Everyone who has gotten into a competitive scene in anything are autistic. RC plane flying, videogames, football; you need that autistic focus to get to the top.
>>344211717
>videogames, football
>competitive gaming
>clicking and typing fast
>equal to football
Anon...
So what game did you lose in anon?
>>344211717
Are you sure you're not just jealous that some guys play video games for 7 figure tournament scores and you don't?
>>344212106
>equal to football
Nobody said that. It's just that they both require autism to be competitive.
>>344212221
>play video games
>Dota
>CS:GO
>LoL
>videogames
Anon...
>>344211717
Being dogshit trash at video games isn't fun regardless of what you tell yourself
>>344212925
You sure sound like someone who knows how to have fun.
>people on /v/ getting mad at other people who enjoy things they personally don't enjoy
>resorts to an ad hominem and an #epic pic with highlighted text, enlarged text, and inset memes
STOP THE FUCKING PRESSES
>>344213553
I sure do. Winning is fun as fuck.
>lose game horribly
>sperg out on /v/ about how much you hate winners
>say you're having fun despite being a big loser
>>344211717
APM has never been a "representation of skill." It has always been a metric for gauging mechanical speed.
>Trashing competitive gaming when competitive vaping exists
Did you add that OP? That kind of opinionated statement shouldn't be in a wikipedia article
>>344211717
What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Navy Seals, and I’ve been involved in numerous secret raids on Al-Quaeda, and I have over 300 confirmed kills. I am trained in gorilla warfare and I’m the top sniper in the entire US armed forces. You are nothing to me but just another target. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of spies across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your life. You’re fucking dead, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in unarmed combat, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the United States Marine Corps and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the continent, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
>>344214026
>winners
>Cringey promotional vids of esports team that play at the beginning of events trying hard to make the members look COOL and intense despite being fat, awkward or acne riddled
>hi, I'm /v/. I'm afraid of people being better at video games than me
>I'm not a casual though because I've heard of a game called Planescape Torment
>>344215361
>people being better at video games
>training 12h a day to clicking fast and typing fast
>better at video games
Anon....
![U1782P115DT20130812152437[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/oUgK1dE.jpg "U1782P115DT20130812152437[1].jpg")
>>344215168
>there aren't cool dota players
>>344214026
So do you not win? Because I find it hard to believe someone who has """""fun""""" would be so triggered.
>>344215626
>you can run faster than me but you're not better at running
>>344215796
>Wearing a suit
>Cool
When the fuck did wearing a suit become cool? That's fucking nerdy as shit.
>>344216213
>comparing running to clicking
>m-muh superior fingers
>>344216629
Just like how a trained athlete would destroy you in a race, a competitive gamer would destroy you in a game
>>344211717
/v/ will agree because they are incompetent and suck at games.
>>344217142
And both of them are training to have a very particular skillset that doesn't matter except to say 'ha ha I beat you' which requires Godly level of autism to commit yourself to, for no real purpose.
>>344217142
>Just like how a trained athlete
>>344211717
>daily reminder that "competitive" in something that is not a sim is totally retarded and beyond autistic
Ftfy
>>344215796
>wearing a three-piece suit
>2016
cringe
>>344218410
>sports experts
>geezers who only watch professionals doing sports
>>344218410
>Sports experts laughing at anyone
They're even more autistic than the players.
>>344221053
And if you ever listen to them, you learn that they dont know jack shit about what they are talking about.
>>344211717
Are you retarded?
EVERYTHING is Autism. The Autism is what gives anon his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together.
>>344222031
>use the autism luke
It all makes sense now.
Being an expert athlete gets you fit and gives you skills that can actually benefit you in real life. Being an expert at DOTA doesn't benefit you in any way at all.
>>344220092
>>344221053
>trying to watchrugby
>can't take commentary seriously unless its from an ex-pro player
How hard is it to get charismatic ex-players to talk about their game, jeez.
>>344222252
>NORMIES GET OUT REEEE
>but let's be normies when insulting competitive gamers so we can feel better
>>344222252
Gaming made me better at touch typing, if you wanted an office job it could be relevant.
>>344222356
>ex-pro player
those were for the money, and they will comment for money.
>pro at anything
A professional is a member of a profession or any person who earns their living from a specified professional activity.
Its not the same as being good at something, just being paid.
>>344222703
Stop having autism at me.
