E-sport - Is it a real sport?
Many people noticed the recent growth in popularity of e-sport across the globe mostly among the young generation. This situation leads many people to question 'Is professional gaming new kind of sport ?'. Answer to this question is not simple so let's find out more those two.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports
-https://esportbet.com/is-it-a-true-sport/
Many people noticed the recent growth in popularity of e-sport across the globe mostly among the young generation. This situation leads many people to question 'Is professional gaming new kind of sport ?'. Answer to this question is not simple so let's find out more those two.
If we want
to understand what we are talking about, first we need to describe what is
'sport' and 'e-sport'. According to the Oxford dictionary, sport is 'an
activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team
competes against another or others for entertainment'. Now the description of
e-sport goes like this 'a multiplayer video game played competitively for
spectators, typically by professional gamers.' Those descriptions are rather
general but we understand the idea behind them.
From that,
we can see that e-sports kind of fits into the description of sport although many people would say it's not right to call playing video games a
sport. I met many people like that and they would say something like 'how
playing video games can be called a sport, just imagine watching the olympiad
where people play video games'. When you first think about it, that sounds
right but then what e-sport is then? Many people struggle with this question or
just say 'playing games'.
I think
e-sport grown to fast for both sides to acknowledge such fact but maybe in the
near future people will understand that they are similar but not the same. ( I
think that e-sport has grown too fast for people to yet classify it properly.
However, I am fairly confident that soon most will understand that sport and
e-sport are two quite similar things but not exactly the same.)
- Are you familiar with e-sports?
- Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
- Have you ever participated in a discussion about
e-sport? If so how did it end?
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esports
-https://esportbet.com/is-it-a-true-sport/
Comments
I participated in two e-sport events and one of them went really well but unfortunately we didn't win but it was still funny and interesting to see how it is to be watched by many people.
I know what e-sport is, my friends, participate in it and they like it very much. I don't have knowledge about this. All I know is that it exists.
2. Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
In a way, I consider it a sport. You can also play alone or in a team. You can also sweat, get angry and enjoy. You can also put the computer in the yard and play. For me, it is the same sport as football or rugby.
3. Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
I have never participated in the discussion e-sport. As I mentioned, I don't have knowledge and skills on this subject. My friends used to check my reflexes and I had really good results. However, I think that in the near future people will discuss it as often as other sports.
2. In my opinion it is and everyone should accept that. In hbo serial called "Ballers" this topic is very controversial but this series show how much money e-sport makes and how many people watch this. I think e-sport will grow in next few years and everyone will accept that e-sport is a real thing and should be considered as sport.
3. Yes I participated and it did not go well. It was discussion with people older than me and they did not understand e-sports. Their arguments against e-sports were like "that is not a sport becuase it is played on the computer" etc. so I was angry and I ended that discussion.
2. In my opinion, no, it's not a sport. It doesn't mean I disrespect professional video game players, but the same as Oxford dictionary I find a sportsman somebody who is performing a physical activity. Speaking about the category to which we can classify games - maybe we should create a new category for things like video games or board games.
3. I have participated in such discussions. Such discussions end in a different way, everything depends on people taking part in it. Sometimes it ends with a quarrel, sometimes we just don't agree with each other.
Yes, I am. I really like computer games and I'm particularly interested in competitive games, which is why I always follow the e-sports games of professional teams to some extent. Messages always scroll in the game's clients, and players often discuss their favorites. Personally, I don't really like to watch such games, I prefer to play alone and have a direct impact on the game, but if I'm particularly interested in a team, then I can watch all their matches.
2. Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
I think e-sport is a real sport. In my opinion, translating it in a way that it's not a sport just because the players are not physically active, it's not a translation. So why is chess a sport? Sport should be defined as a clash of two sides, which requires either physical or mental effort, i.e. real sports and e-sport, where fast reaction time, reflexes, analytical thinking, anticipation of opponent's moves and skills in the game count.
3. Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
Yes, I have participated in discussions on e-sport teams from, for example, League of Legends. The League of Legends World Championship recently took place, I particularly supported the G2 Esports team, which includes one pole - Jankos. Team G2 reached the finals but lost to the Korean team FunPlus Phoenix. I followed the team's activities on an ongoing basis and participated in various forums, discussing with other fans and even interested friends. I watched the semi-final and final matches. Great performance in the semi-finals, but in the most important matches they weren't the same team.
Yes I am but i never watched it.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
Yes it is just not physical activity but it is a competition, fun, we have players that are better than the others. I do not find reasons to not think about it as a not sport.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
Yes I did with my colleagues but it was just a small talk.
Yes, I am. But I am far from an expert on a topic.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
No. I can't say that I am an expert on the matter or a huge sport goer but I think that sport requires huge dedication to the sportsperson. It's a hard work, everyday practice, diet, commitment and sacrifice, a physical one, psychological or even sometimes financial when early steps of your sport career requires a lot of funds, usually from the closest ones. E-sports is just practicing in front of monitor at its roots. Ok, I understand you practice for hours to get better score/time/whatever but it's not that challenging as stepping into the highest "league" of each sport. So, no, definitely not a real sport to me.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
My friends have a similar point of view so we all agreed quite quickly on everything.
2. Yes, I do. Many people consider different things as sport or not. Some people say poker or chess is a sport, so in what matter would e-sport differ from them. To me sport is a game of any kind based on competing or any activity - usually physical in that matter.
3. Well I had many of those discussions of this kind with my friends, mainly back at high-school. Now I think e-sport is more mainstream and it doesn't need this kind of discussions anymore.
2. I will consider it as kind of inheritance, specialization.. Where e-sports inherits from traditional sports and it's just a new branch of sports. So all in all yes, I would consider it as a real, normal sport :)
It require reflex, years of training, teamplay, thinking and strategy, so why don't call it a sport.
3. I haven't discussed about whether e-sport is a real sport but like I mentioned I had a conversations with guys above in the past when they were telling me about how it looks like when you play professionally.
2. Yes, I think e-sport is a real sport. But why? Because we have teams and rivalry in sport and e-sport. There are prizes and a podium. The only difference is that sports are physical activities and e-sport are mental activities.
3. No, I have never participated in a discussion about e-sport, so I can't answer this question. However, I think a lot of people accept the existence and meaning of the word e-sport, so I don't think there would be any trouble.
2. I think so. Sport is not necessarily physical activity. Chess is also a sport.
Although, the life of gamers is not devoid of physical activity: do not sleep 48 hours a day - it is necessary to be able to accurately :) In addition, a person who does not know how to communicate with people, can train in the Internet in games. Or become more confident playing games.
3. I did. Everyone stayed with his or her own opinion.
2. Certainly after watching IEM Extreme Masters I changed my perception of the players. Would I call it a real sport I don't know? In some part it coincides with real sport because apart from doing something else (not only your sport) for example, stretching. The definition says that "sport promotes health and develops personality traits". E-sport forces exercises at the gym, for example, but if you are the amateur player, you’re just sitting in front of a computer (you're not exercising), while practicing real sport in an amateur way makes you move.
This is questionable issue as chess or pigeon breeding/pigeon racing. Although for me e-sport will be a real sport sooner than the ones mentioned above.
3. If you can call it that. We explained to someone from the older generation what e-sport is. I don't remember how the conversation went.
2. Yes, but what exactly make the sports real? Pool or chess don’t require a lot of sweat but they are considered as real sports. For me sport is not only when you practice hard physically but also mentally. It can be just a matter of time when e-sport beats the original one.
3. I had few discussion and opinions are divided. Some of them, especially among the older generations, can’t realise how it can be interesting for people to watch while someone is playing. They also can’t imagine that they can do it for living. Younger generations are more understanding and they see the new opportunity of having fun and making money.
2. I think that e-sport is a geniune sport activity, because thanks to this sport players exercise motor skills that are needed to participate and defeat the competitors. In addition it's highly competitive game, and although very little physical activity is required, players need to exercise mental exertion.
