Im not even gonna lie, i stayed away from this thread waiting for more "I was great at CoD" war stories back in the day
Dissapoint, i has
You tried to use ESPN to bolster your stance. You're wrong.
Well, the gods honest truth is, eSports is subjective. If you think its a sport, then those who are pro gamers are indeed athletes.
If ESPN is providing coverage of eSports, then if the world leader in sports thinks they're a sport, then pro players are athletes. If you dont, oh well.
If you states this before, my sincere apologies, i really dont read you.
What does being the best gamer have to do with being an athlete?
Alot, if you consider pro gamers athletes.
Sure, go ahead and talk about StarCraft guys. Explain to me how Boxer is an athlete, or Flash.
Well, i only know so much as SC2 was before ny time.
Both were athletes, tho.
Athletes get paid a varying amount of money depending upon what sport they play. Some barely get anything. The amount of money someone earns has nothing to do with whether or not someone is an athlete.
Hold on....
"Siri, is eSports considered a sport?"
Well, KBIB, the technical term as is posted below pretty much sums up eSports. Granted, the physical aspects arent as extreme as other sports, but theyre still is physicality in game playing, like it or not. Unless you are just sitting there and mentally moving objects around telepathically, there is a physical element. Skill, entertainment, yup, eSports.
Some day traders are better than others and they are competing against people all day long. Why do they need a "lobby"?
You said this before you posted the definitions. Bravo.
He's an exceptional gamer. William James Mitchell Jr. isn't an athlete because he crushed Pacman.
"siri, whats the definition of an esport athlete"
A professional player with a work contract with an eSports team.
Yes, Billy Mitchell is an athlete.
i also stated in my first post that people need to re-imagine their definition of what an athlete is and stop...pardon the trope... gatekeeping the antiquated definition of sweaty jocks towel snapping each other over a touchdown. Its 2021, move forward.
You keep trying to say that it's the difficulty that makes it a sport, which just isn't true. I don't care if winning a FN season is harder to do than what McDavid does, that doesn't make Ninja an athlete. It makes him a competitive gamer, a great one at that. I don't have athletes on a pedestal either, they're just athletes, which is different than a gamer.
You are repeating yourself to prove your point.
Bobby Fisher didn't play a sport, so he's not an athlete. It's not about potential, it's about what they are actually doing.
good lord.
Yes, Chess is a sport.
Athlete: a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.
Sport: an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
Dedicating time sitting in a chair moving your thumbs isn't physical exertion or physical exercise. Ask a doctor.
Google "physical exterion in eSports"
you're welcome
My favorite part is that you still aren't even attempting to define what makes something a sport or someone an athlete.
Well hopefully, this makes it a little more transparent.