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Link Posted: 2/21/2022 10:47:43 PM EST
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Lol.  Band competitions are a thing.  Sport!

Baking competitions on TV shows.  Sport!

So politics is a sport!

Paid ?
Competitive ?
People watch them?

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Sure, why not?

Like my first post said, sports are all gay.


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Because the world is full of fatasses and nerds who were jealous of the jocks in high school.

So they made up shit to feel special.

I’m ok with that.  They can identify however they want, it’s 2022.  But I’ll still laugh at them.

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Imagine being an adult in 2022 and viewing the world through high school social dynamics.

Imagine caring what is and isn’t a sport.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 10:47:49 PM EST
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Ok boomer.

E-sports are the only sports I can watch any more.  Some people are fucking incredible.  Watch some fighting games or Star Craft 2 tournaments.  Fucking next level shit.



The hype is so far beyond traditional sports.


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Couldn’t have said it better myself.

Watching overweight sweaty men run around a field chasing pigskin?  Pass.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 10:48:32 PM EST
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E-sports just video games not matter what.  A real sport is played without a video screen.  Just an excuse for being a loser.  My wife plays some type of crap animal game.  We can’t even talk about it anymore.  So I just buy and play with my guns.  Attachment Attached File

Link Posted: 2/21/2022 10:50:47 PM EST
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E-sports just video games not matter what.  A real sport is played without a video screen.  Just an excuse for being a loser.  My wife plays some type of crap animal game.  We can’t even talk about it anymore.  So I just buy and play with my guns.  /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/dumbass-27.jpg
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Because there are no "shooting sports"...

E-sports are sports.  People get paid and people watch.  They're not running a ball down the field, but that's ok.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 10:52:58 PM EST
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Animal Crossing?

Good game for stress relief.

Your wife is right not to cast pearls before swine.



PS; war these days are also fought behind a screen. If anything it gives more credence to e-sports.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 10:54:13 PM EST
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Ok boomer.

E-sports are the only sports I can watch any more.  Some people are fucking incredible.  Watch some fighting games or Star Craft 2 tournaments.  Fucking next level shit.



The hype is so far beyond traditional sports.


Here you go:

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That shit is gay as hell, video games are for children
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 10:55:52 PM EST
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You can sneer at it being a "sport," you can hate the name, hate the marketing, but there is something very positive and American about e-sports.  In a world where everyone gets a trophy, where high school football coaches get fired because their team scored too much, e-sports is a bastion of winner-take-all competitive spirit.  The games are something that can be related to by the youth of today; they understand the rules, they can play a pick-up game with their friends, they can aspire to some level of competitiveness.  And when they watch it played professionally, they can revel in having someone to root for, in something they care about.

No, it's not as physically demanding as traditional sports.  But it's still a contest of skill, even if they're skills you don't value.  It's meritocratic in a world that increasingly hates merit.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 10:56:51 PM EST
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Sure, why not?

Like my first post said, sports are all gay.



Imagine being an adult in 2022 and viewing the world through high school social dynamics.

Imagine caring what is and isn’t a sport.
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Right.  Since reading comprehension is hard, I was mocking those guys who still feel the sting of high school.  Plenty of dudes on arfcom irrationally hate sports.  Why hate something that keeps you fit, maintains high level hand eye coordination, encourages competition, physically pits your mettle and strength against other competitors.  I can’t see any reason other than long term psychological trauma.

Oh, and…

Imagine caring so little about sports that you argue through multiple pages of a thread on the internet to really, really let us know how little you care.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:00:04 PM EST
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Ever not care about something so hard you get emotional to internet strangers?

Relax op. Nerds can get paid too.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:01:26 PM EST
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Not a boomer. Just a guy who grew up and doesn't live for video games and finds it odd how grown ass men are so into this shit.

I say this because I had to stop over at my sister-in-law's house to pick something up for my wife and could hear her husband screaming and swearing at the top of his lungs in the basement. I thought him and their son were arguing. Nope. 41 year old man playing video games by himself. Also plans his pto to coincide with the release of video games. Fucking man-children.
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My dad isn't rich but he clears 250k doing shitty blue collar labor and dealing with drug addicts on the job site everyday as a manager in construction. Took him 15 years with the company for the previous guy to retire and he gets promoted.