>>344222252
Throwing a ball benefits you in real life? Good to know, senpai. Next time I need to unclog a drain I'll run at it really hard and smash my skull into it like an ape.
>>344216213
>Boxer flails around throwing 10x more feints and footwork.
>Gets lined up and knocked out by a more methodical boxer that makes his movements count.
>>344222252
>both of them takes drugs for the advantage
>will try a way to cheat based on technicalities
>both of them are in the money
>>344223141
So that argument is in support of competitive gamers?
>>344223591
I was just pointing out the insanely next-level retard logic of "higher apm yields better results unilaterally."
If people enjoy competitive games all the power to them. It's not any worse than regular sports except you'll still be tubby/skelly and wont get laid.
Is competitive pokemon autistic considering the"pros" hack their pokemon and only care about stats rather than raising pokemon? also most play on a simulator instead of the actual game
>>344224779
Yes
Playing any game seriously while trying to win is autistic
>>344224779
Everything is autistic
>>344225347
This, businessmen are autistic about winning at business to the detriment of other aspects of their life like raising their kids or ever having fun, sportsmen are autistic about winning at their sport to the detriment of other aspects of their life, and so on.
The trick to life is finding something to be autistic about that the enjoyment you get from sating your autism outweighs the things you do without.
>>344222252
Not according to pro dota teams who can make millions unless you count life having complete financial security by 18 as not a benefit.
>>344225845
>Millions
>Complete financial security
What is this 1922?
>>344225967
Spending is for normalfags.
Is there anything that isn't autistic? Anything at all?
>>344225845
>implying that the owners themselves don't take a large chunk of that money and the players themselves usually squander most of that cash with a couple of years due to poor financial planning
As a washed up SC2 semi-pro i can say most of you are incredibly retarded
>>344228237
There are a few topics on this board that you can safely ignore because there is almost never anything of worth said
RTS is one of them
>>344211717
What the fuck do you mean "actions per minute"? It's a video game. On a board for video games. Are we supposed to just shit on it because some other people did? Are you afraid to tell people in real life of your interests because you're afraid they won't like them? Do you pretend that you hate stuff that other people do?
I don't know where we fucking went so wrong as to make absolute fucking cowards like you -who parrot every shitpost they see- welcome on this board. You echo every criticism you notice on this website without any knowledge of its source content so you can feel like you fit in the /v/ "le epic pessimist mindset" because you're certainly not going to get the satisfaction of community and friendship out of real life, you worthless fucking nobody.
I hate you. I hate everything you represent in this day and age on this board in which shitposting hiveminds have replaced actual debate. I hate that you are incapable of forming your own opinion. I hate that genuinely good games now have a bad reputation on this site because of fucking morons like you.
I'll be waiting for your response, but considering that 3 people disagree with you now, I guess you would be "actions per minute ", you fucking prick.
>watching Warcraft 3 replays
>the first 2 minutes is everyone spamming their town hall's rally point to artificially increase APM while they build their base and get their first hero summoned
>>344212106
Oh right, cuz most football players are particularly smart... anon, please
>>344222252
>Being an expert at DOTA doesn't benefit you in any way at all.
It gives you tourettes and other tics
>>344229019
I heard some pros do it to keep their fingers ready for fights where they actually need the apm.
>these guys have fast fingers on keyboard and mouse
>suddenly they think they are athletes
>>344224779
>Is competitive pokemon autistic
Well on the one hand, Pokemon is so chock full of bullshit designed specifically to keep it from being competitive that it will never be an actual competitive game, and most competitive Pokemon players know this and don't care because competitive Pokemon is better than the endgame "content" of the actual games.
On the other hand, there are people who actually take it seriously and think they are legitimately skilled players for abusing talonflame and aegislash.
>>344211717
>"competitive" gaming is just autistic
It's no more autistic than regular gaming. Competition is how you get better at games, and the desire to improve is natural in any hobby.
If you play golf you're not autistic for wanting to improve your score every game.
If the goal of the game is to win, trying to accomplish that goal is perfectly normal.
It seems to me like OP is just bad at games and it wounds his ego to see people better than him, but instead of trying to get better at games he tries to dismiss better players as being autistic.
>>344222252
>Being an expert athlete gets you fit and gives you skills that can actually benefit you in real life
Or it gets you concussions, joint injuries, ligament injuries, and a whole host of other bullshit that comes with pushing your body really hard.
