Game Theory: Why ESPN is WRONG about eSports

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1. In this pandemic, sports is the one that's having a hard time surviving lol.

2. Would be cool if Matpat make a channel called Sports Theorist.

3. I love american football

4. gaming is not a sport hahahahahah wtf

5. I literally wrote an argument analysis paper in college arguing that e-sports are sports by the dictionary definition of sport and some of these points are similar to some of the points I made in my paper ?

6. look i agree video game should be sports there is no problem with that but do not attack the atlethic games

7. well matpat almost every champions league final there are 380 million viewers and every fifa world cup gets almost 517 milloin viewers and this is not even close as much viewers there are for league of legends

8. 15:18 yes u could just stumble upon that game randomly IF u were in the United States, abc doesn’t broadcast worldwide without a subscription. A lot of ppl couldn’t watch the game

9. Sports and games r different lol, gaming is in its own category, BUT gaming IS a job

10. Why am I watching this

11. Then you have f1 2020

12. yes! Golf! Can't nap on Sunday w/o golf.

13. PC, internet and I Q

14. Let’s be real gaming is not a sport you will just sound like a bum if you do think so

15. Why are gamers so obsessed with calling gaming a sport?

16. I have an xbox 1 and 360 but I prefer pc

17. You can never share a PC to play with a buddy without technical knowledge? Come on Matpat, there are plenty of hotseat and split screen games out there.

18. As an mma athlete and occasional gamer I believe gaming is a legitimate source of income and respectable job. However I don’t recognize video games as sport however I also don’t recognize nascar poker cup staking scrabble or golf as a sport
    There are many reasons but the biggest and most personal for me is the work aspect. Now I know that gamers are practicing sometimes one game not to mention one certain skill in said game for hours even longer than most football players train per day, however when gaming you are not putting your body under stress you aren’t sweating you aren’t putting stress on your central nervous system they train longer because there’s no such thing as over training for video gamers but there is in other sports you can only do so much cardio before your body shuts down also video games as well as the other activities I mentioned above do not hold athletes. An athlete is someone who’s athletic aka someone who has great control over their body. How many gamers do you know wake up at 5 am and train for hours to the point of throwing up how many do endless amounts of pushups and other calisthenics how many starve themselves to stay as lean as possible. Sure they’re training but how many are just sitting there twiddling their thumbs with a burrito sitting by. Gaming is competitive it has players it has teams who have to work together and coaches but it is a skills competition not a sport a sport has athletes and athletes are those I fully believe video games should be seen more there should be leagues and competitions and professional players, but I take it personally to see someone who puts nowhere near as much work as me receiving the same title I do a thousand pushups squats pull-ups and sit-ups everyday as well as weight training skipping rope running and practicing boxing Muay Thai and jiu jitsu my body gets stronger day after day that’s what it takes to be an athlete ESPN should post video game content but it’s not a sport

19. 10:55 yeah but sports training for 2 hours is more physically exhausting than 10 gaming hours, this is coming from someone who plays sports and games

20. Listen dawg, like, name one time someone has gotten injured while playing in an eSports tournament, like why would they need backups, the point of physical sports is that it’s effectively an exercise, like, if u look at a professional baseball player/football player, most of them have been in the weight room, or spent countless hours doing an active task that they master their sport, when u play an eSport, u don’t have any risk of injury, u don’t need to be in physically good shape, so calling it “training” when talking about eSports is a bit overrated, sure they may be getting better at knowing the maps, reflexes, aiming, etc. all of that is cognitive, and is not physically exertive at all
    Edit: I watched the rest of the video and yes… “hurting”ur wrist while moving ur mouse around on a mousepad is way more silly than breaking ur leg while jumping over people to make a catch to score points for ur team, like let alone this “wrist injury” probably doesn’t require surgery or a cast, so it’s way more minor

21. Are there e-sports on consles

22. We just need to wait until all the adults who don't understand video games die.

23. I'm not a gamer myslef, but I honestly believe e sports should be proffesional sports.

24. I always though pc were more accessible… cause most people have a pc right? but youtube watchers don't necessarily have a console…

25. It’s spelled esports

26. Who's here after official iRacing series with real-life pros was broadcasted on mainstream TV?

27. Yeah, like those console/PC tournaments are gonna be fair.

28. Teach little jimmy how dome some terrorists in Csgo

29. I don't EVER watch sports (so booooooring?) I'm not opposed to PLAYING sports but watching one will put me to sleep faster than some zquil ?

30. All that about SMITE aged really poorly lol

31. Wait till they hear about pewds views

32. It funny that rocket league is now on ESPN

33. How about Super Smash Brothers?

34. I was just checking the comments and the dislikes because you're just calling people b o o m e r s and z o o m e r s pretty much

35. BMX BOIS

36. I hate how they moves the comment

37. i wish i were a korean i would be legendary

38. No

39. If there is a big enough demand for something then it should be supplied at the equilibrium price and quantity. Its basic economics which should be applied to esports. Should esports be considered a proper sport? Something at the Olympics? Absolutely not! I am someone who is part of both Sports and games but I do not think that esports are proper sports. You say that esports players may do more hours a day then regular sports. That is because it is far less physically demanding. Like the economic curves, training comes down to volume and intensity which are dependant variables on each other and the physical stuff done in physical sports is way more demanding than esports. Another thing is diet. Olympians have to go through extremely strict diets whether it be very low, high, or even oddly specific calories. Gamers can have a lot more open diet which doesn’t have a large affect on there performance. Also, that argument about injuries is dumb. Sure the falling on the leg may be true but what about tackling and other things? What about MMA, Boxing and other martial arts athletes who take so many beatings? The mental and physical toll on gamers may be somewhat there but actual athletes are on a whole new league.

40. Matpat your a life saver. Had to do a argumentative essay on esports and I remembered this video. ?

41. Them: "This is OUR society now!"

    tap

    Us: "We just used an UNO Reverse card."

    Them: "You can't do that!"

    Us: "Why not? Cards count as a real sport. Or I'm sorry, were you just living a lie, boomer?"

42. 8:24 r.i.p Kobe

43. youtube reccomendations be like
    2015: no
    2016: no
    2017: no
    2018: no
    2019: no
    2020: yes

44. God this is old remember when mobas were the big thing

45. BWAHAHaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH…… SMITE…… BWAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHAHh… good one matpat

46. Esports is a real sport thank mat pat I mean it f#ck the media Reeeeee fortnite is not a pice of cake

47. Sadly Smite coming to console was not the thing to help the legitimacy of Esports to the public, it was Fortnite

48. He scared me with the "fan"

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