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Kristi Leskinen on Twitter
“As athletes sometimes we risk it all to win X Games. No gamer in the world deserves an #xgames Gold Medal #couchgames #athletesonly”
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I'm kind of on the edge on this one. I don't think X Games are the place for eSports (gaming definitely isn't an extreme sport, at all), but at the same time, the comment was so condescending...
In my opinion, X Games is known for picking up odd sports that don't fit elsewhere. I almost feel like I'm alone thinking it's a natural expansion for them. In the sense that it's extreme compared to say - chess, which has even been considered for the olympics at one point in time.