Mini-Manifesto of the day: The Bartle test, and CF stats

Mini-Manifesto of the day: The Bartle test, and CF stats:
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Posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on October 28, 2000 at 01:01:51:

I just popped in again.... we're now the 9th most represented MUD, although that counts utter crap like Everquest and Ultima Online as MUDs instead of "Starcraft with swords".

(The order given is A/S/K/E:)
CF: 32/55/49/62 (N=115)
"World": 47/52/41/59 (N=18049)

Our "Achiever" score is very low. How low? Well, "Final Fantasy MUX" got an Achiever score of 30, and they made the bottom 5 of all MUDs (263 of 267). I think it's safe to say that whatever "Achiever" measures.... we're not interested. Other than that, our numbers look like everyone else's.

So what does that mean? Well, according to the test's author: "Achievement within the game context: Players give themselves game-related goals, and vigorously set out to achieve them. This usually means accumulating and disposing of large quantities of high-value treasure, or cutting a swathe through hordes of mobiles (ie. monsters built in to the virtual world)."

I'm going to be bold and skip to what I think the test results mean: CFers don't care too much about gear. I know I don't, and largely for the reason Shokai gave below: Gear is transient. Skill is forever.

You gotta problem with that? =)

(The article: http://www.brandeis.edu/pubs/jove/HTML/v1/bartle.html. The test: http://www.andreasen.org/bartle/)

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Ha, i'm one of the top achievers out all who took it, that says something negative :P n/t Cathoir 13:46:51 10/28/2000 (0)
yep, feel the same about your last statement. (nt) Juzrisium 10:00:03 10/28/2000 (0)
Achievers Anano 04:32:00 10/28/2000 (5)
- Re: Achievers Anti-Pumpkin Boy 14:08:21 10/28/2000 (0)
- To a 'T' WALSH 08:32:12 10/28/2000 (3)
  - ummm Cathoir 15:42:59 10/28/2000 (1)
    - Because its a personality test to be taken for fun, not seriously? hmm.. 08:49:56 10/29/2000 (0)
  - Right Anano 14:07:26 10/28/2000 (0)

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Comments:	> I just popped in again.... we're now the 9th most represented MUD, although that counts utter crap like Everquest and Ultima Online as MUDs instead of "Starcraft with swords". > (The order given is A/S/K/E:) > CF: 32/55/49/62 (N=115) > "World": 47/52/41/59 (N=18049) > Our "Achiever" score is very low. How low? Well, "Final Fantasy MUX" got an Achiever score of 30, and they made the bottom 5 of all MUDs (263 of 267). I think it's safe to say that whatever "Achiever" measures.... we're not interested. Other than that, our numbers look like everyone else's. > So what does that mean? Well, according to the test's author: "Achievement within the game context: Players give themselves game-related goals, and vigorously set out to achieve them. This usually means accumulating and disposing of large quantities of high-value treasure, or cutting a swathe through hordes of mobiles (ie. monsters built in to the virtual world)." > I'm going to be bold and skip to what I think the test results mean: CFers don't care too much about gear. I know I don't, and largely for the reason Shokai gave below: Gear is transient. Skill is forever. > You gotta problem with that? =) > (The article: http://www.brandeis.edu/pubs/jove/HTML/v1/bartle.html. The test: http://www.andreasen.org/bartle/)

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