<p>Most people consider the gamer culture as a whole to be full of slacking, under-achievers. While this is not false, I have found myself with a passion for gaming and dedicate countless hours to the sport. I have played on countless competitive teams and played in numerous tourneys. I also co-founded a Cyber-Athletics Club at my school. Would the inclusion of this gigantic facet of my life in a college app totally ruin my chances or would it score some brownie points as a unique ec?</p>
<p>To me it seems like a unique, especially since I'm also a gamer.</p>
<p>stupid... Do a real althletics club to burn calories, not one where you play videogames all day and neglect to do homework</p>
<p>gaming is not a sport..... but i guess if you can write about it in a positive way it could work.</p>
<p>I don't see why it should ruin your chances. As with any other activity, you have to show what you've done with it and not just say that you did it. It sounds like you've done enough with it to be more than capable of that. :)</p>
<p>gaming is most definitely not a sport... it can be very competitive, but not a sport... unless it's DDR or something lol</p>
<p>i don't think it would hurt your chances. but i wouldn't make it a focal point of my college application...</p>
<p>I think it would be something interesting to add to your application only if you are really passionate about it and if you've achieved something through it. If you're just into recreational gaming (like many), then it should be mentioned (IMO) but not highlighted. It's another facet to your personality and if it'll give them a more 3-d view of who you really are, then go for it.</p>
<p>I took a tour of UCLA. The guide was saying about ECs:</p>
<p>"We just want to know that you're doing something, that you're not just going home and playing videogames all day. Now, one kid asked me 'what about if I play videogames competitively?' That's GREAT. Again, we just want to know that you're putting effort into something."</p>
<p>So, yeah, all power to ya.</p>
<p>Just out of curiousity, what games do you play?</p>
<p>CS 1.6
10 char</p>
<p>lol why don't ya upgrade to Source? let me guess you don't like the hit boxes lol</p>
<p>lol, you could write a killer essay about pwning n00bs...</p>
<p>Source is a pile of crap. Enough said.</p>
<p>Anyway, any EC is dependent on how much time is spent on it. If you could actually produce a list of competitions and decent results, then I could see something.</p>
<p>i like source, but 1.6 is more fun IMO</p>
<p>Anyhow, 1.6 rules.</p>
<p>1.3 was the best! :D:D:D:D</p>
<p>Right on that one, everyone started complaining after 1.4 came out.</p>
<p>I'd say the next version I liked after 1.3 was 1.5 .. However, 1.6 sucked... It didn't feel like cs anymore for me.. lol! I quit a month after they introduced 1.6..</p>
<p>I am also a former cs gamer. If I were you, i'd write about the business aspect or the leadership qualities gained from competiting in cal or cevo with a team. For instance, if you're the scheduler or the team leader. Put emphasis on how you were able to organize the schedule and get the team motivated to practice and up and ready for match time. In addition, sponsors are spreading all over cs. I myself offer webhosting sponsorships to cs gamers. Talk about how your team has acquired a host of sponsors and how the sponsorship affected the team and how much of an impact it holds for the company.</p>
<p>This would be especially good if you were a business major. Because showing that you can take playing a videogame and turn it into a successful business.</p>
<p>yeah source is crap. if i were a harvard adcom i'd reject you straight off the bat for being a nub. jk...but like, i think it will be difficult to say that gaming is an EC...it's recreation and the results don't really color you as any sort of intellectual. just someone with a lot of time that could be better spent (in the stuffy sense) doing community service or something. what WOULD be cool was if you taught a bunch of inner city kids to game and in the process taught them to use computers. "Computer literacy through gaming" that is very cool.</p>