Personality tests are stupid. Unless they are being given to you about by a psychiatric or sociological professional, a series of multiple choice questions meant to reflect some fundamental aspect of your nature is almost assuredly complete, fragrant bullshit. Like everyone else wandering the wide halls of the internet, I find myself clicking on them incessantly, the stupider and more specific they are the better. Of course I want to know what character I am from The Adventures of Pete & Pete! Why the hell wouldn’t I? Yes, certainly, tell me what type of pants I am, internet. Let me know how compatible I am with dogs, tell me how the music I listen to defines my past lives. I insist that you judge my abilities as a lover on a sliding scale of temperatures!
MyGameMug, alongside their gamer personality test, actually provides a service. The site is about, in their own words, “connecting similarly-minded gamers together through a proprietary matchmaking algorithm, for all games and all platforms.” It’s a noble ambition, but I cannot attest to the quality of said algorithm. I can tell you that their personality test labeled me a Helping Hand:
The Helping Hand
Deliberate Sociable Fun Veteran (DSFV)
Generous, helpful, kind...a few of many positive attributes people see in you, the Helping Hand. Nothing satisfies you more than helping your teammates or friends out in all the games that you play. You may even look to assist people in some cases if there is no one around asking for help. In fact, the enjoyment that you receive from helping people rivals that of solving a puzzle, winning a battle, or achieving a hard objective in a game.
Heavily social intensive games tend to be what you enjoy the most although you can probably find something to take pleasure in with most games. For instance, if you happen to find yourself in a competitive first person shooter, you'd probably take the support class. We recommend you stick to games (and crowds!) where people will appreciate you more; these include more casual gamers seeking fun and excitement from games rather than the serious competitive ones.
Right. This completely explains why, when hopping into Resident Evil 5 with Derrick Sanskrit, I immediately ran away, leaving him to be devoured by angry monsters. Regardless, there are worse ways to waste your time on the net than by taking this quiz. Go let a computer tell you who you are! And then, who knows, meet some cool people to play videogames with. Or something.
(Link: NeoGAF)
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