Cyber Athletes Revisited!

the fnj

OK I’m going to try and resolve this one more time and see if we can get anywhere.

Basically the thought of people playing computer games and then calling it sport really strikes a deep nerve with me. The thought of computer games being an Olympic sport scares me. Why do I let it bother me so much? Well basically your putting someone who sits in front of a computer and plays a computer game on par with someone who’s trained their whole lives to compete in the Olympics. These guys are driven and motivated to levels most of us can never imagine. These guys quit drinking and parting so the could get up at six in the morning and go running. They put large chunks of their lives on hold so they can train harder and harder to represent the country at an Olympics. Now you show me one computer gamer whose level of dedication is that high. As far as I’m concerned playing computer games “full time” is a cop out. People like Fatality would not make it as an Olympic athlete because they don’t have the will to get out and actually work for something. Playing computer games is a very convenient way of justifying yourself as an athlete.

Now just to look at the word athlete would indicate why people who play computer games are not athletes and why it is not a sport. A proper athlete will always be athletic. This is a very crucial point because if athletes don’t compete in it, it is not a sport. Being an athlete myself I know I need none of my athlete prowess to play any FPS. I don’t need to draw on my stamina, my strength is irrelevant, my hand to eye co ordination is used but not to the extent that some of you would try to indicate. I may as well not have any legs because they are not needed at all to play an FPS game.

Compare this to what it takes to play rugby. I need to be fit, strong I need good co ordination, and I need to be smart around the pitch I need experience to know what to do in any given situation. I know some of these are required in FPS but the ones that are missing are the most crucial. I can have all the experience in the world but it counts for nothing if I don’t have the fitness and the power to get around the park and to make an impact at rucks, scrums, tackles etc.

Unfortunately everybody cannot be good at sports. None of us are born equal. Some are born smarter than others, some or born with the ability to run faster than others and so on. So not everybody is going to have the skills to take part in sport. I’m sorry but that’s life. So don’t go looking to carve your little niche in the sporting world by trying to justify computer games as a sport. I have a lot of respect for people who are very good at FPS games (except for Koopa but that’s because he take nandralone). I know full well how hard it is to be the best at these games and how much time some people spend playing them but that does not make these people athlete’s and it does not make FPS games a sport.

gandalf

Closing this topic as it is sooo old !!!!

Start it again in the After Hours section as FPS Gaming is not a sport imho and I am the God of this forum !!!

Gandalf.

TwoShedsJackson

Is it that time of the month again? This has already been done over several times and is boring. Go away.