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The gaolie just sits there and catches balls

I tried to get him to bite and failed. Anyone that clouded won't see reality beneath his feet.

You go through exactly same process of preparation as you would in any other sport if you want to succeed. Personally i competed in irl sports never in e-sport but i have played plenty of competitive games and tried hard to get better at them.

Both same thing imo




rofl

This post was edited by -=vasya=- on Dec 17 2016 06:38am

Real sports are completely different.

The level of actual hardwork real athletes go through to perfect their craft is nothing like playing a video game for 10 straight hours.

See, I'm ok with that. You didn't flat out say they aren't sports. I mean it's E-sports.

The rigors of a game of Counter Strike in the world championships compared to say an MLB playoff game definitely differ. The physical side of real sports absolutely dominates what E-sports does. E-sports it's a grind, and you're fatigued. You have to be mentally tough and your eyesight takes a beating. A lot of players are required to take breaks through MLG and other avenues by law, to prevent deep vein thrombosis; this has killed marathon gamers.

An MLB game in October is different. You've already played 150+ games potentially. That means you played baseball almost half of the year for certain hours. Your body is ruined by mileage; flying, running, driving etc. You are down to just intestinal fortitude and your physical prowess. Mentally, you have to be equally as tough, and every bit as ready.

There's a give and take to each. I like to think of E-sports as a chess match. It's not as mentally challenging, but the preparation is on a similar level. A lot of the times when you play sports, instincts take over, and practice pays off. It's literally no different in E-sports. You have preparation, and team-building. You're entertaining. You're mentally challenged, and even physically pushed by duration of event. Sure; it's not like a running a mile in 6 minutes.

But have you ever tried to game for 15 hours each day for 2 years? It's taxing as fuck. I couldn't fathom some of the events where teams get dropped to lower brackets and climb all the way out into the finals. They play 20 out of 24 hours a day. You forget to eat.

I'm not gonna say a 60-year-old ex-NFL linebacker doesn't hurt more than the Donkey Kong world champion. That guys whole body hurts whereas the other guy's fingers hurt. But they both entertain, compete, draw from teammates, and dig deep inside themselves to push themselves to greatness. I think it's far closer to a sport than anyone gives or wants to give it credit for. That's why Riot just inked a $300 million dollar deal with a company who works with sports.

Video gamers actually put way more hard work into perfecting their games

It's not "playing a video game for 10 hours."
It's critiquing and improving on every aspect of your game, including the times where you practice a single maneuver 1000 times in a custom game.

Super Smash Bros Melee has been around for 15 years and they still spend hours on hours practicing tiny details trying to make it even better.
They've even created high level AI mods to help them practice that they can get to do certain actions.

The biggest problem with esports is that people are completely ignorant to the amount of hard work that goes into being a top level gamer. It's completely different from shitty casuals that just play the game and don't even analyze frame data (one of the first steps).

This post was edited by FroggyG on Dec 17 2016 01:44pm

have you ever watched Pure Pwnage? definitely up your ally if ur hyped for this movie.

Sounds like you're pretty ignorant to the amount of hard work actual athletes have to do to be a professional

most start when they're children

This post was edited by Meatstick on Dec 17 2016 05:37pm