@JanoschTS eSports has been around for quite a while now and people have been able to make a ton of money off of it. I do agree that people put more work into sports such as football or soccer, but you can't just discredit eSports as "not a real job or career" just because you see people playing video games. There are people who will literally record a video on their phones, do about less than an hour's worth of editing in iMovie and post it to YouTube and earn a ton of money from it (Vloggers if you will). In my opinion, Vlogging isn't a job but looking at the profits they make, I'd say it works out for them in the end.
Chess is also considered a sport and the top 50 players make $100,000 a year, that's a decent salary for just playing a simple board game and it will take YEARS of patience and practice to master Chess. Any sport comes with that, eSports included. No matter what game or sport you play, you will have to spend years of practice in order to even remotely have a chance at hitting the big leagues. You can't deny the dedication a Smash Bros player has when it comes to learning the character they wish to main, how matchups work against their main, what attacks combo into other moves, and how to train their muscle memory in order to have the reflexes to react in time during certain situations.
eSports, like any other career or sport, requires an insane amount of dedication to even remotely stand a chance during competitions and that's something you can't overlook. To the average person or casual player, they'd probably say what you're saying right now and I'd say that's a little unfair given how much time they've invested into making this into a career. You don't have to like the idea of video game competitions being a profitable career or job, but you can at least respect the people that work hard to get where they're at.
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@JanoschTS eSports has been around for quite a while now and people have been able to make a ton of money off of it. I do agree that people put more work into sports such as football or soccer, but you can't just discredit eSports as "not a real job or career" just because you see people playing video games. There are people who will literally record a video on their phones, do about less than an hour's worth of editing in iMovie and post it to YouTube and earn a ton of money from it (Vloggers if you will). In my opinion, Vlogging isn't a job but looking at the profits they make, I'd say it works out for them in the end.
Chess is also considered a sport and the top 50 players make $100,000 a year, that's a decent salary for just playing a simple board game and it will take YEARS of patience and practice to master Chess. Any sport comes with that, eSports included. No matter what game or sport you play, you will have to spend years of practice in order to even remotely have a chance at hitting the big leagues. You can't deny the dedication a Smash Bros player has when it comes to learning the character they wish to main, how matchups work against their main, what attacks combo into other moves, and how to train their muscle memory in order to have the reflexes to react in time during certain situations.
eSports, like any other career or sport, requires an insane amount of dedication to even remotely stand a chance during competitions and that's something you can't overlook. To the average person or casual player, they'd probably say what you're saying right now and I'd say that's a little unfair given how much time they've invested into making this into a career. You don't have to like the idea of video game competitions being a profitable career or job, but you can at least respect the people that work hard to get where they're at.