Sports Video Games: City Town Spectators
Sports Video Games: City Town Spectators
Many sports require special equipment and dedicated playing fields, leading to the involvement of a
community much larger than the group of players. A city or town may set aside such resources for
the organization of sports leagues.
Popular sports may have spectators who are entertained just by watching games. A community will
often align itself with a local sports team that supposedly represents it (even if the team or most of its
players only recently moved in); they often align themselves against their opponents or have
traditional rivalries. The concept of fandom began with sports fans.
Certain competitive sports, such as racing and gymnastics, are not games by definitions such as
Crawford's (see above) – despite the inclusion of many in the Olympic Games – because
competitors do not interact with their opponents; they simply challenge each other in indirect ways.
Lawn games
Lawn games are outdoor games that can be played on a lawn; an area of mowed grass (or
alternately, on graded soil) generally smaller than a sports field (pitch). Variations of many games
that are traditionally played on a sports field are marketed as "lawn games" for home use in a front
or back yard. Common lawn games include horseshoes, sholf, croquet, bocce, lawn bowls,
and stake.