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1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JULY 23 | THE WIDE WORLD OF VIDEO GAME SPORTS
Cover Story: The Wide World of Video Game Sports
This week, 1UP gets ready for some serious sports talk.
The upcoming 2012 Olympic games has us thinking abut sports a lot, and the divide between video games and their real-life equivalent. Sports in the real world require certain levels of physical coordination and endurance. They demand that players stay in good shape and push them to perform athletic feats purely based off of reaction time and muscle memory. In an outward display of love and dedication, athletes endure hours and hours of rigorous drills and instruction in order to perform when the time is right.
Obviously, we all weren't born to be athletes. At least, I feel I understand this more than most. As the tallest person writing for 1UP, I can tell you dozens of stories about the unrealistic expectations I faced in my youth as a 6'1" high school freshman. People whispered all kinds of crazy stuff when my elongated frame passed by: A kid that tall must play for the school basketball team right? You're going to make it to the NBA someday kid, just you wait. Looking back, I realize the people who said those things had good intentions, but they also didn't consider one important fact: in order to play any sport, even chess, you must have some talent or appreciation for it; a core desire that fuels your passion to train hard every day.