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G4rrett
England124 Posts
Smart, tough and trusted -- Megyn Kelly delivers fair and balanced coverage of today's top issues!' Bare that in mind. 'Starcraft and League of legends... etc etc' Megan Kelly: That's sad. Oh? | ||
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Kimaker
United States2131 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:34 N.geNuity wrote: I don't support video games in the olympics Pretty much how I feel about it. I love video-games, and I throughly enjoy watching highly competitive games played for large prizes. Hell, I'd even like to see it on ESPN or something. I just can't get the feeling out of my head that it would be "wrong" somehow in the olympics... | ||
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Railgan
Switzerland1507 Posts
probably more what we should aim for? | ||
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mjuuy
Norway506 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:31 Jaso wrote: Why? LoL has a much bigger competitive scene right now. You really think it gonna be after 2-3 years? An Olympic for mind sports maybe? keke | ||
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Praetorial
United States4241 Posts
The Olympics since time forgotten have been about the peak of human physical prowess, teamwork, and pushing oneself farther than ever before. Video games do not belong there. They require training, exercise, but not physically so. To include them would be a disservice to this one bastion of human cooperation. | ||
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Monochromatic
United States998 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:36 llamasrule1214 wrote: Eh, while this is a interesting idea, i feel like its kinda disregarding the tradition of the Olympics, physical competition among the best in the world, and E-Sports doesn't really have that feeling. Being a high level swimmer myself, I know from a first-hand POV that the work ethic needed to be even remotely OK at any sport is ridicioulous, both mentally and physcially, one must push themselves, but E-Sports like sc2 doesn't have the physical component. The Olympics, imo, should be a place of the world's physical best only. just my 2 very biased cents. The shear dexterity of playing these games at the highest level is a major physical component. Again, I am good at tetris, but I can tell you have many times I have lost because I accidently rotate one more time. The highest levels give you like half a second. | ||
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Jetsuo
United States53 Posts
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BookTwo
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Innovation
United States284 Posts
You put LoL up on that list but not Dota 2? mega hard fail dude If you read the question it clearly says "officially considered games" DOTA 2 is not being considered. | ||
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Praetorial
United States4241 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:39 Monochromatic wrote: The shear dexterity of playing these games at the highest level is a major physical component. Again, I am good at tetris, but I can tell you have many times I have lost because I accidently rotate one more time. The highest levels give you like half a second. Gotta train them thumbs hard. | ||
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ClueClueClue
Sweden1203 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:38 Praetorial wrote: This shouldn't even be considered. The Olympics since time forgotten have been about the peak of human physical prowess, teamwork, and pushing oneself farther than ever before. Video games do not belong there. They require training, exercise, but not physically so. To include them would be a disservice to this one bastion of human cooperation. Duh, yes they do? Eye-to hand coordination is physical. Finger movement and dexterity is physical. Being alert and attentive to everything on the screen is physical. And so what if it's not using your biceps or whatever? Instead of drooling over people jogging with bulging calves and solid sixpacks on their tummies; watching a strategy game being taken seriously for once would be really nice and entertaining. | ||
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Sadist
United States7328 Posts
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Stutters695
2610 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:30 aeroblaster wrote: You put LoL up on that list but not Dota 2? mega hard fail dude Or you could watch the video where they specifically mention LoL, SC2, and Tetris instead of just assuming he's biased. mega hard fail dude | ||
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FrosTByTe11
United States21 Posts
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xrapture
United States1644 Posts
When I think of "Olympian" I think of someone training until they puke and are physically exhausted and then training some more. I don't think of someone sitting on their ass playing a video game. | ||
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Praetorial
United States4241 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:43 Zackeva wrote: Duh, yes they do? Eye-to hand coordination is physical. Finger movement and dexterity is physical. Being alert and attentive to everything on the screen is physical. And so what if it's not using your biceps or whatever? Instead of drooling over people jogging with bulging calves and solid sixpacks on their tummies; watching a strategy game being taken seriously for once would be really nice and entertaining. As I said before, gotta train them thumbs hard. Everyone understands the rules of swimming, gymnastics, and others after a few SECONDS of commentary. How long did it take you to learn Starcraft or Broodwar? For me, it was a year. The Olympics are a physical event. Attempting to say that hand-eye coordination and finger movement is worthy to sit beside the current sports within the realm of highly physical competition is absurd. | ||
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FeUerFlieGe
United States1193 Posts
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Leporello
United States2845 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:43 Zackeva wrote: Duh, yes they do? Eye-to hand coordination is physical. Finger movement and dexterity is physical. Being alert and attentive to everything on the screen is physical. And so what if it's not using your biceps or whatever? Instead of drooling over people jogging with bulging calves and solid sixpacks on their tummies; watching a strategy game being taken seriously for once would be really nice and entertaining. Can't call it a sport, can you? | ||
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Staboteur
Canada1873 Posts
On August 03 2012 07:33 Rabbitmaster wrote: I agree, but as of now, LoL is vastly more popular. Atleast from my experience. ...It's the olympics. I'm not sure popularity or entertainment value are a factor in determining whether or not something could be an olympic sport. Technical difficulty seems to be something more of a determining factor. | ||
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HeeroFX
United States2704 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + But could you imagine, stephano playing and all the fans chanting USA USA USA USA USA?? (and its a joke guys i know he is french <3) | ||
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