He takes Battlefield and his stats seriously. If the man wants to play video let the man play video games. But he also fought central American commies at 14 escaping tyranny so I guess he deserves to at least live like a child once.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:02:20 PM EST
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I hate all sports in general. Except mma. All is is gay.
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I prefer sports where woketards kneel to protest America. That shit is real yo.
I hate all sports in general. Except mma. All is is gay.

MMA isn't a sport.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:04:58 PM EST
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Right.  Since reading comprehension is hard, I was mocking those guys who still feel the sting of high school.  Plenty of dudes on arfcom irrationally hate sports.  Why hate something that keeps you fit, maintains high level hand eye coordination, encourages competition, physically pits your mettle and strength against other competitors.  I can’t see any reason other than long term psychological trauma.

Oh, and…

Imagine caring so little about sports that you argue through multiple pages of a thread on the internet to really, really let us know how little you care.
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The hate sports gets is probably directly correlated to the level of overemphasis it has in society.

I was just trying to point out what a reach “you’re just mad that you weren’t popular in high school” is as an argument. Lots of my fellow sportsball players from school with shot ACLs and other injuries must still be happy they got to be a jock for three years of their lives.

And I will literally argue about anything. Because I love the sport of debate.

Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:13:37 PM EST
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Here is another sport

Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:14:34 PM EST
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Not a boomer. Just a guy who grew up and doesn't live for video games and finds it odd how grown ass men are so into this shit.

I say this because I had to stop over at my sister-in-law's house to pick something up for my wife and could hear her husband screaming and swearing at the top of his lungs in the basement. I thought him and their son were arguing. Nope. 41 year old man playing video games by himself. Also plans his pto to coincide with the release of video games. Fucking man-children.
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Ok boomer.

E-sports are the only sports I can watch any more.  Some people are fucking incredible.  Watch some fighting games or Star Craft 2 tournaments.  Fucking next level shit.

The hype is so far beyond traditional sports.
Not a boomer. Just a guy who grew up and doesn't live for video games and finds it odd how grown ass men are so into this shit.

I say this because I had to stop over at my sister-in-law's house to pick something up for my wife and could hear her husband screaming and swearing at the top of his lungs in the basement. I thought him and their son were arguing. Nope. 41 year old man playing video games by himself. Also plans his pto to coincide with the release of video games. Fucking man-children.


How is that any different than someone sitting in their basement watching football, bowling, Cornhole, curling, etc.?  All of those sports are grown ass men as you say tossing a fucking ball back and forth or scooting a puck across ice.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:15:04 PM EST
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Here is another sport favorite

Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:15:43 PM EST
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Neither is golf or curling, but one of them is an Olympic sport...  


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There are ONLY four sports.

Auto Racing

Bull Fighting

Mountaln Climbing

Warfare.



EVERYTHING ELSE is just a game.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:17:06 PM EST
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E-sports just video games not matter what.  A real sport is played without a video screen.  Just an excuse for being a loser.  My wife plays some type of crap animal game.  We can’t even talk about it anymore.  So I just buy and play with my guns.  /media/mediaFiles/sharedAlbum/dumbass-27.jpg
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"And for seemingly no reason at all, my wife divorced me. Must have been that GD curse people talk about!"
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:24:05 PM EST
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Not a boomer. Just a guy who grew up and doesn't live for video games and finds it odd how grown ass men are so into this shit.

I say this because I had to stop over at my sister-in-law's house to pick something up for my wife and could hear her husband screaming and swearing at the top of his lungs in the basement. I thought him and their son were arguing. Nope. 41 year old man playing video games by himself. Also plans his pto to coincide with the release of video games. Fucking man-children.
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LOL!

This place is full of man-children that love to scream and swear by themselves. GD is a video game, sans the audio. And teabagging.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:26:43 PM EST
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LOL!

This place is full of man-children that love to scream and swear by themselves. GD is a video game, sans the audio. And teabagging.
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Not a boomer. Just a guy who grew up and doesn't live for video games and finds it odd how grown ass men are so into this shit.

I say this because I had to stop over at my sister-in-law's house to pick something up for my wife and could hear her husband screaming and swearing at the top of his lungs in the basement. I thought him and their son were arguing. Nope. 41 year old man playing video games by himself. Also plans his pto to coincide with the release of video games. Fucking man-children.



LOL!

This place is full of man-children that love to scream and swear by themselves. GD is a video game, sans the audio. And teabagging.


