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The ESports Athletes Who Tried To Switch Games
An anonymous reader writes "Michael Jordan's infamous attempt at baseball aside, athletes have sometimes switched sports successfully in the past — and perhaps a sure a sign as any that eSports are coming of age is pro gaming's top players are now trying to do the same. A new feature looks at the top players who've tried to make the jump from one first person shooter to another, or even between genre — from StarCraft 2 to League of Legends — and finds that while some have thrived, others has shown that each title can require a very particular, and sadly non-transferrable, skill set."
Another difference is that 50,000,000 people won't pay to watch eSports on any given weekend but they will for football and basketball etc.
While I find the moniker "ESports" somewhat humorous, calling gamers "athletes" borders on the ridiculous.
It's competitive gaming, and nothing more. Gaming is not a sport.
Buck Feta. You know what to do.
"Athletes".
Stop trying to pretend gamers are something that they're not. If gamers are athletes, then watching movies is like personal non-competitive physical exercise.