Fortnite Joins Olympics Esports Week [May 05, 2023, 7:00 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
The
International Olympic Committee announces that Fortnite is going to
be part of the inaugural Olympic Esports Week next month in Singapore (tickets
are on sale now). Here's word on this Olympics-adjacent esports competition:
"Olympic Esports Week marks another step in supporting the development of
virtual sports within the Olympic Movement, as laid out in Olympic Agenda
2020+5, and continues the Movement’s collaboration with the gaming and esports
communities to create new opportunities for players and fans alike." Fortnite's
role will be as the proving ground for competitor's aim in a virtual sport
shooting event:
The ISSF’s sport shooting island created in Fortnite has been added to the Olympic Esports Finals line-up. The event will see 12 players from the 2023 Fortnite Champion Series (FNCS) invited to compete on the global stage. A specially designed Fortnite Creative Island, made to reflect sport shooting competition, will put the target-aiming accuracy of sharp shooters to the test and see them navigate the in-game environment as they compete to become an Olympic Esports Series winner. All the thrilling finals action will be streamed globally across Olympics.com and Olympic social channels.
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Kxmode wrote on May 7, 2023, 16:03:I don't entirely agree they are equally mental sports. Most esports require world class reflexes and eye-hand coordination, neither of which is a thing in chess. Even RTS games, have it... the pros achieve APM rates the rest of us could only imagine. Chess can arguably be an esport too, and you can make the case that it's harder to become good at chess than video games. But most esports definitely require significantly physical skills.FrostyRei wrote on May 6, 2023, 05:27:Esports and Chess are both mental sports, but I agree, Chess requires significantly more skill. I apologize if my comparison seemed like an apples-to-apples one.Kxmode wrote on May 6, 2023, 02:12:Brilliance… Chess… You jest, right? It takes literally decades to achieve a high skill in chess, unless you’re a rare genius.
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FrostyRei wrote on May 6, 2023, 05:27:Esports and Chess are both mental sports, but I agree, Chess requires significantly more skill. I apologize if my comparison seemed like an apples-to-apples one.Kxmode wrote on May 6, 2023, 02:12:Brilliance… Chess… You jest, right? It takes literally decades to achieve a high skill in chess, unless you’re a rare genius.
"Listen, Peter... with great horsepower comes... the sickest drifts..." - source
Kxmode wrote on May 6, 2023, 02:12:Brilliance… Chess… You jest, right? It takes literally decades to achieve a high skill in chess, unless you’re a rare genius.
Esports is not a sport but a demonstration of brilliance on the same level as Chess. The only difference is that it is a "video game" with intrinsic spectator allure. Very hard to "esport" chess.
Esports is not a sport but a demonstration of brilliance on the same level as Chess. The only difference is that it is a "video game" with intrinsic spectator allure. Very hard to "esport" chess.
"Listen, Peter... with great horsepower comes... the sickest drifts..." - source
ESports 
Weird world. I’ll be telling my kids to get off their arses and go play outside. Sure, play on your console, or PC for max an hour in a day, but this so-called sport requires doing exactly what the majority of professional Physios or Doctors tell us not to do.
Weird world. I’ll be telling my kids to get off their arses and go play outside. Sure, play on your console, or PC for max an hour in a day, but this so-called sport requires doing exactly what the majority of professional Physios or Doctors tell us not to do.
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