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Thought I'd put up some info related to gaming styles, since it was brought up in another thread.
First, here's a description of the five different types as defined by Robin Laws.
And a quiz to see where you fall in the spectrum of the five types. I threw my results into my sig; might be interesting if everyone else did, too.
And lastly, here's a link to some of the market research results which WotC got when designing the 3rd edition. The basic idea was to try and make a game that had a little something for everyone.
Enjoy.
What kind of gamer are you?
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Posted 04 July 2006 - 11:24 PM
Here you go. Took it again, the top two flipped from when I first took it long ago...
Method Actor 100%
Storyteller 92%
Tactician 50%
Specialist 42%
Casual Gamer 42%
Power Gamer 33%
Butt-kicker 8%
I also like the idea of placing it in our siggy's. It gives a quick idea of the types of games we enjoy.
Method Actor 100%
Storyteller 92%
Tactician 50%
Specialist 42%
Casual Gamer 42%
Power Gamer 33%
Butt-kicker 8%
I also like the idea of placing it in our siggy's. It gives a quick idea of the types of games we enjoy.
Method Actor 100% Storyteller 92% Tactician 50% Specialist 42% Casual Gamer 42% Power Gamer 33% Butt-Kicker 8%
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 02:14 AM
Tactician 75%
Storyteller 75%
Power Gamer 75%
Method Actor 58%
Butt-Kicker 58%
Specialist 50%
Casual Gamer 33%
I dunno, somehow since I know a guy who's proud of being the master of breakage I don't like such a high power-gamer score. I could never come up with his kind of breaking. I'm more of a storyteller, even though it put that equal, probably by misinterpreting what I meant by using the rules to support my character design.
Storyteller 75%
Power Gamer 75%
Method Actor 58%
Butt-Kicker 58%
Specialist 50%
Casual Gamer 33%
I dunno, somehow since I know a guy who's proud of being the master of breakage I don't like such a high power-gamer score. I could never come up with his kind of breaking. I'm more of a storyteller, even though it put that equal, probably by misinterpreting what I meant by using the rules to support my character design.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 02:19 AM
Hmm....Looks like Rin and I have the same priorities, but I guess I enjoy my number crunching a bit more. 
Method Actor: 100%
Story Teller: 92%
Tactitian: 83%
Specialist: 75%
Power Gamer: 58%
Butt kicker: 33%
Casual Gamer: 0%
I kinda figured the first three, specialist cought me off-gaurd, but I guess I do have a love for mage-types. Power Gamer I can kinda understand, and you know thats true if you've ever sat through a Character Creation session with me. Butt Kicker? Meh. As for casual gamer, I always knew I was [FLOPPING] hard-core!
Method Actor: 100%
Story Teller: 92%
Tactitian: 83%
Specialist: 75%
Power Gamer: 58%
Butt kicker: 33%
Casual Gamer: 0%
I kinda figured the first three, specialist cought me off-gaurd, but I guess I do have a love for mage-types. Power Gamer I can kinda understand, and you know thats true if you've ever sat through a Character Creation session with me. Butt Kicker? Meh. As for casual gamer, I always knew I was [FLOPPING] hard-core!
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He who fights alone dies alone, but those who battle as brothers will live forever.
"The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents." --H. P. Lovecraft
Who is to judge what is right and what is wrong? Great and powerful foes surround us; unknown miscreants gnaw at us from within. We are threatened with total annihilation. In days such as these we can afford no luxury of morality.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 02:50 AM
Storyteller = 92%
Method Actor = 75%
Specialist = 67%
Power Gamer = 58%
Butt-Kicker = 50%
Casual Gamer = 25%
Tactician = 8%
I don't know how to feel.
Method Actor = 75%
Specialist = 67%
Power Gamer = 58%
Butt-Kicker = 50%
Casual Gamer = 25%
Tactician = 8%
I don't know how to feel.
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Storyteller = 92% Method Actor = 75% Specialist = 67% Power Gamer = 58% Butt-Kicker = 50% Casual Gamer = 25% Tactician = 8%
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The ALLCALMA* Act
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2. No more replies on On-Topic threads unless it contributes.
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4. No more talking to @lice.
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Storyteller = 92% Method Actor = 75% Specialist = 67% Power Gamer = 58% Butt-Kicker = 50% Casual Gamer = 25% Tactician = 8%
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 04:05 AM
Storyteller 83%
Tactician 67%
Method Actor 67%
Butt-Kicker 33%
Specialist 33%
Power Gamer 25%
Casual Gamer 8%
I'm surprised butt-kicker made fourth... or that power-gamer was above casual-gamer.
Tactician 67%
Method Actor 67%
Butt-Kicker 33%
Specialist 33%
Power Gamer 25%
Casual Gamer 8%
I'm surprised butt-kicker made fourth... or that power-gamer was above casual-gamer.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 01:19 PM
Here be I!
Butt-Kicker: 83%
Storyteller: 83%
Tactician: 75%
Method Actor: 75%
Specialist: 58%
Power Gamer: 42%
Casual Gamer: 33%
I can pretty much understand the numbers... Except that it adds up to 449%, but it's not important. I like heavy story that demands some role-play and problems that require some brains, but I like to know that when it all comes down to it, the big evil badguy and his minions will be beaten bloody. I power game only unconsciously, and I don't really have anyone I can "casually game" with.
