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honestly clean up your beard man

making video games an olympic sport is like trying to make math or physics an olympic sport... its so diverse and varied and complex that not only could the average person not understand it, but it also wouldnt be possible to include as just a single sport.

let's make math an esport

wh,at the fuck

shoutout to raptor for spraying deodorant from under his shirt lmao

I just had to laugh straight for 5 minutes realizing they put that clip in LOL

This doesn't necessarily exclude it. An olympic sport can include different disciplines that are basically unrelated, which can themselves include different events. For example, 10m platform diving is one of the events under the discipline of diving, under the actual sport of aquatics (which also includes disciplines like swimming and water polo, which are obviously very different). Odds are the same with esports, the sport itself would be the broad category and each specific game would be their own event.

Olympic video games is dumb for a lot of reasons, but it's not as different from traditional sports as far as olympic categorizing goes.

this being said, if they included ESPORTS then what would they choose from each genre? would they choose league or dota for mobas? would they do csgo or overwatch(or quake) for shooters? I'd love to see an rts in the Olympics but there aren't any really big enough.
obviously people would have their own ideas about which games could be used but it would be difficult to try and sell any of these to an audience that is unfamiliar with the sport.

Starcraft II is pretty big, not sure how big you're talking though cause yeah it's fairly small compared to CS and the MOBAs

inb4 competitive splatoon at the olympics

b4nny's beard looks retarded

what sucks about the whole "esports at olympics" thing is that it's really hard to define a well-rounded video game that includes coordination, skill > luck, and viewer-ability for the masses while also being popular in its own right

https://static.gamespot.com/uploads/screen_kubrick/225/2256286/2420582-nidhogg+2014-01-17+15-40-25-49.avi.still003.jpg

The Olympics is a show put on to make money just like any other bit of entertainment. Regardless of if you label the games as "sports" or the players as "athletes", it would probably be a smart move by the Olympic Committee to add esports to boost the viewership of their event. It would also probably be a good thing for the community to help grow esports and put it out there more in the public eye.

Now there are some issues like, each game being owned by a company, and how would that work with them being included? (Like nobody owns soccer or running, but there's a company that owns LoL and CSGO.) You could also argue adding the games would hurt the Olympics overall earnings by hurting the organizations image in the public eye, but it always amazes me though how quickly people, even in the esports scene, reject the idea of adding esports to the largest stage for competition on earth.

world cup country based shit for team-based eports are dumb and non-competitive

A rough translation of the subtitle in Tweet is: From the many playstyles and skills shown by Grant Vincent.
A bit rough but the meaning can shift depending on the context so if anyone has the complete video/documentary for this, I'd be willing to translate it.

I dont know why physical sports and esports have to mix, im cool with having our own stuff

I already think its silly that shooting is in the olympics

Don't read the comments, cancer.

street fighter is the sport youre thinking of honestly
like some people might not want to see a fighting game be the olympic esport but it fits what you talked about

honestly TF2 is way better from an spectator POV than games like CSGO or MOBAs imo
migth be bias, but if you think about it TF2 has "centralized" action way more often than those other games

Overwatch' World Cup is pretty good and competitive but for other games it's generally shit.
Example being csgo's world championships had Argentina vs Turkey in the finals

same for regular team sports

lmao
no

Original video here: http://www.channel8news.sg/news8/lifestyle/20170830-wld-uk-esports/3813178.html

Rough translation, but:

With the rapid development of e-sports, the UK's largest gaming event, Insomnia, will be able to attract 70,000 visitors over the week to the scene, while millions will be watching online. With the gradual expansion of esports, the voice of esports is also becoming stronger and stronger, hoping that one day these gamers can also compete in the Olympic arena.

More than 3,000 gamers gathered at the Birmingham stadium in the UK to participate in the 24-hour e-sports conference. Recently, as the traditional video game becomes increasingly competitive, players have put in a lot of time to hone their skills and then join a professional team with a few others. The fans are multiplying and while the United Kingdom currently has 3 million fans, it is expected to increase in the next three years by another 8 million.

Facing such a large group, the Paris Olympic Committee co-chairman has revealed that it will explore the possibility of incorporating gaming into the Olympics.

"We've seen a number recognized for, not just the physical activity, but the prowess of reaction speed so we're very hopeful that it might be accepted in the future," said Craig Woods, gaming area manager.

But even if the bid is successful, there are no shortage of problems for the esports scene.

"It's so difficult to define esports as one game, that's the main problem in my eyes, because there's so many different genres and so many different skills you can test." says gamer Grant Vincent.

There are also gaming experts who believe that gaming can be an independent event without the Olympic stage, but instead organizing their own version of the Olympics.

Surprisingly good report regarding esports, especially as a lot of news stations tend to laugh at the idea.

nothing like having people who don't know how to restart their routers tell you about e-sports