DDR Petition to Become a Sport

kylethetromboner · Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject:

If the following activities are "Sports", then why not DDR?

- Archery
- Horseback Riding
- Fishing
- Poker (They tried to put it in the Athens Olympics)
- SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING
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As long as DDR has less then 10 arrows I dont think that would work out. Ballroom dancing would make it look like a hacky sack tournament

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Soul of Ignorance · Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:08 am Post subject:

I've played "dancing" (I refer to it as intense aerobics) games for over 4 years now, and while I am personally indifferent on the matter, I can honestly see how it could be considered a sport. I mean... look at it from a different angle:

I've seen people make the argument that its too restricted to be considered a "sport", that somehow such games as basketball, football, etc. are extremely open. In all honestly, how many different ways can tell a player that the way to score points is to put the ball into the basket? ONE WAY. It doesn't matter how you put it in (rules pending, of course), but it needs to go in to score the points. Dunk, lay-up, jump shot, fadaway, hook, whatever = toe-style, heel-style, double-step, quick taps, adding-beats, etc. The basketball goal is the perfect and the step is the method of getting "the ball in the goal."

How many ways can you tell a offensive member on your team that the way to score a point is to cross a line at the end of the field? ONE WAY. (not including field goals or safeties, which can be considered derivates of the primary) Sure, he can receive a pass or run it in, but... if you don't cross that line, you don't score, just as if you don't step accurately, you don't get the score. Every sport that you can think of has an objective, a goal, a competitive purpose and ONE way to reach it. How's that so different from DDR/ITG?

I mean.. if we had ten JSBs or Pickles or Lil Qs (sorry, Im old school) practicing the same song list over and over sorely perfect the game, and you got them in a matchup that computed their total DP out of... 20 songs or something (top score is the winner), how is that any different than having persons like Kobe Bryant or Lebraun James, who: work on their offensive capbailties for an incalculable amount of hours, who've dribbled a basketball hundreds of thousands of times, and who've shot hundreds of thousands of shots to ensure that their ONLY method of scoring is sure and true? If you look closely.. we (tournament players) do the same things that professionals of professional sports do: practice to consistently score in the only manner that a score can be achieved.
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I horseback ride, and personally I think it's a LOT more challenging than DDR/ITG could EVER be. That is, if you're doing an equestrian sport that takes skill and practice, like show jumping or Dressage, and not just running around all dumb. I just wanted to throw that in there, 'cause I feel cool that I can ride a horse.. since I don't have any other talents. =[

Anyway, on the topic:
DDR should be a sport. It's a sport by definition, it takes dedication and practice to be good at it (unless you're rythmically blessed, or something).. and I honestly think it's more complex than say.. basketball or soccer.
They have basketball arcade games, don't they? And soccer arcade games.. So why can't DDR be an official sport?

Sorry if any of this has already been stated, I didn't have time to read through all the threads.
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Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Used by itself, sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors. All sports have a winning player or team and a losing player or team. If there is no loser or winner its not a sport.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport

EDIT: I might as well add... DDR doesn't have any rules unless you're in a tournament. By all means.. I doubt it will get approved to be a sport in the united states.
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