EPTStarcraft II Considered For Future Olympics - Page 10
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NeMeSiS3
Canada2972 Posts
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Vindicare605
United States16071 Posts
I would absolutely love to see esports in more mainstream competitions like the Olympics; even if it meant that LoL would get the nod and SC2 wouldn't (although I see no reason why that would EVER happen.) But yea that was painful to watch. Fox News is trash. | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
e-sports are not sports. Hence the different name. | ||
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aztrorisk
United States896 Posts
Anybody know whether it is SC or SC2? | ||
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Megaliskuu
United States5123 Posts
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NeMeSiS3
Canada2972 Posts
On August 03 2012 10:51 FairForever wrote: -_- This has to be a joke. Name one single (edit: Olympic) sport that takes less skill than Starcraft 2. I love playing SC2 but let's be serious, this would be a terrible idea and would never happen anyway. there are many different levels of skill, the joke is that everyone is comparing them. You'd be more along the lines of comparing music to Starcraft 2 or chess, but it is apparent everyone compares apples and oranges here anyway so it is redundant to bother, and furthermore you're all obviously arguing opinion about a hypothetical situation that may or may not happen, so why bother? | ||
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Vindicare605
United States16071 Posts
On August 03 2012 11:09 endy wrote: Where is the "none of them" option ? e-sports are not sports. Hence the different name. Neither is motorboating, town planning or pistol dueling. the point is that the olympics have set a precedent for unusual sports in the olympic games. Esports is no more unusual than any of the other floaters the difference is that there is a huge following behind it and it has legitimate competition involved with it as well. | ||
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benzcity07
United States79 Posts
However, still playing devil's advocate.... do you think if SC did become an Olympic sport that we would finally get LAN support? I mean I would have to imagine all the Blizzard execs could become fearful for their wellbeing if a lag spike or drop cost some small country a medal... | ||
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Zach426
United States60 Posts
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RunnerMeep
United States79 Posts
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Onlinejaguar
Australia2823 Posts
On August 03 2012 10:48 zimz wrote: I dont support this. This is undermining the physical human at their best which is the olympics. All the olympic sports is mental + physical. The mental part is staying true and dedicated and the true part is the physical heights of humans. Putting esports in would undermine the work and full body mind dedication of the other olympic sports. Not to mention olympic sports risk physical injury and tax your entire body and mind. What about shooting and archery? hardly physically taxing sports. | ||
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zimz
United States510 Posts
gymnast risk their entire body..... train Mind and Body. if you don't judge a move or fall right you can get injured bad. to avoid injury you require seriouse accuracy. their mental and physical has to be humans best... | ||
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zimz
United States510 Posts
On August 03 2012 11:21 Onlinejaguar wrote: What about shooting and archery? hardly physically taxing sports. It's in because human evolved for that and depended on that for 500k+ years as hunter gatherers. | ||
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mutantmagnet
United States3789 Posts
On August 03 2012 10:25 xrapture wrote: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills?sort=total_rank#grid You know where Starcraft would be on this list? Oh right, dead last. This is purely unscientific but if the same people were polled and provided enough information about each game. Starcraft 2 Endurance 3 Strenght 1 Power 1 Speed 6 Agility 2 Flexibilty 3 Nerves 2 Hand-eye Coordination 10 Analytical Aptitude 10 Total 36 Better ranked than games like Equastrian and Archery. Ranked worse than Cheerleading and Roler Skating Tetris Endurance 6 Strenght 1 Power 1 Speed 8 Agility 6 Flexibilty 2 Nerves 2 Hand-eye Coordination 10 Analytical Aptitude 10 Total 46 Better ranked than Weight Lifting and Sprint Swimming Worse ranked than Bull Riding and Distance Swimming. | ||
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Twinkle Toes
United States3605 Posts
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ThaZenith
Canada3116 Posts
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nvs.
Canada3609 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:34 HaXXspetten wrote: I'm gonna have to say Tetris that kind of shit doesn't exist anywhere else regardless, this thread is just as silly as its predecessor, especially including sc2 as an option in the most biased place you could possibly find Wow I feel so inadequate now. I would actually love to watch that in the Olympics. >.> | ||
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Chytilova
United States790 Posts
On August 03 2012 11:22 zimz wrote: you guys really think the esports elite is equiviolent to gymnast elite??? you really think they are on that level? gymnast risk their entire body..... train Mind and Body. if you don't judge a move or fall right you can get injured bad. to avoid injury you require seriouse accuracy. their mental and physical has to be humans best... You do realize gymnastics isn't the only Olympic sport right? I do not really care about Starcraft being in the Olympics or not, but come on dude, not every event is that taxing or dangerous. You could make the same argument against golf being added. | ||
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jax1492
United States1632 Posts
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zimz
United States510 Posts
On August 03 2012 11:41 Chytilova wrote: You do realize gymnastics isn't the only Olympic sport right? I do not really care about Starcraft being in the Olympics or not, but come on dude, not every event is that taxing or dangerous. You could make the same argument against golf being added. even to be the best syncronized swimmers in your country, you have to be very perfect in fitness and mind. | ||
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