This is the best sport in my book, Runescape and other crappy 2D games don't count. This sport requires skill, precision, and to be good at it you need to have something called Intelligence
Yeah. Although, I don't think it takes intelligence to play it. I mean, I know a three year old that just got a PlayStation 2, and he's already great at it, never dies and can play it with the controller backwards...
Well it depends what game you are playing. Some games do require strategy. Like, my favorite, Call of Duty. I don't know what the difference between "Hardcore" gaming and regular gaming is though.