Take a look at retired sports players 20 years after the end of their careers and see if they're still fit and healthy.
>>344211717
>818 APM
What the actual fuck? When was that?
>>344211717
So are Wikipedia editors for documenting this as though it were a science.
>>344224078
>I was just pointing out the insanely next-level retard logic of "higher apm yields better results unilaterally."
Being faster is always better. There is never a single situation where being able to execute more actions than your opponent isn't advantageous.
You're making a shitty "slow and steady wins the race" argument and it's retarded.
Being fast doesn't make you stupid, unskilled or bad at strategizing.
If you're just as smart and strategically minded as your opponent, but are able to execute commands twice as fast, you're going to win.
And getting faster does not come at the cost of any of your other skills, so it's not like you miss out on anything by improving your speed.
>>344231469
>Competition is how you get better at games
>It seems to me like OP is just bad at games and it wounds his ego to see people better than him
>>344212461
>I'm going to change the definition of video games to make my argument work
Anon... you're transparent.
no one has cared about APM for a while
>>344222252
>gives you skills that can actually benefit you in real life
yeah all those football players with concussions sure are going to benefit from having their brain damaged.
>>344232490
>Being fast doesn't make you stupid
There are controversies..
>>344233129
football is not good because brain injury but soccer, volley, basketball, tennis are harmless.
>>344230227
>being skilled at RNG
This is like CS:GO players thinking they are pros.
>>344233761
>tennis
>harmless
Pick one, it kills your knees.
>>344234303
>knees
Sure
As you can see in this video from 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVNUUJ1wQv0
Andre Agassi is on weelchair
>>344212221
I like the idea of being the best at something. But I wouldn't be keen on it being a single videogame, or even a genre of videogames.
Also there's the fact that videogames aren't enjoyable when you're playing against the top percentile. Those guys literally play their one game for 16 hours a day. At some point you just want to go outside, or watch a movie, but you can't, you have to practice otherwise you'll fall off the top spot.
Sounds like hell actually. I'm happy working a normal job and chillin' with vidya in the afternoons.
>>344234487
Ask me that question when he hits older age.
Or even better, ask nadal, he will be on a wheelchair sooner besides losing his hair.
>>344234542
Unless of course people like Lim Jae-duk get to smash fangirl pussy when they win. That makes it all worth it.
>>344234628
John Patrick McEnroe Jr. on a wheelchair (57 years old)
>>344234647
>fangirl pussy
Hahahahahahaha... NO!
>>344211717
"Competitive gaming" is just a cashgrab aimed at the egos of young people, particularly young males.Surprise, they're rife with confidence and self-worth. It's especially evident by all of this "toxicity" thrown around, as it all stems from a sense of superiority.
>>344234647
I'm not sure if you're aware but you can get pussy without committing 14 hours of your daily life to videogames.
>>344234542
>videogames aren't enjoyable when you're playing against the top percentile
thats just not true
the only way top level players get bored is if the player is several leagues over everyone else and has no real competition
its like you never played anything competitively before, playing against people of near equal skill in high level is fun
>>344236046
>"Competitive gaming" is just a cashgrab aimed at the egos of young people
Just like competitive sports?
>>344226526
not for dota at least, money is paid directly to the players in the big LAN's
>>344236046
Edgy 13 year old kids are told they are "professionals" because they can aim and click fast
>>344236773
Wow.. this level of autism I've never seen before
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ut6mSFc2rw
>>344218410
>Sports experts
>women
>>344236951
>>344236951
>old people weren't young people once
So are 50 year olds just spontaneously generated or something?
>>344222222
>>344211717
"Daily reminders" are autistic.
>>344236969
No one takes esports seriously
sure, maybe 100 people out of 250 million made money but it's just a small minority
LOL AUTISM
>>344237923
He got his visa like 2 weeks later
>>344237945
The person who drew this is not autistic.
However, they are an idiot.
>>344237923
>leffen
top kek
How does that fatass Zero do it anyways?
Isn't he a spic?
>>344211717
https://youtu.be/Box01YzekaQ
As much as these people would say no, the fact is taht "E-sports" are a sport. But the thing is, just like real, normal traditional sports, it's a sport simply because MONEY says it's a sport.
