Exactly. I also believe a lot of these magic like fields in the current era sound so 'meh' largely because the mechanical processes behind achieving results is revealed.

>>What is difficulty other than priori repetition of a sequence?

Its not easy, but its not where it was either.

Only a decade or two back these things were restricted to nerds and was somewhat like rare occult knowledge. You had to be part of some club to even participate.

While you still need to practice a lot to work in the upper level in competitions and all. It no longer has a magic like appeal.