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Old 03-05-2018, 03:03 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by mrdonkey View Post
...despite what a bunch of the hockey dads here might tell you.

(For the record, I don't have a problem with people who take umbrage with eSports if it's just not their thing. But a lot of older people seem to dismiss them out of hand as "not real sports" without really understanding what they're about. Which comes across to me as willful ignorance)
How come anyone who has the opinion that disagrees with it being a sport is willfully ignorant? I totally understand competitive gaming requires immense skill and practice. But I just don't classify it as an athletic sport, plain and simple. Why are esports people so adamant in fitting it into that description? To me, it's something different, and should be classified as such. It doesn't take away from the fact that is ultra competitive and requires a lot of work to get good at.
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