Lots of folks in GD hate freedom.  Part of freedom is not worrying about what everyone else is doing.  Fucking gamers living rent free in this dudes head.  I'm sure he'll pop in and lash out with some typical bullshit response but oh well.

Rent fucking free.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:43:25 PM EST
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The hate sports gets is probably directly correlated to the level of overemphasis it has in society.

I was just trying to point out what a reach “you’re just mad that you weren’t popular in high school” is as an argument. Lots of my fellow sportsball players from school with shot ACLs and other injuries must still be happy they got to be a jock for three years of their lives.

And I will literally argue about anything. Because I love the sport of debate.

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Advanced societies, especially militarily dominant empires, have always put an emphasis on sports as a way to encourage competition, increased fitness, mental sharpness and aggressiveness.  It’s human nature.  This goes back to the ancient Minoans and beyond.  Most males used to participate in athletic sports and appreciate watching it

That meme is just cringey and awkward man.  Like something you’d see in a “the left can’t meme” thread.
Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:56:49 PM EST
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Advanced societies, especially militarily dominant empires, have always put an emphasis on sports as a way to encourage competition, increased fitness, mental sharpness and aggressiveness.  It’s human nature.  This goes back to the ancient Minoans and beyond.  Most males used to participate in athletic sports and appreciate watching it

That meme is just cringey and awkward man.  Like something you’d see in a “the left can’t meme” thread.
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And now war is fought from drones with little computer screens…. How does what you’re saying mean anything?

Link Posted: 2/21/2022 11:59:46 PM EST
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And now war is fought from drones with little computer screens. How does what you're saying mean anything?

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Your trolling schtick has been done before. It has also been done much better.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 12:22:21 AM EST
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Ok boomer.

E-sports are the only sports I can watch any more.  Some people are fucking incredible.  Watch some fighting games or Star Craft 2 tournaments.  Fucking next level shit.



The hype is so far beyond traditional sports.


Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXSfVCQx6eg
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Gayer than a bag of dicks
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 12:25:47 AM EST
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I don’t like the term, but there’s nothing more or less valid about the activity than sportsball.
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Yeah there is. Real sports require physical exertion and ability of some sort. Yes, I realize top level gamers have good reflexes. Still not a sport.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 12:26:42 AM EST
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Not a boomer. Just a guy who grew up and doesn't live for video games and finds it odd how grown ass men are so into this shit.

I say this because I had to stop over at my sister-in-law's house to pick something up for my wife and could hear her husband screaming and swearing at the top of his lungs in the basement. I thought him and their son were arguing. Nope. 41 year old man playing video games by himself. Also plans his pto to coincide with the release of video games. Fucking man-children.
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Why don’t you go sit on the couch with a beer and do manly things….like watch golf, or sweaty dudes wrestling each other while you sit there like a potato.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 12:50:29 AM EST
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Your trolling schtick has been done before. It has also been done much better.
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Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:02:51 AM EST
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Ok I am back from some APEX!!!!!

While grown men argued on a website, I honed my reflexes and aiming skills as well as my situational problem solving. Decent night, 70 kills or so, about a 1.42 K/D with three wins.

Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:23:17 AM EST
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Call it what it is...you're playing fucking video games. That shit ain't no sport.
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You seem to have an emotional investment in what other people call something that has no impact on your quality of life. Why do you suppose that is?
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:27:13 AM EST
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Are you serious?

That video is pathetic.
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Ok boomer.

E-sports are the only sports I can watch any more.  Some people are fucking incredible.  Watch some fighting games or Star Craft 2 tournaments.  Fucking next level shit.



The hype is so far beyond traditional sports.


Here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXSfVCQx6eg

Are you serious?

That video is pathetic.

This.  WTF.  A bunch of fucking nerds playing video games, I’ve never heard the term eSports before, these people are anything but athletes
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:36:50 AM EST
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This.  WTF.  A bunch of fucking nerds playing video games, I've never heard the term eSports before, these people are anything but athletes
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Call it whatever you want but....The average American currently makes $1.7M, in their lifetime, punching a clock 9-5 for 40 years.

To date, N0tail has earned just shy of $7M USD playing video games competitively in eSports.  He is far from alone as well.  I am sure you can call him a fucking nerd all you want. He won't care.  

That's an extreme example.  The odds are about the same of a college football player, making it to an NFL super bowl win but there are many who make a very respectable living, playing video games competitively.  You thinking it's dumb doesn't change reality.


Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:47:28 AM EST
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We have used the term sports to describe contests that are not all that physically demanding.  Curling for instance is an Olympic sport...  I think trap and skeet are as well.  Generally I don't think golf is all that physically demanding, abet it might be mentally demanding and it certainly is very competitive and requires skill, practice, etc...

Still all of those are physically in the real world.  Then there are competitive athletic events that are in the virtual world.  Especially since covid, virtual athletic competitions (using machines) allowed people to train and compete with other's around the world.  I don't know which all real sports have a virtual option - but I suspect biking and rowing certainly do.  Golf, shotgun - they both could.  No reason indoor shooting could not have virtual contest - mail in contest used to be fairly common.

e-sports, well video games require skill and competition - but no, I don't think they should be sports either.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 2:03:26 AM EST
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e-sports, well video games require skill and competition - but no, I don't think they should be sports either.
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Are they trying to run over a 300lb line backer who is coming at them like a freight train?  No, of course not.  You don't do that either in just about every other sport but one.  

Just like that line backer would be embarrassed by a cliff climber on a rock wall or a sprint runner would be embarrassed by a marathon runner, over the long haul.  The hand eye coordination and reaction time of some of these guys that compete in FPS, is absolutely insane.  

It's to the point that just like in traditional pro sports, age matters, fast.  By the time a pro gamer on the FPS circuit hits about 30 years old, they often retire.  Not because they want to or they got bored. They have become too slow.  They often start losing pixel accurate split second flick shots, too often to the comparatively younger, faster competition.  

It all sounds a little weird and dumb to the outsider and I get that, because we aren't talking about traditional sports.  They aren't running down an interception on prime time TV.  

But think about that for a second.  By 30, they have become too slow.  It's that cut throat.  Many by that age "go out to pasture" and their pro careers are over. The legends become paid coaches to the new players climbing the ranks, that are still lightning fast.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 2:09:32 AM EST
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We have used the term sports to describe contests that are not all that physically demanding.  Curling for instance is an Olympic sport...  I think trap and skeet are as well.  Generally I don't think golf is all that physically demanding, abet it might be mentally demanding and it certainly is very competitive and requires skill, practice, etc...

Still all of those are physically in the real world.  Then there are competitive athletic events that are in the virtual world.  Especially since covid, virtual athletic competitions (using machines) allowed people to train and compete with other's around the world.  I don't know which all real sports have a virtual option - but I suspect biking and rowing certainly do.  Golf, shotgun - they both could.  No reason indoor shooting could not have virtual contest - mail in contest used to be fairly common.

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Golfers actually put a ton of gym work in.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 2:12:17 AM EST
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Ok boomer.

E-sports are the only sports I can watch any more.  Some people are fucking incredible.  Watch some fighting games or Star Craft 2 tournaments.  Fucking next level shit.



The hype is so far beyond traditional sports.


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YAWNNNNN......

Link Posted: 2/22/2022 2:28:56 AM EST
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Nope, has zero impact on me. If someone else wants to play video games or doesn't good for them. Odds of a young person making some money off esports/streaming or whatever is probably greater odds than a certain segment of the population that think they are going to make it big in the NFL/NBA/MLB etc.. Even before the pandemic more money was brought in via video game sales than movies.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 3:31:36 AM EST
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Lol at the triggered dorks in here.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 3:53:19 AM EST
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Here OP, enjoy Demetrious Johnson's twitch page and tell him how gay e-sports are

https://www.twitch.tv/mightygaming
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 3:59:10 AM EST
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https://www.etsu.edu/esports/



Varsity EsportsCreating the Next Generation of Athletes



East Tennessee State University (ETSU) has launched a varsity esports program that recruited and formed teams in the spring of 2020 and is gearing up for their second season of national competition in Fall 2021


ETSU's varsity teams compete against other universities in League of Legends and Overwatch.  Additionally, on the academic side of esports, ETSU is proud to offer a graduate certificate in Esports Management.


Keep reading to find out more about student athlete recruitment, future connections to academic programs, our state-of-the-art training facility and related student organizations.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 4:08:33 AM EST
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My opinion, fwiw, you can’t get fatter playing a sport. If you can, it’s a game.
Bowling, yes. Video games, yes.
Marathon, no. Motocross, no.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 4:44:33 AM EST
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Evo players don't kneel.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 5:02:11 AM EST
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Whole lotta "four touchdowns in a single game" shit going on in this thread.

