Favorite pseudo sport?

[thewanderingme]

do you regularly participate in any psuedo sports?

bowling

golf

figure skating

surfing

track

other

[Octavion]

I'm an avid snowboarder and I'd love to learn how to surf. But I have an unnatural fear of sharks.

[thewanderingme]

uhh, that's a pretty natural fear. haha

[thewanderingme]

I'd love to try surfing and snowboarding, I'm afraid of going into a tree though. lol

[Octavion]

Most beginner and intermediate courses are good about keep trees out of the path at most ski resorts.

[thewanderingme]

hmm, well then maybe I'll actually give it a try next winter

[SurströmmingLover]

Definitely bowling

[thewanderingme]

yaaay! let's start a league ;)

[SurströmmingLover]

great

[SurströmmingLover]

thanks

[been_waiting]

Those are all real sports in my opinion

my psuedosport: binge watching tv

[thewanderingme]

not really. there's no defense.

[been_waiting]

Definition: " an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment."

[AthleticMom]

F: Dancing
ballroom
C&W
odd... since I prefer outdoors

[thewanderingme]

what is c&w?

[AthleticMom]

Really?
I'll tell all but first
WHERE are you from/live?

[thewanderingme]

usa
...

[AthleticMom]

Sorry, that answer = you really don't want to know bad enough

another one would be fly fishing

[Anpu23]

I am a distance runner, I shoot bow, and practice swordplay. Make of it what you will.

[thewanderingme]

what's swordplay? that sounds fun!

[JackKerouac77]

I've only done swordplay in the bathroom in high school with some guys from the foosball team

[Anpu23]

I practice sword fighting, different forms. I have an old tire that I swing various weapons at. I also challenge virtually any one who comes over to a sword fight, we have 4 practice weapons, 2 display pieces and an antique American Civil War oficers side arm and a big old two handed monster that I take out a bunch of frustration with.

[thewanderingme]

real swords?

[Anpu23]

The civil war officers side arm has seen combat, the swihander (two handed monster) is "combat capable" but the most it's ever seen is the side of a tire. The other two are show only. The rest are designed for practice/play. I am also looking at buying a "combat capable" rapier sometime within the next week or two tse3.mm.bing.net/th and that one will be fun.

[thewanderingme]

sooo... no?

[thewanderingme]

haha, jk. looks cool. ;p

[vjreejr]

How are these pseudo sports? How do you define a sport?

[1GuyOpinion]

My definition is it have to be competitive, as in your opponent can AFFECT your score, how well you do and your overall performance.

Tennis, football, soccer, badminton, basketball etc. Your opponent can affect how well you do, and the score.

Golf, swimming, bowling, etc is more individual based. How well you do is up to you and generally isn't affect by the "opponent".

[vjreejr]

I beg to differ because how well you opponent does has a psychological effect on you and thus can impact your performance. For example, trash talking.

[thewanderingme]

the same as @1GuyOpinion

[1GuyOpinion]

I'm talking about actual PHYSICAL effect, not what goes in your head.

But I can understand where you coming from.

[vjreejr]

But what goes on in your head impacts the physical; there is no separation of the two and it is delusional to think so. It's the original of what we often call "choking". When your opponent can communicate with you - verbally or not - your opponents actions affect 1) your strategy and tactics and 2) your mental state which governs your physical ability. For instance, if I was bowling against a bad bowler who averages 150, then my high probability of getting 200 leads me to relax because I will likely win even if I make mistakes. However, if I was bowling against a bowler with a 250 average, my stress level goes way up because the my margin of error decreases greatly. If he bowls a bad game, I am in better shape, but if he's doing well, I'm stressed and am actually more likely to make errors so I have to focus that much more on my physical bowling so as to not make an error.

[thewanderingme]

@1GuyOpinion

[Anonymous]

No. I lift, that's about it, no time for other sports.

[thewanderingme]

that counts. what are you so busy with?

[Opinion Owner]

Trying to learn new job skills so I can either get back into the workforce or start my own business. I feel really embarrassed about it, and I feel guilty doing anything that isn't career related these days. I workout, then it's back to the books.

[thewanderingme]

embarassed about what exactly?

