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Originally Posted by FETCHER.
I was only teasing dj  .
I don't legitimately believe that they are sports though, considering that athletes need to be in top physical condition and put themselves at severe risk of injury during a game. Something that is not a concern when playing videogames. They're just two totally different ball games. I'm a sports coach, therefore I'm never really going to change my opinion. |
Likelihood of injury doesn't really have anything to do with sport though, does it?
Even if it did, I can name plenty of injured pro-gamers. Carpal tunnel of course being the most common, but wrist injuries amongst progamers are very very common. To use nicknames: MVP, Taeja, Naniwa, Sheth (Currently retired due to injury in fact), Day9, Scarlett, TLO, Gumiho, etc.
Injury when playing videogames is a concern - even without playing the 14 hour days a lot of the pros are playing, wrist injury from overuse is a definite risk of playing any game at a high level for a prolonged period of time.
Also we went over all the stuff before about athletes, definition of athlete, whether that means peak physical or mental condition, dexterity etc.
As for HHBH - Get lost, your particular brand of spiteful trollbaiting isn't welcome here.