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ThePrinceFish posted...

Garioshi posted...

To everyone who says that competitive gaming is not a physical activity, you should all be able to consistently multishine and waveshine in Melee on your first attempt with absolutely no trouble whatsoever. Esports have an extremely high ceiling on technical skill that can't be brushed aside as not "physical".

Blah blah blah finger dexterity is different than doing an actual physical activity.

It's still physical. It's not mental by any stretch of the imagination. Chess, for example, is a purely mental game. If you want to do something, there is no physical challenge in executing it. In "physical" sports, doing something successfully is contingent on execution and you can train through repetition to make yourself more likely to succeed in carrying out a plan. The exact same, however, applies to eSports. The only difference is that fine motor skills are used for execution instead of gross motor skills. The method of execution is still strictly physical, which falls under the category of "physical activity".
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