Leauge of Legends players admitted as sportsmen?

[Guest]

Gamers are admitted as sportsmen. Yep. You heard me right. And that happened right in United States. G4U Obama.

 

LoL championship series is a sport in US. Players in that championship got visa for work in US under that title says Nick Allen, eSports manager of Riot Games.

 

What do you think about this? We should really start playing LoL lol. If you know what i mean :P

[I'm Batman]

ALL HAİL THA LoL...lol

[pewpewmerica]

Yeah... Lets all become.. Athletes... Yeah.

[Anult]

Way to destroy the word athlete America.

 

While I am glad that LoL is admitted as a pro sport in some form, defining them as athletes is insulting to all sportsmen who play in athletic sports from soccer to american football to hockey etc.

 

Also, why LoL? Lots of other games have been around for much longer and have had more active consistent communities and they never got this recognition, what makes LoL different from the rest?

 

This decision pisses off actual athletes and gamers who partake in other games that should have at least got some recognition years ago but now feel they were bunked off due to the new RTS destroying craze MOBA.

[calebp123]

I think it really shouldn't be considered a sport, I mean pro gamers don't have to train nearly as hard or as long as someone who is training for the Olympics. Not saying that they still don't have to train, but once you consider something that's inactive a sport what will be next? What will eating become a sport? I mean it gets to a points where you have to draw the line on whats real a physical activity. 

[loepa]

IMO there's a positive side of this, This allows Gamers, esports in general to grow bigger because they received recognition.

And since LoL which have the biggest amount of player is the one who gets it this may open bigger opportunity in the future not only for LoL but hopefully also to other games.

[I'm Batman]

 

IMO there's a positive side of this, This allows Gamers, esports in general to grow bigger because they received recognition.

And since LoL which have the biggest amount of player is the one who gets it this may open bigger opportunity in the future not only for LoL but hopefully also to other games.

 

the captain teemo has spoken..

[Guest]

I think it really shouldn't be considered a sport, I mean pro gamers don't have to train nearly as hard or as long as someone who is training for the Olympics. Not saying that they still don't have to train, but once you consider something that's inactive a sport what will be next? What will eating become a sport? I mean it gets to a points where you have to draw the line on whats real a physical activity. 

I saw some pro LOL players, they train 7 hours a day.

[loepa]

the captain teemo has spoken..

Actually I hate Teemo Very Much.

I used this Teemo Picture because it's cute that's all.

[Yoinkerman]

I'm sure a chess grandmaster could get a visa under the same requirements, I don't see a problem with it.  esports entertain me more than sports do most of the time.

 

 

Way to destroy the word athlete America.

 

While I am glad that LoL is admitted as a pro sport in some form, defining them as athletes is insulting to all sportsmen who play in athletic sports from soccer to american football to hockey etc.

 

Also, why LoL? Lots of other games have been around for much longer and have had more active consistent communities and they never got this recognition, what makes LoL different from the rest?

 

This decision pisses off actual athletes and gamers who partake in other games that should have at least got some recognition years ago but now feel they were bunked off due to the new RTS destroying craze MOBA.

[Undieing_Lust]

I think sports in general are out of porportion. Look at these athletes, they will make more money in a contract than a good doctor, laywer, or president will make in their entire lives. Which is more benificial to the world? An athlete that provides entertainment, or a doctor? Don't get me wrong. I still think they should be paid a decent amount of money but not as much as the other professions that are more vital to human life and human rights.

 

Counting "gaming" as a sport is redicoulus in my opinion. Games are created to entertain yourself, although this has been changing with competitions and Youtube, people are being entertained by watching people play games, but I don't think this should be considered a sport. The difference between an athlete that trains and does very hard physical activity to a guy that sits in a chair and plays a game online that has no real life benifits excpect a sense of accomplishment should not be a sport.

 

The definition of a sport is, 

 

 

So being able to be a sportsman of a sport requires you to be physicaly active during the sport.

 

Leauge of Legends players are too serious anyways. It's just a game. The game is harsh to new players and this is just going to make it worse.

 

To be blant I think this is stupid.

 

100% agree 

[I'm Batman]

Actually I hate Teemo Very Much.

I used this Teemo Picture because it's cute that's all.

elo? matbe we can play together?

[T.Vengeance]

The definition of a sport is,

An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others.

By that definition, curling isn't a sport. It's a game then, but it isnt.

[loepa]

I think this thread can cause major discussion really quick

 

elo? matbe we can play together?

I Play in Garena server (I live in Indonesia). I actually Stopped playing it 8 months ago. Now I just play ARAM to have fun. I suck now.

 

How suck? Not even ranked player.

In garena server you need to have 20 or something amount of champion to be able to play ranked.

[Prettyfinej]

I think it really shouldn't be considered a sport, I mean pro gamers don't have to train nearly as hard or as long as someone who is training for the Olympics. Not saying that they still don't have to train, but once you consider something that's inactive a sport what will be next? What will eating become a sport? I mean it gets to a points where you have to draw the line on whats real a physical activity. 

 

Professional starcraft players practice a ridiculous amount, and their ability degrades much faster without training than many Olympic sports (I'm sure LoL practice quite a bit too but I was never really into LoL so I don't know the scene). Also, competitive eating already is a sport.  

 

It's not a sport by definition though and should never be considered as such. It's professional gaming, it is it's own thing I don't see why they feel the need to be grouped with athletes. 

[WoodenMarker]

Speaking of which, League of Legends players tend to not have the best sportsmanship.

[criso8]

Knowing the government there is probably something financial underlying all of this.

[Cronus]

Knowing the government there is probably something financial underlying all of this.

Well, yeah. One of the major benefits of being recognized as a sport is it makes it easier for tournaments involving foreign players to be hosted here, and makes the US seem more accepting towards esports. It's a big thing whether people like it or not, and beginning to declare esports as federally recognized sports is an easy wager that may have huge returns for the country in the future.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

Wow, how can people think this is a bad thing? It's the first step in the right direction, and it's about time as well. The competitive gaming scene is huge and has been for a while now, it's only fair that the gamers gets the same "perks" as regular sportsmen.