In general, the the very skilled player would have gotten that way by being smart AND smashing a ton of less skilled players. Trying to say: “I can’t go to chess club because I would just defeat everyone and it wouldn’t be fair” is ridiculous, and even more so when you’ve never actually won a tournament. You never hear the story “I was a social butterfly, the most popular person in school, but then I decided that was abusing my powers and now I’m alone. Yay!” On the other hand “I was alone and sad and nerdy, but then I practiced social skills and now I have a ton of friends and am the most popular person in school. Yay!” is, if not very common, a story that I’ve heard way more than once.
In general, the the very skilled player would have gotten that way by being smart AND smashing a ton of less skilled players. Trying to say: “I can’t go to chess club because I would just defeat everyone and it wouldn’t be fair” is ridiculous, and even more so when you’ve never actually won a tournament. You never hear the story “I was a social butterfly, the most popular person in school, but then I decided that was abusing my powers and now I’m alone. Yay!” On the other hand “I was alone and sad and nerdy, but then I practiced social skills and now I have a ton of friends and am the most popular person in school. Yay!” is, if not very common, a story that I’ve heard way more than once.