History of eSports

[Frito Bandito]

jismify wrote..

...what makes something a sport is questionable, it isnt a sport because it is difficult.

competitive underwater basket weaving is difficult. so are professional curling/shuffleboard/billiards/name your "sport" here.

I share with you EvilPenguin's quote, him being the least lazy out of us, who looked up "sport"

Evil_Penguin wrote..

sport (spôrt, sprt)

n.

An activity involving skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively.

[stooopid]

Quoting stooopid from February:



"I'm not sure that I want eSports to gain the notoriety and respect that regular professional Sport enjoys. I do believe that computer games are mentally engaging, however, they lack a physical aspect that makes Sport a challenge to our physical limitations. Sure, games challenge our mental limitations, but they do not engage us in the same way soccer or pole-vaulting do."



"Because of the jingoistic nature of Sport worship (see Chomsky et al) and the physical dominance roles in human society, there can be little hope for the mass idolization of eAthletes, whose sole claim to physical dominance is, at best, virtual."