In November, Aguirre, a 24-year-old professional video game player from Spain, joined the five-man roster of Origen, a League of Legends team that competes in the game’s top European league. The players—all signed in late fall—were told at the time that the team might be run a bit differently from what they were accustomed to. Now here they were, five young men who make their living sitting almost completely still in front of desktop computers, sweating through an hour-long workout in a cramped gym. The debate about whether competitive gamers can be considered athletes may never end. In the meantime, though, gamers are increasingly acting like them. E-sports in recent years have crept into the mainstream, attracting new fans, new sponsors and new investment. The top professionals now make six-figure salaries and earn even more with endorsement and prize money. Eat right, sleeping right, exercising, cleaning up for sponsors—these ideas have undergirded traditional sports for generations. In e-sports, they are regarded as almost radical. (By Andrew Keh, The New York Times, 165 words)