Should games like poker and chess be counted as sports?

[Prince EWS]

Pool actually is a sport IMO.

 

[Jono]

Yeah I believe it is too.

 

[Athlai]

If pool is a sport then darts is a sport if darts is a sport then surely poker/chess aren't far away.

Is paintballing a sport?

 

[Jono]

Why wouldn't paintballing be the sport? What would be the aspect of the game holding it back?

 

[Athlai]

More of a passtime isn't it?

Competitive paintballing aside.

But if you made tag a competition I'm sure it would be a sport too.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Would have no problem calling paintballing a sport myself. Not sure of the scoring system of competitive paintballing, but I assume it's that if you take hit you're gone & if so it's got more to recommend it as a sport than stuff like diving, figure skating & gymnastics, which are all Olympic events.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Pro paintball is **** for TV, watched a bit of it a while back. Basically, ****s just hide and don't move until there's like 10 seconds left and everyone jumps up and fires their balls off.

 

[sledger]

Not much a fan of paintball in real life for those very reasons tbh, though of course it depends on what kind of people you are playing with, can be great with a load of people who are willing to go gung ho. My main problem is that I can't aim the bloody gun properly.