Esports Milestone for WSU

[WstateU]

Uhhh, no esport pro is eating potato chips while they are playing against other top players in the world. Very naive. But we did have a Shocker eating a hotdog during a game once.

Wienergate

Wienergate II - after a horrific call, a guy in row 30 attempted to hurl a loaded wienie towards the floor… can’t recall the year, but it was well worth the price of admission.

[Kung Wu]

Well for anyone to consider Esports to be a sport, they can’t be very smart imo. Activity, maybe. Equivalent to gaming, billiards, etc. Eat potato chips while doing it. Not a sport.

Uhhh, no esport pro is eating potato chips while they are playing against other top players in the world. Very naive. But we did have a Shocker eating a hotdog during a game once.

[ShockTalk]

Well for anyone to consider Esports to be a sport, they can’t be very smart imo. Activity, maybe. Equivalent to gaming, billiards, etc. Eat potato chips while doing it. Not a sport.

Does that apply to the "sports" I listed above? I'm pretty certain these guys do not eat potato chips while competing. They also probably have as many qualities as the sports you listed and 2 of the 3 attributes you listed plus the other attributes that Kung Wu listed, some of which other sports need as well.

[Shockm]

Well for anyone to consider Esports to be a sport, they can’t be very smart imo. Activity, maybe. Equivalent to gaming, billiards, etc. Eat potato chips while doing it. Not a sport.

[Kung Wu]

You can be 400lbs and make a nice living dominating in esports. You can be dumber than an ox and have a great NFL career.

But it helps to be fit in esports, on top of being mentally top class. And it helps to be smart in football, on top of being a physical specimen.

[ShockTalk]

Table Tennis, Curling, Luge, Equestrian, Archery, Sailing, Shooting, are all Olympics sports.

[Kung Wu]

Why is Esport considered a sport?

It's not considered a sport. It's considered an esport.

Off the cuff ...

Things exactly similar to sport:

High level game sense is required, exactly same as sport
Communication is critical, exactly same as sport
Muscle memory is surprisingly critical
Practice is just as critical in esport as it is in sport

Things unique to esport:

Reaction time
Super fast critical thinking
Mental endurance
Manual dexterity (small muscle, eye hand coordination)

Things unique to sport:

Physique
Large muscle memory
Large muscle motor control
Physical endurance
Physical speed
Physical power

[Shockm]

Help me out. So what skills do Esports develop?

Can a person weigh 400 lbs. and be an top notch esport athlete?

Even Table Tennis, Bowling, Equestrian, and NASCAR requires a person to be coordinated, in shape, and contain muscle strength in certain areas. Why is Esport considered a sport?

[Kung Wu]

Pretty cool!

[WstateU]

Goin’ for a natty…

[SubGod22]

WSU - WSU Esports varsity team marks a milestone for the program

After winning the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championship, the Wichita State Varsity Esports Valorant team qualified for a direct bid to compete in the Collegiate Esports Commissioners Cup (CECC) at the Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, May 7–8. Winning the direct bid to compete allowed the team to bypass the normal qualifier system which includes live and online invitationals.

Although the CECC hosts tournaments for multiple games, WSU Esports competed only in the Valorant tournament. WSU Esports placed ninth out of the 16 teams competing in the Valorant games. WSU upset University of Central Florida, lost to Texas A&M University, and won against Sam Houston State University

Qualifying for the CECC marked a milestone in the advancement of the WSU Esports program.

“CECC was a great overall experience, and one of the best collegiate esports events I’ve personally attended,” said Travis Yang, WSU Esports director. “Unfortunately, there was a three-way tie in our group, and we narrowly missed out on playoffs by a margin of five rounds.”

The program continues to grow.