windhelmsquall

I can respect that to a degree, but talent has never been the say all end all decider of fate. If it was, there wouldn't be such a thing as improvement. There are plenty of people who think they can coast on natural talent and go places. They never do. Not to mention we all share a common trait of being human. No matter how good you are at something, you will still F it up from time to time. When you do, just hope the other guy doesn't blow you up for it.

Exactly.

The following traits are all very important, but I believe they go in this order; Effort > Opportunity to learn and willingness > born talent > time. I'd also like to add, since I don't think anybody else brought it up ( I might be wrong) , that the worst thing you can be is repetitive. It falls into "going with the flow". Simply being able to drastically alter your approach to a given situation will make you much better. One last thing; one of the first things you should do, after learning the fg basics, is learn which style of play you are best suited to. Example being that one of the best zoned players I personally know started out playing rundown. He sucked at it, no lie. Practically had to force him to try a zoner, but once he did it was an almost instantaneous level up. I really do wonder how many "bad" or "average" players are simply not playing the right character for themselves.