Re:Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive perf...
by throwaway0asd on Thursday October 27, 2022 @11:10AM
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> What's the difference exactly?
The difference is third party contribution. If you are playing games purely for personal enjoyment that’s great. If you consider it a sport you are probably someone else’s product with little or nothing but lost time to show for it. This has long since been explained in Nicomachean Ethics and Utilitarianism. What matters is not the carrot someone can dangle in your face but your ability to tell the difference.
Re:Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive perf...
by bawolff on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:58PM
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Do you think high level (real) sports are different? That NHL players do it purely for the love of the game, with no corporate interests meddling?
Like i said, what is the difference?
Lots of video games are social. Some are not. The amount the environment is controlled can also varry.
> Gambling encourages a person to keep pushing themselves for a positive outcome but that alone does indicate any form of personal advancement.
So like literally everything. Seriously, can you name an external stimuli that this doesn't fit? Is work gambling? School? Yoga class?
> In sports it takes years of investment to get good (less than excellent). If a given video game took years of investment to complete the current level almost nobody would play that game.
I can be shit at soccer, and still have fun with friends. I can be shit at video games and still have fun. I can spend years practising and still be nowhere close to olympic level. Similarly, i can spend years on video games and be nowhere near the top of competitive e-sports.
What's the difference exactly?