive, I'd be laughing, but someone said it was a waste of time lol

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