D&D General D&D (and potentially other TTRPG's) is a sport

[payn]

Making D&D an official sport is going to drag it back into rules over rulings and I cant say im agreeable to that.

 

[Norton]

I guess it could be considered a sport in the sense that chess is considered by many to be a sport (with competition being puzzles and combat), but only really at an "elite" level whereas regular old, universally accepted as sports activities are considered such at even the lowest level.

Does D&D have an elite level? Sure ain't at my table, yuk-yuk!

 

[GMMichael]

Surely the physical exertion can be said to be at least to be as great as, say, golf?

But golf isn't a sport. I don't care what ESPN says.

I therefore submit that based on the above considerations, D&D is a sport! And we are all athletes!

Your argument doesn't show that everyone who plays a sport is an athlete. See golfers.

 

[R_J_K75]

See golfers

See Bowlers.

 

[Composer99]

I don't seriously think D&D is a sport, but darned if I'm not going to work on putting on the ol' red-and-white for Team Canada if it ever makes it into the Olympics.

Better get on training on all those important player or DM skills, like "quickly leafing through the rulebook", "efficient dice rolling", "remembering to bring snacks", and brushing up on Monty Python, The Princess Bride, and The Lord of the Rings quotes!

 

[aco175]

I think all DMs should be required to wear an official uniform!

It would look like this.

 

[DEFCON 1]

If they add D&D to the Olympics, I wonder if they'll award medals to the 4th and 5th place players made of Copper and Brass?

 

[Shiroiken]

WTF?

OP has confused mental exertion for physical exertion. Focus and concentration are mental exercises (no matter what 3E says), even for the most physical of activities. This is why being the best requires mental accumen, not just physical.

Making D&D an official sport is going to drag it back into rules over rulings and I cant say im agreeable to that.

You never played sandlot baseball?

 

[Lanefan]

I don't seriously think D&D is a sport, but darned if I'm not going to work on putting on the ol' red-and-white for Team Canada if it ever makes it into the Olympics.

I'll see you at the training camp! Should I bring Blue or Canadian?

D&D World Cup, here come the Kings of the North!

 

[Lanefan]

If they add D&D to the Olympics, I wonder if they'll award medals to the 4th and 5th place players made of Copper and Brass?

Close. The medal colours would be, in 1st-5th order: platinum, gold, electrum, silver, and copper.