Video games a sport?

[Ir0nClad]

sport (spôrt, sprt) n.

1. An active pastime; recreation that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

Of course there is the whole physical aspect of a sport, but it makes for a great debate.

With the World Cyber Games right around the corner..I'd say that's pretty competitive. What do you think?

[DuFFMaN]

i think that definition needs to be updated. IMO it needs to be physical. Gaming is definately competitive, but it isnt a sport.

[Piscinex]

sitting at your computer is about as physical as snooker, dart or bowls, all international sports.

[GoGaVGo]

nah i dont think it is at all, altho it can b very competative and played for ridiculous sums of money like a lot of sports :p it isn't what i would class as a sport.

[BlueYaws]

And chess is? Don't get me wrong, I'd hate to see nerds classified as sporters but there isn't that much of a difference.

[Apocalypse Void]

imo golf isnt a sport its a skill

the same as gaming

[PYMPTYPE]

it's a game not a sport. you know like pool, bowling, chess, ect.

[Piscinex]

golf isn't a sport? i'm glad you're still on planet earth pymp :rolleyes:

[FaMeX]

i agree its a game i consider a sport something that will keep u in shape ie basketball baseball hockey etc...

[Piscinex]

there are some things which aren't worth arguing...

[Prokopis]

about! Arguing about!

Argue with me bitch :@

[Apocalypse Void]

its debatable but i thik paintball is a sport

[Prokopis]

Feeding my goldfish is a sport too.

[XpErTeSe]

it would be cool if gaming was a sport
but it aint really , but saying that darts and snooker etc are just as physical is correct

[c0ld]

Yes! Now I can be an athlete!!! :P I see it now... gamer's letterman jackets.

[aaXwonXaa]

lol @ varsity video game jacket, that would pwn

and also, a lot of people think karate isnt a sport, and to all you who say that, i say take karate for as long as i have and compete internationaly :)

[XxSWATxX]

Golf is a sport. If you think it is easy gl aand go out and stroke a few. It isnt anything like going out grabbing a baseball bat and smacking a ball. I grew up thinking the same thing but once I started playing it i changed my mind very fast.

A sport is usuallly classified asa something that is not 99% mental such as gaming. I dont know of anyone who considers chess a sport even though it is competitive requires a lot of strategy and demands alot of skill. It is just a game though :\

[Firefox9x]

Originally posted by Apocalypse Void
its debatable but i thik paintball is a sport

Definately :D

[Prokopis]

Back on topic.

I think the reason we've begun thinking like this is because we only have present video games in our minds. But think of previous decades' games for example. Can you claim that playing Pacman is a sport? How about Tetris? Just because today's FPS's seem so tense and wrist-strenuous, doesn't mean we can generally claim that video gaming is sporting. Also not all video games can be considered competitive. I mean FFS, think of Sim City for a second.

[DuFFMaN]

Kay who do you know that considers chess a sport? I dont know anyone that does.

And yeah, Swat is right golf is very hard, and I'd call it a sport. I'd also call bowling a sport although its a pansy one (but fun). Darts is not a sport IMO. But as much as we all wish it was ;), I dont think gaming can be considered a sport.

[GoAtankGo]

chess is a sport.

My fingers can bench 20 queens.

[Sbutter]

Chess is so a sport, maybe not a sport people would like to admit to, but it is one never the less. Also, curling and ping pong are awesome sports hehe.

[PYMPTYPE]

yeah and i heard they were about to declare watching tv and eating a sport too. USA is gonna totally pwn at these :P

[miamijc]

Chess is no more a sport than Monopoly is. Or tidly-winks. There is no phyical activity involved at all.

FFS, sitting in front of your computer is NOT a sport.

[disruptor]

IMO sport is in someway mentally AND physically testing. There's no physical pressure with computer gaming but with snooker there is, you have to have skill more than know where a ball will go, you need to hit it with the right amount of force and with golf not only do you have to walk miles but you got to have a swing which is why that's a sport as well.

[deltasector]

Originally posted by Sbutter
Chess is so a sport, maybe not a sport people would like to admit to, but it is one never the less. Also, curling and ping pong are awesome sports hehe.

well, i'd like to have animated chess pieces like the ones in harry potter but in the modern military version. soldiers as pawns, Tanks as rooks, Artilery as horses, commandos as bishops. I dont know what should the king or queen be....

[Firefox9x]

Imo computer gaming is not really a sport, but its something you can be competitive in. But in the definition it says it can be an active pastime

[O P T i C S]

Originally posted by PYMPTYPE
it's a game not a sport. you know like pool, bowling, chess, ect.

a game.... so is basketball football and soccer, they are all games

[Prokopis]

It's amazing how some people are willing to shut down their common sense just to continue supporting a rediculous claim...

Sitting in front of a PC and not moving your body cannot be a sport.

[PYMPTYPE]

hey what about that dancing game DDR or whatever. still not a sport but getting closer ;)

[miamijc]

All sports are games, but not all games are sports.

Board games and computer games are not sports. FFS.

[PYMPTYPE]

Originally posted by miamijc
All sports are games, but not all games are sports.

Board games and computer games are not sports. FFS.

cross-country is a sport, but i would not call it a game. same with figure skating, virtually any form of race, and sports where the winner is decided by a judge. i also would not call boxing a game :P

[miamijc]

From dictionary.com:

game1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (gm) n.

An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime: party games; word games.

A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules: the game of basketball; the game of gin rummy.
A single instance of such an activity: We lost the first game.
An organized athletic program or contest: track-and-field games; took part in the winter games.
A period of competition or challenge: It was too late in the game to change the schedule of the project.

