Not true except for really aggressive definition of “reasonably well”. I mean sure, if you want to be one of the best in the world at something, you’re going to have to put in a lot of time. But in the linked story we read about guys who play for a few months and then qualify for the Tetris world championships.
I love video games, but I don’t have much time to play them, so I log on with a buddy of mine and play Borderlands 3 for about three hours a week and I don’t care if a bunch of fast-twitch Mountain Dew-mainlining teenagers could crush us, we still have fun.
I mean, plenty of people like sports but aren’t willing or able to put in the time and effort it’d take to be professionals. I doubt you’d say what you said to someone who just wants to get in a pickup baskeball game every so often, but what’s the difference really?
