User blog:Sceptileisgreat14/Video Games are sports?

So here is the first blog I have ever wrote on this wiki :P It's not something I would probably keep up, because I don't have the most interesting life in the world but yeah. I want to try and get some opinions on things that I have been debating about with my friends, or just stuff that I myself, generally find interesting to debate over.

Anyway, you probably know what this is going to be about, just by the title. Recently, my friend told me he was watching 'e-sports'. (electronic sports) This was the first time that I had heard of the term, and if I'm being honest, I don't like it. My opinion on the matter, is that video game competitions shouldn't be reffered to as sports, and here are my slightly summarised reasons

1. A sport shouldn't be something that you can do just sitting down. I know, I know, Chess is classified as a sport, but the actions you do in chess, translate to the actual Board game. You actually move the pieces, and don't 'press A to move', like in video games.

2. A sport should always be something that requires you to push yourself to the limit, physically. Whether it be accuracy, percision, or reactions, each sport is designed to push these individual skills to the limit, in order to succeed. Video games do, to an extent as well, but by that logic, you could say anything is actually a sport.

This is my opinion on the matter. It's not exactly the most important, nor popular subject to talk about, but, like I've said, I like to see over people's opinions on stuff that I myself, find interesting :P Anyhow, do you think that video games should, or should not, be classified as sports?