'Competitive Gaming' joins the Commonwealth Games

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Do you mean computer gaming ?

Are you talking about internet gaming ? Super mario here I come
Absolutely ridiculous it’s not a sport it’s a hobby
That ll get the teens exercising ? (their hands ) ???

Pass the smelling salts over ixion

Here you are Lucca. Please don't invite me to form a team or - shock horror -to play against you?

www.gamesradar.com/what-is-esports/

And here is its trial this year at the Commonwealth Games-

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/60632666

Watch this space?

I would be better at those than the physical kind!

It's not just a hobby. It's a skill, if done well, as many hobbies can become.
If spectators will be interested, why not include it in the Games?

Ah, might it run alongside Wordle in our daily challenge?!

A skill isn't a sport, though.

I think I'll ask if they'll include a speed race for knitting.
Gold for the person who completes a jumper in the shortest time including sewing up! Points deducted for mistakes.

ixion

Here you are Lucca. Please don't invite me to form a team or - shock horror -to play against you?

www.gamesradar.com/what-is-esports/

And here is its trial this year at the Commonwealth Games-

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/60632666

Watch this space?

Last computer game I played was that tennis thing back in the 70’s !!

But it is a game, as in the Commonwealth games

Oh my goodness I have to declare two of my AC will be thrilled , they will also probably know about this.

They should open it up to Snakes and Ladders and Ludo- my 9 year old dgd somehow wins every time we play!
Oh, and table soccer, as she beats the whole fsmily at that, too, much to her big brothers annoyance!

Update:

Competitive gaming will not be a medal event in the 2026 Commonwealth Games, after a surprise U-turn.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63232333

Common sense prevails!