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I agree - this is not true at all. A really good competitive gamer is going to destroy even a very very good casual gamer even if you gave them a crap rig running at like 30FPS

Definitely there are real advantages to running higher framerates but its all diminishing returns. If your rig is fast enough to maintain CONSISTENT frames that is probably more important than going for the absolute highest - there is a reason many set a minimum / maximum FPS target. Consistency is important.

Most of the really competitive games arent really all that hard to run either these days - even an older but still decent gaming computer can do great. Considering how cheap it is now to build something that will run most games well vs how it used to be in the past I think the pay to play aspect has actually REDUCED quite a bit. You can buy a quality mouse these days for 20-30$ that would blow away what we had 10 years ago and that mouse probably would last you for as long as you want.

Reminds me of an old racquetball tournament where they would put everyone in the same level (as in the top players intermingled with the bottom) but depending on the players skill they were given a type of massive handicap. If you were in the very top tier racquetball level they gave you a racquet that had been strung in a very clever circular way where there was a literal HOLE right in the middle of the racquet where the sweet spot was!

Spoiler: Those guys still often won