[Update]The Enhanced Games

[viljy]

What is the point of such competitions? Doping acts as an enhancer. Well, then the next step will be to use an exoskeleton, which also strengthens a person. The original meaning of the competition between humans will be replaced by a cyborg competition with mechanical or chemical reinforcements. Such competitions may exist, but they must be separate from sports competitions. And even more so from the Olympics.

[Ishicryptic]

I think that people are so used to the regular sports that prohibits athletes from using enhancement drugs that they crave for more, probably want to experience what enhancement drugs can perform on athletes. On the part of the athletes that are allowed to use this enhancements for their performances I hope that they understand the health implications of what they are doing, the fans and organisers are entertained at the expence of their future health implications. I think that such games should be discouraged because of health issues that can arise for the athletes in the future because what is the need of going for the money and fame at the detriment of their health.

[Mr. Magkaisa]

Breaking world record with  enhancer will be a new record for that fun event and 100% will not be honor by the olympic commitee.
It will be an insult to those athletes who work hard for the event and record and medals for thei country.

Well still fun to see new records to break the old one.

[SmartGold01]

The reason for prohibiting the use of drugs in the normal Olympics is partly due to long term health challenge. I don't think it is fair for a sporting committee to openly endorse the use of drugs for sporting, calling it Enhanced Games because the athletes will suffer the effect probably at old age. Therefore, the Enhanced Games will not enjoy the acceptance and excitement that comes with the normal Olympics and people will even be discouraged from advertising and watching the games. If not that you made this thread, I did not even know that such thing exist because my mindset was that drugs are generally forbidden in sports.

You are right because the effect of drugs in our body could caused so many damages in our life's but currently while consuming it we might think it's really helping us or boost our energy without knowing that the effects are there waiting for us at old age. That is why is a young youth or athletes it is important to stay clear from drugs or whatever substances that may sound as an enhancement pill or drugs because it's cause so much weakness and damages, and of course whenever any of them are caught doing anything that sorts not to be ethical could be sanction.

[acroman08]

What is the point of such competitions? Doping acts as an enhancer. Well, then the next step will be to use an exoskeleton, which also strengthens a person. The original meaning of the competition between humans will be replaced by a cyborg competition with mechanical or chemical reinforcements. Such competitions may exist, but they must be separate from sports competitions. And even more so from the Olympics.

From what I have read and have mentioned in my previous post, the point they are trying to make is to bring athletes to "new heights" by using performance-enhancing drugs.

Yeah, they are separate from elite sports competitions, the sports committee even said that athletes and coaches the athletes who participated in the Enhanced Games will be banned from elite sports competition.

[suzanne5223]

Days ago, I was thinking about how many foods we are eating these days that are hybrid and it impact on our health. When I see what the OP posted here, it brings back the memory of everything I have been thinking and scared about that could cause a serious issue for the kids.

What I ask myself is why did the people before us allow the existence of hybrid food instead of the genuine nature given to us?  Aside from the Olympics condemned the use of this enhanced game and the PEDs used. I believe the organizer and the creator of the PEDs should be jailed, while all the activities should be crushed.
That's only if we can think about the future health consequences and deaths it will caused the future because we dont do something about it now, it will grow in the future just like the hybrid food take over the food nature presented to us.

[stompix]

What I ask myself is why did the people before us allow the existence of hybrid food instead of the genuine nature given to us? 

You might want to rethink that, if we would switch to the actual plants and animals nature gave us we would die by the billions

chickens that lay 6 eggs a year, cows that give half a liter of milk for 3 months and many more.
We would experience an apocalypse.

What is the point of such competitions? Doping acts as an enhancer. Well, then the next step will be to use an exoskeleton, which also strengthens a person.

The thing is that at least in this kind of competition, you won't be arguing about the other guy cheating.
Remember Lance Armstrong? If everyone had been doing it then there would not have been a scandal at all, nor people who would have been wrongfully denied a title for 7 years.
While allowing people to cheat it might also be way more fair than other competitions.

[Fundamentals Of]

This is now becoming a serious sporting event. The prizes are huge. But this looks like an Olympics of human guinea pigs. The real battle in this event is the one that is fought between pharmaceuticals and other companies experimenting, selling, or marketing enhancement drugs.

