John Wesley Harding wrote:
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
This is the right answer (as someone who competed internationally in e-sports/gaming for over 15 years). E-sport athletes (and similar activities, like chess players) are the most sedentary people in the world.
“E-sports” are not sports though. DQ’d.
“E-sport athletes”—lol.
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
Science disagrees with you. E-sport athletes were measured to have similar reaction times and neuromuscular skills as the best fighting pilots in the world.
Fighter-piloting is not a sport either, and fighter pilots aren’t necessarily athletes. This is not evidence in support of your claim.
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
They are top 1% in the world in that. The same study also concluded that e-sport athletes in their 20s had the fitness level of 60-year old sedentary chain smokers.
See, now that’s strong evidence that it is NOT a sport.
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
LRC think runners have it good and make a lot of money, that couldn't be further from the truth. E-sport players make a LOT more money, from sponsors and tournaments, and even 2nd to 5th class players can make a lot of money by streaming (2nd class as educational streamer, 5th class as as entertainer).
First off, I don’t think LRC is under the illusion that runners make a lot of money. Mostly, monetary earning potential does not make it a sport, whatsoever, or Jeff Bezos is the greatest athlete in the world.
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
As former e-sport pro, I was in the bottom 1% of all people in the world in terms of running performance in the world. I was in the bottom 1% of lifting strength - I had to use machines, and struggled at 25 pound chest press despite being 6'2" tall and 175 lbs. I had to walk after half a mile at 12 min/pace. Constantly injured at 5-10 mpw. Now I'm in the top 1% with a sub 16 5k and soon sub 33 10k and a lot stronger than the average runner. But it's all talent right? No, what you do makes you, not the other way round.
A bit of conjecture here, but I think you’re just full of it.