[The King]

lol that shit is still stupid
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[The King]

Competitive videogames, fightmans and FPS and what-have-you are great.
A human opponent will provide a more dynamic experience, and you have someone to gloat over when you win.

Professional gaming (or "esports") is an embarrassment. Sports are generally athletic, motor sports straddle the line rather awkwardly sometimes, but gaming is pretty definitively on the not a sport side of the line. It's a sport the same way chess and checkers are 'mind sports': sports only in a really forced and awkward use of the word. The 'professional' aspect is usually only mentioned as an awful attempt for people to legitimize their hobby, pretty much a direct parallel to those awkward 'videogames are art' rants that pop up all over the place. 'Some people make money doing this, so that makes it a worthwhile way for me to spend time.'. Doesn't matter what number of people make what level of income, some people make money playing games, ergo playing games is good. So gross.
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[The King]

Earning money isn't an embarrassment, feeling a need to point out some people make money doing the thing you don't make money for, as though that somehow makes the activity more virtuous is the ridiculous part.

My definition of sport is pretty damn broad, but not so all-encompassing to become meaningless.
If you use analogos's definition of a sport, nearly every human endeavor is considered a sport.
You could be a professional sportsman working as a sales clerk so long as you do it in a store that provides bonuses based on highest (as apposed to high) sales volume. It's ludicrous.
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