How Do E-Athletes Compare To Real Athletes? 

We feel horrible about the e-sports tragedy today. This video was scheduled a week in advance because I am moving for a few days. There is no correlation.

Well crap… this was pretty badly timed.

Yo for anyone who doesn't understand why this was "Bad timing" it's because around 2-3 hours before this video and comment was posted at a Madden 19 tournament in Jacksonville Florida there was another mass shooting. Currently there are 4 dead, and 11 wounded. The shooter is supposedly dead, but I'm not certain of that. Infographics also just confirmed that this was not correlated and that this was scheduled a week ago. So despite what happened, this wasn't an event they thought would happen a week ago. So just enjoy the video guys, hopefully this whole situation is resolved, and I hope this clarifies for people who don't know what has happened.

Can everyone shut up about the timing

Who cares about timing though? Just look at this video objectively. And whatever happened in the world has nothing to do with this piece of content. Still sucks for the people in Jacksonville and all the people involved.

Where did “e-athlete” come from? “Professional video gamer” is a much more accurate title

Never heard of the term "e-athlete" and I'm a gamer. It doesn't show on google trends either.

*Competitive/professional gamers* are the modern version of chessplayers that you could watch without getting bored. As long as you know how the game works. I can't really consider them as athletes, It's a disrespect to the ancient greeks, when people considers these *professional gamers* as Olympic athletes, because the Olympics is literally the celebration of human physical capabilities. And no, I'm not a hater, I'm also a gaming addict myself, and has been supporting the E-sports for over 7 years.

Wow. The timing of this is probably not the best...

people saying "bad timing" please america has mass shootings everyday nothing out of the ordinary

Both gain money, unlike me

This is the worst comment section that i have yet come across on youtube.

What about mathletes?

Uhhh, not the right time

Cortisol doesn't only come from physical stress but also from mental stress. In real athletes the stress comes from physical activity whereas in e athletes it's mental stress.

The part about e athletes putting their body under more stress than real athletes is the biggest 🧢🧢🧢 I’ve ever heard

For people who say “Why do they stress about video games” it’s not their choice to release adrenaline and other chemicals into their body. Video games are actually very stressful when you actually UNDERSTAND what’s going on. People might see Rocket league as “Car soccer” but to other people who actually play and understand the game can see how deep the games mechanics and core understanding goes.

But do they have to go on diets like a athletes? Injuries like acl or meniscus tear, doing rehab and come back and play?

RIP to those in Jacksonville, god bless the families who suffered their loses

The definition of an athlete is “a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise.” So to be an athlete by definition you have to be proficient at a PHYSICAL activity or exercise. Last time I checked I’m pretty sure just using your brain and fucking up your sleep schedule isn’t that physical, now I am not saying that pro gaming (which is a preferred term amongst most people) isn’t strenuous on your mind or body, but the only time gaming strenuous against your body is when you prefer to game over sleep. Now for a very select few pro gaming is their job and if they stay up all night you can see it as like working third shift, but in the end it is said gamers choice to stay up all night when they can just sleep.

I had to pause the video when he said that getting a heart rate of up to 160-180 is the equivalent of someone running a marathon. I run long distances and my heart rate gets into the 160 zone within the first 3 minutes of running. Your heart rate is supposed to get that high with any form of cardio, even if you’re just running a mile or so

Bad timing bro

I don’t watch any kind of sport, electronic or not. I’d rather dedicate my time to binge watching informative videos on RU-vid (like this one)!

Games are cool and all but calling it esports is just an insult to real sports 😧

I'm a real athlete and I hate these gamers who think video games are sports

E sports are not an actual sport by any means. And for the people who say that I’m wrong and I’m an old man or something. I’m thirteen years old and I play real sports, not video games where you veg out in a chair all day.

Not the right time chief

There is nothing wrong with the timing of the video, quit being snowflakes. What happened in Florida was an awful thing but you can't just expect people to not talk about e-sports due to it.

And then shroud be like: retires and earns fat stacks from streams lmao

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Stop calling professional gamers "athletes". They are exactly what they are, "professional gamers". Nothing wrong with that, but putting them in the same category as true athletes is a joke. Marketing companies invented the terms "esport" and "cyber athlete" to try and associate them closer to professional sport players and capture some of that audience.

