I can agree with that; the way the comment sections are structured on this site is a complete mess.

No, it’s what you said. If it’s not what you meant to say then it’s really not everyone else’s fault that you suck at communicating.

I don’t care that you have a different opinion, but the way you rationalized your opinion is kind of ridiculous. “People died while streaming, so calling professional gamers athletes is wrong. LOLOLOLOL!”

Yes, because America has WAY more people with desk jobs than it does pro athletes. That doesn’t mean that getting multiple concussions; recurring joint injuries; fractures and being in constant pain to the point of being dependent on pain killers is healthier than being a professional gamer.

Because no one has ever been seriously hurt or killed participating in a physical sport?

Who cares? Find something useful to be outraged over.

What you’re saying is more or less the entire point of the article. Using himself as a case point, he’s basically saying no job is worth doing this to yourself and you need to find a healthy balance.

Very badass and edgy comment, but he’s obviously not looking for sympathy.

Clickbait is just a buzz-word accusation that people don’t use consistently. Every article is technically created with the intention of getting you to click.

My initial point referred specifically to relationships, and everyone responded to that post with generalities about balance, where I assumed they were talking specifically about relationships, since that was the topic of my original post AND the topic of the article. I assumed you people were intentionally…

What are you talking about?

I never said you should train without any sleep or rest, that’s just a ridiculous straw-man you people are trying to argue. A good nights sleep, proper nourishment and some time to unwind are all obvious necessities and would be part of any optimal training program.

I’m not saying that you can’t have a conversation or watch some TV while still training optimally. I’m saying you can’t be in a committed relationship or have a family while training optimally, unless someone else is taking care of your wife and kids for you.

Practice and training leading to proficiency is an observable fact. Your claim that distractions are preferrable to focus on improving is based on your assumption that the undistracted party isn’t being efficient, or isn’t sleeping.

This is an irrelevant point. 12 hours of training “efficiently” is better than 8 hours of training “efficiently.” Assuming the people putting in more hours aren’t being efficient, and making that the crux of your argument that less training is better is just ridiculous.

Most people don’t want to minimize the distractions they enjoy, which is understandable, but not the mindset of someone who wants to be the best.

You need certain minimums in terms of sleep, food, water, bathroom breaks, etc. What you don’t need, however, to maintain your bodies ability to be productive in training is a wife and kid.

What’s necessary is relative, but distractions are always detrimental. Most people just aren’t willing to live without distractions, so it becomes a matter of variables.

Esports isn’t the same as most professional sports.

Relationships are only one possible distraction, and when you’re rich like most pro athletes you have the means to be an absentee father and husband. I’d imagine most of these kids in esports leagues don’t have GFs who are willing to tolerate neglect because of all the money, or an army of nannies and personal…