On January 01 2011 02:07 [Eternal]Phoenix wrote: Since when does solving rubik's cubes constitute talent. It's all memorization...
I think people view talents as something you're really good at. I think of talents as something you can pick up extremely quickly with little prior exposure.
By my definition, I'd say I'm really good at any sort of mathematical puzzles.
Its memorization until you start solving it under a minute then it becomes at skill. Not everybody can solve it under a minute.
I've always been a pretty good artist. Since I was very young I can remember being able to look at almost anything and draw/paint it, just one of those things I could always do but didn't give much thought to until later in life.
Overall, I'm a pretty damn average 15 year old, and I really don't have many outstanding talents. However, I like to think that I am somewhat of a math-aficionado with the extent of my math knowledge. I'm in the highest level for my current math class, and I'm still ezmoding everything. Like, legit, every single class I'm the first one done everything, whether it be a test, worksheet, or extended problem. Math is so 1a2a3a for me, so much so I use one of my two studies during the day to go to the school's math lab and help tutor the newbs who need help. I don't mind doing it at all, it's math and I get free extra credit. >:-D
Wow, I'm sorry I used the same words over and over and over again so much. I didn't realize it when I wrote it. O_O I suppose that just shows my age... :/
I suppose the only thing I'm really good at is making people laugh. Most people say that's my best quality. Other, meaner people say it's my only redeeming quality. =(
Also, I fucking destroy shit in Mario Kart 64. Don't challenge me on this; you'll lose your pride, along with the race.
On January 01 2011 04:58 Helios.Star wrote: I've always been a pretty good artist. Since I was very young I can remember being able to look at almost anything and draw/paint it, just one of those things I could always do but didn't give much thought to until later in life.
Daaaaamn. Those are the works of a man with talent.
Whenever I see art of that quality, it just blows my mind. I mean I can't even conceptualize of how to reproduce something that I am looking at that accurately, much less actually reproduce it. It's like trying to imagine how reanimate the dead or some shit. Got no clue where you would even start.
I used to be able to solve a cube sub 30, I just did it recently and I clocked in at ~45 seconds - such a failure. Me and my bootleg Fredrich and fail Type-D...
On January 01 2011 11:39 Rinrun wrote: I used to be able to solve a cube sub 30, I just did it recently and I clocked in at ~45 seconds - such a failure. Me and my bootleg Fredrich and fail Type-D...
(not sure if that is a talent...)
lolol there are two people on my hall at school, one averaging ~11 and the other ~13... XD both are probably top 10 or so in the country I think?
(meanwhile my layer-by-layer is like 3-4 minutes -__-; )
On December 31 2010 08:57 Haemonculus wrote: Not really sure how I gained it, but I have very dexterous toes/feet. I routinely pick things up with my feet, can hit lightswitches up or down ezmode, and generally can just hold/grab things.
Hell I can even unlock and open doorknobs with my feet if I'm carrying something in both hands.
I have this as well actually, although i don't practice it I mostly do it with the both hands full like when carrying heavy stuff or whatever. I think its to a more minor extent though.
I'm ~2k elo chess player mostly from getting dragged around to weekend chess tournaments I was way too lazy and playing computer games to study/read books on chess (I stopped playing when I was 15 though completely, except for playing now in the college club to help them out since I know them anyway)
I've been better than all my (older, 4 older brothers) siblings at games, at least from a young age I was worse but in my early teens I was better at most games but they were gone at this stage, I could beat them at wc2 when I was like 8 or so from literally just macroing 6 rax of knights when they were playing like 1 or 2 barracks and getting every tech structure etc.
EDIT@ UNLOCK with your feet?? Well I don't think my toes have that strength in them LOL maybe I can blame my front doors for being hard to unlock. If you mean those circular doorknobs you have to twist I can do those, and the other ones np.
Music. Playing saxophone is what I hope to do for the rest of my life, and I like to consider myself a solid composer as well. I'm also very good at picking up instruments; I can play a really large amount of instruments competently.
@Z3kk- I find that perfect pitch is double-edged; it's really nice in some contexts, but it also just makes me angry at how shit isn't in tune a lot.
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