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Gamers... Athletes?

herky

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While I appreciate the mental aspect, the higher order thinking skills, problem solving, and hand/eye coordination, I'm going to say no.
 

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Let me think about that...










No
 

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No. Unless you consider poker pros athletes.
Id say they are both on about the same level. Some games are a bit more advanced with handeye coordination but no one would actually watch an Olympic event of Starcraft or Tekken Tag 2.
 

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Gaming doesn't take skill though, it just takes devotion. Real athletes have both, so no.
 

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Kinect did show me that I'm not quite as athletic as I used to be.
 

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I don't know...there are some very fine tuned physical specimans out there in the gaming industry.

 
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