S Korean university now accepts gamers as student athletes - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Doomish;44442648]I don't really care what is and isn't considered a sport, I just think video games are meant to be fun enjoyment/escapism and they probably should stay that way. That's not to say that people haven't been using video games for tournaments since their creation but with the addition of games like LoL and DOTA to the pool of games that are advertised as competitive from the start, I feel like it's going an unnecessary step away from having fun with it.[/QUOTE] I feel the opposite, I think games that are focused competitive from the start are the fun games. It's opinions. It's probably because I was raised on (relatively) hard single player games I feel alienated by easy multiplayer games. [editline]3rd April 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Wizards Court;44443099] i'm pretty sure no matter how hard people try, "gamers" will never be considered athletes by the average person, or even most actual athletes.[/QUOTE] they have been in Korea for years now

[QUOTE=The Baconator;44443155]I feel the opposite, I think games that are focused competitive from the start are the fun games. It's opinions. It's probably because I was raised on (relatively) hard single player games I feel alienated by easy multiplayer games. [editline]3rd April 2014[/editline] they have been in Korea for years now[/QUOTE] korea is a huge exception.

[QUOTE=Wizards Court;44443291]korea is a huge exception.[/QUOTE] it's starting to spread to Europe though

[QUOTE=Wizards Court;44443291]korea is a huge exception.[/QUOTE] It's not just Korea, it's the same in China as well. Asia in general has more respect for gamers.

[QUOTE=Winters;44439538]Oh man i cant wait to join my colleges divison III DOTA team[/QUOTE] I can't wait to see all the news reports of cyber-athletes completely destroying their careers with reckless driving in their Aston Martin's and dying due to drug over-dose.

[QUOTE]athlete (n.) early 15c., from Latin athleta "a wrestler, athlete, combatant in public games," from Greek athletes "prizefighter, contestant in the games," agent noun from athlein "to contest for a prize," related to athlos "a contest" and athlon "a prize," of unknown origin. [/QUOTE] Well it fits the origins of the word, so I can't complain

[QUOTE=spanaren;44443622]It's not just Korea, it's the same in China as well. Asia in general has more respect for gamers.[/QUOTE] tbh this is a pretty big misconception, korea doesn't have respect for gamers it has respect for winners. like, saying 'i wanna be a progamer!' isn't something parents support or other people think is cool, BEING a progamer who wins tournaments and makes bank on the other hand is something they love [editline]4th April 2014[/editline] but yeah, i like watching starcraft 2 pro matches so i guess i like esports