Yeah, I'm not nearly as hardcore as Red.
Butt-Kicker: 83%
Storyteller: 83%
Tactician: 75%
Method Actor: 75%
Specialist: 58%
Power Gamer: 42%
Casual Gamer: 33%
I can pretty much understand the numbers... Except that it adds up to 449%, but it's not important. I like heavy story that demands some role-play and problems that require some brains, but I like to know that when it all comes down to it, the big evil badguy and his minions will be beaten bloody. I power game only unconsciously, and I don't really have anyone I can "casually game" with.
Yeah, I'm not nearly as hardcore as Red.
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Butt-Kicker/Storyteller 83%, Method Actor/Tactician 75%, Specialist 58%, Power Gamer 42%, Casual Gamer 33%
My WIP Wiki and DeviantART pages...
Butt-Kicker/Storyteller 83%, Method Actor/Tactician 75%, Specialist 58%, Power Gamer 42%, Casual Gamer 33%
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 04:43 PM
Pretty cool Quiz...
Method Actor..........83%
Tactician................75%
Butt-Kicker.............75%
Storyteller..............75%
Power Gamer..........67%
Specialist................58%
Casual Gamer.........25%
Gets you thinking on how you play so if you want you can come up something different... I like it.
Method Actor..........83%
Tactician................75%
Butt-Kicker.............75%
Storyteller..............75%
Power Gamer..........67%
Specialist................58%
Casual Gamer.........25%
Gets you thinking on how you play so if you want you can come up something different... I like it.
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Posted 05 July 2006 - 05:36 PM
Tactician 83%
Storyteller 83%
Butt-Kicker 58%
Method Actor 50%
Power Gamer 42%
Specialist 42%
Casual Gamer 0%
Had to answer a tiebreaker question...storyteller actually came out the more dominant of the two.
Storyteller 83%
Butt-Kicker 58%
Method Actor 50%
Power Gamer 42%
Specialist 42%
Casual Gamer 0%
Had to answer a tiebreaker question...storyteller actually came out the more dominant of the two.
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 03:20 PM
Storyteller 75%
Buttkicker 67%
Tactician 67%
Specialist 50%
Method Actor 50%
Power Gamer 33%
Casual Gamer 17%
Buttkicker 67%
Tactician 67%
Specialist 50%
Method Actor 50%
Power Gamer 33%
Casual Gamer 17%
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Posted 06 July 2006 - 04:20 PM
Heh. that was fun.
Method Actor 100%
Butt-Kicker 75%
Storyteller 58%
Tactician 58%
Power Gamer 33%
Specialist 25%
Casual Gamer 25%
Method Actor 100%
Butt-Kicker 75%
Storyteller 58%
Tactician 58%
Power Gamer 33%
Specialist 25%
Casual Gamer 25%
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"I WASTE HIM WITH MY LONGBOW!!!" - Sara
"EEW! EEW! EEW! EEW!...SH!^!" - Wenna
"For the unbeliever, no explanation is possible. For the believer, no explanation is necessary."
"Shoot me now, shoot me now." - Daffy Duck
"Woooooooooo! I'm invisible!" - Elan (OOTS)
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Method Actor 100%; Butt-Kicker 75%; Storyteller 58%; Tactician 58%; Power Gamer 33%; Specialist 25%; Casual Gamer 25%
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My DM Notes Blog
My Character Journals
"I WASTE HIM WITH MY LONGBOW!!!" - Sara
"EEW! EEW! EEW! EEW!...SH!^!" - Wenna
"For the unbeliever, no explanation is possible. For the believer, no explanation is necessary."
"Shoot me now, shoot me now." - Daffy Duck
"Woooooooooo! I'm invisible!" - Elan (OOTS)
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Method Actor 100%; Butt-Kicker 75%; Storyteller 58%; Tactician 58%; Power Gamer 33%; Specialist 25%; Casual Gamer 25%
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- The Legionnaire Assassin
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Posted 07 July 2006 - 12:35 AM
Well then... I actually got method actor as my #1.
Storyteller 83%
Method Actor 83%
Tactician 75%
Power Gamer 58%
Butt-Kicker 25%
Specialist 25%
Casual Gamer 25%
Storyteller 83%
Method Actor 83%
Tactician 75%
Power Gamer 58%
Butt-Kicker 25%
Specialist 25%
Casual Gamer 25%
We are the scourge of the underdark...
We are the saviours to our kind...
We are the devout...
We are the enlightened...
We are the true rulers by right...
We are Drow...
Beware us...
We are the saviours to our kind...
We are the devout...
We are the enlightened...
We are the true rulers by right...
We are Drow...
Beware us...
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Posted 07 July 2006 - 10:59 AM
Storyteller! Yay!
Storyteller 92%
Method Actor 83%
Tactician 83%
Specialist 50%
Power Gamer 42%
Casual Gamer 25%
Butt-Kicker 17%
Storyteller 92%
Method Actor 83%
Tactician 83%
Specialist 50%
Power Gamer 42%
Casual Gamer 25%
Butt-Kicker 17%
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Yet I will, dig up the bones
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Yet I will, dig up the bones
Remember - A Burlewan webcomic
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