People that say that it shouldn't be a sport because you're not running around, getting physically fit forget some things. Darts is a sport Poker is a sport Cup stacking is a sport Chess is a sport Sport does not mean running around, it means a competitive game.
***** poker, darts,and cup stackings aren't really sports and if they are accepted i feel like e-sports should be as well, but considering the players as "athletes" is just an insult to real athletes that look healthy and are fit, Chess is a sport and i believe it should since it at least requires a deep level of thinking but it's players shouldn't be considered as athletes either.
All the activities that you mentioned has one slight difference to esports though... THEY ARE IN REAL LIFE. esports are just pixels on a screen, doesnt exist.
BigBadWolf I also feel that they shouldn't be called athletes, because it kind of takes down the meaning of the word. However, think about it like this: If you play basketball all by yourself, you're not doing a sport, you're doing an excercise. If your playing basketball competitevely with other people, it's a sport. Hell, seeing who can drink their water bottle the fastest can be considered a sport. It's just that that isn't going to be considered a sport because it doesn't require much thinking or pshysical ability. E-sports do.
I'm thinking this might need a long 1 hour video or a book. Online gaming has a good long history. It needs to get documentated badly. I mean, this is a birth of a genre of sports.
deznoites You are are aware that weeaboo has nothing to do with a video game that was created in the US, right? Weeaboo means a person who puts the japanese culture before their own culture. :V
Me: hey mom I want to be a soccer player when I grow up. Mom: Okay, cool! Me: I want to be a DJ when I grow up! Mom: oh, okay Me: I'm kind of thinking about trying out competitive Splatoon 2. Mom: ... Me: what is it? Mom: well, why don't you want to do something a little more productive? ???
As a gamer, I don't think gaming should be recognized as a sport. It's essentially saying that sitting on a chair rapidly pressing buttons falls under the same category as running through a field tossing/hitting balls to each other and (depending on the sport) making physical contact with other players. With sports you need speed, endurance, and reflexes. You also need to make use of your entire body. But with gaming, you just need reflexes and speed, but those only apply to your fingers, while you yourself could be physically out of shape and absolutely helpless in a real sport.
While slightly true, you also have to use your brain. What to buy, who to heal, how long you spend in a lane, and weather or not to press an attack. Split Second decisions. A lot of it is quick thinking. I can respect your opinion, but I feel that it can be considered a sport.
The meaning of "Sport" is to use physical exertion and skill in a individual or team competition for entertainment. Gaming doesn't seem very physical considering your sitting in a chair for the duration of the game but when MatPat showed me that players tear muscles in their arms in gaming competitions, I couldn't believe that. That one clue shows that gaming is a legit sport. A sport where you physically exert energy and show your skill through a computer! Think I'm lying? Look up the meaning sport.
HaloAndMinecraftFtw Definition of sport: "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Big thing imo is "physical exertion", I don't think pressing buttons counts. I agree with you.
+Justin Winters Hockey hasn't been relevant since they started to work on preventing full on drag out bloody hockey fights. Thats like Nascar no longer having car crashes because then its no long interesting to watch. Hell if Gold had some fights that would be fun to watch.
Justin Winters Well that is because Canadians can't give up on a dead sport. Oh and by the way Hockey doesn't have millions of viewers anymore as its been on the decline for 20 years.
+Glenn A Then explain why this playoff has been moderately viewed i n that time despite none of the Canadian teams making it in the context of it being only one round in with the Finals themselves being approximately two months away
I find it humorous how many people are trying to justify their "Gaming ain't a sport!" by claim by saying there's no physical precision or not enough movement, then find no fault in games like Poker, Chess, Cup Stacking, Horse Racing, et al. being sports. Listen up: We're not saying that ALL gaming is a sport. My playing football, soccer, and baseball with my son and the neighbors doesn't make me an athlete. It doesn't even make it a sport. It's just a game as it's done for the fun of it without any serious competitive consideration, even as we follow the rules. However, those players who build custom components to get the weights perfect for their hands? The ones who practice with their team for hours on end and then watch their competitors' game videos to anticipate strategies? The ones who've developed PRECISE MUSCLE MOVEMENTS to fulfill their needs in their chosen game? The ones who take the time to learn exactly what each piece in the game can do in an otherwise balanced and fair playing field, making only the players' skill and ability to perform the difference between victory and defeat? (EDIT: Adding the following line as I thought I'd included it) The ones who take the time and energy to ensure that they meet all requirements to fit into a specific competitive organization's requirements so that they can actively participate in the advertised local, regional, national, and international competitions? (/EDIT) That's physical prowess, skill, and competition. That's dedication and drive. That, my friends, is when it becomes a sport. It doesn't take away from your chosen preferred sports any more than the sports that are currently recognized by the older generation did for other sports. It's just simply a newer, different kind of sport. I am a gamer. I don't consider my personal gaming to be a sport and I'm okay with that. I play to have fun and I don't rightly care if I come out on top in every single game as long as it was a fair game that was entertaining. But those teams of players who dedicate that time, energy, devotion to winning their game with their team in an organized and regulated format? They're playing their game as a sport. It's no different than any other sport out there. Just like any other sport, it has its tools and equipment. And unless you can come up with an argument other than, "It's not physical enough," or the grossly tired, "The definition (that I won't link to) says...," then you're only arguing against it because it's *different.*
vinx.909 Actually, I would posit that the difference is the amount of time, energy, skill, and organization put into them as well as the competition that they foster. Any smaller group of people can play a game, but it takes many more people playing by a set standard and organized format to call it a sport.
+Lone Wulf My my, that is a strawman of some magnitude, not to mention a faulty generalisation. I've never seen anyone propose a definition of 'sport' that would exclude e-sports try to argue that poker or chess are sports. Including cup stacking and horse racing (which are intrinsically physical activities, unlike the former two) alongside poker and chess is disingenuous at best.
Catcrumbs With all due respect, you may want to consider re-discovering the definition of straw man fallacy. I don't re-define the arguments used and then formulate an argument against it. (From Wikipedia: based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument which was not advanced by that opponent. - Downes, Stephen. "The Logical Fallacies") In fact, a quick glancing of the many anti-eSports comments will show quite clearly that their argument is strictly in regards to "Physical Prowess" determining whether or not something is a sport, to which I directly address in my argument. That, my friend, is *NOT* a straw man. I will also invite you to rebut any of the actual argument instead of trying to assert that my first sentence, which is merely a statement of opinion, is the entirety of my argument. Until then, please, have a nice day and a Happy New Year.
all the people who are against esports are gonna be dead in 50 or so years. im not saying that they suck, or they should die but im just saying all we need is time.
Learn Quick esports are terrible for people and causes people to have an inconsistent future and a false sense of talent. So many have thrown their life away and failed to make it in the area.
***** an adult gamer doesn't have that much time on their hands dickweed. we're too busy working, so that we can spend our spare time gaming. work = exercise, and i make money doing it :). have fun reveling in your shallow team sports hype, i'll be actually enjoying my life.
The NBA and league of legends comparison is unfair. The NBA is an American competition on a channel you can only watch in America but people from anywhere in the world could have watched League of legends.
Why would we want our game competitions to be shown on ESPN? Let's get a broadcaster that respects gaming as a sport to make the money, and help evolve the sport.
It is not us that want it that way, if ESPN doesnt take this chance to enter the E-Sports scene, they are going to lose that market; companies like IBM and Radioshack went bankrupt for not evolving with the time, not saying that ESPN is going bankrupt but losing a emerging market of billions of dollars can make anyone puke blood if they understimated how big it would be in the future.
Because it's a "well set" base for this for TV. Sport based channels are about a similar type of competition and have the resources for broadcasting it on TV. If we should want it on TV, that involves the matters of broadening the community and growing the public acceptance of Gamers.
So ESPN will lose a great market? They have NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, all of the College tournments, and world wide, they have Liga MX, Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A, Copa Libertadores, FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro, Summer and Winter Olympics. I don't think they need E-Sports. But E-Sports need their own TV
CS:GO is the biggest consistent fps CoD always has a big tourney for their newest game and overwatch isn't getting huge anytime soon prize pools for Blizzard games just aren't big
I am severely confused why people are commenting that video games are a waste of time. If you're so against them, then why are you watching a gaming channel? I just don't get it!
well its really obvious that games aren't sports in games you don't have to be athletic to be good at them but sports you have to be athletic to be good at them
Do I watch or care about sports? No and Yes, respectively. No, I don't watch televised sports (traditional sports). I do occasionally watch local sport events, but I prefer to play myself, rather than watch. With Esports, I'm pretty much the same. I occasionally watch them but prefer to play.
I think watching football is dumb... any of the sports that drone on forever with little play time. I prefer playing it myself. One thing I will NEVER understand... is watching a competitive MOBA game. It's so uninteresting to the point where I can't see why people like it.
Ethan Cook Dude, totally. Those gigantic shows that professional drum cores pull off are extremely hard. Even at high-school level there's a lot to it.
Ethan Cook It is extremely hard and very interesting to listen to, but it is not a sport. No points, winners/losers, etc. That doesn't make it not very challenging and cool.
Wait it feels like I watched this just yesterday, 3 years?! I've watched it a few times since Matt released it, and I'm way more into esports now than i was 3 years ago
To answer the ending question, no, I do not watch sports. Something about them has never captivated me and I just sit there wondering why it entertaining to watch a group of people chase a ball. It imagine it must be what my parents feel when they see me playing games.
Decaying Reverie The best is every 4 years, when there is the football world championship, the whole country goes crazy and doesn't speak about anything else....and I'm seemingly the only one around who couldn't care less about this.... Or those funny people who take the statement "I don't care about sports" as some kind of ultimate sin or blasphemy or something.
Decaying Reverie My sister watches football screaming at the tv and I just shake my head thinking "Whats so great about a game you can barely watch because there's a fucking commercial every 10 seconds."
Version 1.0 - the Normal Old Chess (After a few years, in Europe [I think]) ~Patch~ Version 2 - You can now move your King and Rook at the same time, move called CASTLING
I will just say that, according to SportAccord, the association of all of the world's biggest sporting federations (like [association] football and rugby), the definition of a "sport" is any activity that a. has an element of competition; b. does not rely on any form of "luck" integrated within the game; c. is not judged to pose an undue health risk to its participants; d. is in no way harmful to any living creature; and e. does not rely on equipment provided by only one supplier. By this definition from the _de facto_ international representative of sport, certain eSports do in fact count as sport.
MATPAT. I have a fnaf 4 theory. After the bite of 87 that kid that got bit became marionette and kid that got shot by purple guy became baloon boy ( or vise versa). In fnaf 4 when u play, flowers are by ur bed so maybe you as a kid seeing nightmare animatronics is part of the coma that you were in, after the bite of 87. This is my fnaf 4 never says "you died" because you are in a coma, just dreaming.
I feel you, MatPat. Your eSports problems remind me a lot of all of my frustrations as a marching band member. 8-15 hour practices, top physical form, incredible precision, teams, and designated competitions. Why it isn't considered a sport baffles me. So, you have a sympathizer, even though I'm not much of a gamer. Huge fan of your stuff, guys. Love the videos. Keep it up!
@@pepsiman4418 You can win all sorts of competitions in marching band! Best music, best show, best form, best winds--there are tons of categories that are judged and awarded separately in marching band competitions. It's a bit like competitive diving, where various groups or individuals are compared to determine a winner, rather than competing directly against each other on a field.
Peter Vreča I disagree. There are some balance issues in pretty much all games. The issue is that in SMITE, there usually aren't more than 1 or 2 OP gods at any time, and even then, Hi-Rex generally needs them quickly enough that it isn't usually an issue. Also, many of the gods that are "OP" just require more game knowledge, etc. to effectively combat, much like how Yi is considered OP in lower elos. My issues with league lie with how they buff to sell more skins, how they take way too long to apply nerfs, how they blatantly play favorites, how they leave some champions to rot for years without changing them at all (See Yorick, Warwick, Galio, Urgot), how they rarely account for power creep, and how they often cater to the higher ranked and pro players while ignoring the majority of the player base. I'm not saying SMITE doesn't have it's own problems. It has plenty. But in my opinion, it does a much better job at balancing than riot overall.
The statement Matt made about the LoL World Finals having more viewers than the NBA finals is untrue. Most people watch LoL individually in contrast to the amount of people who watch the NBA finals. This means more devices are being accounted for the individuals watching the LoL finals than the families or group of friends watching the NBA.
Twitch counts the amount of accounts logged in and watching. Many people watch twitch streams with other people in their home so really the number should be higher than he stated.
uEmeraldKing basketball is the 2nd most popular sport in the world and by far the most popular sport in china. LoL and other esports are definitely growing but they arent as big as the NBA yet. It should also be noted that whenever you talk about worldwide esports viewership numbers that multiple Chinese streaming sites are competing against eachother and have been known to inflate their viewer totals by a substantial amount in order to appear more dominant.
Raven Claw Of course he did. MatPat is at best someone who does minimal research, thrives on supposition and uses the term "theory" in a completely inappropriate way.
