QFT, if mofos can get pissed off at it and fight over it and have passion for it, and can compete against each other… ITS A SPORT.
chess is an olympic SPORT.
curling is an olympic SPORT.
neither of these takes more physical prowess than video games.
tv is so damn stupid…
true blood
HBO series in general
movies
fighting games
so you think you can dance
and MAYBE Heroes.
the only reasons to turn on the tv.
-dime
Please stick talking about fighting games lol
A reversal dp that beat a meaty is the king of the super random.
shit like this does not exist in a decent fps game.Its PURE skill
lol@all the SF mind games compared to a game like counter-strike,where you can mind read a whole team in 10x more ways you can in,at least,sf4
same.
:lol: Got the True Blood and HBO part absolutely right,but you forgot Showcase. 
I love Dexter and actually like Californication.The latest season of heroes was pure trash however,so this is now a bad tv show as far as I am concerned.
Guilty pleasure of mine: I watch Criminal minds. :razz:
Now let’s see where the SF scene go after SBO.SF IV dash should be announced,so the hype should start again.If so,it would be the perfect opportunity to grow the scene for next year Evo,especially since Tekken 6 BR will be released as well.It’s all up to Capcom,Namco and the community.
So anyone know why MLG hasn’t picked up SFIV as an official game?
FPS is the most competitive play, it takes insane amount of teamwork at the highest competitive level. Just like any other sport team.
No one said UFC reruns on spike =/
The main reason I never got serious with FPS gaming was because I could never find a team with like-minded individuals with skill. That’s the great thing about fighting games, IMO. You don’t need to find a good team to compete like most competitive FPS games. It’s all on you.
A lot of things being touched on in this thread. First off, I had no idea there were people besides me who love Tribes, neither did I know it still was alive. Good to hear.
On the topic of sports: it’s a non-discussion, really. By definition, yes, videogames would be considered sport. I happen to disagree with the “official” definition, which is by competition. For me sport is physical exertion, even if it ain’t competitive at all (nobody can tell me that me running every night/morning by myself, without concern to time/distance/etc is no sport). But it’s my own damn fault for being dumb enough to disagree with probably all dictionaries, and I accept that.
That said, just because the physical factor in games/chess/go/etc. is practically non-existent they are in no way less of a viable and worthy competitive endeavor. Competitiveness of individual titles or activities is debatable, of course.
Which leads me to competitive FPS, and the strange fact that (seemingly, I’m just guessing here based on what I generally hear, really) shooters (mostly Halo and CoD) as a competitive activity are more successful than their PC-counterparts. A few others already said similar things - it not only strikes me as odd but as downright absurd. It’s kind of like if somehow the Paralympics had more followers than the Olympics (disclaimer: no (!) offence intended, just a comparison that struck me, please spare me).
In general FPS are highly competitive by nature, as are RTS or fighting games. I don’t really care which is “more competitive”, takes more skill or whatever. Maybe FPS have a slight edge in such a discussion since they are by far the easiest to balance. At the same time, the fact that aside from Starcraft there isn’t a single really balanced RTS out there (as far as I know anyway), might work against defenders of the competitiveness of the genre. BUT at the end of the day, if you want to stand at the top of either you will need to have a deep understanding of all mechanics, invest a lot of time into practice and be incredibly skilled.
What really matters though, is nothing of all that - it’s passion for your hobby, for what you do. And isn’t that why all of us are here?
…ok, so I basically repeated what others said before me and concluded with a lot of pathos. Just wanted to get my thoughts on this out here. :shy:
I believe Curling actually takes a lot of physical skill doesn’t it?
Ah who the fuck am I kidding, I don’t know what the hell you actually do in that sport.
reason to start watching TV again: season 5 of its always sunny in philadelphia, premieres on FX mid september ish
but right now all I end up watching are futurama re-runs and bbc news. haha.
although… TV sucking is a good excuse to get off your ass (figuratively speaking) and read a book. something my brain has forgotten how to handle.
I keep wondering that too. Perhaps because MLG is more team based in their game choices.
Curling is actually harder than you think. It’s pretty much shuffleboard, but on ice (you try to get more of your rocks in the centre of the area than your opponent. Whoever has the most rocks in the centre before their opponents rocks gets that many points at the end of a set).
it’s sorta popular here in Canada, although I find it boring.
And chess is NOT an olympic sport. Kasparov has no olympic gold.
I do wanna see Sumo become an olympic sport though.
And whoever mentioned Criminal Minds as their guilty pleasure, I own season one…i was pissed when the main guy quit though 
MLG won’t pick up fighters for a number of reasons.
The majority of players there don’t like or really get into fighters, just like a large portion of SRK and Evo attendees don’t get into FPS.
Evo is already the bigger name with fighting games.
A lot of people who don’t like FPSs don’t like MLG and they know that, so why would they cater to them?
They do much bigger numbers with shooters than they would with fighters.
Ack…
I cringe at the thought of anyone considering SFIV, FPS, or any other videogame a sport. I think you guys make your hobbies more important than what it really is.
You are very close minded.
Try to think beyond your own feelings and enlighten yourself.
video games: not as important as playing with a ball.
People play Street Fighter and FPS’s competitively. People practice their game for hours on end, and gather at large events in which they go up against other high-level players to compete for money, trophies, fame in the gaming community, and what have you. Some people do this for a living. It may not be athletic sport, but it’s still a sport. Open up your mind a bit.
True, but why not try to expand their audience and their exposure as the premiere league for professional gamers across the globe? If there was one game they could do this with, it’s SFIV.
most people don’t think of it as a fighting game but MLG does have SMASH on there lineup.
they don’t have brawl on the circuit, but melee was while it was a big game and there has been talk of bringing it back to the circuit.
The numbers speak for themselves. Evo is the biggest fighting tournament in north america and it only garnered 24 k viewers. You can say words like hype, pumped, etc. all you want but marketers will just look at the numbers and shake their heads. this is a niche market and its only getting smaller