In short:Yes it is.I mean, if chess, bowling and dart throwing is considered a sport, as many pointed out, why esports, which requires far more reflexes and fast thinking/strategy, can not be considered as such?To develop a bit more my point, esport athletes train as hard as "regular" athletes, some times even more.You might argue:" oh bit they just uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh play games they love and sit their ass on a chair all day!".Well, but athletes from other sports dont play the games they love too?And isnt running/make exercises for others a pleasure too?How "sitting on a chair" for 8 hours straight, something that must be annoying to say the least, be "easier" or less dignified than other sports?
Esport requires from the person just as much as any other sport.It just simply dont require (much) physically, just more from the mind(by that I mean strategies,reflexes, fast thinking, etc).Go watch a match of SC2 and see what they do.Look them playing with the keyboard and how they react in the game.If after this you still say that their dedication to mastering the game dosent warrant them to be called athletes, then nothing will ever convince you.
My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.
https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1