The total number of points required to win a game: One hundred points is game in bridge.
The score accumulated at any given time in a game: The game is now 14 to 12.
The equipment needed for playing certain games: packed the children's games in the car.
A particular style or manner of playing a game: improved my tennis game with practice.
Informal.
An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules: “the way the system operates, the access game, the turf game, the image game” (Hedrick Smith).
A business or occupation; a line: the insurance game.
An illegal activity; a racket.
Informal.
Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior: wanted a straight answer, not more of their tiresome games.
A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme: I saw through their game from the very beginning.
Mathematics. A model of a competitive situation that identifies interested parties and stipulates rules governing all aspects of the competition, used in game theory to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party.

Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport.
The flesh of these animals, eaten as food.

An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate's indiscretions to be game.
Mockery; sport: The older children teased and made game of the newcomer.

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Any and all of the things you mention are indeed games.

[SKULL-CRUSHER]

dammit, i hate working

[PYMPTYPE]

ya maybe but i still wouldn't call them games :paranoid:

p.s. FUCK the dictionary, nobody goes by that shit anymore :p

[Prokopis]

Next time you're be looking for a word's meaning, try not using a dictionary and see how far you'll go...

[ADO0MSDAY]

'It isnt anything like going out grabbing a baseball bat and smacking a ball;

swat you make hitting a baseball sound easy

you're trying to hit a round object with another round object. NOT EASY although im good ( modesty is showing)\

and omfg@ herbs who think that computer gaming is even CLOSE to sports. Its competetive but anything near to sports? NO.

Sports you lose 10 lbs playing ( just saying exagerating a bit)

computer games u GAIN 10 lbs sitting on ur ass all day ( not exaggerating)

[O P T i C S]

well its his fucking opinion that video games are a sport and opinions cant be wrong ............... or so i thought






gg
mwhahahhahahah no re

[miamijc]

In my opinion, you are a tard. :rambo:

[Prokopis]

And you're right cause you couldn't be wrong (y)...

[O P T i C S]

and its my opinion that im not a tard and that im god, so i guess im god because i cant be wrong

[miamijc]

God of n00bville maybe :silly:

[ADO0MSDAY]

gg

[LiB3r8eR]

hey anyone who doesnt consider chess a sport you should try playing it since you were 5, grow up playing it, and becoming as good as me.

[PYMPTYPE]

yeah i'm pretty fuckin good at street fighter myself but that don't make it a sport. even though the dictionary might not distinguish, there is a fine line between sports and games

[Chrono69x]

I say we start an uprising and go have a few words with that webster guy. Because OBVIOUSLY games AREN'T sports! that fuxing n00b :@





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[Piscinex]

Originally posted by Prokopis
And you're right cause you couldn't be wrong (y)...
but opinions don't have right and wrong, so you may not be wrong, but you're not right either.

thank you, good game...

[PYMPTYPE]

it depends what you mean by wrong. are you talking about is the conclusion of the persons opinion wrong? or are you talking about is the person wrong to even call it an opinion?

hmmm... something like that

[miamijc]

Lib3r8tor, just because something is dificult doesn't make it a sport. Spelling B's are dificult, so are math tests, that doesn't make them sports.

And Pymp, I rule at street fighter. Who do you play as?

[Prokopis]

Originally posted by Piscinex

but opinions don't have right and wrong, so you may not be wrong, but you're not right either.[...]

So in your opinion, opinions may not be wrong, but they aren't right either. I wonder where that leaves you.

Originally posted by Piscinex
[...]thank you, good game...

Well, it's some sort of game :\...

[PYMPTYPE]

i play as everybody really. lastest game i have been playing is sf3 3rd strike and capcom vs snk 2. sf3 i like remy. cvs2 i play with tons of people. but i havent been playin much lately cause those games are pretty old, capcom takes forever to come out with new street fighters. i am awsome thougjh i have played in a few tournaments and i know many of the best players on the east coast. you should have been in CAPCOM with us :P

[miamijc]

Old school Street Fighter ruled. I used to play x-men vs. street fighter too. I played as Ryu, Wolverine or Guile.

[Prokopis]

I used to own with Ken. Never figured out why ppl bothered playing with Ryu, since Ken is simply an upgrade of him.

[miamijc]

Ken was a homo. He shot those little fireballs, instead of the bigger ones that Ryu shot. I think Ken was stronger, but Ryu was faster in the original.

[BlueYaws]

I used to be that fag with the long arms and legs.

[PYMPTYPE]

ryu totally owns in every street fighter game. it's like a little joke they do, they always make him the best. occasionally they fuck up and accidently make somebody else too good when people figure out combos that were never thought possible but mostly ryu owns. he is always stronger than ken and akuma and your much more likely to see people playing with him in tournaments.

[Prokopis]

I was talking about SF2, SF2T and SSF2. I haven't played any other SF's after those :O...

[miamijc]

Hmmm, I'm pretty sure Ken is stronger than Ryu in X-Men vs. Street Fighter, it's just that his super moves are totally gay (the flaming uppercuts). Akuma is a useless fag.

Kay you are talking about Dahlsim (or however you spell it). The indian guy right? P.S. He sucks :silly:

The few tourneys I ever saw, the top players were all Guile (aka Charlie).

[PYMPTYPE]

CAPCOM always intended ryu to be the best in every game, sometimes they messed up and accidently made somebody else a little bit better. Who people play with all depends on the game, every game had different popular players. XMENvsSF was so unbalance there were combos/bugs that automatically did 100% damage so nobody really plays that game anymore.

PLAY XMEN VS STREETFIGHTER ONLINE THROUGH YOUR WEB BROWSER/ (http://projectx.cyberfuturism.com/)

[miamijc]

Bugs in the playstation version of Xmen vs. Streetfighter? Or the actul arcade game?

[PYMPTYPE]

i believe it was just the arcade game. it may also be the playstation, saturn, ect version i am not sure