A 8 year old boy who as been listening to the classical works of Bach, Chopin, and Mozart is considered exceptionally bright and intuitive when he sits down at a piano and precedes to play each note of one of their works perfectly. Of course his parents enroll him in classes so he can cultivate his talent, if they haven't do so years earlier. Subsequently, years later that very same boy is now an adult who is now considered a great pianist and performs in solo concerts all over the world.

Some would say that he was born with his talents, thus coming down in the side of 'nature' in being the factor of his musical ability. While others, would attribute his skills to the time and effort his put into cultivating his skills with a tutor. They are the ones who would favor the 'nurture' position.

Now considering there are many of us here how have our own individual talents, looking at yourselves an addition to considering the entire debate; do you believe that overall talent in people and even yourselves can be attributed to 'nature' or 'nurture'?

Since there are exceptional artists who post their work on the MK Fan Art Board in addition to others who are musicians, martial artists, writer, poets, etc., it would be interesting to have your thoughts on this question.

Now speaking for myself, I would say that 'nature' or that innate and, raw talent, and ability that one is born with is a contributing factor in someone’s overall skill once they become an adult. I however, feel that it's not the contributing factor. It's true that one can have the 'tools' if you will to eventually become great in his/her own way, but without building upon that exceptional natural gift that you were born with, all that one can be is as good as their promise. The promise of someone’s talent is why (at least as I see it) teachers and tutors who notice those who have such potential encourage children to study harder and to keep up on their skills.

The "High Level Gamepaly" thread on the MK:DA board is a good example to use. There's so many pages of people posting opinions, advice, faqs, combos, juggles, and whatever to share with the rest of us. It is those who test each combo to see if every hit actually connects clean and use their friends as guinea pigs and sacrificial lambs to test each others information who benefitted and still benefits from the thread.

It was satisfying to both read and post opinions of tactics and advice there. I also have to at least to admit that the constant study of basically every opinion there helped me to become a better player. Even though I had opinions of my own concerning certain characters, I knew that others were just as important and informative. Which is why my homies really don't want to play against me any more.

But on to something more innate, I've been drawing ever since I was little 5 year old Ghost Dragon. There wasn't a piece of paper that didn't have my signature on it. My teachers even said I did more drawing than studying, and.... it was true. But I don't think that even with my potential I'd be the kind of artist and graphic artist that I am without constantly having art teachers push me to improve on everything that I did from shading to understanding composition.

C'est tout! Je suis fini. Alors, ques cue tu pense?

Entre le Sinistre. *sinister smile*

Le Dragon Fantome