While it is obvious that now one wants to get counter sued I think this submission is just trying to show that the RIAA is trying to back pedal on their legal threats even more now. I think troll is going a bit to far.
I guess that would just be a guess then wouldn't it? I don't know of any studies that would prove/disprove that.
WoW is irrelevent as thats not generally competing directly against people, as for CS:S. It's fun and easy to fool around with sure. But are you now the best at it? I conside that yes you can play a computer game at mroe competent levels easier then you could just walk into a boxing match but that does not at all mean you are now the best at it. Unless you are the best there is at CS:S then I doubt you'd be posting that.
Your mixing to many personal feelings with your statements, which are good for your self I suppose but that doesn't mean what you say is true for everyone.
I'm a real athlete too, infact I just came from a fencing tornament today, and I find your broad insulting respons rather offensive my self.
Your "get laid" remark aside (lets be honest thats just trolling) computer games can teach all of the things you just mentioned except get into shape because well that's just the nature of the game, pun intended I guess. For example I used to play competitivly in Tribes 2. We had a whole team, 16+ members, we had weekly practices, and we had a leader. Gee that sounds like teamwork, leadership, and commitment to me doesn't it?
My point is there is nothing wrong with sports, or virtual sports. They both can foster the exact same "life skills" that your talking about, internet disconnect aside. Unless you purely value "Geting into shape" and "Getting Laid" as the only good qualities that you need in life, which I'm pretty sure some video game players have been able to do. Most of these Korean superstar players infact aren't horribly obease and I'm pretty sure being superstars they have no problem getting chicks.
Anyone can play football too, but that doesn't make them the best at it. And don't you think playing a game or for that matter anything for 12 hours straight is a rather rigorous training in it self? So they get to drink soda while they play/train so what? They are still practicing and if you don't pratice you will get rusty. You make a good point about nothing being able to take it seriously because the rules keep changing, and that is a very good point and one of the reasons why it is so hard for games to be accepted. However saying that anyone and their mother can do it is just plain wrong.
Except your ignoring the fact that you do not play Ms. Pacman versus another human. These people are competing against each other just like any other type of competitive sport, only difference being that they are behind a computer. Whether or not using a computer makes you an athelete is irrelevent, these people are still competitors.
Well there is plenty of strategy in a game of starcraft and other rts'. Its just at that high level of play the build orders and what not become automatic, but thet still have a game plan. As far as games that aren't all twitch speed getting air time, the reason they don't is be cause slow drawn out games don't televise well. Would you watch a game of Civilization played straight for 8 hours? Not likely. They could chop it up into highlights but that would be as fun as the hacked up 30min Iron Chefs compared to the full hour ones. I can't think of any other "slow" not twitch orented video/computer games that aren't basically board games turned digital (e.g. chess, weeee)and we all know how thrilling that is to watch.
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While it is obvious that now one wants to get counter sued I think this submission is just trying to show that the RIAA is trying to back pedal on their legal threats even more now. I think troll is going a bit to far.
If that happens let's hope he learns to invest.
I guess that would just be a guess then wouldn't it? I don't know of any studies that would prove/disprove that. WoW is irrelevent as thats not generally competing directly against people, as for CS:S. It's fun and easy to fool around with sure. But are you now the best at it? I conside that yes you can play a computer game at mroe competent levels easier then you could just walk into a boxing match but that does not at all mean you are now the best at it. Unless you are the best there is at CS:S then I doubt you'd be posting that. Your mixing to many personal feelings with your statements, which are good for your self I suppose but that doesn't mean what you say is true for everyone.
I'm a real athlete too, infact I just came from a fencing tornament today, and I find your broad insulting respons rather offensive my self. Your "get laid" remark aside (lets be honest thats just trolling) computer games can teach all of the things you just mentioned except get into shape because well that's just the nature of the game, pun intended I guess. For example I used to play competitivly in Tribes 2. We had a whole team, 16+ members, we had weekly practices, and we had a leader. Gee that sounds like teamwork, leadership, and commitment to me doesn't it? My point is there is nothing wrong with sports, or virtual sports. They both can foster the exact same "life skills" that your talking about, internet disconnect aside. Unless you purely value "Geting into shape" and "Getting Laid" as the only good qualities that you need in life, which I'm pretty sure some video game players have been able to do. Most of these Korean superstar players infact aren't horribly obease and I'm pretty sure being superstars they have no problem getting chicks.
Anyone can play football too, but that doesn't make them the best at it. And don't you think playing a game or for that matter anything for 12 hours straight is a rather rigorous training in it self? So they get to drink soda while they play/train so what? They are still practicing and if you don't pratice you will get rusty. You make a good point about nothing being able to take it seriously because the rules keep changing, and that is a very good point and one of the reasons why it is so hard for games to be accepted. However saying that anyone and their mother can do it is just plain wrong.
Except your ignoring the fact that you do not play Ms. Pacman versus another human. These people are competing against each other just like any other type of competitive sport, only difference being that they are behind a computer. Whether or not using a computer makes you an athelete is irrelevent, these people are still competitors.
Well there is plenty of strategy in a game of starcraft and other rts'. Its just at that high level of play the build orders and what not become automatic, but thet still have a game plan. As far as games that aren't all twitch speed getting air time, the reason they don't is be cause slow drawn out games don't televise well. Would you watch a game of Civilization played straight for 8 hours? Not likely. They could chop it up into highlights but that would be as fun as the hacked up 30min Iron Chefs compared to the full hour ones. I can't think of any other "slow" not twitch orented video/computer games that aren't basically board games turned digital (e.g. chess, weeee)and we all know how thrilling that is to watch.
Well this post certinally reaks of intellagence. Not.
Why is this marked funny? It's insightful if anything, well more like obvious but still good.
Or maybe even cut off your penis and grow back a bigger one?!
By portible they mean easier to carry its still a console not a handheld.