Re: Olympic's and Video Games?
By: HusTler to All on Sat Jul 31 2021 01:48 pm
So should the Olympics include Video game medals? I can't believe this is even being considered but hey..We had the trick biking and scateboarding. Th year surfing was included.
I don't think so.
However, e-sports are becoming big moneymakers. I can see them taking more prominence in the future. The commentators of Warcraft tournaments seem to be better than soccer ones around here, that is for sure.
Something that irks me the wrong way is that making something like Starcraft an Olympic sport would give a lot of power to a videogame publisher. If Starcraft was in the Olympics it would mean Blizzard would have sole ownership of the platform used to decided who gets the medals, which IMO feels contrary to the Olympic stpirit. Or what is left of it.
I'd rather have crossbow shooting back than e-sports, really.
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