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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre
We did cover that, yes. Interestingly, we uncovered that no definition of sport or athleticism decrees a strenuous activity, and most definitions denote skill as a sporting element. Also, even the original Latin root of athleticism makes reference to skill and dexterity as one of the qualities which can define a sport, so to say traditional meaning colours it might not be a great way to remove eSports from a pool of traditionally defined sports.
We also mentioned that there are plenty of sports like darts, chess, and snooker, that are less taxing physically than eSports can be, that are commonly accepted as legitimate sports.
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Well i'll be damned. That's what I get for having an opinion before reading the thread. Oh well.
I'm not going to completely agree with your side because I am not really entirely sure what you would classify eSports as. Is it something along the lines of being like Wii Sports? Or is it completely different. Because I know with Wii Sports, you can be brought to as much exhaustion as the actual sports would cause. Not all the sports on their are like that, but things like running in place, kicking soccer balls, etc are using the same muscles as you would if you were using them in a real life scenario. However, reading the OP, I see that it's nothing along the lines of that. We're talking about online gaming, though I think you could factor those into a sort of online gaming competition.
However, if eSports aren't anywhere near what i'm thinking, my argument will change dramatically.
03-31-2012, 07:37 PM
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