EPTE-sports as an Olympic category petition - Page 2
| Forum Index > SC2 General |
|
Cinquedea
Canada144 Posts
| ||
|
DangerAl
Australia88 Posts
| ||
|
Rent-A-Hero
United States137 Posts
Maybe that corner is right around the corner... | ||
|
mrtomjones
Canada4020 Posts
On August 29 2012 12:27 Iodem wrote: I'll be honest that I only want to see this happen to see how the North Koreans compare to their Southern counterparts in Starcraft. Otherwise, I'd say no. The rules aren't stable enough, SC2's rules aren't set in stone yet, and we've still got two more expansions to go before that. As for LoL... don't they come out with a new hero practically every week or something? I haven't played it in almost two years. Maybe a better solution would be to make older games olympic sports. Brood War, for example. The rules and balances to BW are set, and are extremely unlikely of changing. Tetris and Street Fighter 2 also come to mind. Just keep it to games that aren't ever going to change. They just started eating pizza and wearing pants. I feel like they are not comparable. | ||
|
flyingteapot
United States11 Posts
| ||
|
mrtomjones
Canada4020 Posts
On August 29 2012 12:30 DangerAl wrote: In addition to the issues already raised by posters, I feel the inclusion of esports in the olympics would almost be as silly as the inclusion of tennis. For esports, or at least for SC2, the pro scene is well established and already features so many prestigious tournaments that an olympic tournament would not be particularly special. The olympics are always special dude.. it is the best of the best in every sport. Andy Murray was happy as hell to win and so were the Williams sisters. Hockey has the stanley cup and still battle it out for gold and give it their all. | ||
|
dabom88
United States3483 Posts
On August 29 2012 12:30 DangerAl wrote: In addition to the issues already raised by posters, I feel the inclusion of esports in the olympics would almost be as silly as the inclusion of tennis. For esports, or at least for SC2, the pro scene is well established and already features so many prestigious tournaments that an olympic tournament would not be particularly special. Why do you think Tennis's inclusion is silly? Tennis is a very physical sport with a worldwide set of players and audience. It's a no-brainer that it's included in the Olympics. Not to mention a much bigger pro scene. Progamers WISH they got paid as much as professional tennis players. As someone who played Varsity in High School, I feel kind of offended by this comment. | ||
|
theBizness
United States696 Posts
| ||
|
Vansetsu
United States1454 Posts
You can make the argument that athletes bodys are not symetrical, that is only analogous to the players mind and hands, not to the format or the tools of the game. Also posting this a little drunk, sorry for poor spacing and unseen grammatical errors ect | ||
|
Burns
United States2300 Posts
also, sports such as action sports havent been accepted into the olympics so they pretty much has just been doing the same thing that starcraft is doing, creating their own championships and catering to their community | ||
|
BoZiffer
United States1841 Posts
On August 29 2012 12:30 DangerAl wrote: In addition to the issues already raised by posters, I feel the inclusion of esports in the olympics would almost be as silly as the inclusion of tennis. For esports, or at least for SC2, the pro scene is well established and already features so many prestigious tournaments that an olympic tournament would not be particularly special. Disagree on the tennis front. A once-every-four-years event that is full of the best competition is meaningful for every and all participants. Serena Williams, the winningest women's tennis athlete in history, spoke many times on how important it was to her to try and get a gold medal, the one accolade she didn't have. Its important. Now does eSports belong - I'm inclined to say no. I consider the Olympics to be athletics and eSports isn't athletics. | ||
|
Marou
Germany1371 Posts
| ||
|
Rah
United States973 Posts
On August 29 2012 12:47 Marou wrote: If you let esports in then next step is chess and poker to (and one could argue that they should get there first). Esports does not belong in the Olympics, it should have it's own federation and it's own official and unique event. Isn't SC2 more physical than chess and poker? It's not like you're sitting around thinking until you take your turn in SC2. I know you have to keep your face on all game in poker but doesn't that fall short to hiding your tech choice in SC2 while maintaining 300 apm? | ||
|
Ace1123
Philippines1187 Posts
| ||
|
StarStruck
25339 Posts
On August 29 2012 09:44 DKR wrote: I didn't make this, just stumbled across it and searches for Torch for gaming and olympic SC2 yielded nothing so here goes: http://torchforgaming.org/ Whilst it's unlikely to really go anywhere IMO it's a nice gesture and the idea of Olympic level exposure is very appealing to people. I discovered this in this forbes article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/08/15/league-of-legends-and-starcraft-ii-could-become-olympic-sports-as-early-as-2020-summer-games/ By 2020 I expect most of us to be playing a different RTS altogether. | ||
|
Enzymatic
Canada1301 Posts
| ||
|
jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
on a side note, i believe heritage is also an important factor. just by that alone esport does not qualify. | ||
|
Enzymatic
Canada1301 Posts
On August 29 2012 13:12 StarStruck wrote: By 2020 I expect most of us to be playing a different RTS altogether. That's what they were saying in 1999 a while after Starcraft came out. Its now like almost 14 years after the original Starcraft was released? And what forum are we in right now? | ||
|
EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
| ||
|
Black[CAT]
Malaysia2589 Posts
Hell no... | ||
| ||
