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Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden
Poker and Video Games are very different. Video Games take physical skill, I would say that a better comparison is Car Racing.
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Car racing requires some extreme physical attributes around strength and endurance. I'd say a better comparison is darts.
Still, e-sports are fundamentally different from traditional sports in some pretty important ways. In traditional sports, you can typically only compete at a high level if your overall fitness is exceptional, usually some combination of strength, dexterity, balance, cardiovascular health. You can have diabetes and be in the extreme risk zone for heart attacks and still compete in e-sports at a high level.
The other difference is in traditional sports we watch the people competing. They are what's interesting. In e-sports you're watching digital animation, not the competitor. Someone competing in e-sports at an elite level doesn't really look any different while they're playing than someone competing at a low level. In that way, they're more like chess.