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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DollarD" data-source="post: 8459434" data-attributes="member: 7024789">Well, this is just something that struck me as I was reading some on the threads here today:D&D is a sport! I submit the following evidence:D&D is competitiveLike sports, D&D is competitive. Not necessarily player vs player, or even player vs DM, but player vs (virtual) environment. The participating players (and their characters) feel the drive to win in a tough struggle.Unfortunately, many activities that are competitive aren't sports, so we must continue.D&D requires skillSimilarly, D&D requires skill. Just as the footballer must learn to master running, passing, tackling, and positional game sense, becoming adept at D&D requires deep study - of rules, rule interactions, manipulation of the (virtual) environment and social skills - manipulating NPC's, and on occasion, a DM.Yet not all skill based activities are sport, so on we go.D&D has rules and etiquetteThe official rules of D&D is published and recognized internationally. There is a specific table etiquette that is generally observed at all tables, and failing to meet them could result in a player not participating anymore.Though a Code of rules and etiquette is not the defining mark of a sport, so we move further afield.D&D requires physical exertionSurely sitting around a table rolling dice cannot be said to be physical exertion? Yet, as any D&D player knows, it is physically taxing to concentrate on a session for hours on end. After hours of playing, you'll have finished the session feeling drained of both mind and body. Mental exertion manifests itself physically - an intense session can elevate the heart-rate, raise blood pressure, and cause perspiration.Surely the physical exertion can be said to be at least to be as great as, say, golf?I therefore submit that based on the above considerations, D&D is a sport! And we are all athletes! So it is high time that WotC gets the ball rolling, and apply to the International Olympic Committee to have D&D recognized as a sport!(I'm assuming the players of the team that completes the IOC approved version of the Tomb of Horrors first would win the gold, but to each his own.)<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f914.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":unsure:" title="Unsure    :unsure:"  data-smilie="24"data-shortname=":unsure:" /></blockquote>

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