[zentiggr]

> people who take gaming way too seriously

Every activity has its own popularity, and number of fans of various seriousness... Cat and dog shows, caber toss, curling, singing competitions, on and on and on, the list is about infinite, since it encompasses everything within which someone could potentially be more skilled.

Singling out video games among all the other things humans do competitively feels like a personal bias.

I personally don't care about probably 99% of the 'competitions' out there, but I don't give anyone crap for being obsessed about their own thing.

(I don't play games online multiplayer style, so I'm not in the target group anyway.)

I don't think there's such a thing as "gaming", as you use the word... everyone involved does their own thing, in infinite variety as well.