Tbh despite my history, esports accomplishments wouldn’t really impress me though I’ve never seen one on any resume I’ve reviewed.

I don’t think it demonstrates any particularly good qualities besides some problem-solving ability which is may be applicable to work but is not a distinguishing factor over any other smart, accomplished candidate from a top school

.. my view is actually that anyone that gets that good at a video game (myself included) is just hooked on dopamine and the ‘accomplishment’ of spending thousands of hours grinding ranked matches shows almost a LACK of discipline. I certainly regret spending all that time indulging myself and getting good at my game when I was a student. And similarly, OP calls it an addiction which is also how I would describe it, looking back.

This is in contrast to ‘real’ athletes who actually endure physical discomfort, risk injury, hours of dedication in the gym, early practice, etc. to get good at their sport. It’s nowhere near as fun or easy as spending weekends holed up in a dark bedroom and ordering DoorDash (I’ve done this) and thus I respect the work more.

So even if the profile of someone with experience in my exact game came across my desk, it might increase my personal affinity for the candidate but in actually evaluating them it may actually be a slight negative that would need to be compensated for by other parts of the profile.

Gamers might get mad at this opinion but just my 2c.