{"id":33532,"date":"2019-02-08T16:30:56","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T20:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/?p=33532"},"modified":"2019-02-08T16:30:56","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T20:30:56","slug":"playing-video-games-playing-favorite-sport-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2019\/playing-video-games-playing-favorite-sport-common\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does Playing Video Games and Playing a Favorite Sport Have in Common"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video games and sports are often thought as being completely opposite each other. Gamers just sit on their couch and mindlessly shoot aliens, while athletes are the pinnacle of fitness, right? Well it may not be so black and white.<\/p>\n<p>When you dig beneath the surface appearances, video games and sports share a number of things in common. In this article, we are going to explore how video games and sports are more similar than one might believe.<\/p>\n<h3>What do video games and sports have in common?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/infinigeek.com\/5-ways-sharpen-saw\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/What-does-playing-video-games-and-playing-a-favorite-sport-have-in-common-2.jpg\" alt=\"What does playing video games and playing a favorite sport have in common 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33535 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 640px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 640\/427;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>5 Ways to Sharpen the Saw<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Competition<\/b>: Perhaps the most important similarity is the very act of competing. If we accept \u2018sport\u2019 to mean games of leisure, typically with competitive elements, then video games are certainly a sport. Playing soccer <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crazygames.com\/t\/soccer\">on Crazy Games<\/a> may not offer the physical exertion of soccer in real life, but there is still the elation of victory, and the disappointment of losing.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Rules<\/b>: A game <i>must <\/i>have a set of rules. Just like a basketball player can\u2019t leave the court and make a free-throw from the audience, a player can\u2019t exit the map in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crazygames.com\/game\/tanki-online\">Tanki<\/a>. Cheaters are often fined, or banned outright from the sport. Whether it\u2019s an MMA fighter caught using steroids, or an e-sport team caught looking at the global screens, cheating is frowned upon in both physical sports and e-sports.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Strategy<\/b>: An integral part of winning is <i>strategy<\/i>. Just like having huge muscles doesn\u2019t make you a good boxer, knowing every character\u2019s special move in <i>Street Fighter<\/i> doesn\u2019t make you a champion e-sport player. Those things might <i>help<\/i>, but you also need training to develop technique, reflexes, and strategies for different scenarios.<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JzS96auqau0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Chance for glory: Just like a top sports player can become internationally famous, an e-sports gamer can become famous in their own right. This video from <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pS5peqApgUA\">EVO 2004<\/a> has been viewed <i>over 8 million times <\/i>on YouTube, as it features one of the most incredible moments in gaming tournament history. It even has its own Wikipedia page (<i>Evo Moment 37). <\/i>Just take a peek at \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegamer.com\/25-richest-esports-players-much-worth\/\">The 25 Richest eSports Players<\/a>\u201d, and you\u2019ll understand why some predict that eSport players are likely to earn more than many professional athletes by 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Just what is a \u2018sport\u2019?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/2017\/5-hobbies-make-smarter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/What-does-playing-video-games-and-playing-a-favorite-sport-have-in-common-3-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"What does playing video games and playing a favorite sport have in common 3\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-33534 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/What-does-playing-video-games-and-playing-a-favorite-sport-have-in-common-3-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/What-does-playing-video-games-and-playing-a-favorite-sport-have-in-common-3-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/What-does-playing-video-games-and-playing-a-favorite-sport-have-in-common-3.jpg 1296w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/575;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>5 Hobbies That Make You Smarter<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a sports fan, you may be reading this article and thinking \u201c<i>despite these similarities, video games aren\u2019t a sport! Sports are defined by physical activity!\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s important to acknowledge that not all sports are defined by <i>athleticism<\/i>. Chess, for example, may not be included in the Olympics, but it is <i>recognized <\/i>as a sport by the International Olympic Committee. Some may point to a <i>strict <\/i>interpretation of the word \u2018sport\u2019, such as the definition offered by Oxford dictionary: \u201cAn activity involving <b>physical exertion<\/b> and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a limited view, however. The very word \u2018sport\u2019 comes from the Old French word <i>\u2018desport\u2019<\/i>, which literally meant \u2018leisure\u2019 in the 14th century. The original definition was \u201canything humans find entertaining or amusing\u201d. In the late 15th century, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.etymonline.com\/word\/sport#etymonline_v_21881\">\u2018sport\u2019 was given an <i>additional <\/i>definition<\/a> &#8211; \u201cgame involving physical exercise\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/infinigeek.com\/best-sports-games-2018\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.andysowards.com\/blog\/assets\/What-does-playing-video-games-and-playing-a-favorite-sport-have-in-common-1.jpg\" alt=\"What does playing video games and playing a favorite sport have in common 1\" width=\"710\" height=\"434\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33533 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 710px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 710\/434;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Best Sports Games \u2013 2018<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s true that language and meaning changes with time, but it\u2019s also true that many things come full circle. So while we may think of \u2018sport\u2019 in the <i>modern <\/i>definition, classical usage is certainly becoming more accepted. Especially when you consider the rise of \u201ce-sports\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video games and sports are often thought as being completely opposite each other. 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