This one friend of mine is talented at video games.  Especially fighters.  I say this because his execution is like 96% on point, with or without lab time (training mode/practice), and he [i]always[/i] excels.  Mine?  Maybe 70%, mostly because I don't practice.  However, over the years of playing fighters, especially with the likes of Tekken, Guilty Gear, and the most recent Street Fighter V, I'm able to read my opponent quicker and throw in mind games to compensate for my rather shitty execution.  

Now, this is usual thing with my friend: if I'm winning matches against him, it's because my "shit's too cheap" or "it's a brain-dead character", or "I can get away with too much stuff."  He gets salty, not like mad salty, but clearly frustrated that he can't trump my mind games.  Eventually, it gets to the point where I'm feeling like I'm only winning because, yeah, my character is just ridiculous, rather than the fact that hey--I KNEW you were gonna dragon punch on wake up, so I BLOCKED and baited to throw you, or I shimmied back and forth to outpoke your damn crouching medium kick.  Yeah, my execution's shit, and dropping combos often cost me the match and practically give him winning streaks.  But damn, dude, you fucking LOST because you decided to throw out a normal when I had you on block string.  You didn't get beat because of "shennanigans" or "cheap character with command grab," you got beat a few matches because you made mistakes.  Seriously, I don't have time to practice at home, so the best I can do is YouTube some matches and get ideas of what to do.  I'm free, no doubt about it.  But don't let it get to your fucking head that you cannot possibly lose to a casual like me.