EPTStarcraft II Considered For Future Olympics - Page 20
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RandomAccount#49059
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MrF
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On August 03 2012 08:36 Praetorial wrote: And all of them require high physical prowess and endurance, even shooting and ping pong, to be played at a competitive level. Does Starcraft have that? I thought so. But yeah, I agree, a sport needs to be relatable, with the human element being emphasized. ok ping pong and shooting require massively different amounts of endurance and physical prowess and shooting, if it is an olympic sport, requires pulling a trigger and good hand eye coordination thats it, unless they are nunning around and shooting while doing cartwheels i dont see the physical strain there. | ||
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slappy
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Hoon
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Would Blizzard have to consult the IOC everytime they decided to apply a balance patch? Would IOC become the main mapmaker, since they are the ones who "make the rules"? Would kids have SC2 in their Phys. Ed. Classes? I know SC2 and any other electronic game is nowhere near a sport, but it's funny thinking about those stuff. | ||
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Essbee
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On August 04 2012 10:25 slappy wrote: no Brood War option? :/  | ||
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IMABUNNEH
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"That's sad". Hey I remember why I have no interest in Fox News  | ||
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-NegativeZero-
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On August 04 2012 10:54 xrapture wrote: Can't say I'm surprised. In today's society 30 minutes walking on a treadmill is considered "daily excercise", 20 lbs overweight is considered "normal body type," and I guess sitting on your ass playing a video game is considered a "sport." Why not? Chess has been considered a sport for a long time, and if anything Starcraft requires more physical effort than chess does. | ||
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M4nkind
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On August 04 2012 10:57 -NegativeZero- wrote: Why not? Chess has been considered a sport for a long time, and if anything Starcraft requires more physical effort than chess does. You never played chess did you? In my youth I was doing it for ten years. In Starcraft you dont have to sit infront of board for 6-8 hours and be mentally focused. You can even drop some weight if you do those tourneys so often, amount of stress your brains get influences your body a bit. The intensity of thinking you do in chess is incomparable to starcraft. Starcraft is based on instincts mechanics and "some" improvisation you dont have to anticipate what your opponent is going to do after 15-20 moves. Trust me chess requires much more physical effort then Starcraft and more thinking. Where Starcraft needs more "acting on the spot" and reflexes. Putting computer games in olympics is a joke, they can have their own e-sports olympics if they want to. Most of sports have a side effect - make you think better, be more physical fit etc. I did chess 10 years, judo 2 years, other types of wrestling 4+ years and trust me as a human I improved much more doing those sports 6-8 hours a week, than playing starcraft. Tell me what traits of human does playing sc2 improve? I can think of none. | ||
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Grampz
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Angra
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mordk
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On August 04 2012 10:54 xrapture wrote: Can't say I'm surprised. In today's society 30 minutes walking on a treadmill is considered "daily excercise", 20 lbs overweight is considered "normal body type," and I guess sitting on your ass playing a video game is considered a "sport." You're from the US, so I can't say I'm surprised by this post. 30 mins on a treadmill is considered "daily exercise" because it's the amount proven to reduce cardiovascular morbimortality, actually, 30 mins 3 times a week is enough if it raises your heart rate. In most countries 20 lbs overweight is considered fat as fuck, actually, I'm like half that much overweight, and I consider myself fat. And chess is by many considered a sport, when you consider sport being about the competition level, rather than specifically asking for it to have a major physical component. On August 04 2012 12:27 M4nkind wrote: You never played chess did you? In my youth I was doing it for ten years. In Starcraft you dont have to sit infront of board for 6-8 hours and be mentally focused. You can even drop some weight if you do those tourneys so often, amount of stress your brains get influences your body a bit. The intensity of thinking you do in chess is incomparable to starcraft. Starcraft is based on instincts mechanics and "some" improvisation you dont have to anticipate what your opponent is going to do after 15-20 moves. Trust me chess requires much more physical effort then Starcraft and more thinking. Where Starcraft needs more "acting on the spot" and reflexes. Putting computer games in olympics is a joke, they can have their own e-sports olympics if they want to. Most of sports have a side effect - make you think better, be more physical fit etc. I did chess 10 years, judo 2 years, other types of wrestling 4+ years and trust me as a human I improved much more doing those sports 6-8 hours a week, than playing starcraft. Tell me what traits of human does playing sc2 improve? I can think of none. Video games have been statistically related to better multitasking and decision making abilities, I'd say that's pretty good. And btw, while playing chess you're still "sitting on your ass" like the quoted poster said. I'm not saying SC should be an olympic sport, it's just the discussion is pretty bad. | ||
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-_-Quails
Australia796 Posts
On August 04 2012 10:54 xrapture wrote: Can't say I'm surprised. In today's society 30 minutes walking on a treadmill is considered "daily excercise", 20 lbs overweight is considered "normal body type," and I guess sitting on your ass playing a video game is considered a "sport." 30 minutes of light exercise, such as walking, done several times a week is generally sufficient to bring a person living a sedentary lifestyle to a higher level of physical health. Sitting 'on your ass' playing chess is certainly considered a sport and Starcraft 2 or Tetris require much greater physical skill. Good tetris players can exceed 500apm average in a game, and they can usually only maintain their peak level of play for a few years. It is much more physical than SC:BW and requires greater dexterity and hand-eye co-ordination than any olympic sport I can think of. On August 04 2012 12:28 Grampz wrote: We have WCG and WCS for SC2 I don't think Starcraft 2 or any video game should ever be in the olympics... I would like to see it on TV but really? The OLYMPICS? Soccer/Football has a world cup and is played in the Olympics. Why should the Olympics not contain video games that are played competitively on the same level as some current Olympic sports? | ||
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