3. Yes, before I wrote my answer to this article I've discussed about e-sport with my girlfriend. In her opinion e-sport wasn't a sport because it's bot connected with physical activities. When I expressed my opinion about e-sport (you can find it above) she changed her opinion.
I know what e-sport is, I know that the market increases in this field but I am not interested in it at all.
2. Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
I certainly do not. How can we even compare the world of computers and world of real physical activity. Lets just leave the name e-sport for this, but leave all the other connections between these two matters.
3. Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
I have never participated in a discussion about e-sport. Well, maybe I did, but it wasn't a real discussion, because each of debators had the same opinion on this.
2. Well, as it was already stated in the article, “sport is 'an activity involving physical exertion and skill”, so no — e-sport is not a sport, as physical activity has minimal value in e-sport, depending mostly on mind activities. Chess are generously recognized as a sport but e-sport has a lot of different forms with various games so it’s best to consider e-sport as an e-sport, if you know what I mean. It is its own thing with its own definition.
3. No, never.
2. I think e-sport is a sport discipline, it seems to me that not only physical effort is sport.
In e-sport there is tactics, strategy but also team play and competition, which is why I think it is a sport
3. Always when I met with my friends. Usually these conversations end normally, but there is also a slight trouble :).
I remember talking once with a colleague who said that esport is not a sport and should not even tamper it,
The end of our conversation ended with trouble
Yes. I heard about it but actually never seen any match in reall life.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
Yes. It requires a lot of skill and dedication just like in regular sport.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
I have discussed about e-sport and i was defending statement that e-sport is a sport. I didn't convince my oponent to that statement.
Is e-sport a real sport? I have been asked this question many times and I have participated in many discussions on this subject. Contrary to the opinions of others, I believe that e-sport is a sport, but ordinary sport requires mobility and thinking. In e-sport, mobility (less) and thinking (at a higher level) are also needed. The difference is only in balance. Everyone should form their own opinion. Most people still think that e-sport is not a sport, because it's just a game on the computer. But this "computer game" requires a lot of exercise and being one of the best!
I am informatics student, of course i'm familiar with it :-) i've been following LoL stage for quite a while now.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
Yes it is as it takes a lot of nerve and time to prepare and maintain Yourself on the top. There is even more cometition than in "real" sports i would say.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
I've actually never participated in such discussion as my friends have similar opinion on the topic.
No. I don't play computer games, therefore I don't identify with this topic in any way.
2.Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
No. How can it be a real sport if we only move our fingers? We can't even sweat with this.
3.Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end
It ended up quarreling with my interlocutors because we had a different opinion on this subject.
2. Yes I always did, whil typical sports in typical sports, the player is required to have physical strength and intelligence, in the case of esports, less emphasis is placed on physical strength but bigger on intelligence and speed of response.
3. Yes I did, but most of them were about outstanding prizes that some of the teams and players are winning or cheats and doping that is getting more and more visible in this industry.
2. No, I think this is not a real sport. I would compare it more to a hobby, which for some is a profession.
3. I talked to my parents about it once, but we were all agreed that this is not a sport. The fact that an element of competition exists but still in a given field does not make it a sport.
E-sports is very popular in my country, many of my friends like it, so I might be a bit familiar with it too though I don't like it, but I like playing computer games.
2. Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
No, I think it is not real sport at all, it is just some competition such as chess, and it is a typical game competiton, I will never think sport includes some event that participants
are only sitting in the same place with the same poses for hours.
3.Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
No, I don't like it, so I never discuss about it with anyone, although my friends usually talk about this topic when we hang out.
2. No, I don't classify esport as a real sport. I don't want to disrespect professional players, but sport for me is physical, there are tears, sweat and heart for something you love and want to be the best. Esport isn't the same, but still it also requires many sacrifices
3. I participated in many discussions about esport. I like to discuss, listen to the opinions of others and I accept that someone has different opinion about something. Of course, provided by good arguments
2. No and I think calling it a real sport is an insult to athletes. Calling people playing games athletes like you did is insult as well in my opinion. I have no problem with calling eSport an eSport but please distinguish between those two. Sport is physical activity. Always was, always will be. Athletes are people doing sport. In games we have players/gamers or if someone really insists 'pro' players/gamers. I also don't understand how people can say that definition of sport actually applies to eSport...
