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<blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 8652879" data-attributes="member: 7026594"><p>I was just reflecting that people were doing a number of humorous variants on this when I was coming up and voraciously reading gaming magazines in the late 80s into early 90s.</p><p></p><p>For example, Dragon 124 (from 1987) has "Front-End Alignments" for players.</p><p>Chaotic Crybaby</p><p>Chaotic Diehard</p><p>Chaotic Everywhere</p><p>Chaotic Hot-Shot</p><p>Chaotic Stupid</p><p>Chaotic Suicidal</p><p>Lawful Bored</p><p>Lawful Goody-Goody</p><p>Lawful Idiot</p><p>Lawful Ignored</p><p>(L)awful Liar </p><p>Lawful Serious</p><p>Neutral Absent</p><p>Neutral Confused</p><p>Neutral Dietosser</p><p>Neutral Montyhaul </p><p>Neutral Puppet</p><p>Neutral Self-Centered</p><p>Neutral Woundwailer </p><p></p><p>Dragon 128 has the U 2 Kan Earn Big Bux personality survey from the Greyhawk Institute for Adventurous Neophyte Training, with questions like:</p><p></p><p><strong>1. You've just arrived in a new town. You immediately:</strong> a. sigh in relief. b. find the nearest tavern. c. strip down to your underwear. d. do all of the above, to start with.</p><p></p><p><strong>2. Wizards are: </strong>a. snappy dressers. b. valuable allies. c. awful darn smart. d. cute on the end of a spear.</p><p></p><p><strong>3. What's the best way to test for trapdoors?</strong> a. With eyes shut. b. Make the half-ogre go first. c. Jump up and down a lot. d. Burn the place to the ground.</p><p></p><p><strong>4. It's late at night, the moon is full, and you notice that your partner is turning hairy. What do you do?</strong> a. Compliment him on his coiffure. b. Whip out the scissors and wolvesbane. c. Check your pack for doggie chow. d. Join him.</p><p></p><p><strong>5. A portable hole: </strong>a. a day keeps the ogre away. b. comes in handy in the king's treasury. c. What? d. holds a lot of beer</p><p></p><p><strong>6. Given the choice, you'd rather have:</strong> a. lint-free chain mail. b. 1,000,000 gold pieces. c. a chocolate-chip cookie. d. a sword and a major land war.</p><p></p><p>White Wolf magazine #42 (March '94) had a more succinct list of types of Vampire players:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Person in Black (PIB)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Illuminated Weirdo (IW)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Poseur (Poseur)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Creepy Vampire Nut (CVN)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ordinary Gaming Geek (OGG)</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>I'm trying to remember how much player surveying WotC did to build their Magic player psychographic profiles, but apparently they do have some weight in design.</p><p></p><p>Timmy/Tammy, Johnny/Jenny, and Spike. As well as the aesthetic types of Mel and Vorthos. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Player_type[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mannahnin, post: 8652879, member: 7026594"] I was just reflecting that people were doing a number of humorous variants on this when I was coming up and voraciously reading gaming magazines in the late 80s into early 90s. For example, Dragon 124 (from 1987) has "Front-End Alignments" for players. Chaotic Crybaby Chaotic Diehard Chaotic Everywhere Chaotic Hot-Shot Chaotic Stupid Chaotic Suicidal Lawful Bored Lawful Goody-Goody Lawful Idiot Lawful Ignored (L)awful Liar Lawful Serious Neutral Absent Neutral Confused Neutral Dietosser Neutral Montyhaul Neutral Puppet Neutral Self-Centered Neutral Woundwailer Dragon 128 has the U 2 Kan Earn Big Bux personality survey from the Greyhawk Institute for Adventurous Neophyte Training, with questions like: [B]1. You've just arrived in a new town. You immediately:[/B] a. sigh in relief. b. find the nearest tavern. c. strip down to your underwear. d. do all of the above, to start with. [B]2. Wizards are: [/B]a. snappy dressers. b. valuable allies. c. awful darn smart. d. cute on the end of a spear. [B]3. What's the best way to test for trapdoors?[/B] a. With eyes shut. b. Make the half-ogre go first. c. Jump up and down a lot. d. Burn the place to the ground. [B]4. It's late at night, the moon is full, and you notice that your partner is turning hairy. What do you do?[/B] a. Compliment him on his coiffure. b. Whip out the scissors and wolvesbane. c. Check your pack for doggie chow. d. Join him. [B]5. A portable hole: [/B]a. a day keeps the ogre away. b. comes in handy in the king's treasury. c. What? d. holds a lot of beer [B]6. Given the choice, you'd rather have:[/B] a. lint-free chain mail. b. 1,000,000 gold pieces. c. a chocolate-chip cookie. d. a sword and a major land war. White Wolf magazine #42 (March '94) had a more succinct list of types of Vampire players: [LIST] [*]Person in Black (PIB) [*]Illuminated Weirdo (IW) [*]Poseur (Poseur) [*]Creepy Vampire Nut (CVN) [*]Ordinary Gaming Geek (OGG) [/LIST] I'm trying to remember how much player surveying WotC did to build their Magic player psychographic profiles, but apparently they do have some weight in design. Timmy/Tammy, Johnny/Jenny, and Spike. As well as the aesthetic types of Mel and Vorthos. [URL unfurl="true"]https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Player_type[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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