Real sports are a major platform for shilling products and all of that shit, E-sports essentially ARE the product, as the game is what's being shilled out, and then advertisers get in on the fun but the majority of it is the game devs marketing their shit. That's all that there is to it.
>>344238354
sports are also a product
huge economy in selling shit and building stadiums and such stuff
>>344237923
>No one takes esports seriously
No, clueless and ignorant old people and people without any knowledge of history don't take esports seriously.
Anyone who actually paid attention in history class and can tell you where the Olympics came from will at least entertain the idea that esports have potential to be something serious. Their real problem is that the only people actually trying to develop serious esports are also complete assclowns (read: Riot Game)
If we got somebody competent to make an esport, and then kept them from making content patches or sweeping balance changes on too frequent of a basis, then we might get somewhere.
>>344238507
Oh yeah, I forgot about all of that. That's true.
>>344238673
>No, clueless and ignorant old people and people without any knowledge of history don't take esports seriously.
>m-muh autistic superior millennial generation understands it better
>>344238273
You sound pretty autistic
>>344238927
That's what people said about sci-fi in the generation before yours grandpa. Maybe if you weren't such a dumbfuck you'd learn from history instead of just accepting whatever garbage the media shoves down your throat.
>>344238937
That's a pretty autistic thing of you to say.
>>344232490
That was never the argument I made. It was tons of extra needlessly retarded actions don't always ensure success. And yes, going faster is always at cost, IE stability, consistency, saturation, fatigue, etc. Play an instrument or refer to combat and get back to me. It's not about being slow and steady, it's about knowing when to express speed and not needlessly wasting energy.
>>344234647
>he thinks underage fucking fatties with poor hygiene is the life
/v/ is really filled with kissless virgins ain't it? Disgusting.
>>344239209
>you'd learn from history instead
>He thinks that clicking and aiming will be considered a sport in the future
>>344221712
you think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAkVnlA9CJo
>>344239621
>That was never the argument I made. It was tons of extra needlessly retarded actions don't always ensure success.
Has anyone made the argument that tons of extra needless actions was a good strategy or productive?
You're arguing against an argument that nobody is making.
Being able to accomplish what you want to accomplish faster than your opponent is important.
>Play an instrument
I play 3 instruments.
>knowing when to express speed and not needlessly wasting energy.
Well that's a shitty example because being fast when it comes to instruments is about learning how to not work against yourself. Speed comes with being relaxed and having proper technique.
A really fast drummer is only able to be really fast because his technique is good and he's not working against himself.
>refer to combat
You mean that thing that every trains for by doing cardio to build endurance and agility?
You want speed in combat as well.
Being able to do things quickly is good in everything we've mentioned.
Every single one of those things benefits from training in speed.
>>344240241
>he thinks that writing will be considered an art in the future
>he thinks that realism in paintings will ever catch on
>he thinks that people will actually take sports seriously instead of real warfare
>he thinks that chocolate will ever catch on
God look at this delusional child thinking his shitty fads are going to stick around.
>>344211717
>autism is now a sport
Looks like our time has finally come.
>>344230102
Basically this. It's warming up.
Same thing with SC2 replays.
22, been playing video games since i was a kid, still feel like eaports is stupid as fuck and a waste of time, promoting youth to do nothing with their lives and gain no marketable skills. Lol pretty sure its not grandpas only who think thisl buds
>>344222252
>Being an expert athlete gets you fit and gives you skills that can actually benefit you in real life
If you don't end up with career threatening injuries, or in a vegetative state because of too many hits to the noggin or whatever else you put at risk for being an expert athlete.
Being an expert at DOTA means you can make six figures with a fraction of the effort and none of the serious injuries.
>>344243991
>Being an expert at DOTA means you can make six figures with a fraction of the effort and none of the serious injuries.
So you are really comparing real sports with clicking and aiming?
Look how exciting this game is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bexWuHmV32A
Amazing, fun, he must be enjoying a great time
>Asians are good on competitive gaming because it was meant for people with robotic mentality (i.e clicking like a retard)
>>344243528
>promoting youth to do nothing with their lives and gain no marketable skills
So it's exactly the same as physical sports then? Glad we can agree on something.
>>344244349
Hey grandpa I hear there's this word called "strategy" that apparently is pretty important. They say sports were created to mimic the strategic components of warfare and combat, and apparently video games do the same thing! Pretty crazy stuff huh grandpa?
