There is a video game tournament on ESPNNews right now

[whaler11]

Wrong. Get with the times grandpa. You dont have to like it but it is a sport. There are people competing, winning and making money. Oh and before you go on about there is no physical aspect go try playing a video game 12 hours with very few breaks and tell me how your eyes, back and hands feel. We dont have to like it but its legit.

Sport is a broadly-defined term.

If shooting or fishing or things like that are considered sports, and by definition, they are, then you'd have to think e-sports are as well. There's skill involved, it's competitive....it is, indeed, a sport.

TIL blackjack is a sport.

Also computer programming, mahjong and high stakes bingo.

If you sit for long periods of time and it’s competitive....

 

[Fishy]

TIL blackjack is a sport

Blackjack is not a sport.

Blackjack is something drunk people who are not smart enough to learn how to play poker do while waiting for the next Fung Wah bus to leave the racino.

 

[whaler11]

Blackjack is not a sport.

Blackjack is something drunk people who are not smart enough to learn how to play poker do while waiting for the next Fung Wah bus to leave the racino.

you are the one who defined it as a sport... skill involved and competitive...

count cards in a casino and let me know if it’s more competitive than frogger

 

[Leebo]

There is no hand-eye coordination aspect to something like Blackjack or Poker. You could play by merely telling someone else what you want done. Games that involve reaction and hand-eye coordination are not like that.

Sports are not limited to activities that are cardio exercise. Hand-eye coordination is a physical dimension to compete on, and video games often have that element.

 

[Fishy]

you are the one who defined it as a sport... skill involved and competitive...

count cards in a casino and let me know if it’s more competitive than frogger

There's no physical skill at play other than the ability to breathe Pall Mall exhaust.

But you're free to define it however you wish.

 

[temery]

Wrong. Get with the times grandpa. You dont have to like it but it is a sport. There are people competing, winning and making money. Oh and before you go on about there is no physical aspect go try playing a video game 12 hours with very few breaks and tell me how your eyes, back and hands feel. We dont have to like it but its legit.

Nothing you can play on a couch, is a sport.

 

[Leebo]

Nothing you can play on a couch, is a sport.

This reminds me of the people who argue golf isn't a sport "because you can play it with a beer and a hot dog".

 

[Ewekon]

How much of your class is addicted to Fortnite tho?

ESports are big and getting bigger. I was born 20 years too early.

I have no idea what any of these e-sports are; but I am pushin' 60. At least I know how to install an app so I can watch road games at ECU.

 

[Ewekon]

Nothing you can play on a couch, is a sport.

How about consensual intimacy on a couch? That's at least an "activity".

Edit: No, not with you, Tom.

 

[the Q]

Dreamcast deserved a better fate. They just released it at the wrong time. I still have one, somewhere.

Yeah, there was nothing inherently wrong with the dream cast. But it was just too late to the party.

I loved cannon fodder and they had a pretty good wwf game for it.

 

[TheChamps990411]

There's no physical skill at play other than the ability to breathe

Hand eye coordination, fast twitch reflexes and endurance. Also youre constantly having to outsmart other players and strategize with teammates.

 

[Fishy]

Hand eye coordination, fast twitch reflexes and endurance. Also youre constantly having to outsmart other players and strategize with teammates.

In Blackjack?