Sports requires four things 1) Physical Exertion - Any Movement counts, if its running a marathon, or moving a chess piece, it's physical exertion. What most people view this as is extreme Physical exertion, which is a requirement for athletics. This stops watching TV from being a sport 2)International Governing Body - Some sort of organisation, usually French. This stops games people create from being sports 3)Skill or learning curve - Any skill, or need to learn that will always affect the event. This stops gambling like slot machines from being sports, but allows Poker as a skillful Poker player will beat a unskillful one 4)Competition or scoring system - A goal to achieve victory and a way to calculate this.
I'm just going to say this, if spelling bees, cupstacking and Poker Championships are okay, then why aren't E-Sports? Hell, I don't play or even watch E-Sports, yet I know thats fucked up.
Jordan Smith I can relate to hating Lol...Dota..etc, especially because of the top down mechanic...but I do like Smite. It's the only one doing anything different and like the video said, the only one moving the genre forward. Though i still think how you level up is just wrong. Its based on how many matches you play basically instead of how well you play. So you could be level 30 just from playing alot of matches, but still not be very good at the game. Personally I would go off of the win loss record or your kill to death ratio, but thats just me.
Jordan Smith I've started following CS's pro scene about a year and a half ago and I've been very impressed by the skill and dedication that these players have.It always bothers me when people discredit what they do because "It's just a videogame".I couldn't care less about MOBA's but i think E-sports is a great thing and we should only see it grow in the future.
Yeah seriously. Not only does competitive E-sports require more eye-hand coordination than most other non fitness related sports but they're sure as hell more fun to watch. Seriously take a look at any competitive Smash or Starcraft game.
yoni0505 Except Chess IS a sport. And E-sport is in the dictionary. "The International Olympic Committee recognizes some board games as sports including Chess."
yoni0505 according to the dictionary a sport is " an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." the part about "physical exertion" starts at 11:35
Sports are competitive games. I think esports should be considered a serious thing. I don't care if they aren't considered a real sport. Just as long as it's treated with the same respect.
I'm sticking my neck out here, but I think that two categories of sport should exist. Mental and physical. Sports (Or games) that are more demanding in terms of physical prowess are considered physical sport, whereas sports (Or games again) where strategy, quick thinking and other mental attributes are more vital should be classed as mental. Notice how I never said neither attribute is not needed in any sport (Even chess, but you don't need much physical power to move pieces around)
I do agree with you. Even though injuries happen in eSports, they are far between, and not as severe as in physical sports. So classifying eSports as mental sports, I'm okay with.
There already is. Athletic and Non-athletic What most people count as just "sports" are athletic Sports, but sports such as esports count as non-athletic sports The definition is Ever Physical Exertion(Non-Athletic) and Extreme Physical Exertion(Athletic) There is no true line between the two, but the normal definiton if the sportsman has an average of 110bpm while active in the sport The definition dosn't care how much physical exertion, along as you doing something with your body changes the event somehow counts. If it's Running a marathon or moving a chess-piece, both are physical exertion
pwnedragon19 The FPS genre is honestly the one that's most likely to make it to the mainstream. It already has massive mainstream appeal, and is far more intuitive for spectators.
pwnedragon19 Yes, and for poor reason, too. CS still has the largest tournament viewership and largest tournament purses. Game theory just centered this piece on MOBAs because it is what he knows; tu quo, indeed. The FPS genre would be more relatable, imo, to the average non-gamer and would have made for a better platform for this diatribe.
And CSGO is the only one in its genre that's competitive on PC, This was just to make it more simplified and concentrations on the most popular genre on PC.
I love how "True Sports" fans down in the comment section is trying their best to prove that Gaming isn't sport without knowing the actual definition for Sports. Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which,[1] through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators. Let's start with the basics and the only argument sport fans have. "Include all forms of competitive physical activity". If kicking a ball is consider a physical activities why does moving your fingers doesn't ? Is it because finger movements are to non important ? Pitchers in Baseball heavily rely on their fingers to control the ball, without using their fingers, pitchers will always throw straight balls that are easy to hit. Not only that, Gaming have a special kind of physical activity that "True sports" doesn't have, Brain activities, Gaming require a lot of instant decision making and tactical thinking. In "True sports" the player is relying on his body instinct to play, Sport Athletes usually can't make crucial and tactical decision very well because most of their brain capacity is focusing on the body. So Gaming pass the first condition with points to spare. Next one. I honestly want so skip this one because anybody who use this as their augment is retarded. "Through casual or organized participation" E-Sports tournaments already are organized very carefully and have many investor ready to advertised their products. Cheating and Match Staging still happens very often in "Real sports" such as footballs and baseball. Gaming has a shockingly lower numbers of cheating and match staging compare to just soccer and baseball alone. Next one. what physical ability does soccer improve ? Speed, Agility, Focus, Aim. What does FPS games improve ? Fast pace hand movements, Endurance to keep your focust even after a 30 minutes game, Focus, Aim, Decision making, Reaction time. Saying Gaming doesn't improve physical attributes is like saying reading a book doesn't make you any smarter. Last one. Okay let's just skip this because this one is obvious. If E Sports doesn't entertain the players and the audience, no one will even come. As society grows Humans uses more and more of their brain and less of their physical strength. Why do you think Guns were invented ? I know most sports fans won't even read this comment and instead attack me for defending gaming anyways, you guys are too stubborn to accept new things. Oh and by the way, calling yourself a gamer does not make your argument of "GAMINZ IZ NAT SPORTZ" valid and acceptable.
Rocket League is getting to your idea sort of. With accessibility on PS4, Xbone AND PC, its bridging a gap. But hey, if you ever need to do a Melee video and need a helping hand I got you ;)
***** Will anyone who game on PC can't go to console these days unless it is exclusive. I touched the PC for convenient reasons back at 2012 and now I hardly use consoles.
***** doesn't matter , developers still based their design on console which is easier , less investment , less piracy and a lot more profit (exception for competitive games such as MOBA genre) , since pc got pretty wide range of spec while console is fixed it's a lot more easy for developers , ironic isn't it ? every game developed on pc , but aim toward console , it's just good business.
Saotome Alto its because the majority of people use consoles and people get scared of having to build a PC when its as easy as building a Lego set so the big game companies try to appeal to the console peasents more
Honestly, my biggest reasoning for why I sorta look down on esports in comparison to normal sports, (while being a big gamer.) Is that active sports do get people, active. They have peak physical health. Esports, that's not really a requirement. Both types of sports can get injuries from play, but the esports injuries are from their extensive 'training.' Carpal tunnel and arthritis like problems simply come from the extensive play they under take. While the only thing extensive training for sports does, is increase their physique, increase the resistance their muscles have, the rate oxygen is transported by the heart, all good things that not only benefit the sport, but the rest of their life too.
Eh.. I get that all sport people care about is the physical aspect but the only reason I can even speak English is cause of games not cause of my 2 years of football, "real sports" increase physical attributes but it depends on the sport tbh cause some of em (like golf) don't seem to me like I'll play them for 5 years and be buff af after, meanwhile most esports increase your awareness, decision making, thinking, communication etc... I just feel like barely anyone takes a look at this discussion from both sides, yes esports don't increase physical stuff, and yes sports don't increase mental stuff, unless you wanna talk chess and stuff but that's not a "real sport" either is it?
I'd be right there with you. Twitch has something like it, but that's not as accessible (as mat pat said) No it's not hard to get to but If you are like me where your internet sucks ass, you can't watch in HD or use anything on the internet to watch it in general (Without going crazy). Put it on the TV and you get something easy to get to, requires a TV (Which I'm pretty sure more people have TVs than computers.) Plus I would just LOVE to see League played on TV and recognized by more than just gamers as a sport.
GhostingGhost All sports are games, but not all games are sports. Let me show you an example: All dogs are animals, but not all animals are dogs. Sports can be categorized as games, but so can a lot of other things that aren't sports. Chutes & Ladders is a game. Shall we equate Chutes & Ladders to the NFL? Of course not. When an NFL athlete is playing Chutes & Ladders, he is not playing a game that can be called a sport.
Gabriel360LIVE NFL is nothing but an organization. Hell, Chutes and Ladders could be made into a sport, but it never will be. If Poker and Chess are considered sports, so can Chutes and Ladders.
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MatPat... ;) You know what time it is! The final chapter...
DJ KaZ No, he wasn't saying that the problem was that they don't know each other, but that the problem was communication, which obviously pro teams have. Fuck you.
+Faintedsquirtle not like it is now though. Its really become the hipster-gamer paradise the last couple of years. Its like a badge of honour to say you play it and pretend you have for a while and aren't just because its re-surging popularity.
actually mattpat, I think the reason why the NBA finals got 26 millions views in abc, while the LoL got 32 millions in twitch, is because abc is mostly American, the NBA is an American popular event, but not worldwide, abc being an American channel, LoL in the other hand, have gamers worldwide (NA, EU, SA, RUS, EA) and twitch is accessible to everyone who have internet
ABC is a Disney-owned company and as you probably know, Disney maintains great ties with the Eastern Continents. With these ties, it wouldn't be any problem at all really to broadcast North American sports to those countries. How else do you think some kids in Asia have their own favorite NBA player?
No no no, the NBA as a whole is a worldwide league with people all across the globe watching. It is very popular in European, Asian, and South American countries. I don't think you have a fair assumption
Crow You do know that the NBA has influenced multiple international professional basketball leagues (it's a big reason they use the sport in the Olympics). So, in short, the NBA Finals do get watch internationally. The only American sport that isn't too internationally sought after, is the NFL.
As a gamer and athlete, I have no problem with saying that gaming should be considered a sport. However, I feel very strongly that the distinction between an athletic sport and a non-athletic sport should be recognized.
I thing video games should not be considered sports. They're totally separate things. Nothing against video games WHATSOEVER, I love them, but sports are meant to be athletic, and moving your hands back and forth a few inches is not athletic. Honestly, they deserve more of a place on ESPN that the Poker championships, but that doesn't mean they're sports.
+Carl Bloke I play sports and video games, but I believe esports isn't a sport. It's an "esports." Please explain to me "the amount of exertion" please
Jamme Y take a look at the amount of mental exertion that is put into this. its the same amount you use for hysical exertion you would do for soccer. this makes esports far more than qualifies to be a sport
The reason why people do not think it is a sport is because it is too new. The RTS and FPS are both about 20 years old, and compared to other more traditional forms of entertainment, that is pretty new. People who grew up with older technology will usually stick to it, and it is hard to get older people to play a video game. This is not true 100% of the time, but to me this is mostly true. Also, people do not have the background knowledge to this media form.
They don't think it's a sport because it's mostly a bunch of overweight dudes sitting in front of their computer screens. Sure it takes practice and lots of skill, but come on.
DanXD25 have you actually seen an esports team before im part of my own small esports team that competes in amateur tournaments and trust me, they're far from overweight me and my team included, and we do more than sit in front of our computer, we spent as much as 4 months preparing, conditioning and strategizing for one tournements i've broken multiple bones in my hand just for training too hard you have no idea, i started as RT in middle school football and i found that esports was way harder so in my opinion you have no idea what you're talking about
I loved this video and I'll try my best to point out somethings I observed about accessibility of PC gamming in my country (Brazil). First, a quick wikipedia article says: "Video games were not permitted for import into Brazil until the 1990s, and were then heavily taxed as non-essential goods. As a result, a black market developed around pirating games, driven by the lack of official channels for purchasing games. Many game companies avoided expansion into the country for these reasons until the 2010s.[2] Blaming high tariffs, Nintendo officially left the market in 2015, but returned in 2017." Knowing that it's easier to get to a few points: 1 - Games are expensive around here, specially consoles, as you can see in the cheapiest brand new PS4 500GB costing around U$416.05 I found online (against the U$299 on the US), that's mostly taxes. 2 - Games are expensive for US. You see, Brazil has a huge Income inequality and laws and regulations that kind of perpetuate this situation. "Brazil's heavy taxes built into consumer prices include high taxes on foods, which burdens the poor. The tax load of those in the higher income brackets earning more than 30 times the minimum wage a month amounted to 26.3 per cent. In contrast, those with a monthly income of less than twice the minimum wage were taxed almost twice the amount at 48.8 per cent." On top of that 25,4% of the people earn US$ 5,50 a day (it takes 76 days of work for a person like this buy a PS4), and 6,4% earn less than U$1,9 a day. Yeah, I know, that's a WAY worst problem envolving political corruption, market pressure, bank control and even just bad administration, but nonetheless reveal a great problem in one of a HELL of a gamming community. 3 - PCs are way cheapier to have in a home, since it helps in studies and work (and you can buy an old used one and it will still be somewhat ok). In addition, League of Legends has a long range of PC specs which CAN run it in a somewhat "fun" capacity and also is a free game. No wonder why it is the largest gamming community in Brazil and it has it's own local server. 4 - Online games are harder to pirate or fake. The games need local servers to build up competition and - even with Brazil's vast quantity of "private servers" - official competitivity is a pain in the butt for paid games. I know I digress a lot, but I'm trying to produce a game here and I ALSO love playing and watching games. Therefore - in the actual political and economic situation of my country (specially after the 2017 coup) - I can not stay silent. I hope more and more people gets aware of this to maybe change our situation, not only in gaming, but in general
People who think that video games can't be sports are the same type of people as the ones who fight over which console is superior. It's a psychological effect that can loosely be defined as "fanboyism." You defend the thing you love to death because you feel that any criticism of it is a criticism of you. Sports fans have, for so long, criticized "nerds" for playing "vidya gaems," and now that they're seeing them get recognition by their sports network, they feel threatened. They feel like it's a personal attack because of how much they have emotionally invested. They're afraid others will look at sports less legitimately because they looked at video games as less legitimate. So, sports fans, it's alright. No one's gonna take away your sportsball. You can still enjoy it. The "nerds" are just here to be equal, and no one's going to make fun of you (that isn't already making fun of you for being so obsessed with sports. People who make fun of people for personally enjoying something are stupid anyways.) And gamers, you don't have to meet them halfway. You don't have to be reasonable to have them accept change. It's okay. Competitive video games are sports, and competitive gamers are athletes.
