93% Explorer

60% Achiever
27% Killer
20% Socialiser

Minyassa wrote: »

This test assumed that the taker is okay with some PvP or would play games with open-world PvP, so really not at all accurate for me. I'm also not really impressed with the math. It says I am 80% Explorer, 60% Socialiser, 60% achiever and 0% Killer. That's 200%. It also doesn't take motivation for exploring into account. The entire reason I do anything in ESO at this point in time is to unlock dyes. All my exploring new areas, getting new gear, achievement chasing and socializing revolves around dyes and showing people my dyes. I think that I should be classified as 100% Dye-Fixated.

The test recognises that people aren't 1 dimensional thats all. The math is sound based on the approach.

93% Explorer

87% killer
13% socialiser

Nice idea, but the questions are bad.

You are 83% Potato

What Bartle says:

♣Potatoes get their kicks from dying over and over to others in PvP. This may be "nice", ie. busybody do-gooding, but few people practice such an approach because the rewards (a long ride back to the battle) aren't very substantial. The more massive the joy caused, the greater the potatoes joy at having caused it.
You are also:

8% Achiever

5% Explorer

4% Socialiser

thedude33 wrote: »

You are 83% Potato

What Bartle says:

♣Potatoes get their kicks from dying over and over to others in PvP. This may be "nice", ie. busybody do-gooding, but few people practice such an approach because the rewards (a long ride back to the battle) aren't very substantial. The more massive the joy caused, the greater the potatoes joy at having caused it.
You are also:

8% Achiever

5% Explorer

4% Socialiser

I got: 80% Explorer
53% Socialiser
47% Achiever
20% Killer

I love tests like these, and obviously, it's not geared towards ESO. I'd say if you HAD to say that the test is geared towards a game, then that game would most likely be Everquest, as OP said that they " believe he developed it in the mid 90s".

80% Achiever
60% Explorer
47% Killer
13% Socializer

I always thinking of them as thier MTG versions.
Timmy , Johnny, Spike and Vothos.

They map pretty close
Timmy --> Achiever
Johnny --> Explorer
Spike --> Killer
Vothos --> Socialiser

I am a Johnny in magic... I own all the cards for a UR control deck but I am playing Enigma Drake instead.

I think it is actually the nature of Bethesda games in general that they appeal most to explorers so I am not supprise to see that the highest. I have also heard that said about ESOs particular strenght is the varied environments you can explore.

Edit1: EAKS btw. but 93% Explorer.
Edit2: I think the reason the socializer score is so low is that they are all still in game and not on the forums :P.

Lylith wrote: »

bartle didn't believe i was human. <shrug>

Yep. You run No-Script, don't you? I had to pull this up on IE to do the test. It wouldn't show the capcha question in Firefox (my normal browser).


OH and BTW, my results:

The Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology
You are 93% Explorer

What Bartle says:

Explorers delight in having the game expose its internal machinations to them. They try progressively esoteric actions in wild, out-of-the-way places, looking for interesting features (ie. bugs) and figuring out how things work. Scoring points may be necessary to enter some next phase of exploration, but it's tedious, and anyone with half a brain can do it. Killing is quicker, and might be a constructive exercise in its own right, but it causes too much hassle in the long run if the deceased return to seek retribution. Socialising can be informative as a source of new ideas to try out, but most of what people say is irrelevant or old hat. The real fun comes only from discovery, and making the most complete set of maps in existence.

You are also:
47% Achiever

33% Killer

27% Socialiser

KEAS

You are 80% Killer

♣ Killers get their kicks from imposing themselves on others. This may be "nice", ie. busybody do-gooding, but few people practice such an approach because the rewards (a warm, cosy inner glow, apparently) aren't very substantial. Much more commonly, people attack other players with a view to killing off their personae (hence the name for this style of play). The more massive the distress caused, the greater the killer's joy at having caused it. Normal points-scoring is usually required so as to become powerful enough to begin causing havoc in earnest, and exploration of a kind is necessary to discover new and ingenious ways to kill people. Even socialising is sometimes worthwhile beyond taunting a recent victim, for example in finding out someone's playing habits, or discussing tactics with fellow killers. They're all just means to an end, though; only in the knowledge that a real person, somewhere, is very upset by what you've just done, yet can themselves do nothing about it, is there any true adrenalin-shooting, juicy fun.

You are also:
53% Explorer
33% Achiever
33% Socialiser

The 27% Killer surprises me since I have no interest in PvP whatsoever, and it clearly represents a bias in the questions.

You are 80% Explorer

What Bartle says:

♠ Explorers delight in having the game expose its internal machinations to them. They try progressively esoteric actions in wild, out-of-the-way places, looking for interesting features (ie. bugs) and figuring out how things work. Scoring points may be necessary to enter some next phase of exploration, but it's tedious, and anyone with half a brain can do it. Killing is quicker, and might be a constructive exercise in its own right, but it causes too much hassle in the long run if the deceased return to seek retribution. Socialising can be informative as a source of new ideas to try out, but most of what people say is irrelevant or old hat. The real fun comes only from discovery, and making the most complete set of maps in existence.

You are also:

80% Achiever

♦ Achievers regard points-gathering and rising in levels as their main goal, and all is ultimately subservient to this. Exploration is necessary only to find new sources of treasure, or improved ways of wringing points from it. Socialising is a relaxing method of discovering what other players know about the business of accumulating points, that their knowledge can be applied to the task of gaining riches. Killing is only necessary to eliminate rivals or people who get in the way, or to gain vast amounts of points (if points are awarded for killing other players).

27% Killer

13% Socialiser

This result may be abbreviated as EAKS

Oh ok

You are 80% Socialiser
What Bartle says:
♥ Socialisers are interested in people, and what they have to say. The game is merely a backdrop, a common ground where things happen to players. Inter-player relationships are important: empathising with people, sympathising, joking, entertaining, listening; even merely observing people play can be rewarding - seeing them grow as individuals, maturing over time. Some exploration may be necessary so as to understand what everyone else is talking about, and points-scoring could be required to gain access to neat communicative spells available only to higher levels (as well as to obtain a certain status in the community). Killing, however, is something only ever to be excused if it's a futile, impulsive act of revenge, perpetrated upon someone who has caused intolerable pain to a dear friend. The only ultimately fulfilling thing is not how to rise levels or kill hapless drips; it's getting to know people, to undertand them, and to form beautiful, lasting relationships.

You are also:
67% Explorer

33% Achiever

20% Killer

I got

The Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology

You are 73% Killer

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53% Explorer

47% Achiever

27% Socialiser

This result may be abbreviated as KEAS