Gaming as an Olympic.

[Escaep]

I figured since there is quite the talk about the Olympics here this would be a good discussion.

Since pro-gaming is becoming more competitive and publicized and being called an "e-sport," do you think video gaming in general (pc, console, etc) should be made an Olympic game?

Discuss.

 

[Cpt Tenacious]

Nope.

 

[ailevation]

I'd imagine something like skateboarding would make it into the Olympics before any e-sports and that has yet to be implemented.

 

[highlander]

Would be awesome, but it won't happen.

 

[French Ninja]

voted "china" sux

 

[joule]

It should be separate from the international Olympic games because it does not hold true to the multi-sport event that started back in the 19th century. A possible revamp into modern times with gaming, gambling, and extreme sports alike would find a warm welcome in our world today.

E-Lympics anyone?

 

[Pesmerga]

No.

But I'm not against games that challenge each others intellect. Or mind games like Chess (though there are already organizations for Chess matches) becoming a subdivision of the Olympics.

Although I'm pretty certain that the Olympics were originally designed to set one athlete against another in battles of strength, speed, agility, and endurance.

 

[Blackthorn]

I hardly see how gaming pushes the limits of human physical achievement, which is what the Olympics is all about.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

No cos it just defeats the whole point of the olympics to celebrate those who are not too lazy to get off the couch and play games competitively. I'm not against e-sport but don't mix it in with other sports.

 

[Wanted Bob]

Yeah, no way e-gaming belongs in the Olympics. Isn't there already some sort of gaming Olympics held in Korea though?

 

[smwScott]

Seriously?

Of course not. It isn't a sport, it's an "activity" (and I used that word loosely). As others have said, the Olympics are designed to test the limits of physicality. People who sit in chairs, stare at computer screens, eat Cheetos and drink Mountain Dew aren't testing the limits of anything ... except maybe how much time a human can remain sedentary and repeat the same lab rat type actions until they become routine and involuntary.

Video games are fun ways to waste time and hang out with friends, but it's kind of disturbing to see society start heralding people who play games all day as "athletes".

 

[Shift]

No, what a retarded idea.

 

[Direwolf]

No, and can you use the olympic as a singular noun? Spellcheck sure doesn't like it.

 

[<RJMC>]

maybe if is a game like dance dance revolution?

 

[mocho loco]

jajaja NO! that would not work

 

[ríomhaire]

God no. Also you can't just have a gaming event. All Olympic events have very strict rules and set ups but a gaming event couldn't unless they used the same game and rules every year, and 12 years down the line (that's just 3 Olympic games) the games would be rather old (by games standards).

 

[theotherguy]

No. Like others have said before, "xtreme" sports like skateboarding, bmx, and paintball would be far more likely to become olympic events than e-gaming, and those aren't even close to being considered.

The olympics are all about extreme physical endurance. Gaming really doesn't fit that description. It would be like making Chess an olympic sport.

 

[TCfromBN]

No. Like others have said before, "xtreme" sports like skateboarding, bmx, and paintball would be far more likely to become olympic events than e-gaming, and those aren't even close to being considered.

The olympics are all about extreme physical endurance. Gaming really doesn't fit that description. It would be like making Chess an olympic sport.

This, exactly.

 

[Stigmata]

Gaming and general mind games need their own ympics.

 

[Absinthe]

"In other news, China's WoW arena team won the gold with their impressive stunlock dueting..."

"The US TF2 team won gold with a sixty-yard sticky jump..."

"A poor show in India's frag match with half the team either DC'ed or AFK..."

As giddy as it would make me to hear these things on a televised newscast, I gotta say no.

 

[CookieCuttah]

Actually according Wikipedia Chess is already considered a sport

The tradition of organized competitive chess started in the sixteenth century and has developed extensively. Chess today is a recognized sport of the International Olympic Committee.

So making it an Olympic game wouldn't be that large of a stretch. As people noted before the Olympics are about finding human limits in a competitive environment. Chess is highly strategic and tactical, many strategies are predetermined turns before they reach fruition. Chess in that sense is a game that pushes the mental faculties of people and thus calling it a sport is valid. Video games generally aren't very strategic or tactical (Even though many have those titles in their names), compared to chess most tactical games aren't really tactical and most strategy games aren't really strategic.

 

[Bad^Hat]

No. Tourneys devoted to gaming are fine, but once they start getting competitive on an Olympic level, everything is going to become a fricking e-sport.

 

[Stigmata]

CNN.com: China defeats USA in two-on-two Barbie Horse Adventures showdown, wins gold medal

 

[Jintor]

"In other news, China's WoW arena team won the gold with their impressive stunlock dueting..."

"The US TF2 team won gold with a sixty-yard sticky jump..."

"A poor show in India's frag match with half the team either DC'ed or AFK..."

As giddy as it would make me to hear these things on a televised newscast, I gotta say no.

"Czech Champion K1ller1337 was arrested today on suspisions of posessing an aimbot... he was detained for urine testing earlier today... the Czech team has denounced his actions".

 

[Asuka]

100% for it.

 

[Shakermaker]

Heck no. It's as much an olympic sport as chess or bridge is.

 

[CyberPitz]

YOu must hit a new level of "Need to see sunlight" if you say 'yes'