E-Sports "is not a sport" sparked controversy

&http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/37954.html ">nbsp;     An overview of the events March 19, a set of electronic sports national team news attracted the ultra of diving athletes, and then triggered "electronic athletics is not counted as sports" network discussion. March 19, the general administration of Sport Sports department issued a "on the determination of the fourth Asian indoor and martial games final entrants to the notice."     "Notice" shows that China will participate in the fourth session of the Asian indoor and martial arts games 9 projects, which will form a 17-member electronic sports team, to participate in the StarCraft 2, the League of Heroes, FIFA and the need for speed four sub-project competition. News released, diving three meters board national championship, Diving world Champion Chong's brother Ultra in his microblog commented: "Electronic athletics also count sports??? Play games can take the Olympic champion, then we these projects practice so hard really for nothing, simply play games well ... "; then the gymnastics world champion Yibing immediately:" I also want to join the national team.      "A stone stirred thousand layers of waves, this remark, immediately on the network caused a huge war of words." Although Ultra later explained and apologized on his microblog, saying that he did not attack the electronic athletics project, his brother, the diving world champion Chong also stood up to apologize, and hope that everyone can understand ultra.     But Ultra's spit quickly becomes the network discussion hot spot, has hundreds of thousands of netizen to participate in the discussion. Second, the trend of public opinion





The trend of public opinion can be clearly seen, when the sports team decided to set up the electronic competition, only a small number of media to participate in the story. But when the diving world champion Chong's younger brother Ultra published "the electronic athletics also counts the sports" the comment, many media enthusiastically reported this matter, including the people's Daily and so on mainstream media, the topic mainly revolves "the electronic athletics is the sports item" launches. As of March 25, there were as many as 521 related articles.     After that, Ultra apologized for his improper remarks, which gradually subsided in early April. Third, the Netizen viewpoint Summary electronic athletics is one kind of mental athletics sports (35%) Netizen "Lakeren" said: "Some people depend on the physique to take the champion, some people play the IQ to take the champion, any athletics stage promotion all lies in breaks oneself ability boundary." "E-Sports is not a game is a game (31%) Netizen" light dust Face "said:" Electronic sports has been more than 10 years of sports, did not think there are so many people do not understand. The competition is not as strong as the average athlete, for them, the electric competition has already exceeded the category of the game. "Worrying about children playing games has a reason (18%) Netizens "white": "Afraid of children more excuses to say ' Mom, you out, this is sports!" "Electronic athletics is detrimental to health (16%) Netizens "POWER111" any sports activities can strengthen the body, edify sentiment, but electronic athletics except





    IV, media review excerpts      Electronic athletics, the name also needs to be in the      Source: People's Daily      e-Sports desire healthier development, It is also worth thinking about how to guard against the possible negative effects of the young people on the reasonable worries and criticisms. The formation of the national team is not an opportunity to introduce social concerns, understanding and supervision, to help the years of the lone electronic competition in the past.      Tao: The relationship between electronic athletics and internet addiction      Source: People's daily      in fact, what they call "electronic athletics" is more than just a game of violent play, And it is based on millions of teenagers who are internet addicts. In China, the so-called "net addiction" or "Internet addiction" is not very accurate, because the vast majority of children's "internet addiction" long-term playing games and addiction. Like some people drink alcohol is called "alcohol addiction", drug addiction is called "Drug addiction", the Chinese Youth's "internet addiction" should be called "online game Addiction" or "game addiction", because some children in addition to playing online games, but also play computer in a stand-alone version of the game.      E-Sports trap name It's embarrassing.      Source: China Youth Daily      Electronic athletics is under the jurisdiction of the competent department of sports in the country, The opportunity to name the electronic athletics is also in the hands of the sports department. To change the plight of the serious shortage of teenagers ' physical training and promote the widespread development of sports activities, the competent department of sports has an unshirkable responsibility. Facing the misunderstanding and questioning of the electronic athletics by the public opinion, it is better to let the youth sports activities flourish than to explain the rationality of the electronic athletics to the outside world. When the "Sunshine Sports" in the campus and community real implementation, the controversy about electronic sports can be completely subsided.      The misunderstanding and prejudice of the ten years ' competition in power      Source: Chengdu Daily      The most important reason is that many people do not know the electronic athletics correctly. E-Sports is a high level of technical and tactical confrontation and personal ability to operate, and online games have a clear difference, is a useful recreational activities for young people. However, many people's consciousness is only "game" such a general concept, that as long as the game, it is easy to indulge people.      Electronic athletics is not counted sports should be determined and network game difference      Source: Yangzi Evening News      In essence, sports is a physical movement to determine the outcome of the major categories of items, the difference between the items, just to complete the physical movement of the speed, strength and form. And in the analysis of whether the electronic sports can be attributed to sports category, the key is also the definition of "physical movement".      Competition in the process of computer control, the body obviously has obvious physical movement, especially the "Warcraft", "StarCraft" and other real-time strategy game of the top experts, can use the mouse and keyboard to complete more than 300 times per minute operation. As far as the demand of hand motion rate is concerned, it should be said that the electric competition has some characteristics of sports items.      V. Public opinion Reviews      "Electronic athletics is also a sport?" Play games can take the Olympic champion, then we these projects to practice so hard really for nothing, simply good play games to forget ... This is the diving star Chong's brother Ultra on Micro-blog speech, but also the fuse of the public sentiment things.      The answer to the question of whether e-sports is a sport or not is already well established. As early as November 2003, electronic athletics became the 99th sport approved by the sports administration, so far the past 10 years, why still have so much controversy around the electronic athletics?      Although the 2003 electronic sports has been designated as sports by the General administration of sport, but the community has not been widely recognized. Every new thing comes along with a variety of controversies. Many people blindly equate electronic athletics with electronic games, but I think electronic athletics is a game, but not just a game. Many of today's violent events can be linked to games, but now games are an essential part of modern life. Society's attitude to the game is harsh, from the fear of people from ignorance. It is because of the negative coverage of the game, so that the Society for the electronic competition also produced a conflict. Through this event the community will pay more attention to understand the field of electronic athletics, accelerate the electronic athletics movement into the right track.