I was concerned that you might be mad, not saying necessarily that you are. Just making sure.
I guess that you will have to come to terms with that in my book, I don't equate video games with sports. I don't think they should be, because they aren't the same. People have bad attitudes in sports too, and I think that's a shame, because even compared to sports, there are more important things they could be doing, so their bragging means shit to me. To use the example of football, it's like that pro player who always talks trash, brags about his record, and how much his yearly salary is, when he hasn't done a single thing for planet Earth and has lived off of peoples' fascination with football, including having a school give him a scholarship.
So, in my opinion, there's a heirarchy. None of us should have an attitude over something really; it's rude and crass. But if you're going to have an attitude over something, it shouldn't be competitive gaming, sports, or anything equally pointless. But then again, the people who aren't doing something pointless--like playing in the sandbox, riding in the back of an ambulance saving lives, doing scientific research, building things we need--usually don't have that attitude. So I wonder if it's a defense mechanism for when people realize that they're useless ****s and feel like they need to compensate.
oh wow I feel like I was arguing for no reason lol.
I thought you were telling me Sports were > Video games in essence of being productive to society (Why I was confused about the indy cars/health examples). But this post shows your views a lot easier for me to understand apparently.
AS you clearly just stated you also agree that sports holds about as much value to society as video games do. I wasn't trying to compare video games to Sports. I was comparing video games usefulness to life, compared to sports usefulness to life. I felt they were somewhat equal is all. Near useless in helping society.
You can make WAY more money in professional sports than professional gaming for one thing. Colleges offer scholarships for sports and benefits as well. Sports will also keep you healthier than playing video games, and in sports you have to be multi-tasking constantly(Thinking about where to dribble, dribbling, keeping your eyes on the court, keeping the clock in your mind, memorizing plays etc.). In a social aspect let's face it, you are more likely to pick up a girl saying "I play in the NFL" than "I play in e-sports"(Not saying competitive gamers cant have a girlfriend, just that saying you play games professionally wont impress too many women). Not to me ntion most competitive gamers have normal jobs. Being a professional athlete is a full time job, while gaming is not(unless you are sponsored or something, but that is about as rare as being a pro sports player).
The only bonus to video games is you dont usually get injured playing them.
Edit: If we are talking about how they help society, neither playing video games nor being an athlete actually helps society(other than providing entertainment).
I love competitive gaming as much as the next person, but sports will always be a better route than competitive gaming, for all those reasons above or simply because you will always make more money playing professional sports.
That's a bit unfair as sports have been around since greek times and if not even further back. video games are something that is only like 30 years old. It's growing rather fast for something that's only 30 years old vs something that has been around for thousands of years.
Who's to say e-sports wont eventually rake in more money?
You are not multitasking in basketball the same way you multitask your brain in say Starcraft.
Sports is more physical. hand eye coordination. peripherals, muscle contractions in relevance to depth perception.
I bet you a pro basketball player will never multitask as good as SC2 pro, or think ahead as much as a chess pro.
running while, rubbing my tummy, while talking, while listening to music while that's considered multitasking. That's all different motors of your physical body.
I was talking about how My brain can literally think about 5 different things happening at once and keep track of all of them.
More in relation to solving a math problem(in your head), while debating outloud with your roomate, while reading a book. (This is much more difficult, than running while dribbling and keeping a good sense on where your teamates are.)
Anyways guys this is derailing the thread lets get back to the issue at hand.
I'm guilty of watching fighting game drama as well as SC2 drama. but I don't necessarily like it. but it did draw my attention.
Naniwa is a Pro SC2 player recently banned for not playing out his match on live television. He wanted to forfeit they told him he can't so he did worker rush.
and now he's banned from the GSL.
