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Tripper 04-08-2003 02:30 AM
It's an entire league of N3RDS!

pest 04-08-2003 08:26 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tripper
N3RDS!
Indeed.

04-08-2003 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Ydiss
Fishing is classed as a sport, these days. So is darts for the love of God.

Neither requires any actual physical exersion.

The term sport conjures up a picture of a physical ativity or game that players compete in.

I think someone removed the physical bit as a mutually exclusive term.

If Pool and Snooker are sports, and they are technically just 3d multiplayer games on a board, then why couldn't a 3d mulitplayer game shown on a screen be one?

I think the issue here is everyone's terminology of what a sport is.

Is it a game or is it a physical contest? Or both? Or either?

I don't really care biggrin:
considering that they put curling in the Olympic games (and I've heard that they are considering paintball) I don't see why computer games can't be called a sport too

Chronic Diarrhea 04-08-2003 09:05 AM
I actually listened to one of The Dark Realm's (TDR) matches on some site. That was back in early early March, possibly one of the first league matches. It was interesting to hear play-by-play comentary on a game. They were playing V2. I think TDR won; they were pretty good until they split up.

Tripper 04-08-2003 02:51 PM
[quote="Sgt Stryker":dd3eb]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ydiss
Fishing is classed as a sport, these days. So is darts for the love of God.

Neither requires any actual physical exersion.

The term sport conjures up a picture of a physical ativity or game that players compete in.

I think someone removed the physical bit as a mutually exclusive term.

If Pool and Snooker are sports, and they are technically just 3d multiplayer games on a board, then why couldn't a 3d mulitplayer game shown on a screen be one?

I think the issue here is everyone's terminology of what a sport is.

Is it a game or is it a physical contest? Or both? Or either?

I don't really care biggrin:
considering that they put curling in the Olympic games (and I've heard that they are considering paintball) I don't see why computer games can't be called a sport too[/quote:dd3eb]

Paintball would be bad-ass in the olympic games! It would be the only interesting sport to watch....!

I'm bored of the summer olympic events....Winter still has my interests...

Tripper 04-08-2003 02:51 PM
[quote="Sgt Stryker":87142]
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ydiss
Fishing is classed as a sport, these days. So is darts for the love of God.

Neither requires any actual physical exersion.

The term sport conjures up a picture of a physical ativity or game that players compete in.

I think someone removed the physical bit as a mutually exclusive term.

If Pool and Snooker are sports, and they are technically just 3d multiplayer games on a board, then why couldn't a 3d mulitplayer game shown on a screen be one?

I think the issue here is everyone's terminology of what a sport is.

Is it a game or is it a physical contest? Or both? Or either?

I don't really care biggrin:
considering that they put curling in the Olympic games (and I've heard that they are considering paintball) I don't see why computer games can't be called a sport too[/quote:87142]

Paintball would be bad-ass in the olympic games! It would be the only interesting sport to watch....!

I'm bored of the summer olympic events....Winter still has my interests...

Akuma 04-08-2003 02:57 PM
Heh they should have Airsoft World War III. Get like 200 people from each country and put them in a 200 mile field with all different types of land features. That would be interesting.

04-08-2003 05:20 PM
[quote="Gothic_child180":1ceb9]Heh they should have Airsoft World War III. Get like 200 people from each country and put them in a 200 mile field with all different types of land features. That would be interesting.[/quote:1ceb9]

I can see it now:

team France surrenders,
team USA all shoot each other,
team Iraq get's D.Q.ed for holding spectators hostage,
the Japanese get pissed because they don't get bayonets and Samurai swords,
etc.

04-08-2003 06:43 PM
here's my definition of a sport, i know it's gonna anger some people, but here it is:

Something is not a sport unless it involves a ball, excluding table top games like foosball, pingpong and pool. Any other "activities" are either just activities or means of transportation (running, swimming, racing...)

Old Reliable 04-08-2003 07:25 PM
roflmao yeah right! swimming not a sport? fuck swimmers are the best athletes in the world

Akuma 04-08-2003 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Fallout
Something is not a sport unless it involves a ball
So swimming, wrestling, running, high jumping, long jumping, ect aren't sports? What are they then?

04-08-2003 08:47 PM
so, paintgball involves a ball, OK, OK, squadrons and squadrons of balls.
does that make paintball a sport?


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