3. Probably few times. Usually just some small talk about nothing particular like Worlds in League of Legends or something like that. There were some conversations about relation between sport ans esports as well. I have to admit that talking about it with people that were passionate about eSport changed my mind about this topic a bit. In past I was surprised that people waste time watching how someone else plays instead of playing it themselves. But then I was doing the same on football stadiums... I have to admit that it's really good point, with which I didn't have how to fight back then. Most of people I talked to, would stop calling it sport though and stick to its own name. I'm happy with it because I really think that sport requires much more effort, practice and hardwork to be really good in it and not everyone is able to reach good results in it. Games on other side? It's not really that hard in my opinion. It is time consuming and requires a lot of work but not as much as real sport.
2. Yes, In my opinion, if you take word 'physical' from "sport" definition it's just the exact definition of e-sport. People are bragging abour because you don't do as much physical activities as other sportsmen, but it's still a sport and it's still a form of entertainment for people.
3. Most of my friends are gamers, if we find ourselves in a situation where one of our non-gamer friend is asking us about it we try to explain to them everything as understandable as possible so that they believe that it is a real sport, and they admit it.
2. First of all, esports are competitive settings in which competing teams or players fight for victory. Second, to succeed in an esport you have to train a lot, also motor abilities and skills, especially the fine motor skills of hands and fingers, eye-hand coordination and local endurance are decisive. So, yes, I do.
3. The same as a discussion about football or basketball.
2. I'm not that familiar with this subject to form a strong opinion about e-sport being real sport, but I would consider it as a real sport.
3. No i haven't
Yes, I usually watch streams and online games events. Most often I follow games like MMO RPG Action Shooters and Strategy. It's interesting because here in Poland it's quite popular. For example annual tournament from CSGO in Katowice called IEM. I would participate in this event with my pleasure.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
In my opinion anything that has a strong competitive format, and requires a specific set of skills, great hand-eye coordination, and training, is a sport. From physical side, you need to physically put stress in yourself, also it requires constant training and practice. You need to train your hands to rapidly press and keys and buttons. So we have all the arguments to call it as real sport due to its incredibly large competitive format.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
Well not really, usually I don't discuss that topic with my friends, maybe because they are not interested.
I’ve heard many things about e-sports and e-sports championships but I’m not really interested in it. I’m just not a gamer type of guy.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
I don’t really think that e-sport is a real sport. As you said above, according to dictionary sport is 'an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment', and I don’t really see any “physical exertion” in e-sports.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
Yes I have, I was trying to explain why I don’t think that esport is real sport. Let’s just say we’ve agreed to disagree.
Yes, I am. E-sport has been a hot topic for few years now and it is hard not to acknowledge it. It is amazing how simple hobby as gaming can evolve into such a huge thing. People make real careers out of it but I guess that it usually works exactlly the same in typical sports.
2. Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
To be honest it is hard for me to think about e-sport as a real sport because there are not that many things that make them similar. They are both competetive - that's right. They are also very demanding - that's similar also. But in my that's it. The physical aspect is just not there and I think that this is the factor that defines all of that. For me it is not a sport because of the same reasons I don't consider snooker a sport.
3. Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport If so how did it end?
It is suprisingly easy for a discussion about e-sport to evolve into a raging war where both sides are not willing to step down and change their minds. At least once it has happened to me and it was not an easy chat. As I said earlier I don't consider e-sport a real sport because of its lack of physicality. The second thing is that sport is about being health and fit. Let's face it - e-sport has nothing to do with it. My friend thought differently claiming that it is hard to talk about being healthy when running causes your knees to collapse and steroids taken by the athletes can damage their bodies. That's all true, but only on a very extreme level which is out of reach for a typical people. Argument ended with us not talking to each other for a week.
