Just saying “esports competitor” (and then “competitor” thereafter) always sounded like a completely reasonable description to me. Not calling them an athlete, while also not belittling their skill or accomplishments.
Just saying “esports competitor” (and then “competitor” thereafter) always sounded like a completely reasonable description to me. Not calling them an athlete,
If it’s a sport, he’s an athlete. If it’s competitive video gaming, he’s a video game competitor.
eAthlete would probably fit better.
Since Athlete means
Just saying “esports competitor” (and then “competitor” thereafter) always sounded like a completely reasonable description to me. Not calling them an athlete, while also not belittling their skill or accomplishments.
If it’s a sport, he’s an athlete. If it’s competitive video gaming, he’s a video game competitor.
It ain’t a sport though. Competitor is more accurate. They don’t call chess players athletes.
Agreed.
Professional Chess players are athletes.
They absolutely are not.
Physical exercises, physical sports, or physical games.
I physically have to move the pieces, or press buttons on my PC/game console to play. I cannot use telekinesis.
If you could you could be a Psythlete
No they bloody aren’t though