Ever wonder why you and some of your World of Warcraft friends don’t necessarily like to do the same things in the game? Maybe you crave the leveling “ding!” and obliterating every monster in your path, but your friend keeps wandering around, exploring every nook and cranny. Or maybe you know someone who’s just nuts about PvP but you can’t stand it.
Well, there’s a reason why some WoW players are so different from each other. A man named Richard Bartle discovered that different gamers have different types of psychological responses to games. He developed a test called the Bartle Test which helps people figure out what their gamer type is.
The four main gamer types are:
- Explorers - Like to discover new places and see all the sights in the game.
- Achievers - People who want to level quickly as well as rack up Achievement points and gear.
- Socializers - Prefer the human interaction of Guilds and chat, or hanging around in an Inn.
- Killers - People who enjoy beating either monsters or other players.
I’m an Achiever/Killer, which means, basically, that I like to level fast and kill lots of monsters. Of course, because I’m an avid WoW player, I like the social and exploring aspects of the game too, which I enjoy much more now that I’m a high-level player. But the Bartle Test was pretty good at predicting which parts of the game I like best. Cool, huh?
What did the test say your gamer type is? Tell us in the comments.
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