But while a doggedness helped Scotland gain the upper hand for the middle half-hour of Friday's game, such traits cannot disguise the technical failings, which threaten to cast the national team into even deeper and darker depths.
The game eschews traits of its Japanese role-playing game contemporaries: it is not set within the fantasy genre and only enters science fiction for its final sequence.
Yet, despite appearing to be in control, Saints were unable to see out the game - a trait that will frustrate manager Hughes.
He also deferred to teammates much more than in the last few seasons and rarely forced his will on games, a trait that saddled him in the past.
The study examined the relationship between performance in the Thieves' Game, antisocial personality traits, and self-report of guilt.
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A spin-off of the popular Final Fantasy series, the game shares several traits with 1997's Final Fantasy Tactics, although it is not a direct sequel.
Obsessive attention to detail is the duo's unique selling point, with each citing the other's ability to spot the small but significant nuances that can turn a game as the trait they most admire.
But Becker seems to enjoy the game immensely, another trait common to our current prodigies.
