I en intervju med hårdsparkande filmstjärnan och wushu-ässet Jet Li, översatt av MMO Culture, försvarar han esport och jämför det med fysiska idrotter. Dessutom säger han sig vara en riktig gamer själv.
Jet Li säger bland annat: "If poker card games and chess both have the players sitting down and are considered sports, why not virtual gaming as well?"
"There are two kinds of sports - one physical and one mental. There is no good reason to debunk virtual gaming as a sport, and I believe the participants of such virtual PvP events have the same mentality as physical athletes", fortsätter han.
Angående sitt egna spelintresse säger Li: "When I was 20 years old, while filming my second movie, there was a cameraman with his own computer and I got in touch with this game, where I hit things in the sky. That was back then when I was young, I played whenever I wasn't filming."
Och Jet Li tror benhårt på kinesisk spelindustri samt avslöjar egna tankar på att göra spel: "I wanted to understand more, and even thought of making a game to spread Chinese culture globally."
"In five to ten years time, I hope to see China games being the market leader in the industry", avslutar Li.