Yes, although I don't watch it often - only when the championships are big. I prefer to play myself.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
They also need focus and coordination, not forgetting that they require a large amount of training. If chess can be a sport, then playing games on the computer also.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
Not exactly, but I don't see much difference between talking about physical sports such as ski jumping and football.
I am, however, I have no experience on watching a real competition.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
Evrn a lot of people has career connected to this hobby, I would rather count e-sport as "e"-sport. because what makes real sport a sport is spending your time on exercises. I know it may also need some exercises to be pro but.. probably you got my point.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
No I haven't
Yes I am, and I am quite interested in it.
Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
When it comes to giving it a name, I don't really care. We can call it e-sport, competetive gaming, it really doesn't matter to me. What matters is that peoplem realize that this business is quite serious and there is a lot of money in it. Money, dedication and many people that are intersted in it. Personally, I don't see a difference between watching competetive match in some video game and a match of football.
Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
I took part in multiple discussions about it. Not about whether "it should be called e-sport or not" but rather "whether it is a complete waste of time and it has no future or not". I must admit that at the end of such discussions most people I talked with thought about e-sport the same way they used to. However, I have to say I wasn't trying that hard to convince them otherwise. It was rather expression of opinion than an argueing.
Yes, I like watching championships from DotA 2. I think in the past 5 years it has grown very rapidly.
2. Do you think e-sport is a real sport?
It depends on what is meant in the word "sport". If we consider sport as some physical activity than definitely not. It cannot be considered a sport. But if we think of sport as also a brain work than yes. It should be considered a sport.
3. Have you ever participated in a discussion about e-sport? If so how did it end?
No, all my friends play some games and are actively interested in e-sport.
2. To be a professional player, you need to have many qualities. You also need to have many skills, such as good reaction, patience, ability to focus, endurance, and diligence. But I don't think e-sports is a real sport. To do sports for me is first of all to have good physical training. But in sitting at the computer, I don't see any physical training. This applies not only to e-sports - I also don't consider chess to be a real sport.
3. No, I never discussed e-sports.
2. I think sport is wrong word for this. For me sport is something more physical when you push your body limits. Same I think about chess or F1 for me it's not sport but something different. I think this is also strife but not this kind like Box, athletics or football. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned
3. Yes, but it was about event not about how we think about e-sport. I really like this idea. However discussion about is it sport or not it's a bit pointless it's something new. It's like TV and internet, similar but different.
2. I think that e-sport and regular sport have most of it's traits in common, although there is one thing that is different - regular sport is physical and e-sport not. That's why I think e-sport is not a real sport, but that doesn't mean it's meaningless or useless. E-sport is also highly competitive, the difference is that the competition happens in virtual world.
3. Yes, many times. I noticed that older people don't treat e-sport seriously, they think that those are just games and e-sport by itself is some bizarre invention of current times. Different thing with people around 20, they acknowledge that e-sport is relevant and very important for some people.
1. Yes, maybe now not much as 7 years ago, buy a little. In the middle school I used to watch some competitions and follow the teams, match-up and all the things around profesional gaming.
2. It is hard to say, I think that it is not really a real sport. I dont find playing chess like a sport, but maybe for somebody it is. In my opinion it is a competition where we should have spend a lot of time, developing skills and tactics, but i dont consider it like it is a real sport.
3. Yes, it is an interesting topic to discuss, probably for all gamers this is a real sport. But for the other group like me we are not agree with them. Our conversation end up with sharing our statements and thats all.
2) I think it is. Some time ago, there was a situation in e-sport world, when players were suspected in using concentration and attention enhancers. If sports rules apply in eSports, then it’s also sport.
3) The only one discussion regarding to eSports I had: “What game should we play todays evening”. It was CS.
2)If I remember it right, originally a sport referred to a competitive game. So from this point of view, it certainly is. Still, I don't think it should be considered in the same category as traditional sports.
3)Yes, e-sport fans tend to be very... passionate about the topic.