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    Default Interesting Article on MMORPG and WoW

    Greetings

    Not sure if this is up for debate, but someone has claimed that MMORPG is an elite sport.

    http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/show-column.asp?ID=524

    What do you think? Our readers would like to get your angle on this.

    you can comment on the article here:
    http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/forum/f...?TID=2584&PN=1

    would be great to get your views.

    Thanks in advance.

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    In order for something to be a sport is must require skill. Rolling a dice does not require skill.

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    Farting should be an extreme sport.

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    as well as pissing

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    And burping, too.

    Anyway, from his article, he's pretty much saying "To me it's more than a game because I play with my family." Well, not everyone plays it with their family. Just because you like to play football with your friends doesn't mean it's a job to you because there are some people who play football for their living.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Synthaz View Post
    lol pressing a few keys and clicking your mouse is most definitely not a physical activity.
    You're right, we do it with our minds.

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    It's Extra special sports.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BanMido View Post
    darn WoW fans get off your butts and do something that actually benefits this earth before all the other lazy people just make it worse ( sooner or later we will just make it inhabitable)

    play video games is not a sport and never will be........well it might in the future if games turn into something like .hack/sign
    .Hack//Sign was still controlled by a controller just that hackers found out creepy ways too abuse it. Besides .Hack//Roots > .Hack//Sign

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    well maybe in the future where your real body movement mimics the character ingame.......

    and if you get hit you get shocked based on the amount of damage you recieved lol....

    would so get hurt if someone many lvls higher pked you lol.......

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    To some extent gaming can be considered a sport. This is why they have tournaments were people can win quite a bit of cash... within the 5 digits. The games they play require speed, fast reaction time, concentration, and skill. FPS's, Strategy games, and to some extent MMO's. Each require something different. Sure your not getting any physical activity, but is chess considered any less of a sport because you only use your mind?

    I sure hope not. We need more sports that require thinking rather than brawn. Not to say that physical athletes arn't talented by any means, but there are too many of them.

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    Would you say playing chess is a sport?

    What about if there's a competition on a Wii system? Would you consider this as physical activities and if yes, wouldn't it be consider as sports?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BanMido View Post
    darn WoW fans get off your butts and do something that actually benefits this earth before all the other lazy people just make it worse ( sooner or later we will just make it inhabitable)

    play video games is not a sport and never will be........well it might in the future if games turn into something like .hack/sign
    If some thing like that came up I wouldnt mind paying for it lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by magicjubin View Post
    DDR is a sport?
    id say DDR if you do it properly on hard songs and breaks you a swear its a phsyical sport

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