Brace yourselves "Bad timing" Comments are coming.

E athletes earn nothin compared to a real athlete for example 3 million is considered a lot for an e athlete but it’s rlly less for a top level football player

So basically what this video is saying is that actually sports requires a lot of grit and physical hard work while esports is basically pressing buttons and having good reaction time and practicing that for hours on end

Im doing Bodybuilding and also play Video games competitively ( Rainbow Six Siege ) playing a game competitively is very stressful for the body that's true, but if it's only about the stress, fast thinking or heartbeat, in that case Jerking of is also a Sport and many other things... Please stop seeing non athletes as athletes, E Sports is nothing more than entertainment and competition! It has nothing to do with sport, if you disagree with me that means you probably never did any kind of real Sport!

Good video 👍🏽

I’m a professional paintball player and I push myself every week for 4-5 hours a day but I’m not sure I compare my self to an ‘’athlete’’ by any means

Love the video and comparison, but you also need to have in mind that athletes get pay more because they have higher chances of injuries, they travel more and spend more time away from family. They also have a strict diet to follow and personal trainers. E-atlehes probably sleep less but don't need to follow strict diets, don't have the risk of physical injuries, etc...

*incoming gaming isn’t a sport you are just pressing buttons comments*

E-athletes are even less of an athlete then Nascar drivers

Like a wise jedi once said: Not about phyical activity sports is, your brain you must use hmmm.

I am both an athlete and avid video-gamer. I still have a hard time calling it a sport and calling them athletes. Don’t get me wrong, I understand it’s very competitive and insanely difficult to master but it just doesn’t feel like a sport to me. Yes I like watching competitive tournaments.

No. They are not real athletes. They are competitors.

At the end of the day, they're both taking the hobbies they enjoy and turning them into full time profitable careers.

I feel like Video Gaming should have it's own independent International body instead of trying to break into the IOC. I feel an E-lympics would be more profitable and more accepted than Gaming becoming part of the traditional Olympics

Guys esport are really growing as for those who do not know The game Dota 2 had their Ti8 recently and the cash prize was 27 million .

Chess= a sport, physical strenght needed? NO! Darts = a sport, physical strenght needed? NO! Golf = a sport, physical strenght needed? Not really! Shooting= a sport, physical strenght needed? Not really!

Show this video to news reporter

When a E Athlete makes more money than a Athlete...

esport isn't a sport

Gaming will never be an official sport, all an online thing

Esports aren't sports in the traditional sense....Cuz they are "E" Sports which stands for electronic sports. They are similar and comparable to sports the only thing is that esports load on cognition and sports load on physicality. Now i wouldn't consider E sports players athletes in the the traditional sense i would consider them "E' athletes electronic athletes that play electronic sports. Video games have become a sport because now that they are actually legitimately competitive there is almost no difference between video games and actual sports. Same with chess tbh

E-Athletes??? A New word to make yourself Comfortable?? 😂😂😂

Have you seen mickie the overwatch player hes more ripped than any athlete ive ever seen

I respect gamers, but calling them "athletes" and comparing them to actual professional athletes is just stupid.

Playing videogames is a break

This is incredibly interesting. I'm excited to see where esports goes in the next decade.

A sport by definition, is "a activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others" most video games don't involve physical activity, and yes, I do play video games.

Can we classify them as "virtual" and "physical" and not call one "real" implying the other one is fake or not as important thanks

bro saying esports is more difficult than "regular" sports is insane 😂

I think the timing of this video is a good chance to look at one aspect that regular sports and esports share. With the tragedy today, underlying mental illness aside, many e athletes are using various substances to "gain an edge". Did it contribute to what happened today? Who knows. But most humans can't play for hours on end, deal with intense competition and stress without some chemical assistance. If esports is to be taken seriously they also need a ped testing regimen. More so to protect these kids from themselves than to protect the integrity of the sport.

E-athlete is an oxymoron.

I like this guys voice more than the other one. The other ones mic keeps glitching and it’s so annoying.

E athletes don't flex all the time. The end.

