The ESports Athletes Who Tried To Switch Games 146
An anonymous reader writes "Michael Jordan's infamous attempt at baseball aside, athletes have sometimes switched sports successfully in the past — and perhaps a sure a sign as any that eSports are coming of age is pro gaming's top players are now trying to do the same. A new feature looks at the top players who've tried to make the jump from one first person shooter to another, or even between genre — from StarCraft 2 to League of Legends — and finds that while some have thrived, others has shown that each title can require a very particular, and sadly non-transferrable, skill set."
Re:eSports aren't like regular Sports (Score:5, Insightful)
Athletes? (Score:4, Insightful)
Stop fucking calling it e-sports (Score:3, Insightful)
You lost me at... (Score:3, Insightful)
"Athletes".
Stop trying to pretend gamers are something that they're not. If gamers are athletes, then watching movies is like personal non-competitive physical exercise.