playing video games is not a sport. There is nothing athletic about it.
Seems to fit this definition.
except the physical exertion part. If video games are a sport, chess should be a sport, pool should be a sport. Poker should be a sport.
Chess is a sport in the eyes of many people.
Not in mine. It is a great game and I love it and it requires great skill and intelligence, but it is not a sport.
Would you consider shooting a sport? I would.
I don’t know. It is treated like a sport.
Regardless, video games, at least the ones that have a serious competitive community, are much more physical than chess.
Please explain how.
Same reason that I would consider shooting and archery to be a sport, physical accuracy is a skill that needs to be trained. I guarantee that you can’t pick up a shooting game and be as good as the people who play them professionally.
I agree I would not be as those that play video games professionally.
In an FPS, the physical aspect is part of the game;
I don’t understand how.
whereas in chess, the physical movement only exists because there wasn’t any other way to move the pieces. Unless you’re thinking about Madden or something, that’s not the type of game I’m talking about.
I fail to see how controlling keyboard/mouse/joystick is any more physical than moving pieces around board, especially when it comes to speed and blitz chess.