So should Sports watching addiction, IMO. But in our culture that shit is celebrated and encouraged.

GO CANUCKS!!!

Rick Fox says Pro gamers Are Athletes. I'm not going to argue with Rick Fox.

I think this stadium is similar to the size of kitchen stadium.

I wonder if they will have a beer league or a 35 and over seniors division. RS could have a team. When they play you could have a car meet and watch the team play.

Money has already been going in. It's one of the top trending young industry. Incredibly high margin.

Money in the billions is not enough for RS.

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https://www.statista.com/statistics/806975/lol-revenue/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/esp...b-revenue.html

Someone would like a word with you...

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/c...?size=sw620x65

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...22-asian-games

first its the asian games and shortly after maybe the Olympics (that might have settle it lol)

As per dictionary.com:

"an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature"

Calling "gaming" a sport is an insult to professional athletes who spend their lives training, eating a strict diet, and getting into the best physical shape possible in order to excel at their given sport.

Meanwhile, these gamers sit in front of a screen playing games for hours on end while nourishing themselves with cup noodles and bubble tea. I'm not calling their gaming skills into question, but to compare gamers to athletes who play sports is misleading.

Professional athlete Rick Fox disagrees with you.


and this:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=...33344197129646

https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/1G...3842a627af1c7a

https://gamegeek.gg/wp-content/uploa...-legion-gc.jpg

https://www.nba.com/warriors/sites/w...?itok=RgsynbIX

Just some of pro sports teams with esports teams.

So its a internet cafe.. lol

No it's more like your local hockey arena.

it's the pacific coliseum of esports lol.

also, golf is considered a sport... do you consider walking in a park a sport? lol.

Speed walking is an Olympic sport.

I bet hard on Pachinko tournaments

why the fuck is this forum so itty picky about comparing it to a "sport"

like who gives two shits about complaining on the internet. This thread feels like a twitter section on ESPN tweeting about esports.

if it brings entertainment and the company can sustain itself, so be it. Fun for people being involved and fun for people watching.




but tell me guis, how come esports betting is allowed on most betting websites (pinnacle sports betting for example)


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I'm not sure if you just don't know what golf is or you're trying to make a bad joke.

is golfing a sport?
is formula racing a sport?

e-sports typically takes on an insane level of team coordination

if chess is a sport then gaming can definitely be classified as one
sports =/= aerobic, burning lots of calories

LOL i was about to say the same...

Imo it’s not even close to a sport.

Also mentioning the conditioning team work etc. these people are playing games that are less than 3 years old. So your entire “career” is 3 years old or less. It took you that long to get to that point.

Actual “professional athletes” have spent their entire lives hoaning their craft whether that’s a tiger woods or Sidney Crosby etc or even some shitty CFL player. Their entire lives whether they are playing or not, off season or not, is dedicated to their sport.

Not to mention most of the “e athletes” look like they couldn’t even carry their own computer into the venue if they had to. Dem basement dwelling athletes

In terms of being an actual athlete, yea, speedwalking is way more of a sport than gaming. Look at the speed walkers in the olympics etc. they are ripped as fuck. Could probably compete in other disciplines etc.

Given enough time you could train a Sidney Crosby to be a top 100 gamer in the world. On the flip side you could never train a gamer who has never skated to even play in a men’s league.

guys who think golfing is not a sport hasn't realized the amount of dedication these guys put to the game to get "pro"

So unless an activity is performed at a world world class level, or you've trained your whole life, it can't be considered a sport? So when people some rec volleyball, i guess they're not playing a sport.

Your logic is going to fall apart very quickly..

You are sitting at a computer..

To their credit, I've seen some do a few jumping jacks before a tournament as a warm up.

Haven’t doctors from the heart and stroke foundation and doctors worldwide been claiming for he last 10 years or so that sitting, and specifically sitting at a desk all day at an office job is worse than smoking for killing people?

So now you do this and get paid for it and it’s called a sport? lol..

As (insert typical Dota champ gamer dude) would say, GG?

I will add that the competition aspects, the nature of a challenge, etc etc is “sporting” sure. But it’s not a sport.

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

‘team sports such as soccer and rugby’
mass noun ‘I used to play a lot of sport’
‘a sports centre’

1.1sportsBritish An occasion on which people compete in various athletic activities.
‘I won the 200 metres in the school sports’

1.2mass noun, usually with adjective Success or pleasure derived from an activity such as hunting or fishing.
‘I have heard there is good sport to be had in Buttermere’

1.3dated mass noun Entertainment; fun.
‘it was considered great sport to catch him out’

1.4archaic A source of amusement or entertainment.
‘I do not wish to show myself the sport of a man like Wildeve’

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/sport

eye movement and left click is physical exertion

case closed

You can take any unfit 20 year old put him/her through a training/ diet regime for a period of time and they can be ripped as fuck too. Furthermore, some gamers are unfit, some are fit. Not all of them are fat slob. I doubt it is even the majority.

No need to look down on people. These people get to make a living doing what they love while contributing to society, in the same way that any other sport athlete do. That's a true blessing in life.