Myers-Briggs and Gamers
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DreadPirateMurphy
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Keep in mind the following about M-B:
1) Longer questionaires are likely better than shorter for accuracy.
2) Though expressed as an either-or, it really is a continuum, ranging from a slight to extreme tendency one way or the other.
3) The results are meant to be informative, not definitive or prescriptive. They are also not meant to justify or explain specific behavior.
4) Many folks don't need to take a test to figure out their types.
The last point just illustrates that these are broad categories, and the 2nd provides for variation. I'm only slightly introverted, but I rate strongly toward intuition, thinking, and judging. That matches my behavior very well. Examples:
Two hours into a party, extroverts are ready to go find another party. Introverts want to go home and go to bed. I fall into the second category. Socializing with strangers is exhausting to me...but socializing with friends and family is not, and I have no problems with professional social interactions. That strikes me as a slight introvert tendency.
Sensers are interested in past experience, working through a problem, and looking at the facts. Intuitives are much more about inspiration, seeing the big picture, and picking out patterns. Part of my job is to pick out market trends, improve faulty processes, and generally analyze patterns, and it is the part that I enjoy. I also always see tons of options, which is a strongly intuitive behavior trait. Facts by themselves bore me.
The thinking vs. feeling aspect has to do with reason vs. emotion, and I am strongly on the reason side -- scientific method, evidence, etc. I don't vote based on who I "like," but on who I think will do the best (or least bad) job based on what I know about them. I think people should be held responsible when they break the rules. I believe in being fair, but not for cutting people slack just to be nice.
I am heavily into the judging side of things. I like schedules...I subconsciously plan what I'm going to do, and I can even get annoyed if somebody (usually a "P" type) interrupts my internal schedule with some tangent. I break down problems into organized steps and chunks to guide my work. Being a "J" is how I can be an "N" and still get things done.
The point to all this is that I believe the M-B types have utility in understanding people, even if they are not completely comprehensive. M-B doesn't touch on things like individual belief systems, nature vs. nurture arguments, or sociocultural factors, of course, but it does provide reasonably accurate guidelines for behavior in a general sense.
Even stress reactions are somewhat predictable. For example, my type (INTJ) reacts to stress by either endulging in sensory activities (watching TV, overeating) or fixating on structured tasks such as organizing shelves, etc. Without going into detail, that is pretty accurate for me -- which I would expect given that I strongly fit 3 of the 4 archtypes for INTJs.
1) Longer questionaires are likely better than shorter for accuracy.
2) Though expressed as an either-or, it really is a continuum, ranging from a slight to extreme tendency one way or the other.
3) The results are meant to be informative, not definitive or prescriptive. They are also not meant to justify or explain specific behavior.
4) Many folks don't need to take a test to figure out their types.
The last point just illustrates that these are broad categories, and the 2nd provides for variation. I'm only slightly introverted, but I rate strongly toward intuition, thinking, and judging. That matches my behavior very well. Examples:
Two hours into a party, extroverts are ready to go find another party. Introverts want to go home and go to bed. I fall into the second category. Socializing with strangers is exhausting to me...but socializing with friends and family is not, and I have no problems with professional social interactions. That strikes me as a slight introvert tendency.
Sensers are interested in past experience, working through a problem, and looking at the facts. Intuitives are much more about inspiration, seeing the big picture, and picking out patterns. Part of my job is to pick out market trends, improve faulty processes, and generally analyze patterns, and it is the part that I enjoy. I also always see tons of options, which is a strongly intuitive behavior trait. Facts by themselves bore me.
The thinking vs. feeling aspect has to do with reason vs. emotion, and I am strongly on the reason side -- scientific method, evidence, etc. I don't vote based on who I "like," but on who I think will do the best (or least bad) job based on what I know about them. I think people should be held responsible when they break the rules. I believe in being fair, but not for cutting people slack just to be nice.
I am heavily into the judging side of things. I like schedules...I subconsciously plan what I'm going to do, and I can even get annoyed if somebody (usually a "P" type) interrupts my internal schedule with some tangent. I break down problems into organized steps and chunks to guide my work. Being a "J" is how I can be an "N" and still get things done.
The point to all this is that I believe the M-B types have utility in understanding people, even if they are not completely comprehensive. M-B doesn't touch on things like individual belief systems, nature vs. nurture arguments, or sociocultural factors, of course, but it does provide reasonably accurate guidelines for behavior in a general sense.
