The Bartle Test for MMO Players

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So, the Bartle Test of Gamer Psychology was created about a decade ago by Richard Bartle, popped online by Edwin Andreasen, and is superficially similar to the MBTI. The Bartle Test recently got an update to go from focusing on the MUD crowd to being geared towards the MMORPG crowd. Click here to take the updated Bartle Test yourself.

Naturally, I couldn’t resist.

explorers do it all over

Based on your answers, you are:


ESAK

ESAK players often see the game world as a great stage, full of things to see and people to meet. They love teaming up with people to get to the hard-to-see places, and they relish unique experiences.

Breakdown: Achiever 53.33%, Explorer 73.33%, Killer 6.67%, Socializer 66.67%

That’s pretty accurate, I’d say. I may not be the quickest leveller, and I’m sure as heck not a fan of PVP in any way (though World of Warcraft’s capture-the-flag variant is hellaciously fun), but I remember when I first played FFXI, as soon as I got Sneak and Invisible I promptly started going places that were 30 or 40 levels out of my range, simply because I hadn’t been there before. Man, it was good times.

Guess I’ll have to level White Mage or Red Mage again one of these days. :)

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