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frogrubdown
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
1266 Posts
August 04 2012 15:42 GMT
#461
On August 05 2012 00:00 hooberschmit wrote:
She said "Badmitten." I will never respect this person now.


That's how it's uniformly pronounced in America. Do you have no respect for any Americans? You might have just not known that, since I didn't know there was a difference either until witnessing a surprised Canadian.
zezamer
Profile Joined March 2011
Finland5701 Posts
August 04 2012 15:52 GMT
#462
I don't understand how game where rules change every couple months can be considered a sport and belong to Olympics.
rod-
Profile Joined June 2011
Norway379 Posts
August 04 2012 15:58 GMT
#463
Didn't they try to get e-sport into the Beijing Olympics? I love esport, but I don't think the Olympics is for us.
IMmvp~~
garlicface
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada4196 Posts
August 04 2012 16:27 GMT
#464
eSports in the Olympics...? Good joke.

And fuck LoL. I have an easier time playing that game than I do tying my shoes.
#TeamBuLba
rysecake
Profile Joined October 2010
United States2632 Posts
August 04 2012 21:36 GMT
#465
On August 05 2012 00:06 Callynn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 04 2012 23:55 dark_dragoon10 wrote:
On August 04 2012 23:40 Callynn wrote:
On August 04 2012 22:29 zalz wrote:
Some people really take SC2 too seriously...


Some people take the Olympics too seriously, but that's not the point.

I don't want Esports to drop to the level of physical strength. Esports are about sheer strategic insight, timings and reaction at a competitive level. They belong more to chess and checkers than to rowing and archery.

However, I wouldn't mind a globally oriented Esports event every 4 years with the same prestige as the Olympics, but they should be separate from the physical Olympics because the audience and the athletes are just at a completely different cultural level (with the exception that the athletes all practice like hell and the audience enjoy watching their respective (E)sports).


Has no one ever heard of WCG?


It's not near the level of global respect as the Olympics are. Imagine medals for Esports, would be awesome ^^.


Of course it's not at the level of global respect as the olympics are. VIDEO GAMES in general are a niche culture. And they do give medals at wcg so I'm not sure what you're talking about. If you want the same amount of global respect for video gaming as physical sports which have been around for thousands of years...keep dreaming
The Notorious Winkles
seansye
Profile Joined November 2010
United States1722 Posts
August 04 2012 23:48 GMT
#466
No to the idea and No, it is never going to happen.

We already have the World Cyber Games and it just feels the best model for an Olympic-like tournament.
I will master Speshul Taktics.!
See.Blue
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States2673 Posts
August 05 2012 01:47 GMT
#467
Videogames dont really belong in the olympics imo :/
SworDgiRL239
Profile Joined August 2012
5 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-05 20:12:35
August 05 2012 01:50 GMT
#468
The day LoL becomes an olympic sport is the day being alive becomes an olympic sport.

User was temp banned for post history.
Bennett87
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany5 Posts
August 05 2012 02:25 GMT
#469
Oh please, Starcraft 2 for the Olympics? Might as well introduce football to the WCG.
althaz
Profile Joined May 2010
Australia1001 Posts
August 05 2012 02:31 GMT
#470
On August 05 2012 10:50 SworDgiRL239 wrote:
The day LoL becomes an olympic sport is the day being alive becomes an olympic sport.

As crappy as I think LoL is to watch, if you have the opinion that LoL is so easy, why are you here instead of making a ton of money playing it? It's got a great competitive scene and while it's not my sort of game (to play) and I can't understand how anybody would want to watch it, you can't deny that there must be skill involved, or people like you would be earning the big bucks playing LoL .
The first rule we don't talk about race conditions. of race conditions is
kef
Profile Joined September 2010
283 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-05 02:38:19
August 05 2012 02:36 GMT
#471
Seriously, if they're gonna add video games to the olympics they need to go with BW

Edit: But really though, as much as I enjoy the scene people need to stop thinking they can equate Esports with physical sports
There are two kinds of people in this world: people who say there are two kinds of people in the world and people who know the first group of people are full of shit.
OODavey
Profile Joined November 2011
Canada6 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-05 05:05:48
August 05 2012 05:03 GMT
#472
Wow does it piss me off that the people in that video are all skeptical and dumb-founded and shit. Acting like they're better people.

"Tetris? That's sad."

Fuck you lady. Starcraft takes as much mental strength as any Olympic event takes physical, probably more. I wish I was born later, in a time when video games were accepted, instead of this bullshit with older generations of people acting like hot shit, treating video-games like children's toys.