What’s Earth Stone ? Never heard of that game

Im just surprised "it" didnt happen at a melee tournament

Do I think e-athletes are REAL athletes? *No.* An athlete by definition is; a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of PHYSICAL exercise. Sitting around in a chair all day is hardly a physical activity

I'm sorry but participants of video game tournaments are NOT ATHLETES...THEY ARE PLAYERS. I am getting tired of people trying to make things into more than they are. There is nothing wrong with a competitor calling themselves a "Player" when they are participating in a tournament. Athletics deal with a degree of "Physical skill"...people "playing" in an electronic tournament doesn't fall under that criteria regardless of how much stress it puts on the body.

rush b BLYAT!

I'm wondering when there will be a game that's amazing and easy for new spectators that has the depth and capacity to foster a massive player base and pro community. I mean a universal game. Now there's Fortnite, pubg, LoL, CS-GO, Blizzard games, a bunch of fighers, etc etc... Will there ever be a game to unite the whole community and attract older audiences?

E-athletes aren‘t real atheletes because there has to be physical and mental exercise. Gaming only checks one of those things.

game tournaments looks very weird comparing to normal sports

Their training and competitions are more demanding than Real Sports. yeah I know what you mean, my fingers really have loads of injuries and dont get me started on the uncomfortable chair. What has this world come to, esports is gaming and should not be known as a sport

Wrong time to upload this...

What makes a traditional athlete more real of one than and e-athelete

No , as a gamer and athlete.

I not kno wot he say becoz I no gud englis but butiful cartoon for my childs👍🏽

Smash bros? Really? Not even a proper fighting game ie street fighter or tekken? Man that's wack. Also E athletes are not athletes because, judging from the comments, apparently being an athlete means you're someone who's oblivious to anything happening after the 2000s while clinging to stereotypes at the same time instead of accepting the fact that you can't compare apples to oranges. Average joe loses to pro basketball player on a 1v1, that's fine, average joe loses to a pro cs player, thats fine, because both pros are well versed in their craft, albeit it different fields.

I remember when the infographics show informed me

*Read everything* The problem is that people put the word sports into E-sports - if it was called E-competition or competitive gaming the hatred would not be that high. 2. thing is, that the people who already play in a sports team (football and more) and have a dream to become big dont want any other sport to get the spotlight and maybe ruin their career so they trashtalk E-sports and say its not a real sport saying things about how the olympics title given to e-sports would be a disgrace and stuff. E-sports is growing rapidly and idk if its the hype or any other reason BUT stay and listen! Imagine the next Olympics, and there would be a second tv channel for olympic esports. and both is free to watch and they would be played at seperate times so you could watch both if youre interested. No one would be left out and both have the same chances for being seen as a Sport. poeple could watch what they like and it would be great for both sides and viewing numbers. Nothing would happen in daily life if E-sports would be seen as a sport. it would just be one more type of it besides a handfull of popular sports. Think open minded.

Compare stephen hawking to albert Einstein

One of my favorite esport's is fighting games like street fighters 5, Tekken, marvel vs Capcom 2,

They don't, one practices sports and gets body muscle while the other just plays a game while sitting down

You know, I actually think regular athletes are way overpaid if you look at what they actually do for humanity in the long run

*Define Athlete:* A person who is skilled in sport *Define Sport:* When a person uses psychical abilities and skill to compete against another team *Esport:* ✅

This is not bad timing at all, and has no correlation

Calling them athletes is insulting

They don’t compare at all, professional gamers literally sit in front of screen all day and play a video game.

So in 2020: more people will be watching gaming than baseball, basketball, and hockey? unnaceptable, humanity.

I'd like to see a gamer tear an ACL from sitting for 8 hrs a day, come back from injury, and then win player of the year.

the difference is like 100 lbs ... eating in your parents' basement is not exercise ... dude ... real athletes really exercise like moving real muscles not pushing buttons

One's a virgin who pretend he's an "athlete" and the other one isn't a virgin and is an actual athlete

So technically I am exercising quite a bit!

What's with the random topics?

Neurodivergence is a big difference

Just because esports are more popular that doesn’t mean it’s a sport, cars are more popular then sports but that doesn’t mean owning a car is a sport

Sad how today was a good day for me until I read the comments...

Yall read the pin comment before you say "Wrong timing"

This was clearly geared towards American Sports...because football (soccer) numbers are way higher on a global scale

Why are people even saying "bad timing"? It's not like they are insulting e-athletes. They are just informing you about them, the shooting has nothing to do with this.