12-12-2018, 11:22 AM | #81 |
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
I think that Method two would provide a more typical data set.
First time I took this; Power Gamer: 58% Butt-Kicker: 33% Tactician: 67% Specialist: 29% Method Actor: 58% Storyteller: 75% Casual Gamer: 58% This time; Power Gamer: 15% Butt-Kicker: 9% Tactician: 21% Specialist: 4% Method Actor: 19% Storyteller: 16% Casual Gamer: 16% Obviously some changes are from the three year difference in taking the survey, the drop in Storyteller is a noticeable drop. The rest seem fairly close.
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12-12-2018, 02:05 PM | #82 | ||
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
New Results:
Power Gamer: 16% Butt-Kicker: 5% Tactician: 24% Specialist: 6% Method Actor: 16% Storyteller: 22% Casual Gamer: 10% Quote:
Tactician is up from last time, Casual Gamer is down, Specialist remains low, and the butt-kicker is down while power gamer is up. Quote:
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12-25-2018, 09:19 AM | #83 |
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
I undid the sum-to-100 normalization, so now it's back to the old max-100-for-each-player-type. The sum-to-100 normalization is still there in the pie chart anyway.
I tinkered around with giving points to both player types for each question. E.g. Choosing "Sometimes" would add 50 points to both player types, instead of just the positive-response player type. This resulted in only +/- a few % to the pie graph results. Also, as several people have pointed out, the questions are pretty good at focussing on the positive-response player type, but the the negative-response player type is less focussed. For these reasons, I've decided not to add points to the negative-response player type. I'm hoping to address bias in the questions over the coming days.
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12-28-2018, 05:27 PM | #84 | |
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
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has been changed to 6. ST vs TT Memorable actions are preferred even when they disrupt previous planning.
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
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When my character is not needed, I play host, check on kids, email, etc. has been changed to While other hammer out detailed plans, I’ll play host: freshen drinks, check on kids, etc. #23 TT vs CG The best games are the ones were everybody works together towards a common purpose. has been changed to It bothers me when other players don't take planning seriously.
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12-29-2018, 12:40 AM | #86 |
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
On the updated quiz:
Power Gamer: 42% Butt-Kicker: 79% Tactician: 54% Specialist: 21% Method Actor: 75% Storyteller: 75% Casual Gamer: 54% Okay, yeah, I put three in bold, but two of them were a tie!
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12-29-2018, 02:33 PM | #87 |
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
I don't think I've taken it before.
Power Gamer: 67% Butt-Kicker: 13% Tactician: 58% Specialist: 8% Method Actor: 75% Storyteller: 71% Casual Gamer: 29% |
12-29-2018, 08:40 PM | #88 |
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
I figured I'd take the test again to see what difference three years make:
Power Gamer: 29% (down from 38%) Butt-Kicker: 4% (down from 33%) Tactician: 46% (down from 58%) Specialist: 13% (down from 29%) Method Actor: 88% (up from 71%) Storyteller: 88% (up from 63%) Casual Gamer: 29% (down from 42%) I find that reasonable. I no longer find myself quite as eager to take up games outside my preferences just for the sake of being in a game.
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12-30-2018, 01:53 PM | #89 |
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
I just looked the current version and bounced at the very first item:
I always have a good idea what my character needs to do to advance to the next level. What's a "level"? In GURPS, for example, characters advance point by point, with progress not broken up into "levels"; and what my next advance will be is not determinate. Is that a case of "Definitely Not"? But what if I'm in the process of saving up to buy +1 to DX, for example? In Call of Cthulhu, "advance" depends on which skills I've succeeded at using; I don't get experience points to spend on skills. That's an even bigger departure. Maybe this question could be phrased more generally?
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12-30-2018, 05:33 PM | #90 |
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Re: Robin D. Laws Player Types Quiz
Maybe just putting “next level” in quotes? I think this question used to read, “I always have a good idea what my character needs to do to level up.“
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