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Should Pinball be Considered a Sport?

By pinlink

8 years ago


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    #135 8 years ago
     
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    So we're in agreement that anything involving an element of competition, plus physical movement of any kind, however slight, is a sport? In that case I was definitely varsity on the board game squad in high school.

    Or could it be that people are confusing the terms "game" and "sport?" It's a Venn diagram, folks, but let's not get ourselves tied up in knots over it. Pinball's in the "game" circle.

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    #199 8 years ago
     
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    Quoted from lowepg:

    So does Wii Bowling....
    ...case opened, reversed, and closed.

    Excellent point -- I suffered a Wii Sports-related injury my first time out.

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    #247 8 years ago
     
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    My take away from this thread is that words have no meaning. Off to play some pinball!

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    #347 8 years ago
     
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    So marbles, jacks and Pogs are all sports too! Not to mention flip-cup, quarters, boat races and and beer pong. To think I've been an athlete since I could walk and never realized it 'til now ...

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    #401 8 years ago
     
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    Quoted from PoMC:

    Call pinball a sport, or don't. In this day and age with men calling themselves women, and women calling themselves men, anything goes.

    Dogs and cats living together! Mass hysteria!

    Maybe this tune will help:

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    #407 8 years ago
     
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    Quoted from lowepg:

    I can't think of another "sport" who's outcome is so directly influenced by a software program....

    Wait, didn't this thread also establish that video games are "sports" as well?

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    #430 8 years ago
     
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    Quoted from o-din:

    So how many pinsiders wear a sports bra when they are playing?

    Yes, but it's not a bra. It's a Manzierre.

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