Who needs mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, and chimpanzees when human beings themselves are more than willing to become testers? The drugs are for them anyway. This event becoming big is a giant victory for these companies.

[suzanne5223]

What I ask myself is why did the people before us allow the existence of hybrid food instead of the genuine nature given to us? 

You might want to rethink that, if we would switch to the actual plants and animals nature gave us we would die by the billions
[snip]
chickens that lay 6 eggs a year, cows that give half a liter of milk for 3 months and many more.
We would experience an apocalypse.

Eating the plants and animals nature gave us will only prolong our lives. I don't see any reason why that would lead to the deaths of billions, and for the record, hybrid plants and animals have done enough damage by making people fall ill, and also introducing us to different types of illness.

Chickens don't lay 6ggs in a year, and based on my knowledge, chickens lay eggs based on their capacity every 2-3 months (if i could remember correctly).

[acroman08]

What I ask myself is why did the people before us allow the existence of hybrid food instead of the genuine nature given to us? 

You might want to rethink that, if we would switch to the actual plants and animals nature gave us we would die by the billions
[snip]
chickens that lay 6 eggs a year, cows that give half a liter of milk for 3 months and many more.
We would experience an apocalypse.

Eating the plants and animals nature gave us will only prolong our lives. I don't see any reason why that would lead to the deaths of billions, and for the record, hybrid plants and animals have done enough damage by making people fall ill, and also introducing us to different types of illness.

Chickens don't lay 6ggs in a year, and based on my knowledge, chickens lay eggs based on their capacity every 2-3 months (if i could remember correctly).

He is saying that because a lot of our food sources today are hybrid, enhanced, or genetically changed to increase their yield, be safer to eat, and be edible. The chicken, pork, beef, and vegetables you get on the market have all been selectively bred or genetically changed to make them the way they are now.

Anyway, I don't agree with what Enhanced Games is doing because it can promote the usage of performance enhancement drugs and the health issues it can cause, but I can't lie that it intrigues me on what the athletes who participates on this sporting event can achieve, I mean, how much they can surpass the peak athletes that do not use performance enhancement drugs.

[sana54210]

What is the point of such competitions? Doping acts as an enhancer. Well, then the next step will be to use an exoskeleton, which also strengthens a person. The original meaning of the competition between humans will be replaced by a cyborg competition with mechanical or chemical reinforcements. Such competitions may exist, but they must be separate from sports competitions. And even more so from the Olympics.

Totally agree with you. Allowing enhancers that boost the performance by a significant margin should not be allowed, as simple as that. Sports where strength is the key factor are highly influenced by such things. Sports where skills and experience matter more are at at least somewhat safe, like archery, shooting, etc.

We saw all the controversy around Imane Khelif and while everyone can have their own opinion, I think a mandatory test should be performed for all athletes that checks for all such things and only those who clear it should be allowed to compete. This should also include tests for enhancers and eliminate any such participants.

Olympic committee needs to take action before it becomes a competition of who can enhance the most without getting banned.

[iv4n]

Athletes dope so much that it doesn't surprise me at all that someone created a competition where doping is allowed... It's especially interesting how high the prizes are, of course, many will rush in.

People have always been crazy, but today the internet makes wonders, and all the craziness is much bigger, better organized. Some people invest huge amounts of money in crazy things...

Well, I am sure we will see more &  "Enhanced Games" in the future...

[Mia Chloe]

So recently, I saw news about several athletes(all swimmers) participating in the enhanced games on their launch debut in Las Vegas several weeks ago. According to dw.com, the participants have a chance of winning a $500,000 prize with a $1 million bonus for world records in the 50 meters freestyle and 100 meter sprint and $250,000 for other world records.

I can remember seeing this particular thing while I was scrolling on the internet a couple of days back. The thing is using drugs or not depends on the rules of that particular sport or game this simply means if the game states that no form of enhancement is allowed then drugs can't be used.
When I watched a video explaining this match , the company actually claimed that they were bringing up an enhanced swimmer against the other guy without steroids and other drug uses. Basically the said enhanced guy had a pretty odd physique which I don't think was edited.