My hope is that ESPN continues to lose millions of viewers per right up until they either start giving it away or the cable companies start to offer it as a value add for the idiots we currently subsidize.
***** An athlete is just a competitor in a sport. You're experiencing the same cognitive dissonance that others experience when dealing with something they don't like.
***** The name for a person who participates in a sport is an athlete. It's really that simple, and the two could be easily associated with one another. Chess players are athletes, and even contestants in Math competitions are Athletes. Considering the lack of physical activity in these, professional gamers could just as easily be called athletes. Where is your supporting evidence to suggest otherwise? ***** :)
Mattpat, you miss an important aspect of getting esports accepted: the understanding level of the audience. Here's part of the problem, by way of example: I've been playing games since the early 80's. I have a decent amount of free time to game in my adult life, I game with my kids, with my wife, and by myself. I play all kinds of games, on both console and PC, everything from casual clickers to sports games to puzzlers to platformers to RPGs to card battle games. And for the life of me I can't figure out what the f**k is going on, on one of those MOBA screens. Characters are too small, and their movements are unpredictable without having a deep knowledge of team tactics for that specific game. Icons are all over the place, cluttering up the view for anyone who doesn't know what they mean. Messages pop up and disappear before you can read them. The map is essentially useless. Some of these same sorts of things can be said about the more physical sports, to be sure. But most all of us have a sense of moving our bodies, throwing a ball, running, etc. that translates some of what's going on intuitively. But even people like me, with long and broad gaming experience, often can't tell what's happening at any given moment in a MOBA.
The Internet Peasant I think given any amount of time you're eventually bound to learn some of the basics of what's going on. I only watch The Super Bowl and I barely understand the ins and outs of football. It's a state of mind I believe that you want to learn from watching and dedicating the time to watching rather than just clicking on the live stream and thinking everything will be good to go for watching. I'm in the same boat as you, I play pretty much everything but MOBAs and really have no clue what's going on during them, but that's because I've never had the interest to learn.
lol Have someone who has never seen football watch it and try to explain it to you. I still have no idea what a linebacker is. If you have played any type of RTS, you can get a jist of what's happening in a MOBA
Exactly... Since games aren't standardized... the common audience member won't get it Especially since the media pretty much looks down upon gaming However I feel like we're going a long way and after 10 years our society will accept gaming like how Japan already does
RL (Rocket League) doesn’t exactly work like that, you can only have 1 backup, but other teams can lend players over to the stricken one, and everyone plays independently, but as a team.
*Sports:* - often involves physical exertion (to the point where you can get out of breath, e.g. *football* - by this definition chess is not a sport) - can involve mental exertion (by this definition *chess* is a sport, as is e-Sports) - the most common "sports" is the one including physical force - therefore chess is not a sport. However chess is officially a sport, and thus e-Sports should be too. *eSports:* - involves quick reflexes and reaction time (like any *martial arts*, just without the physical exertion in it) - involves precision (in e.g. CSGO - similarly to *skeet shooting* or *archery* skeet shooting and archery are categorized as sports while CSGO is not, to many) - is a sport if categorized with mental exertion *Personal opinion?* eSports is, more or less, sports. If it was not, skeet shooting/archery would not be either if CSGO was not - it has similar training. Now someone will be like "BUT YOU ACTUALLY HOLD A GUN IN SKEET SHOOTING!!!1111" - that is irrelevant. The training method is similar and the actual sport is similar (shoot things as they appear with the greatest precision), however CSGO also requires teamwork at the professional level. Games like Hearthstone are not really sports however (HS is eSports however, as eSports is just as broad as sports. Comparing Hearthstone and CSGO like comparing chess and football.), as luck has a huge factor in the game, unlike in LoL or CSGO. Feel free to hate me for this opinion.
Hina Face They would not be sports, technically. However, as you can categorize "sports" by either mental exertion OR physical exertion, they _can_ be sports. Chess, Scrabble or Spelling Bee are mental sports (like eSports) - football, baseball or basketball are physical ones. :)
iGamingRecon You missed a lot of the definition of sports by most governing sport agencies. You missed the fact that a game must have a codified set of rules to be considered a sport, that a game must involve a high level of competition to be considered a sport and you missed that a game must have a high level of skill to be considered a sport. And in fact, most governing sport agencies don't require a high mental ability for something to be considered a sport, although, as you said, most sports do have a high level of mental activity. Also, the requiement is not that it often involves physical exertion, but that it involves a high level of physical exertion. If a game does not meet all of the requirements of a sport then it falls into the next category, which is games, a category developed specifically for games like these that meet some, but not all, of the requirements of a sport. Almost no sport professional or governing sport agency would consider chess or esports a sport because they don't involve a high level of physical activity. You mentioned getting to the point of getting out of breath but I would argue that a truly high level of physical activity would include most, if not all, sections of the body. This is why sports professionals are debating over golf and NASCAR as being games, not sports. I even hear baseball get thrown around every once in a while. I haven't heard of classifying physical and mental sports before, but I do think that might be a good idea in the future.
theryanplummer There are multiple rules for sports, yes. I also did mean that sports in general include a high level of physical exertion (unlike in chess where you move one hand), I apologize if I was unclear. However, the classification of mental/physical sports wasn't even my idea, I got it from some video or it's comments. I thought it was a brilliant idea and I support it. eSports in general could be sports if that were the case, as it is somewhat taxing mentally; you have to deal with frustration (if you are losing) or pressure (closing matches out). Also, my opinion about whether NASCAR or golf are sports is that they are sports. NASCAR falls under the category of motorsports, in which the drivers need to be healthy to withstand long times in heat, especially if it is a sunny day and you are driving ~300 laps somewhere. Golf is more about precision and ability to control your stick so that you score the least, therefore it's basically a mental sport (it involves very little physical stress).
james blenkinsopp You're the best ;) That's the feedback I love to hear, when people aren't necessarily interested in the topic, but still enjoy the video!
I'm a gamer and I'm saying that esports isn't a sport. I play highschool sports too so I'm not biased ight. Sports required physical activity games don't end.
Tanner Nelson this is the most stupidest yet funniest comment in this comment section and of the day. You win the stupid funny comment award of the day sir. :)
Thandi Manyothwane Quit Google plus stalking me your commenting on all my freaking vids please do half a million not all of em like game theory we're did dat come from next avgn maybe
cheeseburgerkid Nah. Big hockey fan. There's actually a lot of crossover but it's just the small groups that only do one or the other that feel like their elite and need to bash anything else
You guys know he won't be doing the FNAF4 theory until someone figures out how that box is opened. This could take a few weeks, and some are even thinking it'll be opened on the Halloween update, so, buckle the fuck up, it's gonna take awhile.
Tom Carr well you know Scott he releases all of theses games wayyyyy be for they were meant to be released so that update mite come sooner that we think but that just an idea
Unintelligent person: "Why would you want to watch someone play video games just so it yourself!!!!" Unintelligent person: "I'm going to watch the basketball cya"
The one thing I need to bring up on this and it's the toxic nature of the MOBA community and online gaming in general. This needs to be sorted out before esports can be taken seriously.
nicraptor11 With MOBA players, that is everyone almost without exception. It is most toxic excuse for a community out there. It nothing but abuse from your own team. You sir, are in denial.
Ice Climber A large piece of the toxicity comes from non professional players, physical sports also has toxic non professional players as well. They're actually pretty paralleled in my mind, with the only major difference is how they're being toxic (moba players get to hide behind a screen while sports players are face to face), but maybe I'm over thinking as I tend to do, so feel free to disagree but the way I see it. Sorry in advance if examples are league oriented only because that's the only online game I play semi competitively while keeping tabs on the professional teams. And this is probably gonna be wordy. 1. Toxicity doesn't exist so much in professional league of legends teams, but on the occasions where toxicity happens between teammates or a team member attacks someone on another team the coaches tend bench them asap (I think piglet being benched would be the most recent example I can think of) and in some cases riot has banned players from competing in the lcs (sportsman like behavior is part of the rules for lcs I would think). Meanwhile on professional sports teams you can look on youtube and find videos of teammates getting into literal fist fights and I would hope they got benched. 2. As of non professional teams (small tournament teams), which is one I can speak from personal experience since I've had a small team do at least 1 tournament a week... mostly for the free rp. We probably took our little tournament team a little too seriously (hey, free rp), we had a full roster with a main team and subs so we practiced every day 5-7 hours a day. The great thing about it was that we were all friends and we had fun doing it while we did. Unfortunately, we did have some toxic players and when it came down to how serious we actually were about that free rp, we did cut friends off the roster because of the all chat bm (in some tournaments all chat bm meant disqualification) or the complaining about someone on the team over mic for the team morale. This is kinda similar to highschool and college sports teams where awkwardly enough one toxic player on our team apparently also did sports for their college and got benched pretty often. (we've had a group discussion about his attitude, he's been trying to chill out-- ehhh, it's a 50/50 but we appreciate the effort. He's stopped arguing in all chat, thats a start) 3. Now down to where all the toxicity is: normals and solo/duo queue. This is essentially like an elementary school to high school pe class for physical sports. Its a bunch of random kids being paired with each other by a higher force (match making for league, pe teachers for sports) where some kids can't help but make things as difficult as they can. And when it comes down to it all you can do on league is mute or report where matchmaking will go out of its way not to put you on a team as that toxic player while in irl you fuss to that pe teacher and they try not to put the two of you together. In the end, a guys (men?) being irl douchebags doesn't stop people from enjoying watching professional sports and taking professional sports seriously. Toxicc10 year olds trying to sound like bad asses online playing league-- although it leaves a bad mark for people who are new to esports (maybe even the internet too because toxic behavior is found everywhere online), it shouldn't be that final stamp of disapproval that determines whether or not something can be deemed serious or not. oh. yeah. this got wordy. ^-^ sorry~
Nicole Hoffman I find that there is not as much toxicity with pro players very hard to believe. It really feels like the games encourage that kind of behaviour.
Ice Climber I get your feelings about it being encouraged as how league's report system works nowadays... or maybe perhaps I just miss the tribunal-- get my dose of unnecessary/childish drama. I understand riot can't keep track of millions of individual players and they feel this is the best way to go about it. But you can find pages and pages of players getting banned from lcs by riot or coaches doing whats best for the team and benching (they do want to win after all) for toxic behavior where it's easier for riot to keep track of pros since they're a much smaller scale of people; and from what I hear they are very strict on that. Maybe there is more toxicity among the professional teams than I suspect, there is a good chance that that is in fact true as I am not a pro and I do not personally know each and every one of them. But if there is, they do a good job at keeping a clean appearance when the public is looking and not letting on to their inner asshole as someone in traditional sports would do.
Ben Shappell They are just toned. There's a difference between being athletic and being tone example NFL line men doesn't look athletic but really they are.
They broadcast Billiards, poker and spelling bee but say gaming isn't a sport? lol ESPN is a joke. I'm pretty sure if Chess us considered a sport the gaming should be too
I don't consider any of those except pool to be sports. Sports must require a physical challenge along with competition to be a sport. Card games, board games, etc. are not sports to me
Game Theorist makes it clear in the video he doesn't know much about sports. If so then who is he to say it's a sport or not. Sports are physical activity. Games are not sports they our games. Their own category
another thing that needs to happen is that older people need to stop thinking that video games are a waste of time. i cant tell you how many times ill be talking about a game in front of my dad and he freaks out. it boils down to the fact that people are afraid of change. they think that if video games become recognized as sports, then people will become fat and lazy and other things. but its actually quite the opposite. ill give you an example. when i was younger i didn't play video games that often, and i was terrible at catching and other hand eye coordination related things. in the last 3 and a half years I've been playing more video games on my PC, and not only can i catch, my hand eye coordination has been significantly improved. I can still go outside and play these sports, but much better than i could ever before! just because i play video games doesn't mean that i don't do other things.
I cant remember saying anything about making it a sport, but if i did then i didn't mean that. I don't think it should be considered a sport, but i do think that its a very legitimate competition that has the right to be televised. so yes i agree with what you said
Pfft. BOTH competitive gaming and sports are massive wastes of time. The amount of good that a quarterback does with throwing a long ball down the field right on the mark to a receiver is equal to the good done by a Street Fighter player who wins a round in a tournament. This is just a bunch of useless assholes worried terribly about other people's perception of their dick size who all ultimately do nothing for the world except provide entertainment for the masses. Sports fans and athletes and analysts are terrified of the notion that they're worthless contests will someday become irrelevant and thus be replaced by other completely worthless contests. Meanwhile, gamers are insecure over the fact that their worthless contests are not being taken seriously by other people watching or partaking in worthless contests that have nothing to fucking do with them. All because a corporation wanted to make a little cash by stirring the pot and watching it boil. Human retardation at its fucking finest. Neither side should give a fuck about what the other side thinks. Neither side should even give an opinion on this matter. Because it doesn't fucking matter. The future will decide the victor and that's fucking that. Admittedly, watching nerds and jocks go at it always makes for a barrel of laughs. Especially when there's a person who is both a nerd and a jock. Good shit. Grab a beer or an energy drink and enjoy the show.
