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Old 05-30-2018, 06:15 PM   #142
Kovaz
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Originally Posted by Poe969 View Post
Playing video games isn't a sport. It's playing video games. You can make an argument it is but then you could make the same argument for anything then. Just because you need good reflexes, doesn't mean it's a sport, you need good reflexes to flip a coin so does that make that a sport too?
The "sport - not a sport" debate completely misses the point. It's an arbitrary label. Do you watch hockey because it qualifies as a sport? Or because it's fast-paced and entertaining?

At the end of the day, any competition where:
  • Player showcase some sort of skill or ability against one another
  • The player who shows superior skill or ability generally wins
  • People enjoy watching
is as legitimate as any other. That coin flipping example is an absurd strawman - nobody is saying "reflexes > 0 => sport"
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