I said effectively lying, everything you're saying is technically true.

But it would be akin to claiming modern day esports started in the late 1950's because Tennis for Two was released and is a competitive game.

No, modern day esports can trace it's _lineage_ back to the late 1950's.

It'd be akin to claiming Counter-Strike has been an esport since the early 2000's because people would get together and compete in very small tournaments. CS:Go was the first version to be explicitly made for competition and it was released in 2011.

It was a completely dishonest response.