Bartle Test
Posted by Stropp on February 26, 2009I’ve been seeing those Bartle Test signature graphics all over the place lately. You know the ones I mean? They’re white/gray boxes with four numbers in them. Actually, never mind the description, you’ll see one below.
I spent a part of my lunch half hour today doing the Bartle Test on the GamerDNA website. It’s a series of thirty questions that ask you which of two options you prefer. If someone is after you, do you immediately attack or do you find a place where you can prepare for them. That sort of thing.
So here are my results.
I’m normally a bit wary of these sorts of tests, they don’t tend to be all that accurate, and especially since the Bartle Test on GamerDNA is a set of binary choices rather than a one to five scale it misses some detail. You need to ask a lot more than 30 questions to get an accurate profile.
Having said that, it does seem to paint my player personality in broadly accurate strokes.
I do tend to be a strong explorer, even though I don’t like pointless travel, and the socialization and killer aspects are roughly where I’d have previously guessed too. I don’t necessarily see myself as a carebear though. I do enjoy PvP so I expected the killer score to be a little higher. I guess that’s the tests inaccuracy coming in to play.
Anyway, as is the case with most of these tests, they’re a bit of fun and can give you a glimpse into why you play a certain way.
So lets open the floor. How about you, what’s your Bartle score?
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I took the test through GamerDNA once.
E:80% S:60% K:60% A:0%
The final number may explain why I burn out awful quickly on most MMOs.
The “broad strokes” is what that Bartle thing is all about, at least to me. Just as the basic Jungian types (introvert/extravert etc) are broad strokes, in that 2 extraverts aren’t necessarily anything like each other, and we’re all composites etc.
That said, my Bartle thing I did lately also seemed relatively representative of me, which is why I’m using it for a sig for a while. If nothing else, it’ll explain to people why I’m not likely to want to join their raid guild, and why I’m not really that into PvP (even WAR’s improved kind).
That said, some people you just can’t please. There are acquaintances to whom I explain on a regular basis that I don’t LIKE to raid and I don’t particularly enjoy being in dungeons, for a host of reasons, and they keep telling me “Oh if we make you do it, you’ll like it.”
Did I mention I’m hellishly contrary?
*cough* Err yes, and here’s the actual sig. I wobble between E and S as top scores. K is consistently low. A depends somewhat on my mood that year.
… or not, while I spam your comments. E100 S60 A40 K0
I took the same test a while back: E87 S60 A40 K13
Pretty close to what I would’ve guessed.
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