Vice Warner Why stop at sports being a waste of time? Let's extend that to everything. Everything is a waste of time and doesn't matter. No matter what you do, you die. No matter what humanity tries, it will die too. No matter what sentient life tries to do, the Universe will eventually end in heat death. At that point, it will be as if humanity had never happened in the first place. So, ultimately, competitive gaming is just as important as every single other thing in the Universe. (This is why calling things a waste of time is stupid.)
TheoneandonlySkrillard423 Yeah, why the hell is there a stigma attached to gamers? Just because you play video games as a hobby doesn't mean that's ALL you do, and it certainly doesn't make you inherently unhealthy. If you take gaming to an extreme, then yeah of course you'll get unhealthy, but active sports are like that too. If you start practicing and going on extreme diets, you'll screw up your muscles and get injured. In the right amount, both gaming and sports alike are very good for you. Be it through physical fitness or hand-eye coordination and reaction time, practicing one could help you improve the other. They both have equal rights to be considered sports, and the whole idea that being a gamer makes you unhealthy and that being an athlete makes you inherently healthy needs to go. "Health" is not completely determined by your activeness, your diet, ability to fight infections, and the amount and appropriateness of exercise is what counts. Whether you play video games or love football does not determine one way or another if you are healthy or unhealthy.
People that say that it shouldn't be a sport because you're not running around, getting physically fit forget some things.
Darts is a sport
Poker is a sport
Cup stacking is a sport
Chess is a sport
Sport does not mean running around, it means a competitive game.
Well, all these sports make you move your arms instead of your fingers
***** poker, darts,and cup stackings aren't really sports and if they are accepted i feel like e-sports should be as well, but considering the players as "athletes" is just an insult to real athletes that look healthy and are fit, Chess is a sport and i believe it should since it at least requires a deep level of thinking but it's players shouldn't be considered as athletes either.
All the activities that you mentioned has one slight difference to esports though...
THEY ARE IN REAL LIFE. esports are just pixels on a screen, doesnt exist.
***** if eSports is not a sport DRIVING A CAR IN CIRCLES isn't a sport either
BigBadWolf I also feel that they shouldn't be called athletes, because it kind of takes down the meaning of the word. However, think about it like this: If you play basketball all by yourself, you're not doing a sport, you're doing an excercise. If your playing basketball competitevely with other people, it's a sport. Hell, seeing who can drink their water bottle the fastest can be considered a sport. It's just that that isn't going to be considered a sport because it doesn't require much thinking or pshysical ability. E-sports do.
Guys... I scrolled down to read the comments.
*Send help.*
Zren *dives in and tries to pull out, but gets stuck in*
Help? No, my friend, it's not possible
Noooo why'd you go in the comment section
Zren Don't worry, we are all here stuck with you.
***** WHY DIDN'T YOU WARN ME
does anyone else think that this needs a follow up video?
Especially with the Olympic esports
eysh 84 yes
I'm thinking this might need a long 1 hour video or a book. Online gaming has a good long history. It needs to get documentated badly. I mean, this is a birth of a genre of sports.
deznoites
You are are aware that weeaboo has nothing to do with a video game that was created in the US, right?
Weeaboo means a person who puts the japanese culture before their own culture. :V
deznoites
I don't even sleep with pillows. They are bad for your health. And I find Japan a scary place to visit. Creppy perverts.
Me: hey mom I want to be a soccer player when I grow up.
Mom: Okay, cool!
Me: I want to be a DJ when I grow up!
Mom: oh, okay
Me: I'm kind of thinking about trying out competitive Splatoon 2.
Mom: ...
Me: what is it?
Mom: well, why don't you want to do something a little more productive?
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The life of a LUTI player in a nutshell.
As a gamer, I don't think gaming should be recognized as a sport. It's essentially saying that sitting on a chair rapidly pressing buttons falls under the same category as running through a field tossing/hitting balls to each other and (depending on the sport) making physical contact with other players.
With sports you need speed, endurance, and reflexes. You also need to make use of your entire body. But with gaming, you just need reflexes and speed, but those only apply to your fingers, while you yourself could be physically out of shape and absolutely helpless in a real sport.
While slightly true, you also have to use your brain. What to buy, who to heal, how long you spend in a lane, and weather or not to press an attack. Split Second decisions. A lot of it is quick thinking. I can respect your opinion, but I feel that it can be considered a sport.
The meaning of "Sport" is to use physical exertion and skill in a individual or team competition for entertainment. Gaming doesn't seem very physical considering your sitting in a chair for the duration of the game but when MatPat showed me that players tear muscles in their arms in gaming competitions, I couldn't believe that. That one clue shows that gaming is a legit sport. A sport where you physically exert energy and show your skill through a computer! Think I'm lying? Look up the meaning sport.
Chess is also a sport. Fuck off
HaloAndMinecraftFtw Definition of sport: "an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment." Big thing imo is "physical exertion", I don't think pressing buttons counts. I agree with you.
masterman3349 exactly. ESPN should stick with real sports like Poker and cup stacking and scrabble tournaments.
What about Hockey? Oh wait, ESPN forgets the Nhl exists
hahaha
+Justin Winters
Hockey hasn't been relevant since they started to work on preventing full on drag out bloody hockey fights. Thats like Nascar no longer having car crashes because then its no long interesting to watch.
Hell if Gold had some fights that would be fun to watch.
Glenn A Then why do the Stanley Cup Finals sill receive millions of views a year?
Justin Winters
Well that is because Canadians can't give up on a dead sport. Oh and by the way Hockey doesn't have millions of viewers anymore as its been on the decline for 20 years.
+Glenn A Then explain why this playoff has been moderately viewed i n that time despite none of the Canadian teams making it in the context of it being only one round in with the Finals themselves being approximately two months away
I find it humorous how many people are trying to justify their "Gaming ain't a sport!" by claim by saying there's no physical precision or not enough movement, then find no fault in games like Poker, Chess, Cup Stacking, Horse Racing, et al. being sports.
Listen up: We're not saying that ALL gaming is a sport. My playing football, soccer, and baseball with my son and the neighbors doesn't make me an athlete. It doesn't even make it a sport. It's just a game as it's done for the fun of it without any serious competitive consideration, even as we follow the rules. However, those players who build custom components to get the weights perfect for their hands? The ones who practice with their team for hours on end and then watch their competitors' game videos to anticipate strategies? The ones who've developed PRECISE MUSCLE MOVEMENTS to fulfill their needs in their chosen game? The ones who take the time to learn exactly what each piece in the game can do in an otherwise balanced and fair playing field, making only the players' skill and ability to perform the difference between victory and defeat? (EDIT: Adding the following line as I thought I'd included it) The ones who take the time and energy to ensure that they meet all requirements to fit into a specific competitive organization's requirements so that they can actively participate in the advertised local, regional, national, and international competitions? (/EDIT) That's physical prowess, skill, and competition. That's dedication and drive. That, my friends, is when it becomes a sport. It doesn't take away from your chosen preferred sports any more than the sports that are currently recognized by the older generation did for other sports. It's just simply a newer, different kind of sport.
I am a gamer. I don't consider my personal gaming to be a sport and I'm okay with that. I play to have fun and I don't rightly care if I come out on top in every single game as long as it was a fair game that was entertaining. But those teams of players who dedicate that time, energy, devotion to winning their game with their team in an organized and regulated format? They're playing their game as a sport. It's no different than any other sport out there. Just like any other sport, it has its tools and equipment. And unless you can come up with an argument other than, "It's not physical enough," or the grossly tired, "The definition (that I won't link to) says...," then you're only arguing against it because it's *different.*
+Lone Wulf
what is the difference between a game (as in a game of soccer) and a sport?
how we call it.
vinx.909 Actually, I would posit that the difference is the amount of time, energy, skill, and organization put into them as well as the competition that they foster. Any smaller group of people can play a game, but it takes many more people playing by a set standard and organized format to call it a sport.
Lone Wulf following that logic (and it is very logical) esports are differently sports
+Lone Wulf My my, that is a strawman of some magnitude, not to mention a faulty generalisation. I've never seen anyone propose a definition of 'sport' that would exclude e-sports try to argue that poker or chess are sports. Including cup stacking and horse racing (which are intrinsically physical activities, unlike the former two) alongside poker and chess is disingenuous at best.
Catcrumbs With all due respect, you may want to consider re-discovering the definition of straw man fallacy. I don't re-define the arguments used and then formulate an argument against it. (From Wikipedia: based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument which was not advanced by that opponent. - Downes, Stephen. "The Logical Fallacies") In fact, a quick glancing of the many anti-eSports comments will show quite clearly that their argument is strictly in regards to "Physical Prowess" determining whether or not something is a sport, to which I directly address in my argument. That, my friend, is *NOT* a straw man.
I will also invite you to rebut any of the actual argument instead of trying to assert that my first sentence, which is merely a statement of opinion, is the entirety of my argument.
Until then, please, have a nice day and a Happy New Year.
My school is full of basketball players that
play DOTA or LOL
And yes its true
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all the people who are against esports are gonna be dead in 50 or so years. im not saying that they suck, or they should die but im just saying all we need is time.
Learn Quick good point!
Learn Quick esports are terrible for people and causes people to have an inconsistent future and a false sense of talent. So many have thrown their life away and failed to make it in the area.
***** an adult gamer doesn't have that much time on their hands dickweed. we're too busy working, so that we can spend our spare time gaming. work = exercise, and i make money doing it :).
have fun reveling in your shallow team sports hype, i'll be actually enjoying my life.
TheEricVolpe No fun allowed beyond this point.
Also fuck painters, because that's not an assured career path >:^(
***** Nice. Generalize every gamer and fan of eSports. Because we all know that NONE of them exercise! Seriously, fuck off.
The NBA and league of legends comparison is unfair. The NBA is an American competition on a channel you can only watch in America but people from anywhere in the world could have watched League of legends.
II watch NBA here in the UK on BT Sport but only if I'm awake at 4:30am
James Gardner I can watch NBA in the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, and England.
James Gardner NBA is incredibly popular in China.
James Gardner lol
You just disproved matpat gg
Why would we want our game competitions to be shown on ESPN? Let's get a broadcaster that respects gaming as a sport to make the money, and help evolve the sport.
It is not us that want it that way, if ESPN doesnt take this chance to enter the E-Sports scene, they are going to lose that market; companies like IBM and Radioshack went bankrupt for not evolving with the time, not saying that ESPN is going bankrupt but losing a emerging market of billions of dollars can make anyone puke blood if they understimated how big it would be in the future.
Because it's a "well set" base for this for TV. Sport based channels are about a similar type of competition and have the resources for broadcasting it on TV.
If we should want it on TV, that involves the matters of broadening the community and growing the public acceptance of Gamers.
So ESPN will lose a great market? They have NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, all of the College tournments, and world wide, they have Liga MX, Premier League, Bundesliga, Serie A, Copa Libertadores, FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro, Summer and Winter Olympics. I don't think they need E-Sports. But E-Sports need their own TV
we already do that......
if gaming is a sport, then chess is a sport, boardgames are a sport, doing math is a sport, spelling b's are sport, see it's rediculous
ESPN, only wants to air "real sports"
also ESPN, airs professional cornhole/ hot dog eating contest
Eating 80 hotdogs is no joke plus it's intertaining
@@Plane. so are esports
@@Plane. entertaining***
@@Digitalhdwmn ehh u know what it meant
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the FPS genre growing in E-Sports as well?
Yes but this is more based towards the biggest of the big, like how one "real" sport grew before the rest
True but I thought FPS was admitted before DOTA
It was originally was more popular but now those aren't. I mean there still popular just not as much as the others.
I like counter strike and overwatch better and they are rising as well but it is no secret that mobas are bigger
CS:GO is the biggest consistent fps CoD always has a big tourney for their newest game and overwatch isn't getting huge anytime soon prize pools for Blizzard games just aren't big
I am severely confused why people are commenting that video games are a waste of time. If you're so against them, then why are you watching a gaming channel? I just don't get it!
I agree
Professor Mercury Haha nice oe
Because it probably came up on their thumb nail and decided they wanted to hate on it
If they say video games are a waste of time, what makes sports not a waste of time?
Professor Mercury probably because we spammed the shit out of their twitter feeds with this... oh well.
Matpat: *does Fnaf 4 theory*
*next day*
Scott: Fnaf 5 coming this holiday!
Matpat: oh my god no
FreeCandyFor$1 i see you say that everywhere xD
Vortexzz1 nah. its the final game. DLC is comming out though
reece666999 what's DLC
alice malfoy downloadable content.
Pay more money to get stuff added to the game.
Matpat: "hoe don't do it!"
Scott: releases fnaf5
Matpat: "oh my god "
ESPN sucks anyway. They don't even show sports half the time it's a bunch of people talking about sports.
