Sunday, June 15, 2008

What kind of gamer are you?

These few days I've been roaming around Dragonica Forum (a game which I gonna play in July, right after JCT), and I spotted this thread about "what kind of gamer are you?" and the community manager Kaye linked us to this site.. Have a try!

Take the Bartle Test now!
http://www.gamerdna.com/zQuest.php

My Results:
SAEK

SAEK players enjoy socializing more than anything else, but they also like to achieve the goals within the game. Often, the increase in social status that comes with defeating a powerful foe or finding a unique treasure is more important than the achievement itself. They also enjoy being part of a team that tries to accomplish great deeds, often finding as much satisfaction in the success of the group as with oneself.

Breakdown: Achiever 66.67%, Explorer 40.00%, Killer 20.00%, Socializer 73.33%

The Bartle Test was originally designed for players of MUDs (multi-user dungeons) but continues to have applicability to virtual worlds of all kinds--especially MMORPGs. The test attempts to measure a player based on what they enjoy most about a game, based on four axes:
The Four Bartle Catagories

* People with high Achiever scores tend to prefer collecting points, levels, treasure and accomplishments that set them apart from other players--or simply present challenges.
* People with high Explorer scores tend to enjoy finding all of the unique areas of the world, often enjoying the immersion of the experience. Finding a place with unique monsters and seeing what those monsters do is usually more fun for an Explorer than defeating the monsters themselves.
* People with high Killer scores prefer the player-versus-player aspect of any game more than anything offered by the environment. They often relish the adrenaline and challenge of pitting themselves against real players.
* People with high Socializer scores enjoy interacting with other people, forming organizations, and finding cooperative solutions to the challenges within the virtual world.

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