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11/19/08
11/19/08
ath·lete
Pronunciation: \ˈath-ˌlēt, ÷ˈa-thə-ˌlēt\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin athleta, from Greek athlētēs, from athlein to contend for a prize, from athlon prize, contest
Date: 15th century
: a person who is trained or skilled in exercises, sports, or games requiring physical strength, agility, or stamina
No physical strength tested: CHECK
No agility tested: CHECK
No stamina tested: CHECK
EPIC FAIL: CHECK
WTF Dr.Pepper?!?!
11/19/08
Well, then again Dr.Pepper isn't what you'd call a sports drink either. I think "athlete" in todays term is used nowadays to describe anyone who does trains very hard to a professional level in an established field. That's why bowlers, card players, fisherman, game hunters and the like are put on sports channels.
11/19/08
The point is "Athlete" is defined in that meaning. It is also in the Oxford Dictionary, as well.
I could understand if it were "player". But not "Athlete". Card Players also don't qualify. If that were the case, I am a pro athlete on the Craps tables when I go to the Casinos!!!
Fishermen can use strength when making a big catch (I've seen weak people lose them and their rods.), game hunters qualify on the means of environment Any game rifleman could tell you that hauling a carcass can weigh a hell of alot!, and have to brave the elements, which leads to stamina and physical strength loading the carcass onto the flatbed of a truck.
And even those are marginal, in comparison. I'd be more comfortable with the term "hobbyist", since that is more or less what class they belong in.
Respectfully, this is why my opinion remains.
11/19/08
I mean are sports athletes overpaid? Yes they are but what they do entails lots of physical strain,determination,discipline and most of all skill that they are working on day in and day out in a predetermined setting.
How can that correlate to videogames? Not bashing videogames as I love 'em to death but please stop trying to pass this off as a sport. It's just not cool.
Whenever someone watches one of these things you can bet they're thinking that they're better than said player. It's because sometimes they are! Would you think that way if youw watched say basketball. Would you even think you're better than Kobe,Lebron?
The mere fact you can question this invalidates the whole point of the whole "pro" gaming scene.
Plus, I think I'm not alone here but would anyone care if so and so "pro" gamer endorsed something? I mean would that affect your buying decision? It's way different if Lebron is endorsing a sports drink and a sneaker.
11/19/08
But in some circles, people consider professional fishermen to be 'sports athletes'.
They 'train' probably around the same level as, maybe less than, a gamer.
11/19/08
It's like poker. Some people view it as a sport. I don' think it is as luck has too big a bearing for it to be one. Oh and before anyone flames me, I play poker every weekend. =)
For fishing though? Too be honest I have no idea about that one. I do know that I haven't seen a fishing match nor have I seen anyone who's seen it as a sport. It's more of a hobby I think.
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11/20/08
Which would be the equivalent of getting upset about a poker player on a box of Cookie Crisp.
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11/19/08
Dude, I completely forgot about that.
I think this is far more important news, that we're all getting a free one, because Chinese Democracy is actually coming out.
Chinese Democracy is the Duke Nukem Forever of music. What was the old joke again, what would come out first, Chinese Democracy or DNF?
Wow.
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Perhaps I did miss out on sarcasm, seeing as it is rather hard to convey through text. Otherwise I find that statement laughable in every form!
11/20/08
My point is that the definition of athlete is "A person possessing the natural or acquired traits, such as strength, agility, and endurance, that are necessary for physical exercise or sports, especially those performed in competitive contexts."
Not all people we consider "athletes" tick all these boxes or they do so to different levels or in different ways. I consider Motorsports drivers to be athletes. Many rugby fans do not consider american footballers athletic.
It's as wrong to dismiss gamers as athletes as it is to dismiss fatty footballers, lazy race car drivers who sit on there arses, or soccer players who spend all their time rolling around on the floor looking at the ref.
11/18/08
11/18/08
Anyway, they need to stop thinking about this as if it's some spectacle, or sports event. Tone down the commentating, if any at all, and DON'T SHOW PEOPLE PRESSING BUTTONS, MOVING MICE, STARING AT MONITORS. Good lord. That might play well for a commercial, but I don't really care to see that. If I wanted to watch professional gaming, I'd like to see pretty much nothing but screen views. The actual action.
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