FordTheKid ya and this comment section is a bunch of idiots thinking videogames are a sport
+clorox bleach And your an idiot for calling passionate esports fans idiots.Why do you have to act this way?
well its really obvious that games aren't sports in games you don't have to be athletic to be good at them but sports you have to be athletic to be good at them
KidTrigger Chess is considered a sport tho... :thinking:
chess isn't a sport
Does mayonnaise count as a sport...?
No Patrick, Mayonnaise is not a sport.
monkeyXmonkey it is if we're fighting over who eats it faster
I wish...
No mavis mayonnaise is not a sport
monkeyXmonkey *Raises hand* No Patrick horse radish isn't a sport either
Do I watch or care about sports?
No and Yes, respectively. No, I don't watch televised sports (traditional sports). I do occasionally watch local sport events, but I prefer to play myself, rather than watch.
With Esports, I'm pretty much the same. I occasionally watch them but prefer to play.
I don't watch either but it is something people enjoy and it should be recognized by everyone.
Eu4 PLeb can you at least understand why people have that "superiority complex" about their game
I play myself every night. Sorry, couldn't resist. The playing with myself that is, I never apologize for a joke.
thats actually a common mentality lyrim
I think watching football is dumb... any of the sports that drone on forever with little play time. I prefer playing it myself. One thing I will NEVER understand... is watching a competitive MOBA game. It's so uninteresting to the point where I can't see why people like it.
While we're on the subject... Marching Band is a sport.
Ethan Cook Dude, totally. Those gigantic shows that professional drum cores pull off are extremely hard. Even at high-school level there's a lot to it.
I respect marching band a lot, they do a lot of hardwork and it requires skill. But it's just not a sport, but that doesn't downgrade it
Jacob Bowe Well, it is compeditive, in some contexts, but I can see why it wouldn't be in some respects
Ethan Cook It is extremely hard and very interesting to listen to, but it is not a sport. No points, winners/losers, etc. That doesn't make it not very challenging and cool.
SuperAuthenticGaming You are awarded points in competitions, and the band with the most points often goes home with a trophy for the band room.
Lol just realized this is from 2015 and I'm 16 minutes in 😂😂
omg I didn't realise XD
I wondered... 😂😂
Wait it feels like I watched this just yesterday, 3 years?! I've watched it a few times since Matt released it, and I'm way more into esports now than i was 3 years ago
2018 and I'm 13 minutes in
2018
To answer the ending question, no, I do not watch sports. Something about them has never captivated me and I just sit there wondering why it entertaining to watch a group of people chase a ball. It imagine it must be what my parents feel when they see me playing games.
Decaying Reverie Same here. Then, there's the rules. SO MANY F*CKING RULES.
Decaying Reverie The best is every 4 years, when there is the football world championship, the whole country goes crazy and doesn't speak about anything else....and I'm seemingly the only one around who couldn't care less about this....
Or those funny people who take the statement "I don't care about sports" as some kind of ultimate sin or blasphemy or something.
Decaying Reverie See, I'll play sports. I'll only watch Formula(ic) One, as that's something pretty fun to watch.
Decaying Reverie My sister watches football screaming at the tv and I just shake my head thinking "Whats so great about a game you can barely watch because there's a fucking commercial every 10 seconds."
***** M8 that was poor b8
0.6/10
Not even that good.
You can't patch chess and change it completely.
Lol
they did, its called checkers
Spicy meme
Aussie rules were just early mods
Version 1.0 - the Normal Old Chess
(After a few years, in Europe [I think]) ~Patch~
Version 2 - You can now move your King and Rook at the same time, move called CASTLING
I don't watch sports. I don't watch TV at all anymore. I just watch RUclips, and greatly prefer it too.
John Joubran I'm the same way. The only show I watch is Criminal Minds, and that shit's on Netflix.
John Joubran I rather not have games on tv twitch still needs to exist
Nuclearzombie he wasn't talking about twitch?
Same
John Joubran ....Whats a TV? RUclips is life.
I will just say that, according to SportAccord, the association of all of the world's biggest sporting federations (like [association] football and rugby), the definition of a "sport" is any activity that a. has an element of competition; b. does not rely on any form of "luck" integrated within the game; c. is not judged to pose an undue health risk to its participants; d. is in no way harmful to any living creature; and e. does not rely on equipment provided by only one supplier. By this definition from the _de facto_ international representative of sport, certain eSports do in fact count as sport.
Danuki L lol tf2 random crits
Videogames are not about winning, they're about fun!
Random Guy True that
Danuki L you forgot the part about it being a competition of physical ability
ESPN airs chess tournaments
If someone asks me what sport I play, I'm not about to say "Video Games".
Lol
I sure as hell will
***** no just this.
***** I won't either. I'll be saying 'Dota 2'.
***** When people ask how I look at video games I don't say it's a sport either. It's a job.
"Are people really buying those giant desktops anymore?" Proceeds to stare down at giant black desktop sitting next to myself.
LEL you are not a true gamer if you play on a laptop
Jeroen Van Der Meer but i don't have the money for a desktop :'(
ScarfaceGuru Desktops cost less than laptops, so everything's fine!
Razqua me too lol
Jeroen Van Der Meer Who wants to be a "true gamer" it just makes you sound like a fat, unhygienic virgin.
"Who even uses desktops these days?"
Lol wut
st0rm He meant those titan-sized PC setups I think
Jyrskis He also mentioned it as if people NEED those 4 thousand dollar pc's for fucking MOBA's. It's pretty stupid to think that.
***** I used to be about that life, until I upgraded that pos computer
Wallus The Walrus he was exaggerating.
11:43
endoskeleton
4:40 - I though LoL should fall into "various Dotas" category and Smite into "games almost no-one heard of".
You have never heard of Smite...
Smite has been huge for years, even before this theory came out in 2015. How'd you miss that???
true LoL got inspired from dota but didn't rip off the designs, but sure you can put it there
Poker.... A sport...
precisely!
madgead01 well poker takes a ton of skill
jax Briggs So much skills involved....
Well not a "lot" a bit of an exaggeration but it does take more skill than most games
At least you're actually doing the thing though, not simulating doing a real sport.
on July 23: FNAF 4 Released
MatPat Died 2015-2015
5 days later,
Windows 10 released
Illuminati confirmed
I cri evrytim
MATPAT. I have a fnaf 4 theory. After the bite of 87 that kid that got bit became marionette and kid that got shot by purple guy became baloon boy ( or vise versa). In fnaf 4 when u play, flowers are by ur bed so maybe you as a kid seeing nightmare animatronics is part of the coma that you were in, after the bite of 87. This is my fnaf 4 never says "you died" because you are in a coma, just dreaming.
Thevidbros the problem with your theory is in FNAF 1 the phone guy said "it's amazing that the human body can live without the frontal lobe"
There is a flatline sound after the kid disappears on night 6. He did die eventually.
I came here to see all the posts DEMANDS FNAF4.
I was not dissapointed.
Poor Mat Pat.
Make fnaf 4 theory pleease
DUDE SAME
i wouldnt say poor he earns comments wich is attention for his channel and so many new people found his channel becouse fnaf... :/
***** same
right
I feel you, MatPat. Your eSports problems remind me a lot of all of my frustrations as a marching band member. 8-15 hour practices, top physical form, incredible precision, teams, and designated competitions. Why it isn't considered a sport baffles me. So, you have a sympathizer, even though I'm not much of a gamer.
Huge fan of your stuff, guys. Love the videos. Keep it up!
ShadowAceSonic even though I may never understand how to 'win' marching band, but I hope your sport gets recognition :)
@@pepsiman4418 You can win all sorts of competitions in marching band! Best music, best show, best form, best winds--there are tons of categories that are judged and awarded separately in marching band competitions. It's a bit like competitive diving, where various groups or individuals are compared to determine a winner, rather than competing directly against each other on a field.
ShadowAceSonic oh ok
>Mentions League of Legends
>Talks about balance
You sure you're talking about the right game, MatPat?
DOTA2 has more hero balance than LOL
Yep. So does Smite, imo, though not to te same extent as DOTA.
Chuck Norris II no i play smite and lol and smite is not balanced sorry some heroes are just op af
Peter Vreča I disagree. There are some balance issues in pretty much all games. The issue is that in SMITE, there usually aren't more than 1 or 2 OP gods at any time, and even then, Hi-Rex generally needs them quickly enough that it isn't usually an issue. Also, many of the gods that are "OP" just require more game knowledge, etc. to effectively combat, much like how Yi is considered OP in lower elos. My issues with league lie with how they buff to sell more skins, how they take way too long to apply nerfs, how they blatantly play favorites, how they leave some champions to rot for years without changing them at all (See Yorick, Warwick, Galio, Urgot), how they rarely account for power creep, and how they often cater to the higher ranked and pro players while ignoring the majority of the player base. I'm not saying SMITE doesn't have it's own problems. It has plenty. But in my opinion, it does a much better job at balancing than riot overall.
+HoldTheReggae right...and what makes you say that?
Wait....the hell is basketball?
Corny
daniel lavone Ball is life
A Man From Minnesota I believe it was created by those even lower then those of the console peasants.
A Man From Minnesota YOU LIE!!!
daniel lavone I don't know
wait what's a ball
The statement Matt made about the LoL World Finals having more viewers than the NBA finals is untrue. Most people watch LoL individually in contrast to the amount of people who watch the NBA finals. This means more devices are being accounted for the individuals watching the LoL finals than the families or group of friends watching the NBA.
Doesn't mean it's untrue.
Twitch counts the amount of accounts logged in and watching. Many people watch twitch streams with other people in their home so really the number should be higher than he stated.
WinsWins dude i watched the lol final with 5 friends on one pc xD your statement is untrue. sry
But most of the times Americans watch nba but Lol you can watch around the globe
uEmeraldKing basketball is the 2nd most popular sport in the world and by far the most popular sport in china. LoL and other esports are definitely growing but they arent as big as the NBA yet.
It should also be noted that whenever you talk about worldwide esports viewership numbers that multiple Chinese streaming sites are competing against eachother and have been known to inflate their viewer totals by a substantial amount in order to appear more dominant.
2018 news I was reading the paper and saw a part about France thinking about adding esports to the next Olympics
Although that's nothing France just can do willy-nilly, just suggest to the commitee.
I disagree as the Olympics should stick to sports that require extreme physical exertion and are athletic, not non-athletic sports
Who else came back here to read the comments about the comments about coming back for the FNAF4 comments?
ME
Me
Michael DiMatteo not me
(its) Me
Lol me
You know who's awesome?
Look at the first word :)
Fuck, you know what we're gonna do?
Look at the first word >:)
MAXGAMER 19 MAXGAMER is awesome?
I wuv u
MAXGAMER 19 OOOOH, stop it, you!
This is just fucked up
Goddamnit MatPat,
you've started a flame war almost as big as The Dress down in the comments.
THE DRESS WAS WHITE AND GOLD.
Lol
Raven Claw It doesn't take much.
Raven Claw Of course he did. MatPat is at best someone who does minimal research, thrives on supposition and uses the term "theory" in a completely inappropriate way.
I would be hated if i said yes so I'm saying the one on the left
Sports requires four things
1) Physical Exertion - Any Movement counts, if its running a marathon, or moving a chess piece, it's physical exertion. What most people view this as is extreme Physical exertion, which is a requirement for athletics. This stops watching TV from being a sport
2)International Governing Body - Some sort of organisation, usually French. This stops games people create from being sports
3)Skill or learning curve - Any skill, or need to learn that will always affect the event. This stops gambling like slot machines from being sports, but allows Poker as a skillful Poker player will beat a unskillful one
4)Competition or scoring system - A goal to achieve victory and a way to calculate this.
Moving your fingers isn’t physical exertion.
Birdy Speakz Exert - Make a physical or mental effort
By that logic, a piano recital is a sport. I guess I'm a athlete now
I'm just going to say this, if spelling bees, cupstacking and Poker Championships are okay, then why aren't E-Sports? Hell, I don't play or even watch E-Sports, yet I know thats fucked up.
This is how I feel. I really hate LoL, DOTA, etc, but eSports are just as competitive, if not more.
Jordan Smith I can relate to hating Lol...Dota..etc, especially because of the top down mechanic...but I do like Smite. It's the only one doing anything different and like the video said, the only one moving the genre forward. Though i still think how you level up is just wrong. Its based on how many matches you play basically instead of how well you play. So you could be level 30 just from playing alot of matches, but still not be very good at the game. Personally I would go off of the win loss record or your kill to death ratio, but thats just me.
Jordan Smith I've started following CS's pro scene about a year and a half ago and I've been very impressed by the skill and dedication that these players have.It always bothers me when people discredit what they do because "It's just a videogame".I couldn't care less about MOBA's but i think E-sports is a great thing and we should only see it grow in the future.
Yeah seriously. Not only does competitive E-sports require more eye-hand coordination than most other non fitness related sports but they're sure as hell more fun to watch. Seriously take a look at any competitive Smash or Starcraft game.
More people understand those "sports" and are more inclined to watch
Video games aren't sports, just like chess isn't a sport.
Poker is also not a sport but it's shown on ESPN.
