The problem with commentary not made by the players themselves is that, as far as I understand it, the project wants the general thoughts of the player and not just the motivations for every specific move. Like, ideally, they want some stream of consciousness commentary style “oh look, that guy looks kind of tough, I’ll go see if I can agro him. Oh no! he’s way too strong… lets go hide behind this tree it looks kinda safe [...]”. That’s why I suggested the lets plays and not e-sports in general.
If they’re ok with just noise-free motivational analysis, anything with good commentators might work, and chess is indeed a pretty clean option.
The problem with commentary not made by the players themselves is that, as far as I understand it, the project wants the general thoughts of the player and not just the motivations for every specific move. Like, ideally, they want some stream of consciousness commentary style “oh look, that guy looks kind of tough, I’ll go see if I can agro him. Oh no! he’s way too strong… lets go hide behind this tree it looks kinda safe [...]”. That’s why I suggested the lets plays and not e-sports in general.
If they’re ok with just noise-free motivational analysis, anything with good commentators might work, and chess is indeed a pretty clean option.