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Is Starcraft a sport? (My personal views!) - Page 3

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Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
October 23 2008 23:08 GMT
#41
On October 24 2008 05:58 Naib wrote:
Hawk, if I didn't have some self-respect and a LOT of respect for TL, I would just call you a FUCKING RETARD.

But since I'm such a nice guy...I won't comment on the is SC a sport thing, I try to broaden your naive approach a little bit from afar.

You argued with clicking not being a physical activity...and you called out on chess "not being a sport"

Look...I've played chess competitively for YEARS, ever since I was a kid (5 years of age, to be exact). And before you call that "physically undemanding" YOU try to sit through a freaking match lasting 6 hours melting your brain while analyzing infinite amount of moves in your head. I can assure you, it makes you tired quite as well as any "real" sport.

I'm sick of people like you (met quite a few to be honest) that say chess isn't a sport. I bet you're one of those going like "OH, YOU PLAY CHESS? WHAT DOES A CHESS-TRAINING LOOK LIKE? PRACTICING TO LIFT THE PIECES OLOLOL?"

Anyway. See, hockey players get subbed fast, as it'd be humanly impossible to stay on the field longer. Does that make soccer (european football) less sports-like? Because people can be on the field longer? Come the fuck on.

It's not about the need of being an athlete that defines sports. Do you need to be an athlete for golf?

I guess that should address your concerns...

P.s.: My tone is a bit over the top, but FUCK, you annoyed me.

Edit: at least Psychotemplar came up with cohesive arguments, not this jackass "you need to be MANLY to do a REAL sport, if a "SKINNY NERD" can do it too, it isn't a sport OLOLOL! :S +1 soul for Psychotemplar, I'm actually only angry at Hawk.

Try sitting perfectly still for 8 hours. Your brain will go fucking insane but it's still not a freaking sport. If tiring out your brain qualifies as a sport, then what isn't a sport? Taking tests is a sport? Studying is a sport? Reading TL is a sport?
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Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States5770 Posts
October 23 2008 23:39 GMT
#42
Lol I have this argument with my brother all the fuckin time.

I'm a nerd and I spend all my time on the computer, while he's outdoorsy and spends all his time biking and rock climbing, etc.
'life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery'
how sad that sc2 has no shield battery :(
BlackStar
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Netherlands3029 Posts
October 24 2008 03:42 GMT
#43
I can't believe people think a game needs to be physical to be a sport.

Chess is obviously a sport. Poker isn't. SC is. C&C3 isn't. Golf is.

All sports are games. Not all games are sports.
Jibba
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States22883 Posts
October 24 2008 04:17 GMT
#44
Chess is obviously a sport. But I'm not going to prove how obvious it is. Because I'm BlackStar.
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Naib
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Hungary4952 Posts
October 24 2008 05:55 GMT
#45
On October 24 2008 08:08 Jibba wrote:
Show nested quote +
On October 24 2008 05:58 Naib wrote:
Hawk, if I didn't have some self-respect and a LOT of respect for TL, I would just call you a FUCKING RETARD.

But since I'm such a nice guy...I won't comment on the is SC a sport thing, I try to broaden your naive approach a little bit from afar.

You argued with clicking not being a physical activity...and you called out on chess "not being a sport"

Look...I've played chess competitively for YEARS, ever since I was a kid (5 years of age, to be exact). And before you call that "physically undemanding" YOU try to sit through a freaking match lasting 6 hours melting your brain while analyzing infinite amount of moves in your head. I can assure you, it makes you tired quite as well as any "real" sport.

I'm sick of people like you (met quite a few to be honest) that say chess isn't a sport. I bet you're one of those going like "OH, YOU PLAY CHESS? WHAT DOES A CHESS-TRAINING LOOK LIKE? PRACTICING TO LIFT THE PIECES OLOLOL?"

Anyway. See, hockey players get subbed fast, as it'd be humanly impossible to stay on the field longer. Does that make soccer (european football) less sports-like? Because people can be on the field longer? Come the fuck on.

It's not about the need of being an athlete that defines sports. Do you need to be an athlete for golf?

I guess that should address your concerns...

P.s.: My tone is a bit over the top, but FUCK, you annoyed me.

Edit: at least Psychotemplar came up with cohesive arguments, not this jackass "you need to be MANLY to do a REAL sport, if a "SKINNY NERD" can do it too, it isn't a sport OLOLOL! :S +1 soul for Psychotemplar, I'm actually only angry at Hawk.

Try sitting perfectly still for 8 hours. Your brain will go fucking insane but it's still not a freaking sport. If tiring out your brain qualifies as a sport, then what isn't a sport? Taking tests is a sport? Studying is a sport? Reading TL is a sport?


It is _PHYSICALLY_ demanding to play chess like that. Don't refute until you didn't _TRY IT YOURSELF_. Just like playing SC that long is physically demanding as well (on a higher level - not casuals like you and / or Hawk). The level of physical demand isn't the same in the "real" sports either - I already adressed that. So where's your point?

Chess IS a sport. If we use the term 'sport' a bit loose, I WOULD call SC a sport as well. It is definitely somewhere inbetween games and sport.

Complete the cycle!
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32165 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-10-24 14:11:48
October 24 2008 14:08 GMT
#46
On October 24 2008 12:42 BlackStar wrote:
I can't believe people think a game needs to be physical to be a sport.

Chess is obviously a sport. Poker isn't. SC is. C&C3 isn't. Golf is.

All sports are games. Not all games are sports.


An excellent argument!

On October 24 2008 14:55 Naib wrote:
It is _PHYSICALLY_ demanding to play chess like that. Don't refute until you didn't _TRY IT YOURSELF_. Just like playing SC that long is physically demanding as well (on a higher level - not casuals like you and / or Hawk). The level of physical demand isn't the same in the "real" sports either - I already adressed that. So where's your point?

Chess IS a sport. If we use the term 'sport' a bit loose, I WOULD call SC a sport as well. It is definitely somewhere inbetween games and sport.



How the hell is slapping at a keyboard physically demanding? I do it for 9hrs a day at work, then several more at home/class. The only physical demands on your body are not to slouch too bad to ruin your posture. Whoopdie Doo.

You're confusing physically draining with mentally draining.

On October 24 2008 08:08 Jibba wrote:
Try sitting perfectly still for 8 hours. Your brain will go fucking insane but it's still not a freaking sport. If tiring out your brain qualifies as a sport, then what isn't a sport? Taking tests is a sport? Studying is a sport? Reading TL is a sport?




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BlackStar
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Netherlands3029 Posts
October 24 2008 16:00 GMT
#47
You all already know why poker is not a sport. If poker was suddenly an olympic sport no well-known poker player would show up. They know it's gambling with skill. They know it's all about money. They all don't have sportsmanship. Sportsmanship is actually unpokerlike. That's why they do split pots and stuff in cash games. The integrity of the game doesn't even exist.

Negraneu agrees with me on this.

Chess should have been olympic many many years ago. Golf will be next Olympics. And SC is only a sport in Korea.
juebjueb
Profile Joined March 2009
United States7 Posts
March 03 2009 00:02 GMT
#48
requires a lot of physical activity. With age people don't do as well which also follows along the line of sport
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