>fills entire stadiums >skill based and strategic team

I don't think anyone cares about you calling it a sport since poker went mainstream in the last decade. Just make sure to keep your autism contained on /v/

>>74875151
Then why did you call it an e-sport.

oh hey BETER

>no athleticsm required
It's a competition.

is Cloud 9 still Choke 9?

>>74875197
Yes.

video games are toys

>>74875215
hahahah.
How's shroud doing btw

>>74875192
>An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.

Ok you could argue anything (chess) is physical, but you really do need a lot of skill to be good in this shit.
I can accept it as a sport.

>>74875151
>skill
You're funny

Reported

>>74875197
they're too shit to choke

>>74875225
he's using the b-but i'm a support player excuse for his subpar ratings

>>/asp/

The only one worth a damn is Melee and that's been Armadawinslol as of recent.

It's not a sport and never will be, but they should atleast stamp out the cheating at the pro level.

>>74875260
meleefag detected

literally the most overrated competitive game of all time

>>74875260
This. I wish more people knew about it, too bad the community is so closed and literally autistic.

>>74875236
No one says chess is a sport.

Tell them OP, it's about time we get recognized

t. professional backgammon player

>>74875151
>million dollar pricepools
Real sports don't have prizepools. also they have physical activity and Mountain Dew isn't a performance enhancing substance

>>74875309
That one Norwegian does

>>74875260
SC:BW called, they want you to learn about the one true esport.

>>74875321
>Real sports don't have prizepools
fuck you talking about, what about tennis?

>>74875260
>>74875340
Vaginas feel nicer

>>74875364
People pay into Wimbledon and win the money that was put in?

>>74875372
All major footy tourneys have prize payouts for clubs/associations.

>>74875372
you think esports team pay to participate in tournaments? lmao

>>74875404
It's sad that you know that much about it that you can make that claim with full confidence

>>74875365
You wouldn't know

>>74875321
Are you retarded

>>74875422
It's sad that that bothers you.

>>74875422
i bet you never did things you actually liked because other kids laughed at you. sad.

>>74875422
better than talking about things you know nothing about

>>74875151
some memes never get old

>>74875434
>>74875440
>>74875445
>>74875456
>>74875457

I never knew attacking esports was what I needed to do to get so many consecutive (you)s-

The biggest problem is you can literally click twice and you are playing the game, so why the fuck would you ever watch other people play it
At least w/ other sports except maybe apehoop (but kek that shit), you say say it takes far too much effort and organization to actually play yourself

>>74875484
>The biggest problem is you can literally move pieces, hold cards, throw a dart, and you are playing the game, so why the fuck would you ever watch other people play it

>See competitive video gaming thread
>Majority actually defending and know something about competitive video gaming as if it's a sport
>Using bullshit name they invented so that they could feel better about the fact that all the girls they're banging smell bad and are deformed in some way

>>74875151
>>74875236

Chess isn't a sport

Video games aren't a sport

For fuck's sake you are on the wrong board

>>>/v/

>>74875484
>>74875507

You can say that for anything, the point is they are playing it on such a high level it's almost unbelievable. Especially if you've played it.
Took me a while to appreciate tennis for example, only when i tried it i've realized how tough it is to do anything those guys are doing it and do it consistently.

I mean, it's simple really.

>>74875260
Brood War is the most mechanically challenging game on the planet. Gooks literally get crippled hands when they retire from playing

>>74875507
Does anybody watch that stuff though? I thought they only put poker on at odd hours because you can make a two hour episode for like 500 bucks

>>74875527
>tfw only ever played SC2
I have bw but it's fucking impossible after how easy SC2 makes things

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>>74875321

>being this retarded

>>74875541
>Literally responding with a /b/ tier image
>Calling anyone else retarded

By sports don't have prizepools I mean players don't only get paid through prizepools typically, they have salaries and shit, if you lose you still get paid pretty much the same

>>74875540
You could always play meme custom games like Marine Special Forces with a few buddies. It's fun

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>it's not a sport because it doesn't fit my arbitrary definition of the word

This is a shitty raid

>>74875540
>>74875576
Don't even try to play BW. There is literally nobody that you can play against that is worse than you. Probably.

>>74875572
You do know competitive gamers get salaries yes? Prize pools are just bonus winnings, similar to literally every sports tournament

Its definitely competitive, but they're still games. I think billiards is really legitimate/competitive too, but I still wouldn't consider it a sport either

Best-case scenario, if it's a sport, you MIGHT get away with putting it in >>>/asp/. Even then, you may have to fight them.

