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[Demonjustin]

skill noun
: the ability to do something that comes from training, experience, or practice

So by your logic, I can go read a forum, ask how to gear X job, and perform properly based on other ppl's experience and tell you "I'm a skilled player!"? Not convinced.

How is reading a forum and asking how to play a job a form of training, experience, or practice? Reading about an experience is not itself experiencing said thing, it's also not practicing it, nor is it a form of training tied to the subject unless that subject is reading. If skill is "the ability to do something that comes from training, experience, or practice" then no amount of reading about FFXI on a forum will ever amount to even the slightest bit of skill, as no amount of reading on a forum will give you any experience, practice, or training, when it comes to actually playing FFXI.