***** Probably.
I'd assume that ESPN doesn't want to show video games because it's not what their target audience watch.
yoni0505 Except Chess IS a sport. And E-sport is in the dictionary. "The International Olympic Committee recognizes some board games as sports including Chess."
Well, it's competitive, u get better by training + it's fun to watch. In my opinion it's a sport, except for poker because it's based on luck I guess
Your not very well informed are you
yoni0505 according to the dictionary a sport is "
an activity involving
physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes
against another or others for entertainment."
the part about "physical exertion" starts at 11:35
*raises hand*
Is mayonnaise a sport?
Jrein B ... Yes?
Jrein B No Patrick...
***** That would explain why I didn't get it :)
Yes, because it takes skill to spread it on your sandwich.
Firedestroyer Ya know since some people would make that competitive, it could be a sport. (Sarcasm)
When people say esports aren't sports, my reaction is "but the word sports is in the name"
Sports are competitive games. I think esports should be considered a serious thing.
I don't care if they aren't considered a real sport. Just as long as it's treated with the same respect.
It is,sport just isn't the right word for it
CavNSoul Rotmg that's why its an "esport". Just like NASCAR is a "motor" sport.
You don't have to have talent for video games
Calm and eat some chip someone just lost their bronze v promos
SuperJoshuaAguilar
I suppose lots of people consider chess a sport
Mat, be ready for the endless nights of research of FNAF 4
flamemadragon LOL fnaf 4 looks comepletely unrelated to the otehr game expect 4 the jumpscares and the automatronics, have fun the the theroy Mat
Too late I got my results
flamemadragon Endless nights? Don't you mean 5 nights? Ehhh Ehhh...? xD
No.
Dopeloka fnaf 4 is another prequel i belive
This is how it happened. This, is how the theorist died. #FNAF4
Crimson Gamer *Fires gun into sky and salutes MattPat* May his theoretic soul rest in peace ;~; ...
Nice arkham knight reference
***** omg
Best warning ever...
Burns RUclips channel
I'm sticking my neck out here, but I think that two categories of sport should exist. Mental and physical. Sports (Or games) that are more demanding in terms of physical prowess are considered physical sport, whereas sports (Or games again) where strategy, quick thinking and other mental attributes are more vital should be classed as mental. Notice how I never said neither attribute is not needed in any sport (Even chess, but you don't need much physical power to move pieces around)
I do agree with you. Even though injuries happen in eSports, they are far between, and not as severe as in physical sports. So classifying eSports as mental sports, I'm okay with.
There already is.
Athletic and Non-athletic
What most people count as just "sports" are athletic Sports, but sports such as esports count as non-athletic sports
The definition is Ever Physical Exertion(Non-Athletic) and Extreme Physical Exertion(Athletic)
There is no true line between the two, but the normal definiton if the sportsman has an average of 110bpm while active in the sport
The definition dosn't care how much physical exertion, along as you doing something with your body changes the event somehow counts. If it's Running a marathon or moving a chess-piece, both are physical exertion
eSports should never be in the same conversation as real sports it's a joke just like eSports.
Jesus christ the cringe nerds here. There is no "non physical" sports...CHESS, GAMING, FISHING IS NOT A SPORT
@@wowbruh2511 Chess is not a sport. Sports requires to be athletic
NOBODY'S TALKING ABOUT COUNTER STRIKE AND I FIND IT DISTURBING
Counter strike isn't the style of game that this video is about though
pwnedragon19 The FPS genre is honestly the one that's most likely to make it to the mainstream. It already has massive mainstream appeal, and is far more intuitive for spectators.
pwnedragon19
It's still an esport game though, it's always worth mentioning
pwnedragon19 Yes, and for poor reason, too. CS still has the largest tournament viewership and largest tournament purses. Game theory just centered this piece on MOBAs because it is what he knows; tu quo, indeed. The FPS genre would be more relatable, imo, to the average non-gamer and would have made for a better platform for this diatribe.
Snoop Cheesus He was talking about moba's and csgo is full of people who wasted their money on minecraft and start to play scgo and russians.
Is it just me, or are more comments saying "take cover! The FNAF 4 fanboys are here" than the actual
Fanboys??
Jack Richardson Don't worry, it's a side effect of mass hysteria.
Jack Richardson I just saw ONE comment actually asking MatPat for the theory. The rest were warning him about the fanboys...
Jack Richardson Lol I was going to say that. I do want to see his theory though he makes the series extremely interesting. ._.
Jack Richardson You're right, we should fix that. EVERYONE BEGIN THE SPAM!
Jack Richardson And then there are more of THESE comments.
I would like to say one thing, and most of you will probably agree.
Rocket league for E-sports!
Potato OX yes please that needs to happen
Fuck yeh it is
Fuck yes
MLG HoovyBird It has been part of ESL since July apparantly
+Potato OX What a save!
"Does anyone still buy those huge, hulking towers anymore?"
*looks at mine*
Yes. Yes they do.
Where's cs go at
it wasnt as popular as it is now
is a 5v5 Battle so is kinda Moba
Juan Diaz not at all
Juan Diaz I always knew basketball was a moba /s
And CSGO is the only one in its genre that's competitive on PC, This was just to make it more simplified and concentrations on the most popular genre on PC.
Lets see here. Down below:
70% DU FNAF4 PLEZZZ!!!!111
25% Shut the **** Up FNAF Fanboy.
5% great Video Mat! Really enjoyed this theory!
90 percent doooooo fnaf 4
5 percent shut up fnaf fanboy
1 percent i really enjoyed this video
Christopher Iturbe your missing 4%
Ezzy D the 4% left doesn´t comment xD
IggykoopaLOL Plays 4% great video | 1% the same comment being used
TheDeadly Penguin that is 101%
i wanna be a professinold esport prayer so grills could stop friendzoning me since im just a nice guy, gg
vvvortic gg grills like lilypichu hold you back and fredzone u gg
Seriously, here too? Lol.
vvvortic as always, mlady bbbbortic with the most wisdomest comments here xddd (btw, pls helperino to getterino out of le taco bell elo)
vvvortic are you talking about charcoal or propane?
vvvortic Are you serious? Rofl. Well to be honest, I shouldve expected you here, as the video must´ve been posted on /r/leagueoflegends..
I love how "True Sports" fans down in the comment section is trying their best to prove that Gaming isn't sport without knowing the actual definition for Sports.
Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which,[1] through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.
Let's start with the basics and the only argument sport fans have. "Include all forms of competitive physical activity". If kicking a ball is consider a physical activities why does moving your fingers doesn't ? Is it because finger movements are to non important ? Pitchers in Baseball heavily rely on their fingers to control the ball, without using their fingers, pitchers will always throw straight balls that are easy to hit. Not only that, Gaming have a special kind of physical activity that "True sports" doesn't have, Brain activities, Gaming require a lot of instant decision making and tactical thinking. In "True sports" the player is relying on his body instinct to play, Sport Athletes usually can't make crucial and tactical decision very well because most of their brain capacity is focusing on the body. So Gaming pass the first condition with points to spare.
Next one. I honestly want so skip this one because anybody who use this as their augment is retarded. "Through casual or organized participation" E-Sports tournaments already are organized very carefully and have many investor ready to advertised their products. Cheating and Match Staging still happens very often in "Real sports" such as footballs and baseball. Gaming has a shockingly lower numbers of cheating and match staging compare to just soccer and baseball alone.
Next one. what physical ability does soccer improve ? Speed, Agility, Focus, Aim. What does FPS games improve ? Fast pace hand movements, Endurance to keep your focust even after a 30 minutes game, Focus, Aim, Decision making, Reaction time. Saying Gaming doesn't improve physical attributes is like saying reading a book doesn't make you any smarter.
Last one. Okay let's just skip this because this one is obvious. If E Sports doesn't entertain the players and the audience, no one will even come.
As society grows Humans uses more and more of their brain and less of their physical strength. Why do you think Guns were invented ?
I know most sports fans won't even read this comment and instead attack me for defending gaming anyways, you guys are too stubborn to accept new things.
Oh and by the way, calling yourself a gamer does not make your argument of "GAMINZ IZ NAT SPORTZ" valid and acceptable.
tom mike esports isn't a sport
**claps**
Raj 1219 *slow clap*
tom mike true I just laugh at all of the comments that say E-sports isn't a sport even tho it says *sports* in the name *E-sports*
NegaSound No it's not. 😕 it's a game not a sport.
Rocket League is getting to your idea sort of. With accessibility on PS4, Xbone AND PC, its bridging a gap.
But hey, if you ever need to do a Melee video and need a helping hand I got you ;)
+RelaxAlax Sexy glasses there
+RelaxAlax Same.
ESPN also airs a hot dog eating contest every year on the 4th of July. #America
In my neighborhood we call Americans who just are ignorant "AMERICANUS IDIOTUS" or "AMERICANUS RETARDUS"
+Kross Nexus Sounds Latin
Neo B. Jover yes but in a Parody
Eating hot dogs is a sport, but playing video games competitively isn't one?! That's so gay
Matthew Roses one word: AMERICANS
16:50
You have no idea...
***** Will anyone who game on PC can't go to console these days unless it is exclusive. I touched the PC for convenient reasons back at 2012 and now I hardly use consoles.
***** doesn't matter , developers still based their design on console which is easier , less investment , less piracy and a lot more profit (exception for competitive games such as MOBA genre) , since pc got pretty wide range of spec while console is fixed it's a lot more easy for developers , ironic isn't it ? every game developed on pc , but aim toward console , it's just good business.
PC I growing and will overtake consoles in the coming decades
UnnTHPS Not buying, building.
Saotome Alto its because the majority of people use consoles and people get scared of having to build a PC when its as easy as building a Lego set so the big game companies try to appeal to the console peasents more
Honestly, my biggest reasoning for why I sorta look down on esports in comparison to normal sports, (while being a big gamer.) Is that active sports do get people, active. They have peak physical health. Esports, that's not really a requirement. Both types of sports can get injuries from play, but the esports injuries are from their extensive 'training.' Carpal tunnel and arthritis like problems simply come from the extensive play they under take. While the only thing extensive training for sports does, is increase their physique, increase the resistance their muscles have, the rate oxygen is transported by the heart, all good things that not only benefit the sport, but the rest of their life too.
Eh.. I get that all sport people care about is the physical aspect but the only reason I can even speak English is cause of games not cause of my 2 years of football, "real sports" increase physical attributes but it depends on the sport tbh cause some of em (like golf) don't seem to me like I'll play them for 5 years and be buff af after, meanwhile most esports increase your awareness, decision making, thinking, communication etc...
I just feel like barely anyone takes a look at this discussion from both sides, yes esports don't increase physical stuff, and yes sports don't increase mental stuff, unless you wanna talk chess and stuff but that's not a "real sport" either is it?
Oh if only i were a billionaire , i would make a damn channel with only eSports.
DammitSinged dammit singed
DammitSinged I love your name. XD
DammitSinged pretty sure, twitch beat you to it...
lol
I'd be right there with you. Twitch has something like it, but that's not as accessible (as mat pat said) No it's not hard to get to but If you are like me where your internet sucks ass, you can't watch in HD or use anything on the internet to watch it in general (Without going crazy). Put it on the TV and you get something easy to get to, requires a TV (Which I'm pretty sure more people have TVs than computers.)
Plus I would just LOVE to see League played on TV and recognized by more than just gamers as a sport.
But seriously, why are we even debating this? Aren't sports considered games anyway?
This guy... He's onto something
GhostingGhost But sadly they are seperated by corporate ties, aka ESPN or all the National series sports
Sixshotz1337 Exactly. Down to it's a core, a sport is a game, just with money and an audience involved.
GhostingGhost All sports are games, but not all games are sports. Let me show you an example:
All dogs are animals, but not all animals are dogs.
Sports can be categorized as games, but so can a lot of other things that aren't sports. Chutes & Ladders is a game. Shall we equate Chutes & Ladders to the NFL? Of course not. When an NFL athlete is playing Chutes & Ladders, he is not playing a game that can be called a sport.
Gabriel360LIVE NFL is nothing but an organization. Hell, Chutes and Ladders could be made into a sport, but it never will be. If Poker and Chess are considered sports, so can Chutes and Ladders.
MatPat...
;)
You know what time it is!
The final chapter...
I know you should but what should I do
Isar Soussa Im not starting a war but, he didn't deserve to get bit .3
It seems to have a good backstory (again), and the fan is back, so I really want to see an FNAF 4 theory
Thomas Newham *Tightens noose*
Isar Soussa he has a fear of animatronics, of course hes crying
I hope that pikmin 4 has a competitive multiplayer mode that is so good it becomes an esport
Gary Owens No thanks
You are an innocent man.
MOBA mmm.. I hate the idea that MOBA represents gaming.
this is only my opinion ......
I agree.
But I guess that Moba are the most similar to traditional sports.
Shu Sawada Fuck MOBAs. Unless you have a full team in a skype all or raidcall those games are unplayable.
HowDo ILogin then ur a noob get over it. Pro players switch teams all the time so dont say just cuz they know each other they're an exceptiob
Shu Sawada 100% agreed with you
DJ KaZ No, he wasn't saying that the problem was that they don't know each other, but that the problem was communication, which obviously pro teams have. Fuck you.