I'm planning to start my own business too!

[Opinion Owner]

Embarrassed about being unemployed. It's been 10 months, but at least I haven't just been sitting and doing nothing. It's getting harder to stay positive -_-

What kind of business are you going to try to start?

[Mesonfielde]

Pseudosport? I sometimes watch StarCraft 2 contests.

Does that count?

[thewanderingme]

what is that?

[Mesonfielde]

A game that only Koreans are good at, lol. Video game.

[Mesonfielde]

E-Sport

[thewanderingme]

no. it doesn't count.

[Metlahead]

The only pseudo sport here is bowling. But I love playing pool.

[thewanderingme]

their all pseudo. I started to put pool.

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

I gotta love bowling lot my favorite..:-)

[thewanderingme]

sweet!

[JustinCaseUDontKnow]

Yep lol

[doctorwhofan23]

Bowling is my favorite

[thewanderingme]

yaaaay! I love it too. when was the last time you went?

[doctorwhofan23]

A few weeks ago I am in a twice a month league.

[Anonymous]

Do either Chess or Billiards count?

[thewanderingme]

billiards, I think.

[Opinion Owner]

Okay, I'll go with billiards then.

[thewanderingme]

sounds good. is there much difference between that and pool?

[Opinion Owner]

I'm not actually that sure - I don't play competitively or anything, I only sort of know the rules from playing with people.

[thewanderingme]

HA! you're probably playing pool

[Opinion Owner]

Quite possibly...

[DodgersGM]

American football. LOL

[thewanderingme]

that's definitely a real sport. ;p

[DodgersGM]

I was mostly being inflammatory, but I do kind of look down on it, to be honest.

I've always felt like it was overly violent, to the point that the skill involved loses its luster.

[thewanderingme]

oh. well, I find it boring. all sports that have to be stopped so often are irritating to watch.

[Anonymous]

Surfing
I surf when ever there are waves :)

[thewanderingme]

which ocean?

[Opinion Owner]

Atlantic, im in south FL

[Bluemax]

My favorite pseudo sport is GAG.

[thewanderingme]

hmm 0. O

[Anonymous]

cheerleading and gymnastics.

[thewanderingme]

oooh, good ones! I really wanted to try gymnastics as a kid. did you do either?

[Opinion Owner]

i AM

[thewanderingme]

nice. both?

[Opinion Owner]

yes.

[bubble_tea]

Is dancing a pseudo sport?

[thewanderingme]

I guess, if it's competitive.

[bubble_tea]

oh well, I just shake my booty.. nothing competitive lol

[thewanderingme]

haha, what kind of dancing do you do?

[bubble_tea]

salsa.. and the 'when nobody's looking dance' xD

[thewanderingme]

ok, that just confused me. lol ;p

[greycadillacs]

Wii Tennis?

[thewanderingme]

lol, sounds good. I tried playing it once. I don't like the wii though. too much work, I feel like I might as well be outside doing the real thing. ;)

[greycadillacs]

Haha true that

[Anonymous]

Why "pseudo", these are actual sports...

[thewanderingme]

there's no contact or defense.

[Opinion Owner]

Well, they are not martial arts, but they are sports, figure skating is on the Winter Olympics, while bowling and golf are a precision sports.

[vjreejr]

@Asker What about tennis? There's no contact in tennis. Volleyball? Same thing. Meanwhile, chess: there's no contact there either, but there's plenty of defense...

[thewanderingme]

@vjreejr chess isn't a sport.

[vjreejr]

But it has defense - it even has contact when one piece takes another...

Even the NCAA -the National Collegiate ATHLETIC Association has a chess championship.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA_Chess_Championship

So, what is your definition of sport? How would you program a computer to identify if an activity is a sport or not?

[GoldCobra]

Pseudo first order reaction!

[thewanderingme]

what?

[SnowHearth]

Riding horses.

[thewanderingme]

as an equestrian?

[JackKerouac77]

Extreme jacking off

[thewanderingme]

I bet.

[Anonymous]

Calling surfing a pseudo sport is pretty ignorant.

[thewanderingme]

how so? there's no contact, no offense or defence. I'm not saying anything against it.