Link Posted: 2/22/2022 6:42:30 AM EST
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And American football is?, where you have a bunch of snowflakes who won't run into each other unless they're wearing more armor than the Knights of Camelot?
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Call it what it is...you're playing fucking video games. That shit ain't no sport.


And American football is?, where you have a bunch of snowflakes who won't run into each other unless they're wearing more armor than the Knights of Camelot?


Amen brother.   Contrast that with the sport that I watch in the winter, Major Arena Soccer.  Guys are bashing into each other, with only shinguards, landing on concrete floors covered with Astroturf.  Much faster paced than the NFL, no kneeling.  Bodies flying, somebody is injured fairly frequently, etc.  

While not typical of what happens there, check this video out from last years playoff game.  Goalie runs out to get the ball, and he and a teammate run into each other, resulting in him flying into the air and landing very badly on his neck/shoulder.  I thought for sure the guy just broke his neck or was dead.  Thankfully he "only" got an concussion and after a short stay in the hospital was okay.  

MASL Playoffs 2021 Neto goes flying into air resulting in concussion
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 6:45:30 AM EST
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Not a boomer. Just a guy who grew up and doesn't live for video games and finds it odd how grown ass men are so into this shit.

I say this because I had to stop over at my sister-in-law's house to pick something up for my wife and could hear her husband screaming and swearing at the top of his lungs in the basement. I thought him and their son were arguing. Nope. 41 year old man playing video games by himself. Also plans his pto to coincide with the release of video games. Fucking man-children.
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On some level, I envy that guy.   His dollar:smile ratio on that game is probably fantastic compared to the dollar:smile ratio on my SxS or boat, etc.

But I have a SxS, and a boat....so I win.  
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 12:41:51 PM EST
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I've got a full-motion racing simulator (https://www.simcraft.com) that I use along with iRacing to prepare for upcoming races - it's an AMAZING tool - it's also a BLAST to practice on as it's amazingly realistic. From time to time I'll race others on it - there's obviously a huge amount of folks who do this - and even profit from it - a lot of "e-sports" leagues etc....NASCAR is doing it etc....I've never gotten into any of that but I really do value simulation as a learning tool. I use it to get better / faster in the real world. That's the goal, to me. And the founders of SimCraft.

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Link Posted: 2/22/2022 12:45:41 PM EST
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Are they trying to run over a 300lb line backer who is coming at them like a freight train?  No, of course not.  You don't do that either in just about every other sport but one.  

Just like that line backer would be embarrassed by a cliff climber on a rock wall or a sprint runner would be embarrassed by a marathon runner, over the long haul.  The hand eye coordination and reaction time of some of these guys that compete in FPS, is absolutely insane.  

It's to the point that just like in traditional pro sports, age matters, fast.  By the time a pro gamer on the FPS circuit hits about 30 years old, they often retire.  Not because they want to or they got bored. They have become too slow.  They often start losing pixel accurate split second flick shots, too often to the comparatively younger, faster competition.  

It all sounds a little weird and dumb to the outsider and I get that, because we aren't talking about traditional sports.  They aren't running down an interception on prime time TV.  

But think about that for a second.  By 30, they have become too slow.  It's that cut throat.  Many by that age "go out to pasture" and their pro careers are over. The legends become paid coaches to the new players climbing the ranks, that are still lightning fast.
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No no, according to GD, they're gay.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 12:54:44 PM EST
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This is Crimsix.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/275845/506C0225-9DFF-45C4-B9C9-2BA486BDF6C9-2288516.jpg

He was the first console player to surpass $1 Million in earnings.

He has cooler guns than you, owns night vision, and even has multiple NGALs.  

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/275845/19D85E81-853F-4FF1-B95F-F85ACE4AF34C-2288518.jpg

What've you done?
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I used to watch pro cod. Didn't know C6 was cool IRL
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:40:50 PM EST
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My dream of competing in the Olympics may become obtainable if they add Halo to the list of sports.
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:42:34 PM EST
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People watch other people play video games?

WTF?
Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:48:43 PM EST
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Yeah, E-Sports isn't woke enough.  Not enough kneeling, pissing on the American flag, BLM chants, etc.
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Link Posted: 2/22/2022 1:50:38 PM EST
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People watch other people play video games?

WTF?
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For a while now: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-buys-twitch-2014-8
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