User blog comment:Steelside/Do You Believe in Skill Caps?/@comment-76.229.139.77-20120612193749

i dont believe in skill caps, if you keep playing u will EVENTUALLY get better (or maybe i just dont want to lose hope of reaching high elo. the first one sounds better though). at first, you may get good at the game extremely quickly, thats what they call "being a natural" or a "fast learner". you WILL most likely reach a roadblock though, and you will progress VERY slowly. this is the stage where you can either give up hope and never go anywhere, or you can keep at it and become pro.

my theory for why you reach this roadblock is because the differences between low and mid elo are more obvious than differences between mid and high elo. from low to mid elo, you see less of what makes ppl "noob". which is mostly those "black and white changes" you were saying. but mid to high elo--i think that just takes a lot of time because you get a feel for the game. its almost like you're psychic, and can guess what the enemy is doing/thinking, in short, you have complete UNDERSTANDING of what is happening and can act accordingly. to get to that point, you are either a natural at the game, or it just takes time learning what each case means.