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Computer gamers 'have reactions of pilots but bodies of chain smo
Professional computer gamers have the reactions of fighters pilots but the bodies of 60-year-old chain smokers, according to tests comparing them with international athletes.
Published: 2:07PM BST 07 Jun 2010
A university academic conducted a series of physical and psychological tests to determine whether playing on computers could be defined as a sport.
Top gamers can earn tens of thousands of pounds a year in prize money and sponsorship but academics have warned the cost to their health could be devastating.
The head of Sport, Performance, and Fatigue Research Unit also wanted to determine whether video gaming should be classed as a sport.
The cyber-sportsmen had mental sharpness and psychological traits comparable to 'real' athletes, and reacted to visual stimuli almost as fast as fighter jet pilots.
But their fitness levels were shockingly low and comparable to people either much younger or much older than their actual age.
One leading gamer in his twenties appeared to be slim and healthy with a physique similar to an endurance athlete.
But tests revealed he in fact had the lung function and aerobic fitness of a heavy smoker in his sixties.
Dr Micklewright blamed the gaming lifestyle of spending 10 hours a day in front a computer screen and warned youngsters against such a sedentary lifestyle.
He said: ''Someone of this age should be much fitter, but perhaps this is the occupational hazard of the professional gamer who can spend around 10 hours a day in front of a screen.
''It is always difficult to say how these things will develop, but it could have long term health implications such as an increased risk of heart disease.
''Screen time with children has a very strong correlation with childhood obesity and risk factors with heart disease later in life.''
But Dr Micklewright was equally surprised by the number of characteristics gamers did share with top athletes.
He said: ''Their reaction time, motor skill, competitiveness and emotions were pretty close.
''Elite athletes have unusually high levels of positive feelings and low levels of negative feelings such as depression and fatigue.
''We saw similar characteristics in gamers, albeit not quite as pronounced.''
Dr Micklewright said video gamers would benefit from balancing playing video games with getting fitter but their sedentary lifestyle meant they should not be classed as athletes.
He said: ''There is an inextricable link between the function of the mind and the body.
''Gaming shares some characteristics with sport because both are competitive, skill-based and governed by structured rules.
''But the main distinction which precludes gaming from being a sport is the lack of physical exertion.
''However, in the end sport is socially defined and there are sports, such as snooker and darts, which you might argue are on the boundary.
''Like video games these require very high levels of skill, but are relatively sedentary and not physically demanding.''
Dr Micklewright conducted the research for The eSportsman, a Radio Four programme set to be broadcast on Friday.
He ran a series of physiological and psychological tests on gamers at the Gadget Show Live in April at the NEC Arena in Birmingham.
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Does sitting down for 10 hours count as well?
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Well i bet he only tested people who just sit around all day playing games. The fact of the matter is not all gamers are like that, take me for example i am a gamer but i also get plenty of exercise playing football and walking to the shops for food and drink.
So if you do physical activity as well that means gamers are probably the most responsive and fit people on the planet.
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Wed Jun 09, 2010 8:41 am |
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but you also are not a competative gamer who trains for a long time to be in these competitions XD
but yes i agree with your point regardell
and whatever
poker is a sport
darts is a sport
its competative
who cares if the competitors are athletes?XD
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I'm a hardcore gamer, and I'm healthy enough if you ignore the fact that I'm malnourished.
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"I don't think you're supposed to smoke during class."
"This isn't a cigarette. It's just a lollipop."
"Lollipops don't make any smoke."
"No, that's just 'cause it's so lollied."
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with all your schooling you find that much time for games? XD
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Though seriously if Im out walking around in the night to ASDA with the pedo/rapist/murderer/psycho of questionable sanity vampy....who do I have to be afraid of? XD
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| A warlock? Arc? ... I've heard weirder things about you to be fair actually XD |
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I finished a couple of weeks ago. I'm just having to wait for the assessment period.
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"I don't think you're supposed to smoke during class."
"This isn't a cigarette. It's just a lollipop."
"Lollipops don't make any smoke."
"No, that's just 'cause it's so lollied."
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| i can see lj possibly really finding excitement in killing or torturing someone |
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| Like Robin Williams once said.."I haven't seen LJ around in awhile....WTF IS HE PLANNING?" |
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so you are a hardcore gamer when there is a school break then ?XD
and you need to eat more, and do a damn bigger shop so you have food around XD
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Though seriously if Im out walking around in the night to ASDA with the pedo/rapist/murderer/psycho of questionable sanity vampy....who do I have to be afraid of? XD
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I'm usually a hardcore gamer, even when there isn't a break from University.
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"I don't think you're supposed to smoke during class."
"This isn't a cigarette. It's just a lollipop."
"Lollipops don't make any smoke."
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| i can see lj possibly really finding excitement in killing or torturing someone |
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| Like Robin Williams once said.."I haven't seen LJ around in awhile....WTF IS HE PLANNING?" |
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Meaning that you find more solace in video games than you do in interaction with other people.
I'm an above average gaming and I have been letting myself go, but I'm starting to be active again. Biking and going to go swimming but I have to swim at pools which sucks cause I am used to fresh water swimming.
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They're mostly referring to "professional" gamers, people who actually make a living from gaming. I don't think any of us actually qualify for that title. One of the points we brought up at work was the difference between PC gamers and Console gamers. We concluded that PC gamers are probably more educated but less fit. I know a pretty hefty amount of hardcore rednecks who are very much in shape but play COD:MW2 like it's their job.
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| They're mostly referring to "professional" gamers, people who actually make a living from gaming. I don't think any of us actually qualify for that title. One of the points we brought up at work was the difference between PC gamers and Console gamers. We concluded that PC gamers are probably more educated but less fit. I know a pretty hefty amount of hardcore rednecks who are very much in shape but play COD:MW2 like it's their job. |
No comment other than I split me game playing between PC and console. But I am getting tired of video games and want to enjoy life a bit. Have some adventure and fun.
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I fell out of gaming, right in the middle of FFVIII and Mass Effect 2 just because I don't have the time any more. It seems like you really need to be able to commit two hours at least to gaming to get anything done / have an enjoyable experience and I just don't have that. I did however buy a gameboy color, battery pack and pokemon red on ebay the other day which i can't wait to take that trip down nostalgia lane
From what I remember it's a game where you can easily pick it up for a half hour or so and put it back down so hopefully it works out.
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It was all about catching MewTwo in that cave after getting the masterball and holding onto it for ever.
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lmao exactly XD
i have pokemon fire red, the remake thingy for gba, found it after years under the carpet when we put the wooden flooring fdown XD might give it a go XD
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Though seriously if Im out walking around in the night to ASDA with the pedo/rapist/murderer/psycho of questionable sanity vampy....who do I have to be afraid of? XD
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| A warlock? Arc? ... I've heard weirder things about you to be fair actually XD |
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| Arc's children would be the spawn of satan..... |
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