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Kotaku 
06/12/09
Hmm, they're probably a little too late on labeling it as the first real virtual sport. Video games have been competitive for decades, whether they be fighting games, shooters, RTS games, etc.
Calling Tetris the "first virtual sport" is a stretch. It's been done, and is still happening right now.
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06/12/09
I just see it pretty ridiculous that they want to be the ones to discover this "new avenue for human competition."
Hey, you already created Tetris, you already have more than enough credit in this industry.
06/12/09
If so, there are a lot of incredibly unfit people that could suddenly become their countries' best hope of Olympic gold :)
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06/12/09
In Soviet Russia, paper sits on you!
Because he lived in a communist country, his idea belonged to everyone collectively, however, those rules did not apply to most of the rest of the capitalist world, so there was a race to get the rights for the game with participants as big as Nintendo.