[Poll] What's your opinion on e-Sports

[Buckley]

Me personally I think it's a joke. No way in hell is it a"sport" and I'm actually shocked its going to be in the X-Games which is sad. Wb you guys would you say that gaming is a sport?

[NInety]

Chess is a sport.... why not video games?

[Slypuphound]

Chess is a sport.... why not video games?

What he said ^ best POST EVER 

[SynapseBreak]

Anything can be a sport as long as you can compete at it.  Hell, competitive chair rocking could be a sport as long as you can try to be better than the next guy.  Soo i guess in regard to that, competitive E-sports can be considered a sport just as well as damn well anything else

[Askew]

great poll

[RelentlessAF]

E-Sport mean Electronic Sport. They aren't calling it an actual sport such as Football or Basketball but a sport in the realm of technology. Sport means competitive and Games are competitive what more do you want?

[dizmo]

I agree that it can be sporting in nature, but by no means is it a sport. It doesn't really fit the definition.

[Guest]

According to Google a sport is defined as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Video games do not involve physical exertion.

[Guest Kloaked]

Of course video games is not as physical as a sport like hockey or football, that much is completely obvious. However, competitions happen all the time on large scales that have to do with video games, League of Legends being the largest I think. So yes, it is a sport, but not in the context of football or hockey. Don't be so dense.

 

I guess they should take Poker off of ESPN since it's not really physical either.

[Quest]

Doesn't fit the definition?

It doesn't say how MUCH physical exertion. They do train. It's generally not just kids sitting around on a couch playing CoD after school that are competing. It's the people that decide it's something they genuinely enjoy, and that it's something that they want to take further.

 

My personal opinion? I think E-Sports are fine. Hell, I may even want to get in on it some day, because I'm a pretty good general gamer; I pick things up quicker than most in gaming scenarios (ie: don't die to the same thing 20x), and take a more tactical approach at things, even where it's really not necessary. I still come out on top most of the time, and feel good doing so; I'm competitive. And I enjoy seeing how other people utilize the game for what it is solely to beat the opponent, or to be quicker than the next guy (speedrunning). It takes skill, and a lot of hours, to do what they do.

 

League, however? I reeaally don't like it. More of a Smite person myself, and even then I'm not much of a Moba player. I focus on MMO's, FPS's, and RTS's.

[frustratedrocka]

The first time I ever heard the term E-sports:

 

 

My opinion hasn't changed. Competitive, yes. Requires skill, absolutely. But I've never heard chess referred to as a sport. Or poker, even though it's on ESPN.

[I_Got_Lost]

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Can't believe i just watched that. 

[Grape Guild]

I'm not really into E-Sports, but people can consider them whatever they want.  They do take skill, and they are competitive.  It's just like calling weight-lifting a sport.  It takes tons of physical ability, but not too much skill (I hope I didn't just offend anyone).  It's in the eyes of the beholder I guess.

[EChondo]

Competing in a competition?

 

Yes, sport. It's not a traditional sport, so it's a "e-sport".

 

Also, the U.S. government has issued athlete visas to League of Legends pros: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421755,00.asp

 

So, you're wrong.

[Antistatic12]

Esports are cool.

 

According to Google a sport is defined as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Video games do not involve physical exertion.

I rest my case.




On a serious note though

If they can monetize it, its a sport. That's all business cares about.

[Grape Guild]

According to Google a sport is defined as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Video games do not involve physical exertion.

Ok I'm being that guy, but couldn't you argue that video games require physical abilities with your thumbs? /s

[Quest]

Ok I'm being that guy, but couldn't you argue that video games require physical abilities with your thumbs? /s

I find it funny both that hands don't have muscles, and that your member thing says "That Guy" just as your post states. 10/10 for continuity.

[Phillyphries]

I laugh every time I hear e-sports.

 

Just as I laugh when poker is mentioned as a sport, or even chess

[LogicalDrm]

According to Google a sport is defined as "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Video games do not involve physical exertion.

 

So... you don't use your muscles at all when gaming? Not even your brain? What are you doing in PC Gaming section, go back to consoles! Basicly any progamer at highest level makes 100+ actions per minute. In RTS/MOBA its measures by how many times you press something. But they as well as FPS games require much more in muscle memory, strategy, endurance...

 

You can find my points in here http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/128467-are-e-sports-an-actual-sport/ I really don't want to retype them. Mainly I agree with this. E-sports are type of sport. Same as motorsports are one type. If we would make sport the base and use as strict definitions as possible, track and field would be only real sport. All others like american football, basketball, soccer, icehockey etc would be just certain type of sport, maybe like ball&stick sports. Or teamsports.

[Almercenary]

Pool, snooker, chess. All sports. I think it's great people can make money off what they love doing. Saying it's stupid is depriving them. Sure, most people will always be casuals, but it's nice to see the industry growing.

[That Norwegian Guy]

eSports is not a valid thing IMO.

 

All the games that should be eSports aren't, (for ex. Natural Selection 2) and all the games that shouldn't be, "are". (LoL, SC)

[Grape Guild]

I find it funny both that hands don't have muscles, and that your member thing says "That Guy" just as your post states. 10/10 for continuity.

Glad you noticed the '/s'.  Not to be that guy or anything.

[Kameegaming]

E-sports is a pretty bad name, Just like every goddamn person using Moba, or Multi-Player Online Batte Arena,  which describes pretty much every game that's played online involves a battle and a closed enviroment that goes from Cod through LoL all the way into WoW battle arena, Instead of ARTS which is ActionRealTimeStrategy, though that term is used by the Dota 2 community, becuase Dota 2 is not a bunch of casual stuff like LoL is.


If agree on general principles which define a sport such as:
-REquires years of practice to become top level

-requires special skillset
-has a business built around it

-People enjoy watching it

then something like Dota 2 (LoL) , Sc2 is a sport and electronic sport, if one is going to be a douchebag and view it from the point that only sport is a sport where someone does something that requires active physical movement than that's a pretty stupid attitude. Me doing my working program makes me sweat and tired and includes lots of physical movement while I continuosly compete with myself physically and mentally to push myself to the limit, doesn't make it a sport.

words are words they mean what meaning people give them, E-sports is the word for competitions that is about playing video games for upwards of 10 million USD.

 

definitions of words change, just google search: define faggot and the results are not what the daily usage for the word is.
 

[Sauron]

They are on the same level as chess and they are called eSports (vgs, not chess) to differentiate them from sports that involve intense physical activity. You can still have sportsmanship in videogames, but they are fundamentally different from, say, tennis. It's like cars and motorcycles, both are vehicles but in a different way.

[Sauron]

games that shouldn't be, "are". (LoL, SC)

 

I agree on lol, but why shouldn't sc be an esport?