SO Nerds are trying to get Video Games into Olympic Competition
- Thread starter Doobie Doo
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this is the olympics.....
videos games are fair game at this point [no pun intended]
Madden and 2k aren't competitive games with a competitive league so it'd probably be Counter Strike and Lol
Did realize that it had to be a sport to get into the Olympics.
Thought it was called the Olympic games not Olympic sports.
Anything that can done competitively at a high level can be an Olympic sport.
Thought it was called the Olympic games not Olympic sports.
Anything that can done competitively at a high level can be an Olympic sport.
As someone that actually played multiple games competitively.
Training for games like DotA 2, StarCraft, street fighter require the same if not more dedication than any other sport.
Training for games like DotA 2, StarCraft, street fighter require the same if not more dedication than any other sport.
Man those legeau of ledgens players and Coc make bank, filling up stadiums. And let not forget all that Cossplay p*ssy 
If that was the case 14 years ago I would have kept playing unreal tournament and finessing these nikkas
If that was the case 14 years ago I would have kept playing unreal tournament and finessing these nikkas
Jparker
Innocence lost in the EAST
Jparker
Innocence lost in the EAST
That sounds so frail...how can you say that.
The winner of the street fighter Capcom cup just took home 230 thousand dollars and it was on ESPN.
Doesn't matter what it sounds like it is what it is.
Ive been down the road of "games and comics aren't cool"
Now video games are right up there with movies and the most popular and successful movies are based on comics.
Everyone knows who Thor is now and everyone knows what GTA means.
It takes the same kind of dedication and passion and natural skill to be great at a game competitively that it does for anything else.
A lot of nikka think oh if I had 8 hours to "lay around" and practice a game I'd be good too.
Nope, it doesn't work like that, it's just the same for any of the athletes. They might be putting in the same amount of hustle but there are skill walls and certain things and areas that some excel at and others...can't.
Doobie Doo
Veteran
Nah breh, what if the company releases a patch and flips the way a game is played?
Jparker
Innocence lost in the EAST
Nah im a gamer but you gotta seperate the 2 fam. The physical dedication, the pain management, weight training, eating right, and difficulty level. Those things you can't compare dedication video game and real life. I know many people that's nice at 2k but can't hoop in real life. You good at street fighter but not nice with the real hands
I would like to see it at the Olympics though
Depends what you see the Olympics as.
Do you see it as feats of physical strength, or an event based on competition.
Do you see it as feats of physical strength, or an event based on competition.
Shooting is an olympic sport 
I'd prefer for the Olympics to be solely physical because of tradition.
E-Sports, however, is TOTALLY legitimate. There's billion of dollars to be made and new celebrities to be created. Simple as that.
I'd prefer for the Olympics to be solely physical because of tradition.
E-Sports, however, is TOTALLY legitimate. There's billion of dollars to be made and new celebrities to be created. Simple as that.
AlainLocke
Banned
This shyt is sad...
Humanity sucks if fukking sitting down playing a fukking game gets into the Olympics...
Human beings are meant to run and jump and climb and swim...
Technology should enhance that...not make us a bunch of couch potatoes playing computer games...and trying to call it sports...
It's not a fukking sport...
It's a game...
Like if you ain't out of breath and you not sweating and your muscles don't ache...you ain't an athlete...
Humanity sucks if fukking sitting down playing a fukking game gets into the Olympics...
Human beings are meant to run and jump and climb and swim...
Technology should enhance that...not make us a bunch of couch potatoes playing computer games...and trying to call it sports...
It's not a fukking sport...
It's a game...
Like if you ain't out of breath and you not sweating and your muscles don't ache...you ain't an athlete...