Gaming an Olympic sport??

[ExtremeGamer]

Wonder what games would end up being "sport"?

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6152088.html

[RockinDaMike]

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i think i need to start my dance dance revolution training.

[SPTO]

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I can see it now

"Welcome to the gaming gold medal matchup let's catch the action"

Then we some Madden gamer cheesing all over the place

"OMG HE'S RUNNING ALL OVER THE FIELD WITH VICK WTF IS HE DOING....HOLY CRAP A 50 YARD PASS ON THE RUN AND....TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!"

[MassNole]

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Call it a hunch, but it will likely be games like Halo 2 or Socom, perhaps PC games of the equivalent. I didn't read the article, so I could be way off, but I'd be shocked to see sports games, other than maybe FIFA.

[SteelersFreak]

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If it is an olympic sport, it will end up being Starcraft. The game has a lot of "professionals".

[SPTO]

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If it is an olympic sport, it will end up being Starcraft. The game has a lot of "professionals".

yeah but the Olympics are for "amateurs"

[larrygiterdone]

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might as well add gaming, lord knows there are already plenty of joke sports in the olympics anyway

[Misfit]

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I like videogames and all, but that would be a huge joke if they ever became an Olympic sport.

[Dispatch]

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Their is a video game league called MLG. It is Major League Gaming and it goes around to city's in the U.S. pretty much once a month during it's season. Right now I they have a humongous Halo 2 tournament and a smaller Super Smash Brother Melee tourny. The winners of the Halo 4v4 get $12,000 and the Halo 1v1 gets $5,000.

Some people travel all over the country to try to go to these events. There are some well known "Pros" if you follow it at all, like this one 4v4 team can not be beaten and they have already won $24,000 the past 2 months and it doesn't look like anyone will be stoping them soon.

There is gonna be a mini series on USA Network at the end of the year to show people what it's like. The website is www.MLGpro.com if anyone wants to read more.

[dkgojackets]

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Simply ridiculous.

[BGarrett7]

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That could be the most absurd thing I have ever heard.

[Fresh Tendrils]

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What's next? Seeing how many channels a person can go through in five minutes?

[dave360]

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I nominate Longhorn to represent the US in "game sniping". He's got to be as good or better than those Russian folks. I just hope the French judge doesn't screw him.

[Beantown]

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I nominate Longhorn to represent the US in "game sniping". He's got to be as good or better than those Russian folks. I just hope the French judge doesn't screw him.

I don't know whether to be proud, or insulted.

I guess coming from you, I should feel proud. Everyone else would've said that in a negative way, lol.

[jmood88]

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If curling is an olympic sport then anything can be a sport.