StarCraft II and League of Legends possibly in 2020 Summer Olympic Games(Forbes)

[1DVSguy]

Where are you finding this? I can't find Poetry anywhere on the discontinued Olympic Sports list.
A link would be very helpful here

[Grif of Hearts]

Where are you finding this? I can't find Poetry anywhere on the discontinued Olympic Sports list.
A link would be very helpful here

Have fun.

Specifically with that town planning bit.

It was removed because those who applied to the art sections of the Olympics were professionals, but the rest of the Olympic events were performed by amateurs. Thus, it was removed from the official Olympic games. Nothing to do with the content of the events themselves.

Bring on the Olympic LoL matches.

[1DVSguy]

Ugh, the thing is LoL is not a sport. Who knows what those guys were thinking back then with poetry, but if you take a look at the competitions in modern day, all of them are sports in the traditional sense.

I just do not see LoL as having a place besides swimming and track.

Also thank you for finding the link!

[Grif of Hearts]

I just think that, if town planning could be in the Olympics, I find it hard to imagine why LoL couldn't. x)

[1DVSguy]

Well guess this ended in a stale mate huh?

Anyways, poetry and town planning were in the past Modern Olympics is defined as:

The modern Olympic Games (French: les Jeux olympiques, JO[1]) are a major international event featuring summer and winter sports in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions.

In the modern sense, LoL does not qualify as an Olympic sport

[Grif of Hearts]

Warwick does the physical activity so you don't have to.

[1DVSguy]

Warwick is a rabid werewolf, and should not be shown on television!
Master Yi is the way to go my friends

But anyways, jokes aside. Saying that video gaming requires physical is like saying that playing an xbox is exercising your thumbs. It's just ludicrous.

Check and mate. LoL = Not a sport
Grif's argument = Invalid

[guinness]

I really wouldn't care if it was or wasn't, not like I'd be watching it anyway. It would be pretty funny to see people on the news networks freaking out about it though. Wonder how many anti gaming politicians head's would explode.

[FlowerGirl]

I don't really think it should be in the Olympics. Played on a highly competitive level: yes. But specifically in the Olympics? I don't really think it fits.