I studied english in a "traditional" English school back in Italy: study grammar, do homeworks etc. However my listening and speaking was thanks to playing mmor

I studied english in a "traditional" English school back in Italy: study grammar, do homeworks etc. However my listening and speaking was thanks to playing mmorpg (final fantasy xiv). Became friend with a Mexican guy and we talked for hours and hours for many days. When I was trying to immigrate into Canada I had to take an English test (I already took a similar one) and I knew my speaking and listening skills were way below my writing and reading skills. This time after the test my listening and speaking skills were higher than my writing, and all the scores were really high. Very satisfying I must say.