>>344244349
Nigga, i just said fraction. I'm not comparing the two.
There's a ton of more stories of athletes having their lives severly hampered or ruined or even death because of the injuries they sustained from years of playing. The only time I've heard of serious injuries or death from video games is when stupid idiots binge on the games and play for 48 hours straight, barely moving.
>>344232761
They aren't video games, they are a dumping ground for undesirables.
>>344244779
>strategy
I want Reddit to leave
>>344244779
>Clicking 300 times per second
>typing real fast
>strategy
>doing this for 10 hours
Anon...
>>344244405
At least traditional athletes are physically fit, so there's that. I'm not much of a pro sports person myself though. Esports certainly isn't marketable though. I guess it just gets a bad wrap cause the stereotype of basement dwelling video gamers still exists, and esports certainly highlights it
>>344244985
>>344245136
I guess that's why there's no such thing as a metagame and why people don't get mad at their teammates in pvp games since you can't be good or bad at them.
>>344241029
>esports
>comparable to this
kek
>>344245456
You're absolutely right anon. Esports is in no way comparable to those ridiculous fads. Other things it's also not comparable to are animation (lmao that Walt Disney fag is going to die alone and forgotten by even his own family), computers (as if anyone would ever let machines think for them), and touch screens (nothing more than a stupid gimmick to appeal to casuals).
>>344246247
>M-MUH DOTA 2 COMPETITIVE GAMING TEAM!
If it makes money enough so that people can support themselves doing so, completely lawfully, guess what? It is productive and legitimate.
>>344246951
What he does is also legal and "legitimate"
>>344246749
Every bit as legitimate as your average professional lacrosse team.
I'd say football to make sure you know what I'm talking about, but Dota 2 actually exists in countries other than clapistan so it's quite a bit more legitimate that handegg is.
>>344222252
>Being an expert athlete gets you fit and gives you skills that can actually benefit you in real life
Yeah. You can sue for injuries that your obscene wealth and top-tier insurance can cover without question and buy your way out of prison for beating your wife.
>>344247418
Well, you hate every reason to hate sports, but stop comparing to clicking "competitive" "games"
>>344247308
Look at this way: 15 people masturbating in a room and the one who masturbate faster is the winner
The masturbate winner is an athlete and masturbation is a sport according to your definitions
>>344247708
It's a sport according to all definitions actually. It's a stupid sport and nobody should ever take it seriously because it is unbelievably dumb, but that never stopped anyone from caring about football sooo
>>344248042
>It's a stupid sport and nobody should ever take it seriously because it is unbelievably dumb
Just like Dota 2, StarCraft, CS GO, etc,etc
They are all stupid and nobody should ever take it seriously.
>>344248042
>It's a sport according to all definitions actually
no
>>344248203
Yes, all currently existing games are shitty as esports, but that doesn't mean the concept of esports itself is stupid. At least not any more stupid than the concept of sports in general.
The irony of people saying that physical sports are valid while esports are not is that video games and sports are the same fucking thing. They're both combat simulations turned into competitive games. The only difference is the era they were invented in.
>>344248462
Chess is widely accepted as a sport, and yet it doesn't require any physical exertion at all. Old people in wheelchairs can play it. If chess is a sport, then competitive masturbating is doubly so. Especially since competitive masturbating would actually involved physical exertion lmao.
>>344248804
>Chess is widely accepted as a sport
By whom?
>>344211948
Don't pretend being good at sports and being good at vidya are the same thing anon. Autism attracts them to vidya, it doesn't drive competiveness.
>>344249020
I don't know, the fucking Olympics maybe?
>>344212328
No they don't. I can't fathom how insecure you must be to honestly believe that all competitive football players have autism.
Stop defending your autism "sport".
>>344249459
But the word "sport" is attached to a physical activity
It's a "mental sport" if you care so much to put sport in the name
Competitive football isn't autistic, but it IS inflicting brain damage. All those micro-concussion blows they're constantly taking to the head turn them retarded which is sort of like autism.
>>344249674
>It's a "mental sport" if you care so much to put sport in the name
How about "electronic sport" instead?
Or esport for short?
>>344234542
>Also there's the fact that videogames aren't enjoyable when you're playing against the top percentile.
What? The people playing at the top percentile are not only better, they're having fun on a level you can't even comprehend.
>>344249929
>How about "electronic sport" instead?