You made an esports video and said nothing about csgo, really?
ikr whyyyyyy
+Steven Ming made a year ago when cs was much less popular
+Jackson Mcconnachie CS:GO was always popular. smh
+MadeToGoNow Lol dumbass, He focused on "Esports" and only used MOBAS. He never said OTHER esports.
+Faintedsquirtle not like it is now though. Its really become the hipster-gamer paradise the last couple of years. Its like a badge of honour to say you play it and pretend you have for a while and aren't just because its re-surging popularity.
actually mattpat, I think the reason why the NBA finals got 26 millions views in abc, while the LoL got 32 millions in twitch, is because abc is mostly American, the NBA is an American popular event, but not worldwide, abc being an American channel, LoL in the other hand, have gamers worldwide (NA, EU, SA, RUS, EA) and twitch is accessible to everyone who have internet
Crow I live in Denmark, and I can still watch ABC. So can many I know.
ABC is a Disney-owned company and as you probably know, Disney maintains great ties with the Eastern Continents. With these ties, it wouldn't be any problem at all really to broadcast North American sports to those countries. How else do you think some kids in Asia have their own favorite NBA player?
Crow Yo In the Philippines we can still watch ABC
No no no, the NBA as a whole is a worldwide league with people all across the globe watching. It is very popular in European, Asian, and South American countries. I don't think you have a fair assumption
Crow You do know that the NBA has influenced multiple international professional basketball leagues (it's a big reason they use the sport in the Olympics). So, in short, the NBA Finals do get watch internationally. The only American sport that isn't too internationally sought after, is the NFL.
Esports is bigger and better than the GODDAMN NFL!
No it isnt and it will never be
@@poodle4355 Just wait.
U wish
R.I.P. MatPat
His last words upon seeing his emails were documented as: Oh god... No
(FNaF strikes again)
Best comment here mostly because every other comment is about making a new theory
As a gamer and athlete, I have no problem with saying that gaming should be considered a sport. However, I feel very strongly that the distinction between an athletic sport and a non-athletic sport should be recognized.
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I thing video games should not be considered sports. They're totally separate things. Nothing against video games WHATSOEVER, I love them, but sports are meant to be athletic, and moving your hands back and forth a few inches is not athletic. Honestly, they deserve more of a place on ESPN that the Poker championships, but that doesn't mean they're sports.
Julia Cornell yes they are sports. the amount of exertion that is put in training for esports makes it more thn qualified to be considered a sport
+Carl Bloke I play sports and video games, but I believe esports isn't a sport. It's an "esports." Please explain to me "the amount of exertion" please
Jamme Y take a look at the amount of mental exertion that is put into this. its the same amount you use for hysical exertion you would do for soccer. this makes esports far more than qualifies to be a sport
The reason why people do not think it is a sport is because it is too new. The RTS and FPS are both about 20 years old, and compared to other more traditional forms of entertainment, that is pretty new. People who grew up with older technology will usually stick to it, and it is hard to get older people to play a video game. This is not true 100% of the time, but to me this is mostly true. Also, people do not have the background knowledge to this media form.
RevolutionistMagic Exactly.
RevolutionistMagic I wonder if in 1839 baseball wasn't considered a sport, Or when soccer was made in 100BC
They don't think it's a sport because it's mostly a bunch of overweight dudes sitting in front of their computer screens. Sure it takes practice and lots of skill, but come on.
DanXD25 have you actually seen an esports team before im part of my own small esports team that competes in amateur tournaments and trust me, they're far from overweight me and my team included, and we do more than sit in front of our computer, we spent as much as 4 months preparing, conditioning and strategizing for one tournements i've broken multiple bones in my hand just for training too hard you have no idea, i started as RT in middle school football and i found that esports was way harder so in my opinion you have no idea what you're talking about
DanXD25 Did any of those competetors in this video match that description?
I loved this video and I'll try my best to point out somethings I observed about accessibility of PC gamming in my country (Brazil). First, a quick wikipedia article says: "Video games were not permitted for import into Brazil until the 1990s, and were then heavily taxed as non-essential goods. As a result, a black market developed around pirating games, driven by the lack of official channels for purchasing games. Many game companies avoided expansion into the country for these reasons until the 2010s.[2] Blaming high tariffs, Nintendo officially left the market in 2015, but returned in 2017."
Knowing that it's easier to get to a few points:
1 - Games are expensive around here, specially consoles, as you can see in the cheapiest brand new PS4 500GB costing around U$416.05 I found online (against the U$299 on the US), that's mostly taxes.
2 - Games are expensive for US. You see, Brazil has a huge Income inequality and laws and regulations that kind of perpetuate this situation.
"Brazil's heavy taxes built into consumer prices include high taxes on foods, which burdens the poor. The tax load of those in the higher income brackets earning more than 30 times the minimum wage a month amounted to 26.3 per cent. In contrast, those with a monthly income of less than twice the minimum wage were taxed almost twice the amount at 48.8 per cent."
On top of that 25,4% of the people earn US$ 5,50 a day (it takes 76 days of work for a person like this buy a PS4), and 6,4% earn less than U$1,9 a day.
Yeah, I know, that's a WAY worst problem envolving political corruption, market pressure, bank control and even just bad administration, but nonetheless reveal a great problem in one of a HELL of a gamming community.
3 - PCs are way cheapier to have in a home, since it helps in studies and work (and you can buy an old used one and it will still be somewhat ok). In addition, League of Legends has a long range of PC specs which CAN run it in a somewhat "fun" capacity and also is a free game. No wonder why it is the largest gamming community in Brazil and it has it's own local server.
4 - Online games are harder to pirate or fake. The games need local servers to build up competition and - even with Brazil's vast quantity of "private servers" - official competitivity is a pain in the butt for paid games.
I know I digress a lot, but I'm trying to produce a game here and I ALSO love playing and watching games. Therefore - in the actual political and economic situation of my country (specially after the 2017 coup) - I can not stay silent. I hope more and more people gets aware of this to maybe change our situation, not only in gaming, but in general
Omg I am laughing my ass off reading the comments telling MatPat to run because the FnaF Fanboys are coming 😂
Ellie Carver I second that.
Um excuse me I am a girl so there are not all fanboys there are also girls
Ellie Carver hmmmmmmm yesss. i am one of them. derp.
Run! Run! The fanboys are coming! Save MatPat and his family! Remember: FNaF 4 has been out for a while now!
Ellie Carver I feel sorry for MatPat .-.
People who think that video games can't be sports are the same type of people as the ones who fight over which console is superior.
It's a psychological effect that can loosely be defined as "fanboyism." You defend the thing you love to death because you feel that any criticism of it is a criticism of you. Sports fans have, for so long, criticized "nerds" for playing "vidya gaems," and now that they're seeing them get recognition by their sports network, they feel threatened. They feel like it's a personal attack because of how much they have emotionally invested. They're afraid others will look at sports less legitimately because they looked at video games as less legitimate.
So, sports fans, it's alright. No one's gonna take away your sportsball. You can still enjoy it. The "nerds" are just here to be equal, and no one's going to make fun of you (that isn't already making fun of you for being so obsessed with sports. People who make fun of people for personally enjoying something are stupid anyways.)
And gamers, you don't have to meet them halfway. You don't have to be reasonable to have them accept change. It's okay. Competitive video games are sports, and competitive gamers are athletes.
My hope is that ESPN continues to lose millions of viewers per right up until they either start giving it away or the cable companies start to offer it as a value add for the idiots we currently subsidize.
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An athlete is just a competitor in a sport.
You're experiencing the same cognitive dissonance that others experience when dealing with something they don't like.
+Robert Marshall yeah... that's never going to happen.
shut the fuck up and kick a ball, pretentious fucking loser
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The name for a person who participates in a sport is an athlete. It's really that simple, and the two could be easily associated with one another. Chess players are athletes, and even contestants in Math competitions are Athletes. Considering the lack of physical activity in these, professional gamers could just as easily be called athletes. Where is your supporting evidence to suggest otherwise?
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Mattpat, you miss an important aspect of getting esports accepted: the understanding level of the audience. Here's part of the problem, by way of example:
I've been playing games since the early 80's. I have a decent amount of free time to game in my adult life, I game with my kids, with my wife, and by myself. I play all kinds of games, on both console and PC, everything from casual clickers to sports games to puzzlers to platformers to RPGs to card battle games.
And for the life of me I can't figure out what the f**k is going on, on one of those MOBA screens.
Characters are too small, and their movements are unpredictable without having a deep knowledge of team tactics for that specific game. Icons are all over the place, cluttering up the view for anyone who doesn't know what they mean. Messages pop up and disappear before you can read them. The map is essentially useless.
Some of these same sorts of things can be said about the more physical sports, to be sure. But most all of us have a sense of moving our bodies, throwing a ball, running, etc. that translates some of what's going on intuitively. But even people like me, with long and broad gaming experience, often can't tell what's happening at any given moment in a MOBA.
Everybody watching this needs to read this comment
The Internet Peasant I think given any amount of time you're eventually bound to learn some of the basics of what's going on. I only watch The Super Bowl and I barely understand the ins and outs of football. It's a state of mind I believe that you want to learn from watching and dedicating the time to watching rather than just clicking on the live stream and thinking everything will be good to go for watching.
I'm in the same boat as you, I play pretty much everything but MOBAs and really have no clue what's going on during them, but that's because I've never had the interest to learn.
Completely agree!
lol Have someone who has never seen football watch it and try to explain it to you. I still have no idea what a linebacker is. If you have played any type of RTS, you can get a jist of what's happening in a MOBA
Exactly... Since games aren't standardized... the common audience member won't get it
Especially since the media pretty much looks down upon gaming
However I feel like we're going a long way and after 10 years our society will accept gaming like how Japan already does
RL (Rocket League) doesn’t exactly work like that, you can only have 1 backup, but other teams can lend players over to the stricken one, and everyone plays independently, but as a team.
*Sports:*
- often involves physical exertion (to the point where you can get out of breath, e.g. *football* - by this definition chess is not a sport)
- can involve mental exertion (by this definition *chess* is a sport, as is e-Sports)
- the most common "sports" is the one including physical force - therefore chess is not a sport. However chess is officially a sport, and thus e-Sports should be too.
*eSports:*
- involves quick reflexes and reaction time (like any *martial arts*, just without the physical exertion in it)
- involves precision (in e.g. CSGO - similarly to *skeet shooting* or *archery* skeet shooting and archery are categorized as sports while CSGO is not, to many)
- is a sport if categorized with mental exertion
*Personal opinion?*
eSports is, more or less, sports. If it was not, skeet shooting/archery would not be either if CSGO was not - it has similar training. Now someone will be like "BUT YOU ACTUALLY HOLD A GUN IN SKEET SHOOTING!!!1111" - that is irrelevant. The training method is similar and the actual sport is similar (shoot things as they appear with the greatest precision), however CSGO also requires teamwork at the professional level.
Games like Hearthstone are not really sports however (HS is eSports however, as eSports is just as broad as sports. Comparing Hearthstone and CSGO like comparing chess and football.), as luck has a huge factor in the game, unlike in LoL or CSGO. Feel free to hate me for this opinion.
iGamingRecon I'm not angry or anything, but following this rule, wouldn't Scrabble, chess or Spelling Bee not be a sport?
Hina Face They would not be sports, technically. However, as you can categorize "sports" by either mental exertion OR physical exertion, they _can_ be sports.
Chess, Scrabble or Spelling Bee are mental sports (like eSports) - football, baseball or basketball are physical ones. :)
Hina Face spinnin' on stage 2 be like
iGamingRecon You missed a lot of the definition of sports by most governing sport agencies. You missed the fact that a game must have a codified set of rules to be considered a sport, that a game must involve a high level of competition to be considered a sport and you missed that a game must have a high level of skill to be considered a sport. And in fact, most governing sport agencies don't require a high mental ability for something to be considered a sport, although, as you said, most sports do have a high level of mental activity. Also, the requiement is not that it often involves physical exertion, but that it involves a high level of physical exertion. If a game does not meet all of the requirements of a sport then it falls into the next category, which is games, a category developed specifically for games like these that meet some, but not all, of the requirements of a sport. Almost no sport professional or governing sport agency would consider chess or esports a sport because they don't involve a high level of physical activity. You mentioned getting to the point of getting out of breath but I would argue that a truly high level of physical activity would include most, if not all, sections of the body. This is why sports professionals are debating over golf and NASCAR as being games, not sports. I even hear baseball get thrown around every once in a while. I haven't heard of classifying physical and mental sports before, but I do think that might be a good idea in the future.
theryanplummer There are multiple rules for sports, yes. I also did mean that sports in general include a high level of physical exertion (unlike in chess where you move one hand), I apologize if I was unclear.
However, the classification of mental/physical sports wasn't even my idea, I got it from some video or it's comments. I thought it was a brilliant idea and I support it. eSports in general could be sports if that were the case, as it is somewhat taxing mentally; you have to deal with frustration (if you are losing) or pressure (closing matches out).
Also, my opinion about whether NASCAR or golf are sports is that they are sports. NASCAR falls under the category of motorsports, in which the drivers need to be healthy to withstand long times in heat, especially if it is a sunny day and you are driving ~300 laps somewhere.
Golf is more about precision and ability to control your stick so that you score the least, therefore it's basically a mental sport (it involves very little physical stress).
