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[–] 62 points 11 months ago (1 child)
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    Do I have to me good at it or is someone just going to pay me to do it regardless? I guess motorsport

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    Online Chess is now officially Esport... so that... xD

    I'd be the next Hikaru Nakamura, live stream chess stuff and act cool af.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    Are we calling chess a sport? In that case why not magic the gathering or black jack

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I read something about how some grandmasters think so hard that they burn as many calories as pro athletes. Their brains are going so wild that it can cause extreme fatigue and the shakes.

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    That’s a pretty dumb measurement. Tons of people get in the zone when high. I’m way better at soccer after getting high.

    Sport should be a physical thing. If you can play the same game online (chess) then it’s not a sport.

    Esport? Sure. Still not a sport, same way an email isn’t a piece of mail.

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  • [–] 32 points 11 months ago

    Magic: the Gathering

    It's a sport if it was on ESPN!

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    Ping pong. You might think all the humiliating losses as my reflexes slow down might become hard to take, but if they don't bother me now, why should it bother me later?

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    Yup. I wouldn’t be very good at it, but it’s indoor work with no heavy lifting or cardio, and if it’s my job until I’m 65 that implies that it’ll pay the bills so how good I actually am doesn’t really matter very much

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    If esports count, I'd like to be like this guy and get a contract to play rhythm games professionally

    Otherwise... Probably swimming or race walking, not too many professional sports I could think of that one can do into their 60s without wrecking their body

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I could totally swim profesionally until 65. Wouldn't be winning anything. Would probably get a lot of "slowest 50m" records, but I could totally lose on a daily basis for a living.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Rowing or swimming. As long as I'm not trying to be world record level, I won't be ruining my body. If I'm just training as much as they do, it won't be much worse than a full time job.

    I would have picked skydiving, but the lead exposure is a little too much for me to want to do it as a 10 jumps a day type of job.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Wait, lead exposure from skydiving?

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

    Marion Tinsley died at age 68 while still holding the World Checkers Championship. A number of chess players including Ivanchuk and Anand are in their 50s and still mighty strong, though not WC strength.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Tinsley

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    Isn't checkers solved? I guess it wasn't back then, but it's not exactly repeatable now.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    At that time it wasn't solved and it was unknown whether Chinook was at Tinsley's level. Now it's solved in the sense that a humongous computer search has proved it to be a draw, but there is still competition between humans. Chess is generally believed to be a draw too. A mathematical or computer proof of that wouldn't change things very much though. The best way to beat another human might involve playing into positions that are lost for you, if you can get into a complex enough position to confuse your opponent into a mistake.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago* (2 children)

    My brother and I would tie checkers every time if we were paying attention.

    It’s basically like ticktacktoe. You have to be unaware of like 3 moves to lose.

    Edit: Oh I guess when all pieces are stuck the last player with a move wins? We never knew that and would just call it a draw and play a different game instead.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I'm not a checkers player but really strong players do win games against each other. Also it was 8x8 checkers that was solved. Human competitive play is sometimes 10x10 which is probably beyond current technology to solve the same way. Tinsley played 8x8 though.

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    Do esports count? Because that.

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    The wizard who is forcing you to do this said you have to actually be playing, you can't be in a manager or commentator type role

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    How about E Sports? I'm not competitive good, but I can play video games all day.

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    Cricket. There are many different roles in the team and you get to hang out outside with your teammates all day. Also, if it rains you go inside and have something to eat.

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago

    Every last one of you could have chosen drone racing and yet none of you did.

    Drone racing.

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    Biking or swimming

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    Esports/mlg. I actually wanted to explore video gaming as a competitive career as a kid, throughout my teens and a bit beyond. Disability and near-death struck at 21 and dashed that, though. I still play rather well for racing games, but fps I struggle competitively due to partial blindness and loss of the use of my right hand. I use an ambidextrous Logitech G903, using both sets of side buttons (both left and right side), if you're wondering; all critical functions and movements go on the mouse, with secondary (like map, equip/use, toss item, inventory/hotbar...) remaining on the keyboard.

    Also, while not a sport...

    SpoilerI also looked into being a 'working guy'. My sex drive has always been -really- high, and that stupid saying 'find something you love and you'll never work a day in your life'... well, I definitely love pleasing people. Nearly all my relationships failed because of, or directly linked to, my unquenchable needs (it's not my fault you are studying for a full load of courses and I've been at it for 4 hours, okay?), so...

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Oh powerlifting, and I wouldn't be competitive. Just lift whatever I could, and lose the competition, forever. I guess that's amateur though? Hmm.

    I cannot imagine anyone paying me to play any sport at all.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    Why not pick the laziest sport and try to become a real world Happy Gilmore ( minus all the rage enduced swearing or childish antics on the field ).

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    Table Tennis. (A.K.A. Ping Pong, but that's actually a trademark)

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    For the non-North Americans, the place kicker specializes in kicking the ball through the goalposts. In a sport where most pros have retired by age 40, the best kickers will often play until they’re nearly 50.

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    Ice skating and/or inline skating. Not sure how safe that is to do for so long, but I like going fast.

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  • Not the most professional, though there are world cups, but playing pétanque is surely something you can do til 65 and beyond!

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Table tennis

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    Table tennis

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    Running or cycling.

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    Olympic walking. I'll be taking it really really easy. I'll have headphones and an ice cream cone

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    Skiing, as I actually enjoy it.

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