skill ceiling

noun

Definitions

  1. The amount of skill required to master some activity (especially a game or character)

    The amount of skill required to master some activity (especially a game or character); the maximum possible skill.

    • Coordinate term: skill floor
    • Chess has an extremely high skill ceiling⁠. Even the best chess-playing programs are constantly being improved.
    • A fighting game with a low skill ceiling will quickly get boring after one masters its mechanics.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for skill ceiling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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