MatPatt could I've got a really good idea for a theory :
Is Scarecrow's fear toxyn in the Arkham series possible ?
Sorry for the "could" I began to write a sentence but when I changed my mind I forgot to correct it
*doesn't care about topic* *still enjoys*
This is why I love game theory
james blenkinsopp You're the best ;)
That's the feedback I love to hear, when people aren't necessarily interested in the topic, but still enjoy the video!
The Game Theorists Sempai!
The Game Theorists hi mat
The Game Theorists Hi matpat
***** yeah, I see this pic on more and more people every day
The 2013 finals had over 50 millions views per game as it is one of the most watched ever
I feel like non-gamers will never truly understand gamers, but that's just an opinion.
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I'm a gamer and I'm saying that esports isn't a sport. I play highschool sports too so I'm not biased ight. Sports required physical activity games don't end.
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I think fine as long as Esports are separately classified then its fine, I mean as long as no one compares like soccer with LOL its okay
It's here....
FNAF 4
No duh but Matt pat get off your bum and do some research on fnaf 4 we are all waiting
+Matthew H I know really
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I came here to say the exact same thing XD He-HeH!
kirby mon me too :D
ESPN2 airs the "Nathans national hot dog eating championship", which declared it's winner "the most powerful athlete in the world." :/
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ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
ENTERTAINMENT
It's called ESPN and not SPN for a reason.
Jeremy Paton still very very VERY dumb
It's not entertaining it just makes me never want to have a hot dog ever again
It's meant to funny. Did you actually watch it ever?
Your comment should be considered check mate for the argument for e sport
MatPat: We need a popular esports to be more accessible
Fortnite: Let me introduce myself
Who else came back here to see all the comments saying who came back to see the FNAF4 comments?
Emmanuel Esparza english please
reece666999 I was talking about the comments that say "who came back to see the FNAF4 comments? "
Emmanuel Esparza ah ok. well then what i would have said is: yes... yes i did.
Me
I did and I also came back to tell Mat to get working on the FNAF 4 theory muahahahaha
How long until esports are added to the Olympics?
It is XD
pls stop
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Maybe can can just make our own olympics for esports. Call it the "E"lympics maybe.
Kevin La would make more since and is a pretty good idea m8
You should do why villagers in clash of clans clap at random things
Tanner Nelson
this is the most stupidest yet funniest comment in this comment section and of the day.
You win the stupid funny comment award of the day sir. :)
YAY I'M SO FREAKING HAPPY
Hahahhahahhaha
Thandi Manyothwane Quit Google plus stalking me your commenting on all my freaking vids please do half a million not all of em like game theory we're did dat come from next avgn maybe
Tanner Nelson LOL you definitely deserve that stupid funny comment award =)
ABC wasn't the only place you can watch the NBA finals
Am I literally the only person in this comments section that enjoys both traditional sports and gaming?
cheeseburgerkid Nah, I'm with you.
Nope i do to
cheeseburgerkid Nah. Big hockey fan. There's actually a lot of crossover but it's just the small groups that only do one or the other that feel like their elite and need to bash anything else
Right with you.
No I love games and I actually play baseball on highschool.
You guys know he won't be doing the FNAF4 theory until someone figures out how that box is opened.
This could take a few weeks, and some are even thinking it'll be opened on the Halloween update, so, buckle the fuck up, it's gonna take awhile.
Tom Carr Lol.
I don't think u can open that thing
Tom Carr or he could do 2 parts...
Or he can do a theory on the box
Tom Carr well you know Scott he releases all of theses games wayyyyy be for they were meant to be released so that update mite come sooner that we think but that just an idea
Unintelligent person: "Why would you want to watch someone play video games just so it yourself!!!!"
Unintelligent person: "I'm going to watch the basketball cya"
So just because his opinion differs to yours he is unintelligent? smh..
No, it's hypocritical.
Lol ok sure Esports are the way to go
Taylan Kirdag They're not just some guys, they're pros, the best of the best.
Taylan Kirdag You do realize that what you just said could be said the same for any other sport
10:55 yeah but sports training for 2 hours is more physically exhausting than 10 gaming hours, this is coming from someone who plays sports and games
@Charles Wolfanger u won’t survive doing exercise
The one thing I need to bring up on this and it's the toxic nature of the MOBA community and online gaming in general. This needs to be sorted out before esports can be taken seriously.
Ice Climber No, that would be the assholes you meet just playing, which is mainly because people are dickbags given the chance.
nicraptor11 With MOBA players, that is everyone almost without exception. It is most toxic excuse for a community out there. It nothing but abuse from your own team. You sir, are in denial.
Ice Climber A large piece of the toxicity comes from non professional players, physical sports also has toxic non professional players as well. They're actually pretty paralleled in my mind, with the only major difference is how they're being toxic (moba players get to hide behind a screen while sports players are face to face), but maybe I'm over thinking as I tend to do, so feel free to disagree but the way I see it. Sorry in advance if examples are league oriented only because that's the only online game I play semi competitively while keeping tabs on the professional teams. And this is probably gonna be wordy.
1. Toxicity doesn't exist so much in professional league of legends teams, but on the occasions where toxicity happens between teammates or a team member attacks someone on another team the coaches tend bench them asap (I think piglet being benched would be the most recent example I can think of) and in some cases riot has banned players from competing in the lcs (sportsman like behavior is part of the rules for lcs I would think). Meanwhile on professional sports teams you can look on youtube and find videos of teammates getting into literal fist fights and I would hope they got benched.
2. As of non professional teams (small tournament teams), which is one I can speak from personal experience since I've had a small team do at least 1 tournament a week... mostly for the free rp. We probably took our little tournament team a little too seriously (hey, free rp), we had a full roster with a main team and subs so we practiced every day 5-7 hours a day. The great thing about it was that we were all friends and we had fun doing it while we did. Unfortunately, we did have some toxic players and when it came down to how serious we actually were about that free rp, we did cut friends off the roster because of the all chat bm (in some tournaments all chat bm meant disqualification) or the complaining about someone on the team over mic for the team morale. This is kinda similar to highschool and college sports teams where awkwardly enough one toxic player on our team apparently also did sports for their college and got benched pretty often. (we've had a group discussion about his attitude, he's been trying to chill out-- ehhh, it's a 50/50 but we appreciate the effort. He's stopped arguing in all chat, thats a start)
3. Now down to where all the toxicity is: normals and solo/duo queue. This is essentially like an elementary school to high school pe class for physical sports. Its a bunch of random kids being paired with each other by a higher force (match making for league, pe teachers for sports) where some kids can't help but make things as difficult as they can. And when it comes down to it all you can do on league is mute or report where matchmaking will go out of its way not to put you on a team as that toxic player while in irl you fuss to that pe teacher and they try not to put the two of you together.
In the end, a guys (men?) being irl douchebags doesn't stop people from enjoying watching professional sports and taking professional sports seriously. Toxicc10 year olds trying to sound like bad asses online playing league-- although it leaves a bad mark for people who are new to esports (maybe even the internet too because toxic behavior is found everywhere online), it shouldn't be that final stamp of disapproval that determines whether or not something can be deemed serious or not.
oh. yeah. this got wordy. ^-^ sorry~
Nicole Hoffman I find that there is not as much toxicity with pro players very hard to believe. It really feels like the games encourage that kind of behaviour.
Ice Climber I get your feelings about it being encouraged as how league's report system works nowadays... or maybe perhaps I just miss the tribunal-- get my dose of unnecessary/childish drama. I understand riot can't keep track of millions of individual players and they feel this is the best way to go about it. But you can find pages and pages of players getting banned from lcs by riot or coaches doing whats best for the team and benching (they do want to win after all) for toxic behavior where it's easier for riot to keep track of pros since they're a much smaller scale of people; and from what I hear they are very strict on that. Maybe there is more toxicity among the professional teams than I suspect, there is a good chance that that is in fact true as I am not a pro and I do not personally know each and every one of them. But if there is, they do a good job at keeping a clean appearance when the public is looking and not letting on to their inner asshole as someone in traditional sports would do.
Look at the Cloud 9 csgo team which looks more athletic then the Boston Red Sox.
Ben Shappell but the sweedes are better :3
Yea that's pretty sick, especially freakzoid with Them biceps doe xD. Cloud 9's csgo team is the definition of good lookin gamers.
ℓαzу~αятz | random game clips and graphics Pasha's biceps are bigger, better, stronger.
Tomas Dambrauskas in your dreams
Ben Shappell They are just toned. There's a difference between being athletic and being tone example NFL line men doesn't look athletic but really they are.
RIP MatPat's sainity
#FNAF4
Will he do it. How many theories has changed on this game. It wont even be a theory it will be answers bluntly stated.
This video is still SO relevant! I just linked this in a comment for Gary Vee. Hopefully someone sees it. This deserves way more play
They broadcast Billiards, poker and spelling bee but say gaming isn't a sport? lol ESPN is a joke. I'm pretty sure if Chess us considered a sport the gaming should be too
Just because it's on ESPN it does not make it a sport. Gaming should be its own category and not called a sport. Same with poker and stuff
I've never see a spelling bee on ESPN they only put poker when there really isn't anything else on. MOBA games are not sports.
I don't consider any of those except pool to be sports. Sports must require a physical challenge along with competition to be a sport. Card games, board games, etc. are not sports to me
issai they are sports be uase of the mental level required, sure you dont need to be able to dadh 100 yards in 2 seconds but you do need reflexes
Game Theorist makes it clear in the video he doesn't know much about sports. If so then who is he to say it's a sport or not. Sports are physical activity. Games are not sports they our games. Their own category
*RUN TO THE BUNKER, THE FNAF FANBOYS ARE HERE*
ICHI - CS:GO IT'S TOO LATE THEY'VE ALREADY TOOK OVER
ICHI - CS:GO STAND BACK SON,I HAVE COMMENTS TO SPAM *runs into comment section* MATPAT,GIVE ME FNAF4 SO THE FANBOYS DON'T RUIN THE GAMES REPUTATION.
I AM SICK OF FNAF I HATE IT WHAT HAPPENED TO NINTENDO?!?
PlayoticShadows Too late
This is why 20,000 Bit tanks are good online
another thing that needs to happen is that older people need to stop thinking that video games are a waste of time. i cant tell you how many times ill be talking about a game in front of my dad and he freaks out. it boils down to the fact that people are afraid of change. they think that if video games become recognized as sports, then people will become fat and lazy and other things. but its actually quite the opposite. ill give you an example. when i was younger i didn't play video games that often, and i was terrible at catching and other hand eye coordination related things. in the last 3 and a half years I've been playing more video games on my PC, and not only can i catch, my hand eye coordination has been significantly improved. I can still go outside and play these sports, but much better than i could ever before! just because i play video games doesn't mean that i don't do other things.
I cant remember saying anything about making it a sport, but if i did then i didn't mean that. I don't think it should be considered a sport, but i do think that its a very legitimate competition that has the right to be televised. so yes i agree with what you said
Pfft. BOTH competitive gaming and sports are massive wastes of time. The amount of good that a quarterback does with throwing a long ball down the field right on the mark to a receiver is equal to the good done by a Street Fighter player who wins a round in a tournament. This is just a bunch of useless assholes worried terribly about other people's perception of their dick size who all ultimately do nothing for the world except provide entertainment for the masses. Sports fans and athletes and analysts are terrified of the notion that they're worthless contests will someday become irrelevant and thus be replaced by other completely worthless contests. Meanwhile, gamers are insecure over the fact that their worthless contests are not being taken seriously by other people watching or partaking in worthless contests that have nothing to fucking do with them. All because a corporation wanted to make a little cash by stirring the pot and watching it boil. Human retardation at its fucking finest.
Neither side should give a fuck about what the other side thinks. Neither side should even give an opinion on this matter. Because it doesn't fucking matter. The future will decide the victor and that's fucking that.
Admittedly, watching nerds and jocks go at it always makes for a barrel of laughs. Especially when there's a person who is both a nerd and a jock. Good shit. Grab a beer or an energy drink and enjoy the show.
ohhkaay......
Vice Warner Why stop at sports being a waste of time? Let's extend that to everything. Everything is a waste of time and doesn't matter. No matter what you do, you die. No matter what humanity tries, it will die too. No matter what sentient life tries to do, the Universe will eventually end in heat death. At that point, it will be as if humanity had never happened in the first place.
So, ultimately, competitive gaming is just as important as every single other thing in the Universe.
(This is why calling things a waste of time is stupid.)
TheoneandonlySkrillard423 Yeah, why the hell is there a stigma attached to gamers? Just because you play video games as a hobby doesn't mean that's ALL you do, and it certainly doesn't make you inherently unhealthy. If you take gaming to an extreme, then yeah of course you'll get unhealthy, but active sports are like that too. If you start practicing and going on extreme diets, you'll screw up your muscles and get injured.
In the right amount, both gaming and sports alike are very good for you. Be it through physical fitness or hand-eye coordination and reaction time, practicing one could help you improve the other. They both have equal rights to be considered sports, and the whole idea that being a gamer makes you unhealthy and that being an athlete makes you inherently healthy needs to go. "Health" is not completely determined by your activeness, your diet, ability to fight infections, and the amount and appropriateness of exercise is what counts. Whether you play video games or love football does not determine one way or another if you are healthy or unhealthy.
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