Current Events > Esport is such a dumb term

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Video games are not sports.

You can legitimize video games as a competition without trying to make it a sport.

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Its not a sport. It's an esport.

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Why not just call them ecomps or video game competitions

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GiggetySplicer posted...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6RiWJrBm0kc

*chuckles*
Ahh, I'm sad now.

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They made dancing a sport, so it's only fair.

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All the nerds watching e-sports must have been the kids stuck playing as Tails and Luigi with their older siblings growing up >_>

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If you've ever followed League of Legends e-sports scene, you should know they follow literally every single pattern a standard sport does, and it's more about the players and their ability to mesh as a team more than the game itself. The game is merely a medium, and the e-sports is the act of watching the players perform through that medium. It is undeniably a sport

You call it e-sport not to trigger the less informed and ignorant, and whoever puts way too much weight into the "physical" aspect of sports, even tho their favorite sport is probably far less complex than lol e-sports

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I also dont like the term esports.

It sounds like some people are desperate for validation, so they latch on to what mainstream audiences already find acceptable and even praiseworthy.

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legendarylemur posted...

If you've ever followed League of Legends e-sports scene, you should know they follow literally every single pattern a standard sport does

Except for failing the basic concept of a sport
Sport: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

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It describes a competitive field sans the fully physical aspect. You get the idea immediately.

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

I also dont like the term esports.

It sounds like some people are desperate for validation, so they latch on to what mainstream audiences already find acceptable and even praiseworthy.

Spicy take. I doubt the people making bank off of esports care about mainstream validation.

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the line keeps getting pushed. soon they'll want to be called athletes and use excuses like "well, it's an e-sport, so technically we're a type of athlete."
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RickyTheBAWSE posted...

the line keeps getting pushed. soon they'll want to be called athletes and use excuses like "well, it's an e-sport, so technically we're a type of athlete."

This is sort of a thing already. Not for "validation", but because it's a lot easier then creating a whole new category for countries to process your passport or visa, when you want to go to EVO Japan or whatever.

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SpriteLimit posted...

You can legitimize video games as a competition without trying to make it a sport.

Yeah I don't get why people get so buttlacerated over what is and isn't a sport lol.

If I say ping pong or synchronized swimming or whatever isn't a sport, I mean, it's not a dis. I'm just saying it qualifies as some other kind of competitive game.

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DevsBro posted...

SpriteLimit posted...

You can legitimize video games as a competition without trying to make it a sport.

Yeah I don't get why people get so buttlacerated over what is and isn't a sport lol.

If I say ping pong or synchronized swimming or whatever isn't a sport, I mean, it's not a dis. I'm just saying it qualifies as some other kind of competitive game.

Ping pong can get pretty physical tbh, but ya, agreed
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https://screenrant.com/league-of-legends-pro-uzi-injuries-nike-video/

Lol no physical exertion btw.

It's fine, just keep being ignorant. If enough ppl agrees with you, it's ok to be ignorant

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RickyTheBAWSE posted...

the line keeps getting pushed. soon they'll want to be called athletes and use excuses like "well, it's an e-sport, so technically we're a type of athlete."

what if we just call them e-thletes

Agreed should just be called a sport. No reason to differentiate it between other sports

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I don't see people calling chess as a sport dumb. Video games are way more taxing than chess. Well, non card games.

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I love esports

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Evening_Dragon posted...

Spicy take. I doubt the people making bank off of esports care about mainstream validation.

No.

Youre only considering whats happening now. I remember competing in Quake 2 tournaments in the late 90s and people were arguing back and forth about esports. A lot of the competitive community, which grew tremendously with the first StarCraft, Dota, and Counter-Strike, did not like being looked at as nerds (Aka those fucking nerds) and kept talking about our video game competitions as one day rivaling events like the Super Bowl or Olympics. They wanted legitimacy. But not all of us cared enough to get that validation, mainly because video games were our thing, not the mainstreams. Now? Of course everyone and their grandmother plays video games of some type, so IMO there is even less of a reason to cling to the esports label.

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Solo_Wing posted...

I don't see people calling chess as a sport dumb. Video games are way more taxing than chess. Well, non card games.

Chess is definitely not a sport.

Of all the things that are not sports, only cats and bookshelves are more not sports than chess.

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