Gaming a sport?

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Originally Posted by spartan hoax

sport /spɔrt, spoʊrt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[spawrt, spohrt] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.

gaming is not an athletic activity, so according to the dictionary, no.. gaming is not a sport. however it is still a competition.

-hobby

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Originally Posted by NtL doubledooky

Well stated exactly what i said but more in depth. So nontechnically is you call gaming a sport you have to say taking the sats a sport.

Gaming doesnt take hand eye coordination. It takes common sense you dont need to have good hand eye coordination to press buttons. You are saying pressing buttons on a elevator takes hand eye coordination.

i forgot youre thinking about your next move and ur trying to kill and outsmart your opponent in a an elevator

[NtL doubledooky]

Originally Posted by DoThEdEw

i forgot youre thinking about your next move and ur trying to kill and outsmart your opponent in a an elevator

I didnt say an elevator is competive idoit i said if you say clicking buttons on a controller takes hand eye coordination then you have to say pressing buttons on a elevator takes hand eye coordination.

[PhaLanX]

Im still not 100% on weather or not I think gaming is a sport. But, everyone here looks at the definition of 'sport'. When you do that, you actually see the word 'game' (in many of the other definitions for 'sport') numerous times. But they are usually in a different sense of the word.

Furthermore, if you look up the definition of 'gaming' you'll see that the word 'sport' appears only a few times. In fact, the FIRST word that is given as a synonym for 'gaming' is... you guessed it... 'sport'

So, im gonna have to lean towards 'Yes, its a sport' ... for now. Im still not completely sold on the idea.

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Originally Posted by NtL doubledooky

I didnt say an elevator is competive idoit i said if you say clicking buttons on a controller takes hand eye coordination then you have to say pressing buttons on a elevator takes hand eye coordination.

but its easy to press an elevator button because u have as much time as u need and u can press whatever one you want and you basically win if u wanna put it that way but u have to press the right buttons at the right time in halo and think about it too

[NtL doubledooky]

so basically what you said there is as much hand eye cordination as in video games as in elevators because all you are doing is pressing buttons. Hand eye cordination has nothing to do with thinking or having alot of time do it.

[MaxVelocity]

I say it is a sport, by definition.

A sport requires physical activity, and gaming does require quick reaction time and good hand eye coordination. This may not be 'physical' in the sense of weightlifiting, but it doesn't fall into 'mental' or 'spiritual' so it has to be physical, being that it deals with your body

Mentally, gaming is a challenge (well, competitive games), you have to think your way through situations, and you have to use communication/teamwork in many games. That is all mental.

Many people will disagree, and their arguments are valid, but by DEFINITION, which is the one you put up in the first post, yes, it is a sport.

[Travkid]

Originally Posted by Il LeGaCy Il

yeah gaming is a sport in most aspects, physical is quick reflexes and hand I cordination, as for mentality its all about how you play, how you think, how you react to other players. It is or should be defiend as a sport.

Yeah I couldn't agree more.

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Originally Posted by NtL doubledooky

so basically what you said there is as much hand eye cordination as in video games as in elevators because all you are doing is pressing buttons. Hand eye cordination has nothing to do with thinking or having alot of time do it.

actually it does matter its just easier to stare at a button and press it once then walk around pressing multiple buttons multiple times

[ABUSEDGOAT]

I still don't think it's a sport more than something like poker or chess is a sport. I respect people who think it is a sport or play it like one, but I don't count it as one. Sports to me take more physical activity than moving your thumbs. I don't care what the dictionary says, but sitting in front of a screen playing FPS is not a sport to me, even if it's competitive. (It's not a far stretch to argue that WoW is a sport after this..) Regardless, I certainly don't play it as one.