Bringing eSports to the Olympics?

[Frank Zipper]

eSports are not sports.

Google says a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Physical exertion is basically EXERCISE. Playing video games is not physical exercise. Therefore, eSports are not sports, they're just games mimicking sports to feed your video game addiction.

Like all that physical exertion in pistol shooting?

Perhaps we need someone like Wittgenstein, to help us decide what is a sport and what is a game.

[MERIZoC]

Can you demonstrate that thats what this clause is referring to?

Do you accept 'equipment' can include software?

Sure.

[Gauthier]

Do you accept 'equipment' can include software?

Sure.

Would hacks fall under doping?

[Valrifell]

Failing to see why not.

[Aggicificicerous]

A far sight better than watching Olympic golf.

[The Two Jerseys]

Ok? It says equipment provided by a single supplier. I'm gonna take that to mean that a supplier cant provide all of the necessary equipment, only a part of it, because any other interpretation wouldn't make sense, given the usage of, say, shinguards from Adidas, or clothing from Underarmor in football.

That's just sponsorship. You don't need shinguards from Adidas or clothing from Underarmor to play football.

But we're still skirting the issue. CS:GO is proprietary and the code is closed off - that means results can't be independently verified and audited, plus the standards and mechanics are entirely at the discretion of Valve which can be changed at any time for any reason, without us even realizing.

I strongly believe if an ESPORT is to become an Olympic sport, it would need to be non proprietary and open source.

I have to agree. Just because Rawlings is the "official supplier" of baseballs for Major League Baseball, MLB isn't going to shut down if Rawlings goes out of business because they can just start using Spalding baseballs instead.

On the flip side, a professional Grand Theft Auto League would be unable to exist if Rockstar Games closed up shop and stopped producing GTA games.

[Salandriagado]

You mean bring another event where one country just dominates? Sure. I can't get enough of Korea.

I see zero Korean teams.

[Salandriagado]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SportAcco ... n_of_sport
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport#Definition

not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football)

I repeat: Laser sailing.

[Ifreann]

I repeat: Laser sailing.

Lasers are proprietary equipment?

[Salandriagado]

I repeat: Laser sailing.

Lasers are proprietary equipment?

Yup. Property of (depending on the outcome of an ongoing lawsuit) either Bruce Kirby or LaserPerformance.

[Ifreann]

Lasers are proprietary equipment?

Yup. Property of (depending on the outcome of an ongoing lawsuit) either Bruce Kirby or LaserPerformance.

Huh, I thought they were just a class of dinghy.

[Uxupox]

eSports are not sports.

Google says a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Physical exertion is basically EXERCISE. Playing video games is not physical exercise. Therefore, eSports are not sports, they're just games mimicking sports to feed your video game addiction.

Like all that physical exertion in pistol shooting?

Perhaps we need someone like Wittgenstein, to help us decide what is a sport and what is a game.

I highly doubt that you can shoot for 2 hours straight.

[The Two Jerseys]

Like all that physical exertion in pistol shooting?

Perhaps we need someone like Wittgenstein, to help us decide what is a sport and what is a game.

I highly doubt that you can shoot for 2 hours straight.

That depends on rate of fire.

Personally, I'd like to see the Mad Minute as an Olympic shooting event...

[Washington Resistance Army]

I highly doubt that you can shoot for 2 hours straight.

That depends on rate of fire.

Personally, I'd like to see the Mad Minute as an Olympic shooting event...

YES.

[Freefall11111]

eSports are not sports.

Google says a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Physical exertion is basically EXERCISE. Playing video games is not physical exercise. Therefore, eSports are not sports, they're just games mimicking sports to feed your video game addiction.

Is golf a sport?

[Scandinavian Nations]

So NSG, thoughts on this? Will/Should we ever see esports at the Olympics?

I think esports certainly deserve a place there - but they belong at the Paralympics, not the main event. As the Paralympics already caters to those with restricted general physical ability, but extraordinary ability in specific tasks.