Counterexample: Chess
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wjrii@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You provide physical inputs, which are sensitive to timing and agility, to a rule-based competition. It’s at least as much a sport as golf or curling or bowling. And I say that as someone who doesn’t find eSports particularly compelling. It requires a sophisticated technal infrastructure and doesn’t require superhuman levels of strength or endurance (though the latter in particular could be helpful), but those are merely “sliders on the configuration screen” for whether a certain sport is to your interest.
Elgenzay@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 18 hours ago
Counterpoint, you can categorize chess as a game and not a sport while still acknowledging it’s difficult and worthwhile.
P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Clearly you are a Gamer
wjrii@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Huh. Not much a part of my identity these days, but in a yes/no sense, yeah I guess so, LOL. Of course, these days most gym bros are doing some gaming too.
P1k1e@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I meant based on the limited data we have in the comic. If you believe gamings a sport: gamer, I’d not: not a gamer if Michael: Michael
wjrii@lemmy.world 1 day ago
LOL, are you trying to keep me from derailing a shitpost thread by rehashing boring the online debate that inspired it! How dare you!!! What are you? Some kind of Michael?
criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Are they being targeted?