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It's official: International Olympic Committee votes to confirm the first Olympic Esports Games will happen in 2025, even if they don't know the games yet (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I have zero problem with competitive gaming. I have zero problem with huge money making tournaments where teams win lots of money and have managers, etc....

But come up with a different name than "sport". Because it's not a sport. Just because you put an "E" in front of it doesn't make it a sport by any definition of the word.

Chess tournament...not a sport. Spelling Bee....not a sport. Highschool Debate Team....not a sport. Bingo...not a sport.

Be competitive. Have fun. Make some money. But for fuck's sake, you're not a "sport" any more than any of the other things I listed are.

Edit: I forgot to add probably the most obvious Analogy....Poker Tournaments. Because every time I say "not a sport", someone rears up their head to say "well actually, esports involves a lot of concentration and sitting for extended periods of time, which is tiring and exertion...so it's just like any other sport".

To which I say, first: Shut up, nerd. And second, Poker tournaments involve the same amount of concentration and exertion and no one is calling that a fucking sport.

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

solid old man yells at cloud energy

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

I've accepted my fate.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Isn't that what they said about figure skating/ synchronized swimming/ artistic gymnastics etc in the beginning?