Even stress reactions are somewhat predictable. For example, my type (INTJ) reacts to stress by either endulging in sensory activities (watching TV, overeating) or fixating on structured tasks such as organizing shelves, etc. Without going into detail, that is pretty accurate for me -- which I would expect given that I strongly fit 3 of the 4 archtypes for INTJs.
Cam Banks
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I'm ENFP.
One theory I heard is that the people who end up writing and marketing and selling the games are extroverts, while the people who actually buy and play them are more commonly introverts. The two segments of the gaming population don't always understand each other, which is why you get so many conflicts between product and end use.
Or something.
Cheers,
Cam
One theory I heard is that the people who end up writing and marketing and selling the games are extroverts, while the people who actually buy and play them are more commonly introverts. The two segments of the gaming population don't always understand each other, which is why you get so many conflicts between product and end use.
Or something.
Cheers,
Cam
Aust Diamondew
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iNtuitive seems to be quite a common trait.
Looking at the old poll of enworlders it would seem that the demographics of it are quite a bit different than what they are in the whole population.
Looking at the old poll of enworlders it would seem that the demographics of it are quite a bit different than what they are in the whole population.
TheAuldGrump
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Extroverted Sensing Thinking Judge - Thinking pegged all the way to the top (so I am officially unfeeling! 
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Rystil Arden
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Yeah, when I first took the test in high school and legitimately did not know what the categories were at all, I took the long version. I looked down the column and I had answered literally 100% Intuitive. Not a single one Sensing. I am biased anti-sensing to the point where I considered answering Sensing on a decent percentage of the questions to be objectively unintelligent (things like "I like coming up with new ideas" vs "I like doing the same thing over and over again). After Sensing comes Extrovert, though Thinking should have really done better except that even the long one has those idiotic "Which word do you like better?" to muddy the waters. J vs P is a toss-up for me.Aust Diamondew said:
Nyeshet
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I N F J
I've taken the test six or seven times over the last ten years, and with the single exception of an INFP I have always scored INFJ. Sometimes a bit stronger on this axis or that one (as the P exception suggests), but just about always that outcome. Let me think for a moment. Okay, I usually score very high (80% - 95%) as an Introvert, mid-high for the next two (65% to 85% for iNtuition and Feeling) and close to breaking even for Judging (45% to 60%).
I've read the descriptions of the types - all of them, and I have a couple books on the subject. I happen to agree with most of it, and I believe it fits me rather well. The only real exception to it that I find in regards to my type and its statements regarding that particular type is my strong interest in Earth Sciences and Science in general (from genetics to geology to cosmology). There are five major science publication / news sites that I check daily (NewScience, LiveScience, Space, and a couple on Astrobiology - which often have topics on various biology and earth science stories as well). This does not match well with typical INTJs (who tend to focus more on Psychology, History, etc - although I do have a degree in History, I'll admit). Otherwise the type is a more or less good match for me.
I've taken the test six or seven times over the last ten years, and with the single exception of an INFP I have always scored INFJ. Sometimes a bit stronger on this axis or that one (as the P exception suggests), but just about always that outcome. Let me think for a moment. Okay, I usually score very high (80% - 95%) as an Introvert, mid-high for the next two (65% to 85% for iNtuition and Feeling) and close to breaking even for Judging (45% to 60%).
I've read the descriptions of the types - all of them, and I have a couple books on the subject. I happen to agree with most of it, and I believe it fits me rather well. The only real exception to it that I find in regards to my type and its statements regarding that particular type is my strong interest in Earth Sciences and Science in general (from genetics to geology to cosmology). There are five major science publication / news sites that I check daily (NewScience, LiveScience, Space, and a couple on Astrobiology - which often have topics on various biology and earth science stories as well). This does not match well with typical INTJs (who tend to focus more on Psychology, History, etc - although I do have a degree in History, I'll admit). Otherwise the type is a more or less good match for me.
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Tinker Gnome
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I was an INFJ. 
Whisper72
Explorer
ENTP here, but then again, I am in marketing. The E is not a very 'big' one, the T and P are. In an exact opposite as someone else mentioned in this thread, myself I get annoyed by people who go all into details and schedules and planning, it irks me to no end as I like to keep options open, things fluid and flexible and generally see where things end up 'flying by the seat of my pants' sorta thing... It is also the style I like to GM in, which means my players rarely will meet a railroad. As a DM I do not yet know exactly where the plot is heading, how could I steer the players?? 
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