Opinions on Bartle Gamer Psychology Test

ArchivedUser

So I've read a lot of comments referencing Bartle score, particularly in relation to the hot topic of the moment, World PvP. I was just wondering, in general, how much weight people give their scores. Do you feel that this is a valid test to measure your tendencies as a player.

I just recently took the test myself, scoring 67% Achiever, 47% Killer, 47% Socializer, 40% Explorer. The scores are fairly even, and more or less align with my own self-perception. Feel free to share your own scores and thoughts on them 

- Sikuba

ArchivedUser

Imo the test pushes players in those directions by limiting options and making very specific situations the point of the questions. Sure, not all possible scenarios and player responses can be pre-scripted, but when I took the test it was obvious that some questions had answers where the only logical conclusion was combat.

There will be some that take the test and agree, there will be some that don't. Overall, the test is too simple for what it is trying to determine. Does it guess accurately? Sure. Is it always accurate? No, I don't think so.

ArchivedUser

Azathoth said:

Imo the test pushes players in those directions by limiting options and making very specific situations the point of the questions. Sure, not all possible scenarios and player responses can be pre-scripted, but when I took the test it was obvious that some questions had answers where the only logical conclusion was combat.

There will be some that take the test and agree, there will be some that don't. Overall, the test is too simple for what it is trying to determine. Does it guess accurately? Sure. Is it always accurate? No, I don't think so.

Yeah, I had heard other players say something similar and was wondering if this was a prevailing opinion. In retrospect, I should have made this a poll, but I'm still pretty new here. I'm not used to using all the different features.  xp

ArchivedUser

I am:
80% Explorer
47% Achiever
40% Socialiser
33% Killer

Close enough to how I feel, though a bit much on the "Explorer" one.

PS: I think this test is useless and doesn't show anything because everything is dependent on the game itself (e.g. I could be a 100% killer if I loved the game and how they made the mechanics)

ArchivedUser

Bartle score is fairly spot on for me in RPGs:
87% Explorer
73% Socializer
47% Achiever
0% Killer

0% Killer isn't accurate in MMORPGs since killing is so integral to leveling, but...
I'm an ESAK in that order, regardless of actual percentages.

I think the test is a bit obsolete since we now also have crafting and building...which isn't covered by the test.

ArchivedUser

I mean the test is quite basic in what it asks but as a rough guideline to your play style, I would say it ok.

Achiever: 20%

Explorer: 87%

Griefer: 40%

Socializer: 53%

ArchivedUser

Its just okay. I mean, a lot of the questions are real black and white with no grey area. I’m usually somewhere in the grey. 
I got AKES
A: 87%
K: 60%
E: 47%
S: 7%
 Which I know the percentages are off—but the order seems halfway correct. I tend to do a lot of PvP, and gain rank that way. 

ArchivedUser

When I took the test a few years back I found some of the questions were loaded and felt it did not quite fit me.  But it's fun to get our egos stroked ever so often. 

ArchivedUser

Pretty accurate I'd say. 80% explorer fits quite well for me, since I greatly enjoy wandering around the map, 53% killer in addition to that fits as well, because I tend to kill everything in sight during the exploration process.

ArchivedUser

This is an interesting test I did not know existed ...
I found out that I was a

73% Achiever

53% Socialiser

40% Explorer

33% Killer

I wonder if most tests end up with you being an achiever.. although I def's agree with the socializing within a mmo.  

ArchivedUser

interesting i got 

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:

60% Socialiser

40% Achiever

20% Killer

This result may be abbreviated as ESAK

ArchivedUser

Seems about right.

80% Explorer

53% Socialiser

53% Achiever

13% Killer

I love seeing new things and doing new things.  I'm quite a bit of an Achiever, but only in the sense that advancement gives me new things I can do and new places I can go.  I love being in a guild with people who are friendly and I can get to know.  My best times ever in an MMO were with an old guild that I stayed with from game-to-game for years.  And I don't care much for PvP; I mainly stay away from it.  The only time I've really liked PvP was when it was tied to some PvE element, such as when you are competing against human players to accomplish a goal against NPCs and directly oppose each other.

I think this has me pegged pretty well even though the questions did seem pretty simplistic.  Often times I picked the least-worst of two answers even though I'd probably not really do either in that situation.

ArchivedUser

Your gaming style is

Achiever: 53%

Explorer: 20%

Griefer: 93%

Socializer: 33%

I think I need a doctor oO

ArchivedUser

Your gaming style is

Achiever: 53%

Explorer: 20%

Griefer: 93%

Socializer: 33%

I think I need a doctor oO

ArchivedUser

For the double post or anti-social behavior?  

ArchivedUser

Azathoth said:

For the double post or anti-social behavior?  

He makes up for his lack of socialization with murder. Nothing wrong with that 

ArchivedUser

 I think for both

Yeah I am a misanthrop and need to kill everyone

No no... My greatest love is pvp and conflicts between guilds. This keeps for me a world like Verra alive. But you will see me also in some traverns to drink some cool blonde beer

ArchivedUser

philippt8 said:

 I think for both

Yeah I am a misanthrop and need to kill everyone

No no... My greatest love is pvp and conflicts between guilds. This keeps for me a world like Verra alive. But you will see me also in some traverns to drink some cool blonde beer

Here this is my rune when you have some spare dead you want to sell or discreetly get rid of give me a call I have "uses" for dead people

ArchivedUser

nagash said:

philippt8 said:

 I think for both

Yeah I am a misanthrop and need to kill everyone

No no... My greatest love is pvp and conflicts between guilds. This keeps for me a world like Verra alive. But you will see me also in some traverns to drink some cool blonde beer

Here this is my rune when you have some spare dead you want to sell or discreetly get rid of give me a call I have "uses" for dead people

That will be a huge mountain of corpses I need to get rid of. But I am sure you can handle that easy

ArchivedUser

73% Explorer

53% Socialiser

40% Achiever

33% Killer

Very fun test tou some of the answers are very limiting becouse of the action's can be taken are lot more than two most of the times

ArchivedUser

73% Explorer

53% Socialiser

40% Achiever

33% Killer

Very fun test tou some of the answers are very limiting becouse of the action's can be taken are lot more than two most of the times

ArchivedUser

I must have a personality problem because every time I take it I feel different about the questions, and then I answer differently resulting in a different result. But most of the time I'm either an Achiever or an explorer, Achiever being the most frequent.

I also don't like how they add up to more than 100% xD

This is my Latest Result:

You are 73% Achiever

67% Explorer

47% Socialiser

13% Killer

ArchivedUser

Santy182 said:

I must have a personality problem because every time I take it I feel different about the questions, and then I answer differently resulting in a different result. But most of the time I'm either an Achiever or an explorer, Achiever being the most frequent.

I also don't like how they add up to more than 100% xD

This is my Latest Result:

You are 73% Achiever

67% Explorer

47% Socialiser

13% Killer

That just means you are human and the test is very basic ^^

ArchivedUser

The Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology

You are 73% 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:

60% Killer

33% Achiever

33% Socialiser

ArchivedUser

You are 87% Explorer

53% Achiever

40% Socialiser

20% Killer

I'm not a killer. I've killed everything that walks, swims, or crawls, and I'm kind of tired of it. I'm just here for the crafting, economy, politics of it; and the fish.

ArchivedUser

I want to go fishing again, thanks sunfrog 

ArchivedUser

I personally think its a crock and could care less about scores or tests or surveys about this stuff. To each their own though.