Myers-Briggs Personality breakdown of ENWorld members

[der_kluge]

Curious to see if there a trend in personality profiles among those who game...

First, Take this test:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp


If you already know what your Personality Profile is, you don't need to take the test, obviously.

If you're lazy: Take this short test:

1. When Dealing with people,
(I) I'm more introverted
(E) I'm more extroverted

2. I am more likely to
(S) Follow the steps in a plan
(N) See the big picture

3. When shopping for a shirt
(T) I choose not to buy a blue shirt, because I already have a blue shirt
(F) I buy another blue shirt because I like it

4. In life, I
(J) make a list of things to do
(P) Do things spontaneously, at the last minute

Take the first letter from each answer (eg. INTP) and that is your result.

Couple of additional links:
Try: http://www.personalitypage.com/high-level.html for a good summary of all the types.

This test is a really good one, and seems like it produces a fairly accurate result: http://typefocus.com/

 

[der_kluge]

Just as an aside, we did this at work, among 50 people (mostly programmers, and support professionals) and probably 75% of the room were introverted thinkers. There were no "artists" and no "performers". So, it was pretty spot on.

I'm curious to see if one personality type is more prevalent among gamers. Will be interesting to see if there is. My guess is, that there is a high percentage of introverted thinkers here, as there is in the computer world.

 

[Nifft]

ENTJ -- The Field Marshal was how I read it, way back when.

Apparently, I'm good at setting my emotions aside when there's a job to be done. My quote was "I'm very sorry that you have to die."

-- Nifft

 

[Savage Wombat]

I did one of these for a work-related class, and was the only male in the class not to be an aggressive, product-oriented type. (Out of twelve people.) There was also only one female who was that way. When organized into groups, we could quickly see how clearly we thought alike when given the next question to work on.

I bet there will be some kind of prediliction towards certain categories.

 

[Dungannon]

Mark me down as a Mechanic. Not sure what that means, though. Lemme read some more on the site.

 

[UnDfind]

INFP...changed a couple of times over the years, but always goes back to that one after a while. Funny thing is, I'm a conservative. Go figure

I've taken that test quite a few times. My next door neighbor was an adolescent criminal psychiatrist, and my mom worked with him for a while. I got to be a ginea pig...the "control" group, I guess

 

[S'mon]

The test rated me ESTJ - I don't believe the E though, another test rated me 90% introverted, which seems more plausible! The test seemed to rate me E because I know that interaction & discussion is valuable to getting the job done, which says nothing about whether I'm _good_ at it.
Looking at the descriptions, probably ISTJ is closest.

Edit: hm, reading the ESTJ description, it sounds a lot like the characters I like to play in RPGs... it just doesn't sound like me.

Edit 2: Of course I'd just got back from the pub before I took the test, maybe my Extraversion levels were elevated...

 

[Chun-tzu]

My guess is, that there is a high percentage of introverted thinkers here, as there is in the computer world.

I would expect to see a good number of introverted feelers, as well. INFP (the Idealist) is the type that's drawn towards writing.

 

[The Sigil]

Introverted (I) 100% Extraverted (E) 0%
Intuitive (N) 59% Sensing (S) 41%
Thinking (T) 70% Feeling (F) 30%
Judging (J) 59% Perceiving (P) 41%

The Scientist. heh. Given my schooling (Astrophysics), I guess that's not too surprising.

--The Sigil

 

[Gez]

So, I'm an idealist. That's massively new. Oh yeah.