Edit: I'm not saying that video games should necessarily be treated like other sports, I just wish people would be more open-minded.
Animostas
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States568 Posts
August 05 2012 05:10 GMT
#473
I don't really think the Olympics is the place for eSports. I feel like it'd lead to a weird, watered down tournament like how WCG is now viewed for SC2.
Requiem-
Profile Joined October 2011
Uruguay162 Posts
August 05 2012 05:23 GMT
#474
On August 03 2012 07:27 Cokefreak wrote:
Tetris is the only hard game out of those 3 options.

ofcourse, its so easy you are the best in the world right?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Sup Son
13JackaL
Profile Joined March 2011
United States577 Posts
August 05 2012 05:49 GMT
#475
On August 05 2012 11:31 althaz wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2012 10:50 SworDgiRL239 wrote:
The day LoL becomes an olympic sport is the day being alive becomes an olympic sport.

As crappy as I think LoL is to watch, if you have the opinion that LoL is so easy, why are you here instead of making a ton of money playing it? It's got a great competitive scene and while it's not my sort of game (to play) and I can't understand how anybody would want to watch it, you can't deny that there must be skill involved, or people like you would be earning the big bucks playing LoL .


i feel like its way more just pure knowledge than skill. I have no doubt that any current pro sc2 gamers would have an easier time playing LoL, especially foreign terrans because you dont need to multitask
and my axe
blug
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia623 Posts
August 05 2012 05:58 GMT
#476
On August 05 2012 14:49 13JackaL wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2012 11:31 althaz wrote:
On August 05 2012 10:50 SworDgiRL239 wrote:
The day LoL becomes an olympic sport is the day being alive becomes an olympic sport.

As crappy as I think LoL is to watch, if you have the opinion that LoL is so easy, why are you here instead of making a ton of money playing it? It's got a great competitive scene and while it's not my sort of game (to play) and I can't understand how anybody would want to watch it, you can't deny that there must be skill involved, or people like you would be earning the big bucks playing LoL .


i feel like its way more just pure knowledge than skill. I have no doubt that any current pro sc2 gamers would have an easier time playing LoL, especially foreign terrans because you dont need to multitask


I agree with that, every time I switch to LOL I suck because I have no idea what my hero does and have no idea what everyone else does while my friend dominates.

It's funny because I have something like 200 APM in LoL while all my friends have something like 20-40 and they are high rated xD
Derp
JoeSchmoe
Profile Joined May 2010
Canada2058 Posts
August 05 2012 06:02 GMT
#477
it's silly and its never going to happen. you might as well throw programming competitions in there as well.
Groog
Profile Joined July 2010
127 Posts
August 05 2012 07:44 GMT
#478
On August 05 2012 00:42 frogrubdown wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2012 00:00 hooberschmit wrote:
She said "Badmitten." I will never respect this person now.


That's how it's uniformly pronounced in America. Do you have no respect for any Americans? You might have just not known that, since I didn't know there was a difference either until witnessing a surprised Canadian.


No it's not uniformly pronounced "Badmitten". That's how uneducated people on the east coast pronounce it.
frogrubdown
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
1266 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-08-05 07:53:39
August 05 2012 07:51 GMT
#479
On August 05 2012 16:44 Groog wrote:
Show nested quote +
On August 05 2012 00:42 frogrubdown wrote:
On August 05 2012 00:00 hooberschmit wrote:
She said "Badmitten." I will never respect this person now.


That's how it's uniformly pronounced in America. Do you have no respect for any Americans? You might have just not known that, since I didn't know there was a difference either until witnessing a surprised Canadian.


No it's not uniformly pronounced "Badmitten". That's how uneducated people on the east coast pronounce it.


Funny, I vaguely recall being educated at some point. And on the west coast no less. And with people from vastly different parts of the country pronouncing it 'badmitten'. Though I wouldn't be surprised if there was somewhat more variation than I claimed despite having only ever met Canadians who pronounce it that way.

edit: And as a general rule, if what got from your education was a love for prescriptivist grammar and pronunciation, you might want to ask for you money back.
Spidinko
Profile Joined May 2010
Slovakia1174 Posts
August 05 2012 08:11 GMT
#480
On August 05 2012 01:27 garlicface wrote:
eSports in the Olympics...? Good joke.

And fuck LoL. I have an easier time playing that game than I do tying my shoes.

Maybe you're super talented. I hear there are big bucks. Go, take them.
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