Science Says Pro Gamers Aren't Athletes

[Seydaman]

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HOLY SHIT NO WAAAAY
Way to state the fucking obvious.

 

[Nalesnik]

I disagree with this study, eating cheetos and drinking mountain dew for 36 hours straight with no sleep is very demanding on the body, especially your digestive tract.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Well...

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Seriously. Just...

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And people get paid to do this shit.

 

[Dennis Lauer]

"almost as fast as jet fighter pilots."

They should have gotten one of those UT2004 instagib 140% Game Speed players.
Woulda made those fighter jet pilots look like tortoises.

 

[Abedeus]

Pro-Gamers is a funny term in and of itself

...Why? It sounds funny, but why is it a funny term?

Professional, as many people seem to think, doesn't mean "boasting about achievements". It means "earning money from something". Professional car racer earns money in at least 90% from car races. Professional football player makes a living playing football. Professional wrestler makes a living... pretending to hit other people and sticking to the script, damn it, or you're fired!!

Professional gamer is a person who earns money playing games. Simple, eh?

 

[ScruffyTheJanitor]

So...who actually has claimed that pro gamers are the same as athletes? It seems pretty fucking obvious to me...pro darts players aren't the same as athletes either.

Noone says darts is athletic either :/ It's a sport (that granted, requires very little movement, but it's amazing what you can call sport nowadays).

That's exactly my point. No one says it's athletic so you don't need to prove that.

But darts is a sport... I can understand your point.. I was just saying that noone considered darts to be ATHLETIC.

 

[halfeclipse]

Oh well thank god they're doing this as to trying to find a new fuel source, curing cancer or anything like that....

Who ever said that pro gamers are athletes anyways?

The word itself does. Its actually a Greek word we nicked at some point, means "contestant."

 

[tehroc]

Although, the lung quality of a 60 year old heavy smoker just screams bullshit to me. You dont get like that from just sitting around.

If not bullshit, then there must be mitigating circumstances which aren't being reported, perhaps chronic childhood asthma which caused this person to stay in and play video games (thus becoming a pro gamer) instead of being an active, sporty child.

Or maybe these kids just sit on their fat asses and smoke dope all day....

 

[Cowabungaa]

One "leading gamer" in his 20s who took part in the study was described as appearing "slim and healthy, with a physique similar to an endurance athlete." But things were a little less sunny under the hood: Testing revealed that he had the lung function and aerobic fitness of "a heavy smoker in his 60s," which Micklewright said was probably a consequence of being parked in front of a screen for ten hours a day. He also warned that the pro gamer lifestyle could have serious long-term effects.

Strange, I heard the exact opposite in an interview with a Dutch pro-gamer. He said that next to gaming practice he had to go to the gym on a regular basis to train his endurance.

Even then, I'd still call them athletes. They're just different kind of athletes than your stereotypical athlete. Pro-chess players are athletes too, mental athletes.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Perhaps they will do a sister study to prove that nascar, stock car and, drag racing aren't sports either

 

[Naheal]

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science has nothing to do right now.. so in their free time science just mess around...

You mean other than getting me flying cars and working on FTL travel?

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

So...who actually has claimed that pro gamers are the same as athletes? It seems pretty fucking obvious to me...pro darts players aren't the same as athletes either.

Noone says darts is athletic either :/ It's a sport (that granted, requires very little movement, but it's amazing what you can call sport nowadays).

That's exactly my point. No one says it's athletic so you don't need to prove that.

But darts is a sport... I can understand your point.. I was just saying that noone considered darts to be ATHLETIC.

Yeah that was a mistake, I corrected it. But okay, THANKS FOR THAT, even though my point hasn't changed at all.

 

[MurderousToaster]

In recent news: Science notes that sky is blue, discovers that wood is a solid and that the internet can be accessed via web browser.

 

[DTWolfwood]

So golf isn't a sport either if you are to believe what is said here.

To me any activity that is entertaining to watch, competitive, and requires a great amount of skill is a sport.

even the above listed sedantary sports, gaming, snooker, darts and golf are all sports

I mean they are trying to get Competitive eating listed as a sport (if it isnt so already)

 

[Kukakkau]

Hey face! Meet palm!

Last I checked the definition of athlete is someone who takes part in sporting events

And "Pro" (emphasis on quotations) Gamers take part in gaming events

Dam I solved your research task in all of 30 seconds - be ashamed

 

[twaddle]

i call bullshit. give it 5 years of these motion controls and the natal and we will comback to this study. people getting muscle spasms and carpal tunnel from the bloody wii. The natal is gonna kill some people.

 

[The Bum]

To quote my other post No Shit Sherlock!

 

[DTWolfwood]

they may not be athletic but at the least what they do is a sport

 

[KSarty]

I have seen someone really claim with real conviction that gaming can be a sport along with such things as football and basketball. Maybe if I show him the link that will get him to shut the fuck up.

Two different things here, and gaming can be a sport. If you are playing competitively then you are playing for sport, so at a professional level of playing competitive games it is a sport. However there is nothing athletic about it, hence they are not athletes.

 

[Xero Scythe]

We needed a study to tell us this? Lets use our money in more productive ways please?

your avatar is Calvin. You don't really have a right to talk.