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There are so many reasons why video games won't, and shouldn't be in the Olympics but the main reason it will never be in is because events like Baseball and Golf aren't even Olympic sports at the moment and no video game is never going to be higher on the priority list than those.
An eSports Olympics would be cool if we ever get that big, but for now its just WCG, although that's only better funding and some questionable refereeing decisions away from being the eSports equivalent.
edit: The only argument for eSports is that it only belongs at the Olympics slightly less than dressage.
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It's going to be awesome to see waiting for server messages at the olympics :p
For a game to get in, it would have to be decided 7 years in advance, so if we could get it started now, it would get in at 2020,bit I doubt if people will be playing at that time.
But I'd rather have brood war there instead...but sadly it means korea gets all three medals lol.
Most people have no clue how sports get into the Olympics. I've followed Squash's quest to get into the Olympics really closely over the past decade so I have a pretty good idea on how hard it is for a sport to get into the Olympics nowadays. It's not something most people are aware of.
Yeah I was surprised that squash is not a part of the olympics..quite sad. I'm guessing ultimately it comes down to lots of money more than anything else. What the olympics really is ,is big time publicity for a sport.
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If there had to be one of those games, I would love to see Tetris in the Olympics, if not only for the Gold and Silver going to Flamewheel and ]343[ ;D.
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On August 03 2012 07:48 Praetorial wrote:Show nested quote +On August 03 2012 07:43 Zackeva wrote: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. 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.
To learn the basics well enough to enjoy SC2? Took me around 4 matches.
SC2 is quite the simple game to understand well enough to enjoy it. that's all that matters.
BW, IMO, is a bit more complicated to understand, mostly because of the lack of spectator tools.
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On August 03 2012 08:59 kochanfe wrote:
SC2 takes vastly more skill at the top level than many Olympic sports? Why should it not be aloud to be among them?
Because it doesn't? Saying that SC2 "takes vastly more skill" is just an insult to Olympian athletes.
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I'd prefer Broodwar, but Korea would sweep the top infinite spots. SC2 is more competitive on a global level, and maybe by 2018 a foreigner could get a bronze.
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As much as starcraft requires talent and hard practice, it just doesnt seem to fit in with the traditional feel of the Olympics. Even if it was officially recognized as an Olympic sport, I doubt that the masses of the world would be accepting of it at this time. Olympics has always been a showcase of athletic prowess and the human body at its peak performance~
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BAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! Tetris is beating LoL!!! m-D
It's true, this question could hardly be put in a more biased corner of the Internet. ...Besides the League of Legends forums, haha! Granted, if games are nominated based on popular vote,... well, shoot, we'll beat curling for sure. X-D (sorry, offended Canucks ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )
Honestly, I'm not going to vote, as I don't think any of them should be considered for the Olympics. As cool as it would be to see  Flash pass the Olympic torch to, say, Michael Phelps at an opening ceremony, I just don't feel like this is what eSports needs. I want to see eSports grow of course, but I kinda like the little niche SC2 and even LoL has carved for itself in the world community. There's something truly special and "action-y" about the classic Olympic sports that eSports simply cannot duplicate, and there are special qualities about eSports that the Olympics cannot produce either. They are unique and different entertainments, and enjoyable for their own worth. So I say leave it be.
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I don't want video games in the Olympics.
On August 03 2012 09:27 Eufouria wrote:
FOX News: Delivering factual, non-sensational news since 1996.
There are so many reasons why video games won't, and shouldn't be in the Olympics but the main reason it will never be in is because events like Baseball and Golf aren't even Olympic sports at the moment and no video game is never going to be higher on the priority list than those.
An eSports Olympics would be cool if we ever get that big, but for now its just WCG, although that's only better funding and some questionable refereeing decisions away from being the eSports equivalent.
edit: The only argument for eSports is that it only belongs at the Olympics slightly less than dressage.
Baseball was for awhile. It was dropped because of the doping issues and the subpar athletes that were often sent since it runs concurrent with MLB. Softball was also removed because of its loose relationship to baseball, albeit unfairly.
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Woah, people were just discussing this and I thought that esports would need to be bigger before this happened.
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I'd say bw comes close to the physical demands, at least in the dexterity/speed department since not all olympic sports involve running or extreme physical exertion. Take shooting for example.
However, I still don't think it should be in the games cause obviously now it's not as popular anymore but therein is the underlying problem and the reason we won't see video games at the olympics. Even bw, with it's very long pro gaming history is a short lived game compared to these olympic sports. By the time a video game is even recognized as a sport by the IOC, let alone made an official olympic event, it'll already be dead.
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On August 03 2012 07:33 firehand101 wrote:Dudes...If sculpting and town planning was an olympic sport, then starcraft 2 has an amazing chance! EDIT: just finished watching the interview and that host sounds so @#$ biased and unwilling to even learn what the game is about, which is unfortunately just like 90% of the general public right now...I hope this changes when our generation starts to take over 
'twill take a long time my friend.
But it will happen.
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This is a cool thought but I'd rather not see it become a reality. WCG & WCS should do for now.
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oh god....why would this even be considered
please dont T,.T
but it seems people are commenting with little to no seriousness, with that said, i'd welcome another event that can help increase korea's medal tallies 
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On August 03 2012 09:32 a9arnn wrote:
If there had to be one of those games, I would love to see Tetris in the Olympics, if not only for the Gold and Silver going to Flamewheel and ]343[ ;D.
Though I'm touched by the sentiment, I doubt flamewheel could crack the top 50, and I'd be floating somewhere around #1000 (if there were world 1v1 Tetris rankings.)
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thought this thread was serious until i saw the link was to fox news
TBH i dont want to see SC2 in the Olympics, we can make our own Olympics, let the Olympics stay traditional with traditional sports and let those who want to enjoy SC2 watch SC2
ive heard alot of people bash Fox news over the years, never actually watched it so always jsut bashed it as a joke never really meaning it
after watching that link i can now bash it for real that was terrible
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-_-
I was waiting for such a thread to come up during the Olympics. As much as you guys may love the Game it will never be apart of the Olympics.
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Fox news being classy as usual
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To be honest, I would love to see eSports grow as much as the next guy BUT the thing is League of Legends is the bigger name by far compared to Starcraft 2 so you would need the bigger game to SET the standard for ESPORTS. Even though people make a poll here on a SC2 Community website, what did most of you think the results would be? Put the poll on IGN or GAMESPOT and you will see league of legends would sweep SC2.
The thing is i want ESPORTS to grow just not STARCRAFT 2, thats what people have to learn about. League of Legends is the biggest game in the world right now, and it would open the gates for other games such as SC2 to enter. People have to stop fighting and arguing what game is better, and all get together and help each community grow as a whole because i feel like this time GAMING is at its peak.
Sorry ahead of time for bad grammar.
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