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Posted by: ICEMAN ASSASS1N
Kevin's post = breath of fresh air.
Take it from this guy people, he knows what he's talking about.
Second accounts are NOT cheating:
http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?cid=13824
Posted by: Juicy
Posted by: FKxPandemic
Physical power? When did physical power become a requirement for sports, or athletes. Kevin Durant can't even bench 185, meaning he severely lacks in physical power, but his finess skills and height make him a great basketball player. Being able to outthink, out play, outstrafe, out aim, make clutch plays, communicate, and outprepare your opponents are all skill based aspects of Halo.
Yes, these are skills. But sewing and knitting are also skills. Painting is a skill, requiring finesse, and quite a bit of manual dexterity. Hell, opera requires a lot of muscular control, and bodily discipline. Yet, these are not sports. I surmise that the line cannot be easily defined. I don't think billiards is a sport, it's a game. Bowling and golf are both games in my mind, not true sports. Perhaps the line should be drawn to include those three however. What I can tell you is that if playing a video game makes one an athlete, then the line has become meaningless. If you don't implicitly understand this concept as an intuitive matter, then there's really nothing I or anyone else can do for you. :/
Skills make a person an athlete. Athletes make a sport. A sport is a competition that people compete with each other in, usually for a prize or something like that. Knitting, paining and opera are not sports, they are ARTS. The reason they are arts is because they do indeed take a certian amount of dexterity and skill do do but there isnt a competeition there.
If a painter or opera singer decided to see who was the best at their particular craft and started a competition, then yes it would be a sport. You people are still trying to say that anything that you make money at and do well is a sport....its not. There is a difference between your occupation or craft and a sport. Virtually any craft or occupation can be turned into a sport but its only a craft or occupation until you take that extra step and create the competition.