/sp/ allows discussion of mainstream sports. Football, "football," basketball, baseball, hockey, NASCAR, Formula 1, boxing, MMA, sports like that. Sports with dedicated TV coverage across many channels.

It's getting there. I am aware TBS covers eLeague. It is not on the level of the aforementioned sports and may not be for a while.

>>74875151

>fills entire stadiums

I love watching CSGO but look at
>Dreamhack Masters Las Vegas
>Dreamhack Cluj-Napoca
>Dreamhack Bucharest

Not to mention the small venues that are used for E-League finals as well. However, Cologne and Katowice fill up and are always pretty based.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFj_O8p48C4&t=6s

>>74875665
>>74875670
Where the fuck are you guys coming from?

This is far from typical /sp/ behavior

why wouldn't you just want to post on /v/? You'll have way more likeminded people there. Unless you're just looking to troll and cause shit

>>74875681
Based EDP. Truly one of us.

>>74875689
csgo is sweden's national sport

>>74875717
I thought it was rape and skiing

>>74875689
>>74875699
rulecucks detected, you're not true /sp/artans

>Jeopardy and Communist Ronaldo thread killed within 10 posts
>This remains despite being made before it

Why do the Jannys hate >us

>>74875734
This isn't how /sp/ does off topic though, there is typically open hostility to people calling video games a sport

>>74875585
>An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
>physical exertion

Take your complaints to the dictionaries.

vote
http://www.strawpoll.me/12604567

>>74875689

>stopenjoyingthings.jpg

What are you, 12? I enjoy real sports and esports m8 and there's nothing you can do to stop me.

>>74875782
I can't stop you, but calling anyone 12 when you watch competitive video gaming is pretty silly dontyathink

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Under those parameters being Pope is a sport

>>74875670

few sidenotes with that though:

DH Las Vegas - if DH had any brains they would know Las Vegas is a shit place for eSports events - people come there for gambling and degeneracy, not for vidya

DH Cluj Napoca was during the time that a fire broke out in a Romanian club, killing a lot of people. A couple of days of national mourning were during the tournament itself (where ironically, there was a massive pyrotechnical display)

DH Bucharest was cancer indeed.

>>74875735
Obvious janny made thread here

Is car racing a sport? Why don't >we move F1, Nascar and shit to /o/ then?

speedyfingers is NOT A SPORT

>>>/v/
>>>/asp/

>>74875869
And I'm guessing the surprising number of pro-video game posters are fellow jannys and /v/ raiders

>>74875894
CHECK MATE
/SP/ BTFO

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>>74875912
So why do we have threads about dart events then?

>>74875894
Because those things require physical endurance, hydration and focus for hours on end in unbearable conditions and require drivers to be in peak physical shape.

The only reason video games make you sweat is if you're a fat fuck

>>74875765
>implying clicking a mouse and mashing buttons isn't physical exertion.

also, what is muscle memory ?

>>74876033
I'm exercising right now? Shit.

>>74876044
Not much, but still

>>74876033
>>74876044
Now that's one way to get an american to stop posting

>>74876033
>hey son stop playing games and go outside
>SHUT UP MOM DO YOU NOT KNOW I'M DOING SPORT HERE AND EXERCISING MY FINGERS?

>>74876083
>tfw you have to use type by talking or else your heart might give out and your blood sugar might plummet

Better eat something to keep myself healthy

>>74875532
I love watching poker on twitch, but on tv it is very boring.

It is only fun when you are in the POV of one person and are continuously guessing as to what the other person has.

>>74876102
>Hey Bob, heard your son is an athlete, what sport does he play ?
>h-he plays video games

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Is moderating imageboard a sport?

>>74875782
I mean I guess I can't stop you from watching gay porn if you want to

Doesn't change the fact that esports makes you a faggot

>>74876238
It is, and the Janny's deleted multiple off topic threads while keeping this one alive

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>>74875151
THIS

>fills entire stadiums
>skill based and strategic team gameplay
>sport organisation and churches acquire priests
>billion dollar buildings in the middle of nearly every city in the western world

Is an Pope a athlete?

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>>74876790
Is Roy /ourguy/

>>74877232
>no "extensive worldwide youth system with abundant one-on-one coaching"
missed out there

>>74875151
Who cares. Something being a sport doesn't mean shit, ultimate frisbee is a sport and it's gay as fuck