Is Gaming a sport.
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As in computer gaming? No, it's not a sport. It can be highly skilled and competitive activity (although not when I play) but it's not a sport, in much the same way that snooker, chess and darts aren't sports.
So having a mini argument here with a friend who says Gaming is not a sport but Airsofting is.
So come on GD what do you think
Im going back to being sad sat behind in the warm and playing my game
You are both wrong. Neither are sports!
Chess is not sport
Actually it is a recognised sport.
airsoft is a game
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sport [spawrt, spohrt] Show IPA
noun
1.
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2.
a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors.
3.
diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4.
jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5.
mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
depends which definition you wanna go with
noun
1.
an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature, as racing, baseball, tennis, golf, bowling, wrestling, boxing, hunting, fishing, etc.
2.
a particular form of this, especially in the out of doors.
3.
diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime.
4.
jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously.
5.
mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.
depends which definition you wanna go with
Nay unless your sweating
I have but thats cause it was hot upstairs and my CPU was like 40 Degrees like the hotest its ever been.
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It's perhaps closer to being a sport in that it involves both competitive action and physical activity but I'm not totally convince it merits the title of being a sport.
You're right but I'd have to disagree with the definition used - it seems the IOC define a sport as an event where competition leads to the award of medals which seems ridiculously nebulous to me.
Ah but you see you can't just pick a definition and apply it out of context. We can eliminate (4) and (5) immediately as not applicable.
I would eliminate (3) as the context would not appear to be a competitive one in this definition.
Which leaves (1) and (2) which specifically stipulate an "athletic activity". The only game that would seem to fit this bill is Dance Dance Revolution.
Thus we can conclude that whilst DDR could be a sport, Battlefield 3 isn't