GMforPowergamers
Legend
Sorry, I'm going to have to agree that the MtG player archtypes don't apply to D&D. MtG is, at it's heart, a competitive game. D&D is not.
As for how useful it is to file people away into blank catagories...
All <ethnicity> does <stereotype>
I'm just trying to be useful, guys!
the problem is that stereotypes start somewhere...(by the way there are good and bad sterotypes) It is why we can use profileing to find out about criminals. The trick is to truely profile you need ALOT of information...
the myers-briggs test is a great example of how you can work it to find out LOTS about yourself...
The trick is noone IS spike, noone IS Malvin, but then again this type of arguement goes back way father in D&D history... Noone IS lawful good, you just lean that way...
I bet if half the math experts here on enworld could get 1 or 2 psycologist/mental experts of soem type, and work on it for a year or two we could have a great test just like the myers-Briggs
on a scale from x-y I am a A
on a scale from B-C I am a Z... ect ect
If we found atleast 5 axeises we could very easily identify who wants what...
Now the problem is the classic profiles...(mostly bad stereotypes) witch lead to discrimnation and Prejudice (witch is PRE judgeing...if you get to know soemone and still don't like there style/personality/ect that is Judgeing not prejudice)