[POLL] Would you like E-Sports to be contested at the Olympic Games?

[Rdbc 48]

  On 8/30/2017 at 11:37 PM, De_Gambassi said:

Esport are not spectators friendly at all if you didn't grew up playing video games (and, even then, LoL is something not noob-friendly at all)

 

Besides, you have to remember , that the people who are calling the shots are in their 60s or 70s. There might be a reason why skateboarding was included 20 or 30 after it explodes.

 

Besides (x2), IIRC, the olympic sports program will be the same until 2024 except for additional sporst, and I realy don't see the Paris OC going for ESport (lack of available venue, and much better proposition from other sports). It will be 2028 at the sooner (hopefully never).

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But some eSports are spectator friendly even if you haven't ever watched/played it before. I guess I'm just not understanding why people are so against it. 

[thiago_simoes 1,425]

  On 8/30/2017 at 11:44 PM, Rdbc said:

 

But some eSports are spectator friendly even if you haven't ever watched/played it before. I guess I'm just not understanding why people are so against it. 

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I may be against the inclusion of games, but I agree about this. Fighting games, for example, ARE spectator-friendly. But not many people are aware of the competitive scene, and ignore the powerful effect some matches have on the viewers. 

[De_Gambassi 1,225]

  On 8/30/2017 at 11:44 PM, Rdbc said:

 

But some eSports are spectator friendly even if you haven't ever watched/played it before. I guess I'm just not understanding why people are so against it. 

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Because, many (myself included) don't consider esport as a 'sport'.

[Rdbc 48]

  On 8/30/2017 at 11:48 PM, De_Gambassi said:

 

Because, many (myself included) don't consider esport as a 'sport'.

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Your correct, eSports is not a sport if it was they would just call it "sport" but instead they call it eSports because it's an electronic sport. Even though it's not a "sport" I do still think eSports still has a place in the Olympics. 

[Vojthas 949]

  On 8/30/2017 at 11:52 PM, Rdbc said:

 

Your correct, eSports is not a sport if it was they would just call it "sport" but instead they call it eSports because it's an electronic sport. Even though it's not a "sport" I do still think eSports still has a place in the Olympics. 

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If Olympics are a sport event, why then put there something, which is not sport?

[De_Gambassi 1,225]

  On 8/30/2017 at 11:52 PM, Rdbc said:

 

Your correct, eSports is not a sport if it was they would just call it "sport" but instead they call it eSports because it's an electronic sport. Even though it's not a "sport" I do still think eSports still has a place in the Olympics. 

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Just for the sake of discussion. You you watch the final of say SFIV instead of an athletic or swimming final ?

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[Rdbc 48]

  On 8/30/2017 at 11:54 PM, Vojthas said:

If Olympics are a sport event, why then put there something, which is not sport?

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It's hard to explain because while it's not a sport in the sense of physical activity, etc. it is a sport in the fact that it uses the brain, hand-eye coordination, etc. For example, I think eSports could be in the Olympics but I don't think chess could. It's really hard to show someone what I mean if they don't know how eSports works, etc. 

[Rdbc 48]

  On 8/31/2017 at 12:06 AM, De_Gambassi said:

 

Just for the sake of discussion. You you watch the final of say SFIV instead of an athletic or swimming infal

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Kinda, confused on the wording but it all depends on the eSport to be honest I would rather watch a swimming final than a SFIV final because I dont follow SFIV. But I'd watch a SFIV final before I watch a Sport Climbing final. 

[De_Gambassi 1,225]

  On 8/31/2017 at 12:08 AM, Rdbc said:

 

Kinda, confused on the wording but it all depends on the eSport to be honest I would rather watch a swimming final than a SFIV final because I dont follow SFIV. But I'd watch a SFIV final before I watch a Sport Climbing final. 

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I'm not a native english speaker and I'm half-drunk. Get used to it !

 

But thanks anyway for your answer. I still feel like most of the esport fans are very passive viewers (ie: they will not turn on for one given event, but simply launch twitch and see what's going on); which it's not really how the olympics work.

[Rdbc 48]

  On 8/31/2017 at 12:17 AM, De_Gambassi said:

 

I'm not a native english speaker and I'm half-drunk. Get used to it !

 

But thanks anyway for your answer. I still feel like most of the esport fans are very passive viewers (ie: they will not turn on for one given event, but simply launch twitch and see what's going on); which it's not really how the olympics work.

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Your English is 100% better than my French. It honestly just depends on the game for example LoL has games each weekend and about 100,000+ people tune in every weekend to watch it really it just depends on if the game advertises that they are having a competition.