User blog comment:JAlbor/Most Played Online Game Infographic/@comment-5077844-20131022162718/@comment-5331854-20131023101441

If Esports wants to be on an olympic level, then it has to change itself first on several levels first. (and even then it would be different from RL-ympics)

The thing about professional sport is that even those who aren't sportnerds can watch and enjoy it. This has more to do with HOW the event is presented than about the showcased sport in itself (of course, if you like a specific olympic sport, then you'll watch it anyway, but that's something different).

The first step is that Esports has to be approachable for outsiders to get closer to olympic levels. And things like the "Spike Video Game Awards" aren't my best bet for making games more appealing for non-gamers for now...

Even then, the main problem is that games evolve while sports doesn't. If we would have an "E-lympics", they would have to choose a few games. And will still add more games to the rooster regularely. Plus, there will be developers who wants to create games with the "E-lympic" in mind, which opens a whole new can of worms.