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Old 03-31-2016, 03:48 PM
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Again, video games are not a sport. Don't. Don't even go there. This will turn into the dumbest debate ever. Justify it all you want. Still not a sport.
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Originally Posted by maharajamd
Or how about this...what's the last thing you spent say 16k hours doing?
You spent 16000 hours of your life playing video games?

I've spent that much time masturbating. Doesn't make it a sport. Just means I'm really good at masturbating.
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I've spent at least 16,000 hours eating. 250lbs of pure athlete, I guess.
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Old 03-31-2016, 03:59 PM
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Hey, debate all you want, always two sides. Lol

Between the three versions of the same game, since '99, I've logged a little over 15k hours.

General rule of thumb with sports or say learning a musical instrument is 10k hours.

Is Chess a sport?
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The fuck. I'm the only one who follows sports in here? Must be in my DNA, I think Johnny does too though. Basketball yup football yup baseball yup... College nope...

I like watching basketball to see if can see any peens flopping on the court when they run and I watch football to look at the dudes asses..
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Women's volleyball yup....

Little league baseball too...those kids have heart...
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Originally Posted by maharajamd
General rule of thumb with sports or say learning a musical instrument is 10k hours.

Is Chess a sport?
They say it takes 10,000 hours to master something. Not that doing something for 10,000 hours makes that thing a sport.

Chess is a game.

All sports are games, not all games are sports.
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Old 03-31-2016, 04:17 PM
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Amen!!

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I also learned how to play hot-cross-buns on the recorder in way less than 10k hours. I think it took me like 2k hours. Maybe 3k. Just goes to show it doesn't take that long to learn an instrument
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Old 03-31-2016, 04:31 PM
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So it's excerting physical energy then...to classify a game a sport?

I see a game, salaries, extreme amounts of time required, massive exposure, and competitiveness. It's a sport to me. On ESPN...airing on TBS. It's close enough.
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The only sport I follow is pocket pool and skiing.

I watch once in a while but don't follow religiously.
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It's more nuanced than that. Tag is a game that involves physical activity, but I don't think many people would agree on tag being a sport.
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Originally Posted by maharajamd
So it's excerting physical energy then...to classify a game a sport?

I see a game, salaries, extreme amounts of time required, massive exposure, and competitiveness. It's a sport to me. On ESPN...airing on TBS. It's close enough.
Yes, physical exertion means sport. I personally think golf is a game, not a sport. Many will argue it. I think it's a great game. If I can drink a 12 pack and smoke cigars while doing it, it likely isn't a sport.

And espn will call anything a sport, as long as they can make a shit ton of money off it. Your physicality has nothing to do with playing video games. You can be 800 pounds and be the best gamer ever. That does not make you an athlete
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Originally Posted by Alex.Leslie
It's more nuanced than that. Tag is a game that involves physical activity, but I don't think many people would agree on tag being a sport.
Until we bring in big names, big contracts and media coverage!!
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Again fucking 3GR's arguing over semantics.....
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Also I know time won't make a game a sport. But thanks for your post.

The point was to establish that you can't just pick up a controller and play at the level required to play professionally without a shit ton of time.

Anyway things change. Two years ago marriage meant a man and a woman. Semantics matter not.
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Originally Posted by maharajamd
Also I know time won't make a game a sport. But thanks for your post.

The point was to establish that you can't just pick up a controller and play at the level required to play professionally without a shit ton of time.

Anyway things change. Two years ago marriage meant a man and a woman. Semantics matter not.
Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm sure some of the guys have mad skills with their fingers. And I do give them props for that. I, for one, know I could never do it, even if I tried with all my might.
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Whacking off is a sport.
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Wtf. I've spent MORE than 16k hours perfecting my skills and I'm still not getting paid I'm a fucking all star at it!!
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Old 03-31-2016, 05:00 PM
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Lemme just get my tweezers out and I'll show you punks a few tricks
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Acurazine is a sport. Fucking Competitive Bickering League.
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He who bickers loudest... Gets nothing at all and likely is just the biggest tool.

I seem to win a lot
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You do win in that category.
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Finally made the switch to Xfinity..... So much quicker and actually running 26 mbps unlike my old shitty 12 mbps previous provider. Saving 10 bucks a month by switching....
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Hit 65k on the car today
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I hit 10,2xx recently and I keep seeing it and thinking 102,xxx because I'm so used to driving old shitboxes and not new shitboxes...

Also, I ran out of wiper fluid the other day so I took it to the dealer to get fixed. Shitty reliability really... I couldn't even get 15k out of the washer fluid? Ridiculous.
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“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.”
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International Salad Tossing Association...

Which team do you root for?

I'm partial to the St. Louis Raspberry Jams, but I think next year will be a good rebuilding year for the New Brunswick Ranch Dressings.

They got absolutely destroyed last year... took a real pounding butt I think they're tightening up the loose ends...

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Went to ikea tonight. Spent money that could have been used for car parts. But my oldest needed a new dresser...
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You're a good dad Kev. Hope you at least got some meatballs out of the deal... And maybe some "manslem gnuggning"?
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You all still going on about sports???????

Quick tidbit now that I'm not on my phone: Chess is an internationally recognized sport. Clearly not a whole lot of physical exertion there.
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LOL...
Chad's right. According to the actual definition and not our own perspective.

sport
spôrt/Submit
noun
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"
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or maybe he's not now that I interpret that differently.

I almost got into a fist fight because this guy at work called me fair weather fan (I don't give a fk about being that, but I'm not gonna be told by someone else whether or not I get to call myself a fan) because I had to be at work early the next day and fell asleep during the finals...and the fact that I hadn't been to many home games. I was like, that's your definition, but by my definition then if you've missed even ONE home game, or skipped one televised game then you're also a fair weather fan. Which was when it got escalated because he could dish it but not take it...

The point of that was that it's stupid to argue opinion.
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Well not when you're a passionate advocate. If it's not a 'sport' now...it never will be unless someone argues the minority side.

Semantically the argument is dumb, yes. But to me and millions of others 'esports' are just that, electronic sports.

Organizations, salaries, media coverage, millions upon millions of viewers, high level competition, big prizes, super stars, apparel, sponsors. Remove the physical part (which btw I'd still argue) and my game is not unlike baseball. Just on a smaller, but growing very fast, scale.
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that's what i meant...arguing is dumb, not defending something you put that much time into. although I guess they're kinda the same thing.

shiet, I'll call it a sport...kidding me, in a country where we consider hot dogs in your mouth a sport eating contests...
I think whenever more than one person is good at something requiring talent or practice and they go against each other...it could be called that.
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final: dungeons and dragons is sport!
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$10k beer pong tournament? SPORT BABY!

Half day today so I can go home, get drunk, and watch 'sports'.
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