# Can we separate sports from video/board games?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-separate-sports-from-video-board-games/721746>\
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**Created:** [June 5, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-separate-sports-from-video-board-games/721746 "2015-06-05T22:40:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-separate-sports-from-video-board-games/721746/21 "2015-06-06T20:52:31Z")

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> [@dropzone](#):
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> People who are neither interested in sports nor gaming? Works for me!

I meant the Game Room rather than Cafe Society, of course.

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-separate-sports-from-video-board-games/721746/22 "2015-06-06T22:22:12Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> I.e., you completely misinterpreted it based on your own preconceptions.

Could you explain how he misinterpreted you? Because I had pretty much the same reaction to your post that he did.

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-separate-sports-from-video-board-games/721746/23 "2015-06-06T23:26:12Z")

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Once we make this split, can we please split off card games from board/RPG games?

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-separate-sports-from-video-board-games/721746/24 "2015-06-07T01:34:10Z")

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Then can we at least separate casino and betting games from children’s card games like Go Fish and Uno? Because betting = evil.

And poker should probably get its own forum. I mean, who wants the hassle of wading through all the hold’em threads to find the 5 card stud ones.

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