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    Magic: the Gathering

    It's a sport if it was on ESPN!

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    Do I have to me good at it or is someone just going to pay me to do it regardless? I guess motorsport

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  • [–] 25 points 11 months ago

    Online Chess is now officially Esport... so that... xD

    I'd be the next Hikaru Nakamura, live stream chess stuff and act cool af.

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    Are we calling chess a sport? In that case why not magic the gathering or black jack

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I read something about how some grandmasters think so hard that they burn as many calories as pro athletes. Their brains are going so wild that it can cause extreme fatigue and the shakes.

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    Ping pong. You might think all the humiliating losses as my reflexes slow down might become hard to take, but if they don't bother me now, why should it bother me later?

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    Yup. I wouldn’t be very good at it, but it’s indoor work with no heavy lifting or cardio, and if it’s my job until I’m 65 that implies that it’ll pay the bills so how good I actually am doesn’t really matter very much

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Rowing or swimming. As long as I'm not trying to be world record level, I won't be ruining my body. If I'm just training as much as they do, it won't be much worse than a full time job.

    I would have picked skydiving, but the lead exposure is a little too much for me to want to do it as a 10 jumps a day type of job.

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    [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    If esports count, I'd like to be like this guy and get a contract to play rhythm games professionally

    Otherwise... Probably swimming or race walking, not too many professional sports I could think of that one can do into their 60s without wrecking their body

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    Marion Tinsley died at age 68 while still holding the World Checkers Championship. A number of chess players including Ivanchuk and Anand are in their 50s and still mighty strong, though not WC strength.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion_Tinsley

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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Quidditch, because it would change the laws of physics and everything would probably explode in a hilarious hellfire

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    [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    Do esports count? Because that.

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    Cricket. There are many different roles in the team and you get to hang out outside with your teammates all day. Also, if it rains you go inside and have something to eat.

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    How about E Sports? I'm not competitive good, but I can play video games all day.

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    Every last one of you could have chosen drone racing and yet none of you did.

    Drone racing.

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    Biking or swimming

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    [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Table Tennis. (A.K.A. Ping Pong, but that's actually a trademark)

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