Good Vs Bad Player

[Reiterpallasch]

Now here is the thing. How is anybody a bad player because they chose to NOT do their homework?

You could say that someone who studies hard and always does well on tests is a good student. Is a school student that never studies and always fails his tests a good student? Sure, he can always just retake the test over and over again, never bothering to study and he'll eventually get enough answers right to pass the test, but that doesn't make him better than the person who studied before hand, not by a long shot.

This statement made me laugh really really hard.

Why? They've been around longer than that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...r_online_games

[Sixmp]

You could say that someone who studies hard and always does well on tests is a good student. Is a school student that never studies and always fails his tests a good student? Sure, he can always just retake the test over and over again, never bothering to study and he'll eventually get enough answers right to pass the test, but that doesn't make him better than the person who studied before hand, not by a long shot.]

Taking a test doesn't supply you with the conditions to learn unless of course you are talking about a particular test? So in that context of course you would say that the student that does not study is a bad student.
Here is the thing though, we are Adventurers and we test ourselves against an environment that allows us to learn as we go.

So while i see your point, i feel it is not quite relevant in the context you are trying to use it in. Also in the environment we are testing ourselves in we are allowed to learn on the fly, so you are testing your wits and ability to adapt rather than just memorizing patterns you are taught on a guide or on a youtube clip.
Which would imply not studying means you are learning to use more skills to complete the test.