I hope never. Chess is a type of sport in a way that it is competitive, but it is not a sport.

If chess isn't considered one, esports shouldn't either.

Sports require feats of athleticism. It is important not to confuse a competition involving a specific non-athletic skill (golf, nascar, competitive eating) with a sport (baseball, basketball, football, hockey, soccer, etc).

Lol @ golf not being athletic.

People don't understand the game and think its so easy.

It takes skill, just not athleticism. You don't need to condition yourself to play a round of golf the way you would for a sport, hence why men in their 50s+ play the game professionally.

Lol the average hole is almost 4 football fields..and they walk it..not including the elevation changes...and still focus on a movement requiring solely on accuracy and precision. Nobody else to catch it or snag a rebound etc.

Wheels, my nigga, you did not just say golf is not a sport. Come on now.

i hope not. i think it's stupid that they even use the term "esports"...

Agreed.

In what way is playing video games a sport? I get stoned and play tiger woods 14 and am pretty decent at it, does that make me an athlete?

Fucking equality that gets pushed on people now a days has overweight shut ins and Asian skeletor lookin mother fuckers being dubbed athletes...

This post was edited by Thoriden on Jul 26 2013 12:13pm

PEDs

so why cant the best gamers play each other in tournaments? it's a huge industry lol..and tech is mainstream as fuck now?