Is this a serious question???
[quote]malonetd wrote:
WS4JB wrote:
if you can play it while being obese, it is not a sport.
–JB
That eliminates just about everything other than gymnastics.[/quote]
if you can play it effectively.
[quote]Higher Game wrote:
Watch a doom speedrun or a high level Quake III match. Pro gaming is no sport, but it requires the innate abilities of the top .01% to do well, just as with a real sport. No amount of practice could turn an average player into Fatal1ty or Thresh.[/quote]
Let’s not forget ZeRo4, he was a normal high school kid who played sports, and in his pass-time he would play quake, got really good at it, and made about $60,000USD playing it for a couple years (while in high school). Had nowhere near the publicity of fatality though. While I still wouldn’t classify gaming as a sport, in terms of physical exertion, his reflexes and ability to predict certain situations were really amazing.
http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20050614-000002.html
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=00010347-101C-14C1-8F9E83414B7F4945
Summary: There is very little innate talent involved in chess. Devote 10 years of your life to chess and become a Grandmaster.