Hey gamers.

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Originally Posted by Shlup

They also recognize pizza as a vegetable so let's not get too excited.

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Dinner would be really competitive in my house growing up. As my dad said, "in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, whoever eats the fastest, gets the most." :p

So I guess that's a sport, too!

Lol 'sport'

My thoughts on this are: "Are you smurfing kidding me? Jesus."

Do you even Rift, bro?




...I'll leave u_u

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Originally Posted by Raistlin

Pizza isn't a vegetable? Please, next you'll be telling me that bacon isn't one of the major food groups.

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It's not. It's a condiment.

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Originally Posted by Happy Noodle Boy

Do you even Rift, bro?



...I'll leave u_u

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That's probably for the best.

Nvm, I got a rep. You're stuck with me now!

I will found out whoever repped you and then proceed to tar and feather them.

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Originally Posted by Venom65437

LoL, there is nothing athletic about gaming. Not a sport.

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Completely depends on how you define sport.

If by professional athletes you mean people with no lives who do nothing to contribute to society and sit on their butts playing games all day, then yeah.

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Originally Posted by Shiny

If by professional athletes you mean people with no lives who do nothing to contribute to society and sit on their butts playing games all day, then yeah.

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Sounds like a good definition for professional athlete in general honestly.

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Originally Posted by Scotty_ffgamer

US Government Recognizes League of Legends' LSC as Sport - IGN

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ahahahahahaha they could have at least picked a better game for this

as is I can't take it seriously though

The LCS is pretty damn huge in all honesty - it's not many other games that have an officially run league in their major territories with weekly matches in live broadcast shows. Bash LoL all you want but Riot have really done a better job of jumping on that opportunity than Blizzard or Valve have. There's really not that much that rivals it right now. Even StarCraft 2's World Championship Series isn't getting the viewership that the LCS is which is something to ponder considering how massive the original StarCraft eSports scene was in Korea which lead to the founding of KeSPA and pretty much put the likes of GomTV on the map.

As for the US classing them as athletes, it certainly solves a lot of permit/visa issues that organizers otherwise have to deal with. Just seems more like using a legal loophole to smooth the hosting of these events more than anything else.

Yeah but they could have at least picked a game like Aurora or something

http://imageshack.us/a/img225/4927/systemsv.jpg

I mean if chess is a sport then this is too

Stop being so sensible, Auly! :colbert: