Michael

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• Chiarottide@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  If chess is part of the olympics then videogames should be too

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• Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Esports ruined gaming, change my mind (impossible)

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  • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ll bite. If you want to pick a singular thing to point at and say it’s ruined gaming you should be more upset about micro transactions, especially those in mobile gaming. We live in an era where so many people have a device that is physically more capable than the handheld gaming devices of the past but the entire mobile gaming market is just slop meant to be addictive and extract as much money from you as possible. Imagine a world where Nintendo was making mainline Pokémon games for phones. What if X, Y, Sun, and Moon weren’t made for the 3ds but for phones (or both).

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    • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re not wrong. Microtransactions ruined gaming, too. :P

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    • TipsyMcGee@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think you’re right, but I’d say it goes wider. Things like Steam sales and Game Pass subscriptions also has favored a bunch of shovelware indie titles and AAAA games: either a game is cheap enough to make the cut/be catalog fodder or it has to be monstrous in scope

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• rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I think they’re valid not because I think video games are as meaningful as physical sports, but because I think physical sports are as meaningless as video games. It’s all playing with toys.

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  • Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world ⁨39⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

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• Stache_@lemmy.ml ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I did a paper on this in college and if the Olympic committee deems chess as a “mental sport” then I sure and shit think esports can be considered a real sport too

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  • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Ok then mental sports need to have their own separate Olympics.

    Because Olympics originated as a competitive showcase of the world’s peak physical prowess.

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    • ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      There’s a lot of grey area in that distinction though. There’s a handful of Olympic sports that showcase fine motor control in ways that aren’t that different from esports. Fencing and shooting are in the same realm as an RTS or FPS.

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• Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My name is not Micheal 🤔

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  • exu@feditown.com ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Hi not Michael

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    • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Hi maybe Michael

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It would be weird if it were, I’ve never met a Micheal before.

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• wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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  • P1k1e@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Clearly you are a Gamer

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    • wjrii@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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.

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    • criss_cross@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Are they being targeted?

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  • Elgenzay@lemmy.ml ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Counterexample: Chess

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Counterpoint, you can categorize chess as a game and not a sport while still acknowledging it’s difficult and worthwhile.

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• krooklochurm@lemmy.ca ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My name is also Michael. Hi Michael. Nice name.

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  • spongebollocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    hi michael. i’m also michael. wanna get married, adopt a kid and name them michael?

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• ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Meta comment: Why would a simple semantic disagreement/misunderstanding cause this much friction? Because it’s not about semantics, but about hurt feelings and pecking order.

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• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If tennis and riding a bicycle are sports then so is gaming.

  So they are not sports

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  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Im cool with tennis and cycling.

    Darts pisses me off.

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  • Agrivar@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As a lifelong gamer and avid cyclist, I completely agree.

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• CelloMike@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Yeahhhh let’s go Most Common Boy’s Name in the Year I Was Born 🤘

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• LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I agree with the two guys on the right.

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