Like I said before, putting a "sport" in the name is for people trying to make the game sound a big deal
Like sounds much better saying "esports" than "Competitive MMOs"
>All this people defending e-sports
I'll never get this. People that usually shit on watching sports are fine with watching e-sports
>>344250761
>making MMOs into an esport
Ok now that's just being stupid. Genres that actually have potential as esports are things like RTS or fighting games or racing games. Competitive games that don't rely on content and balance patches to remain enjoyable and alive.
MOBAS/ASSFAGGOTS, MMOs and the like should not be esports. Just like Hearthstone shouldn't be an esport because it's RNG card game bullshit, and just like Pokemon shouldn't be an esport because it's RNG bullshit atop RNG bullshit atop anti-competitive game design.
>>344211717
i agree comp gaming is retarded
but that's because they're fucking butthurt retards who play the same fucking maps over and over again, whine and piss about their rankings, and demand every class / weapon / whatever be made "balanced" instead of LEARNING TO ACTUALLY FUCKING GIT GUD
look at a fun MP game and then look at dota
the first thing you will notice is that THERE IS ONE MAP
the second thing you will notice is that EVERYBODY IS A BUTTHURT FAGGOT
i too am a BUTTHURT FAGGOT. it is a disease
>>344251356
Dota 2 is a MMO just like StarCraft
>>344251148
My argument is that esports may be stupid, but regular sports are exactly as stupid as esports are. I don't think either of them should be taken seriously, but if we're going to take one seriously then we are obligated by the "don't be fucking stupid" clause to take the other seriously.
The "don't be fucking stupid" clause is as follows
>Don't be fucking stupid, but if you really have to and feel the need to make up arbitrary bullshit to support your fucking stupid ideas, then at least be consistent with that arbitrary bullshit
>>344251356
>Pokemon shouldn't be an esport
Wait, if you are going to consider an eletronic game a "sport" you have to consider every game that has the potential to be competitive to be an esport
>>344251713
Technically yes, because MMO is a shitty genre name. Sort of like MOBA is.
>>344251786
It has the potential sure, but it'll still be shitty. Just because it is a sport doesn't mean it's a good sport. In this case "shouldn't be" means "oh god why would subject yourself to such a shitty experience. you shouldn't do this unless you are a masochist"
>>344249103
>Swimmers shaving their legs just to get slightly less drag in the water
It's pretty tryhard no matter where you go.
>>344251980
That's why naming everything that is not a sport is bad
Definition:
noun
noun: sport; plural noun: sports
1.
an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
"team sports such as baseball and soccer"
synonyms: (competitive) game(s), physical recreation, physical activity, physical exercise, athletics; pastime
"we did a lot of sports"
>>344251713
Starcraft and Dota are both NOT MMO's.
WoW is a MMO.
Starcraft is a RTS
Dota is a MOBA, which is like "babies first RTS"
>>344252112
>an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
We've already established that physical exertion is not necessary and is just incidental in most early sports. That means the REAL definition is
>an activity involving skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
This wholly encompasses competitive video games.
Sure you can meme at me with
>implying video games take skill
all you want, but until you can prove to me that there is no such thing as a casual and that every human being on the planet is equally capable at all video games regardless of previous experience or training, and that video games do not require effort or knowledge, then you're just fucking wrong.
If people already play Chess and Checkers I can't see why the idea of people playing Street Fighter and Counter-Strike is any lamer.
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>We've already established that physical exertion is not necessary
How come is not?
"Original sense preserved in phrases such as in sport "in jest" (mid-15c.). Meaning "game involving physical exercise" first recorded 1520s. Sense of "stylish man" is from 1861, American English, probably because they lived by gambling and betting on races. Meaning "good fellow" is attested from 1881 (as in be a sport, 1913). Sport as a familiar form of address to a man is from 1935, Australian English. The sport of kings was originally (1660s) war-making. Other, lost senses of Middle English disport were "consolation, solace; a source of comfort."
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sport
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>>344234303
Tennis is also the number 1 cause of youth shoulder surgery because the serve causes so much stress on the shoulder. My old man played professional tennis and he is all kinds of fucked up in his shoulder, back, and legs now that he is older. You ask any decent club level player up to ex professional and they will tell you that tennis takes a massive toll on the body, but then again this is a troll thread so I don't even know why I bothered to type this out.
