hahaha

nono imho that's not the sport... absolutly...
but imho it's can to be absolutly NEW thing... more interactive then REAL sport - after TV go to internet...

fail poll

I don't see the point of arguing this. The talent needed is similar I guess but in the end it's not extraneous "physical" activity so it wont be defined as a sport.

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

The definition of sport has nothing to do with "extraneous" physical activity.

Definitions of sport on the Web:

* an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

There's going to be millions of definitions going either way, and I'm not going to bother arguing with someone as retarded as you.

I'm not for or against what you want to classify gaming, I just don't really care and mainstream isn't going to listen anyways!

ps u suck

You're not arguing with me, you're arguing with a dictionary.

Learn to read one and THEN we can argue.

You can ignore all the other dictionaries on earth for that special one you found, esport crusader!

You should probably play more games instead of talking about them.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sport

http://dictionary.reference.com/dic?q=sport&search=search

http://www.wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script...type=exact

http://dictionary.infoplease.com/sport

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sport

The definition I quoted was from wikipedia. If you're going to try to troll, you had better try harder than that. You need to at least have SOME of your facts straight.

I have my facts straight. Maybe you should reread those definitions and my first/second posts!

Or you could um, continue to ignore the words in front of you and make cool comments.

These definitions nowhere say (and in some cases, go out of their way to make evident) that a sport requires any kind of extraneous activity. Is English really that difficult for you?

Physical activity is mentioned in almost all of them!

nt though

Moving a finger is physical activity.

so is anything but being dead.

did you mean strenuous physical activity?

quakelive motha fucka

chess aint a sport1!

That's why it's always announced as "sports & chess"

So chess is a sport?
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xeno

A sport is merely a competitive activity, so yes.

chess, checkers, go?

some nerds rulez here?

I don't get what you are saying, nor what your point is.
My point was that aforementioned are called a sport while they don't require much physical activity.

those aren't sports. they're board games.

Darts and target shooting are not more active than Quake.

moving a mouse or a thumbstick is active man

Lot more active then throwing a dart, for the mouse at least.

"The tradition of organized competitive chess started in the 16th century and has developed extensively. Chess today is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee."

that's nice for the olympic committee to consider a board game a sport.

not sports at all, and I played normal chess and still play chinese chess competitively.

"The tradition of organized competitive chess started in the 16th century and has developed extensively. Chess today is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee."

so some old farts had a lobby strong enough to make other old farts agree with them.


New Olympic sport:

competitive crossword solving

been there, done that ... 2on2 is the most fun!

one - pen or two - pen ruleset?

two-pen ruleset, talking permitted - thats´s the international standard afaiac

I love Go

I voted yes, but then again, I think Billiards is a sport, requiring comparable skill sets on the physical side, and Tennis for the mental side.

A question behind this poll, seeing some comments, is in my opinion : do you think a non-hygienist activity can be called sport ?
If yes, gaming can be a sport with no doubts
If no, it won't.
As chess is recognized as sport, as some sports aren't hygienist, there is NO reason gaming couldn't be a sport.

Seeing sport only as hygienist is imo ludicrous.

hygienist

does not compute.
syntax error

Quake players smell bad, hence non-hygienist sport.

It clearly has the competition part of sports, requires practise and discipline, blablabla. And lot's of non-physical activites are considered sports, too.
But it comes with way worse side effects I'd say, chances are good you become a fat socially disordered and isolated computer/internet addict that drops out of school and never leaves the house. Imo there's less feedback from the real world in gaming, people can always keep hoping to make it and become a star while in real sports they'd probably get their ass handed and mouth shut earlier and more distinct. It's easier to make up excuses online than to realise the facts: you suck.

It probably isn't, because sports are boring.

MMA, quake/sc, poker are the only means of competition worth watching.

MMA = ?

Mixed martial arts, like UFC etc.

faggot compo's

Ask Liam.

If poker is considered a sport then so should be gaming.

But who the fuck considers poker a sport?

retards

There should always be space to argue about it. That's the point of this Poll and I have posted this poll out of curiousity what the opinion from different people is. Not to confirm whether it is or isn't a sport.

Esports is the mess of game hopping to the latest titles that could never be focussed enough to make any claim on being a sport.

zzzz thread 399394 about whether gaming is a sport. every reply here will be predictable and unimportant. chess blablabla. excuse me while I vomit.

omagad ! How many times do you vomit a day ? Considering you're registered since 2002 and that's you're 399394th thread, let me count... wowowowow ! approx... you vomit 150 times each day !
Courage, I am with you!

it's unhealthy i know

your comment was also 100% predictable :(

i predicted yours :(

i predicted that you would :(

I didn't predict that, tho :´(

damn you for making my prediction about you predicting my previous prediction wrong!

i have a green jello house with a blue horse on top

what's its name?

House: Gwendoline
Horse: Horst (his mother's idea :/)

I'll tell you one thing: Horst's mother is certainly not predictable. What is the horse made of?

bones and meat and water.

can it fly or shoot heart-shaped rays from its eyes?

no, I'm sorry,
it's just a normal blue horse named Horst :(((

do you think it could join x-men if it learned at least one of the two traits i mentioned?

hmm, I guess so, if they do accept women then horses is the obvious next step.

do you think kids that eat crayons grow up to become more mighty than kids that eat vegetables?

I sure hope so!

this is conclusive evidence that vegetable-eating turns small kids into evil adults!

This is how I've always seen things since I was little:
Games (goals, rules, challenge, and interaction):
- Non-Competitive (e.g. Puzzles etc)
- Competitive: Billiards, Board, Card, Computer, Fighting, Racing, Sports, (Some term for stuff like Darts/boules)

Athletics, Swimming & Gymnastics

So for me, sport has always been about physical activity such as tennis, football, hockey, rugby, cricket etc.

I don't see the need to classify it as a sport or even associate it with sports (Hi eSports!). For me, certain areas of the "scene" seem rather desperate to do so and I can only think they want to in order to justify all the time spent playing computer games.

trying to convince people that it's a sport is detrimental to competitive gaming, imo.

I think we need to let the general population decide. Let competitive gaming and e-sports grow, and see how it evolves. We can't force it, and tell people it's a sport. It needs time, so people can decide.

no.

...no.

no, no and no

I doubt esports will ever truly make it as long as there is a varying number of games being used for competition..

You would need to basically build the entire esport scene for each game individually, rather than just trying to use 'esports' and make it.

Unless there was 1 and only 1 game that everyone could get behind and support then it just wont have the longevity to survive like any other sport, and with the entire basis of the idea being based on technology (which progresses steadily each year) I doubt that it is ever going to change.

in my opinion eSports can be a sport in the 21 centaury :)

This is the 21st century:(

just because an activity is competitive doesn't mean it has to be labeled as a sport.

I think you need to sweat in order to be a sport.

like golf ?

yes it crossed my mind too.

If you consider the training at professional level, with 2 hours/day ffa, then go for 10-15 duels, then go for some relaxing instagib or tdm, then repeat, 2 times/day, then yes, it is a sport -hi there, idiots which only "hahaha, no sport at all", reconsider ur born condition, lol

Unless it's life-or-death, it's sport. You don't hunt beasts for food, you hunt them for sport.

i don't consider it a sport. just like chess, darts, pool. yes they require skill but in every day life the word sport makes me think of physical activity. it doesn't matter what a dictionary says it's how the word is used.