It is still just a game though. For fun. Just because they want to posit their toy as a sport doesn't mean it is.
Luckily there's plenty of competitive games out there that are actually fun. The meatgrinder of matchmaking isn't actually the elite competitive environment these gamers think it is.
Real competitive video games are played IRL. Your online eSport PC game of the month does not compare to a real tournament at your local arcade/community college/bar/netcafe.
If your game doesn't have those, then it's probably a skinner box posing as a ladder with different colored badges as prizes.
Luckily there's plenty of competitive games out there that are actually fun. The meatgrinder of matchmaking isn't actually the elite competitive environment these gamers think it is.
Real competitive video games are played IRL. Your online eSport PC game of the month does not compare to a real tournament at your local arcade/community college/bar/netcafe.
If your game doesn't have those, then it's probably a skinner box posing as a ladder with different colored badges as prizes.