Louie on 23 May 2016
From my experience with some friends who are heavily into that scene? Nope. Sport is about physical activity and being competitive on a physical level to me. eSports is just people sitting in front of a computer screen and talking into a headset. Being fit won't help you win an eSports game. (Same goes for chess, but I don't know why people consider chess to be a real sport either, even though I love playing it.)
