Random Irritations

[Jimaroid]

I don’t want to hurt your feelings but you might have noticed that many sports use the term games. It doesn’t make it not a sport. Honestly, I get that you’re just unwilling to accept something that you aren’t interested in as a sport but esports meet the definition and thus are sports.

Explain poker.

 

[Kellfire]

Can you give us the contact details of the person who does?

Try something called a dictionary.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

https://www.learnersdictionary.com/...ports are very,and compete against each other.

This would suggest that 'gaming' is just that.....a game. Not a sport.

 

[Beezerk]

I’m curious now, what does Jim do?

He's Spartacus.

 

[ColchesterFC]

But they are as per the definition of the word.

It’s odd that you can’t accept that you don’t get to define the word sport.

I think that it's you struggling to understand the definition of the word sport or are trying to redefine it for your own purposes. Again, from the OED sport is...."an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."

Sitting in a chair with a mouse/keyboard or controller isn't "physical exertion".

 

[Kellfire]

Try something called a dictionary.

https://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/What-Is-the-Difference-between-Games-and-Sports#:~:text=Games and sports are very,and compete against each other.

This would suggest that 'gaming' is just that.....a game. Not a sport.

It doesn’t because it doesn’t abide by its own rules. Esports require the physical ability to control the game in question and when it’s done competitively, it’s a sport.

 

[Kellfire]

I think that it's you struggling to understand the definition of the word sport or are trying to redefine it for your own purposes. Again, from the OED sport is...."an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."

Sitting in a chair with a mouse/keyboard or controller isn't "physical exertion".

Yes it is. You’re confusing something being strenuous with something being exertion.

If you stroked a wall with a feather you’re exerting a force on it.

Exertion does NOT mean something is physically tiring.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Yes it is. You’re confusing something being strenuous with something being exertion.

If you stroked a wall with a feather you’re exerting a force on it.

Exertion does NOT mean something is physically tiring.

Don't care. It's not a sport.

 

[backwoodsman]

I’m holding to the definition of the word; something that involves physical ability in a competitive sense.

In which case I offer you knitting as a sport? I see parallels in that it it requires physical ability in the form of dexterity, and can be (and sometimes is) performed competitively.

 

[Kellfire]

In which case I offer you knitting as a sport? I see parallels in that it it requires physical ability in the form of dexterity, and can be (and sonetimes is) performed competitively.

I agree. If it’s done in a competitive way, it would be a sport.

 

[USER1999]

Hot dog eating?

 

[Kellfire]

Hot dog eating?

If competitive, yes. It’s a sport.

And with that, I’m done. The NFL is too good tonight. But they’re wearing helmets. Does that mean it isn’t a sport if I decide wearing helmets means it’s not a sport?

 

[Jimaroid]

Esports require the physical ability to control the game in question and when it’s done competitively, it’s a sport.

Physical ability? Come on, that doesn’t even include all the popular esports like LoL, DOTA, Hearthstone... They’re all mental strategy.

Compare them to Chess. Go. Mah Jong. They’ve been around for hundreds of years. Thousands of exhibition matches are played every second, professionally and for a lot of money, and they never call themselves a sport.

 

[backwoodsman]

I agree. If it’s done in a competitive way, it would be a sport.

Fair enough. But I know I put eGaming and knitting both in the same category as regards whether they are, or are not, a sport.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Try something called a dictionary.

You’re thinking of the yellow pages, not a dictionary.
Dictionaries don’t give phone numbers.

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

There must be a joke in here somewhere, something along the lines of "How many people does it take to convince someone they are wrong?"

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Knitting and hot-dog eating are sports ??

Thanks Kellfire, that's made my weekend ?

I know ironing can be quite a competitive sport, but I think it normally requires the ability to climb.

 

[Slime]

Not being able to share the joy of my granddaughter's first proper experience of snow.

 

[Imurg]

Jesus H Christ....do we need the golf courses open or what.......

 

[Neilds]

It must annoy you that you don’t get to decide that. They have to physically exert themselves (aka perform a physical task by using mouse and keyboard or a controller) to compete against others. That’s the definition of a sport.

You probably want the word exert to mean something physically taxing but it doesn’t mean that. They are sports.

The definition of a sport is a game you change your shoes to play - therefore gaming doesn’t fit this as most will be playing in their pjs ???