tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post8706208381351745313..comments2023-08-12T17:27:01.102+02:00Comments on The Pink Pigtail Inn: MBTI and WoWLarísahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05769822260333419777noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-75943881685184138572011-01-14T12:21:07.259+01:002011-01-14T12:21:07.259+01:00Valuable info. Lucky me I found your site by accid...Valuable info. Lucky me I found your site by accident, I bookmarked it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-61990050315001311172009-09-30T23:23:14.101+02:002009-09-30T23:23:14.101+02:00Eh, MBTI and other similar 'tests,' are, a...Eh, MBTI and other similar 'tests,' are, as I'm sure you know, rife with problems. <br /><br />Most notably, they aren't empirically derived and as such, any and all results must be examined with great caution. As a 'professional' tool, it has very limited utility. Clinicians (well, I don't mean to be too high horse, but licensed clinicians) rarely use MBTI for more than generating interesting discussion. <br /><br />Which is certainly what you've done here! ;) Kudos!<br /><br />It's certainly not that I'm against the method, I just want to caution folks against taking the test too seriously and what it has to say about you. If in fact you have genuine concerns, please do see professional help.Hinenuitepohttp://www.dkdeathgoddess.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-13448604459366051192009-09-30T04:49:12.274+02:002009-09-30T04:49:12.274+02:00I recently did hours of online testing on several ...I recently did hours of online testing on several sites and correlated my answers and the resulting data with several friends and ex-girlfriend and came out with intj- I understand the basic idea of it and as I enjoy figuring out the game mechanics of fights and classes and theorycrafting my own gear and specs- I am not totally sure I am correct in my results. Do you know of any ways short of professional council to further narrow down my personality type?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-17302733890620070002009-09-29T19:00:09.208+02:002009-09-29T19:00:09.208+02:00INFP male here, and yes, I've got maxed out ve...INFP male here, and yes, I've got maxed out versions of every class that can heal save priest, and that's my current pet project! Everyone who knows me knows that Im the feelings oriented player, more interested in my fellow players than my own end-game aspirations.Raphaelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-36592938430746301562009-09-29T18:16:52.249+02:002009-09-29T18:16:52.249+02:00Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. I'm...Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. I'm an ESFJ and my personality matches my role in game pretty well. I off-tank for raids and main tank or heal as secondary spec for heroics. One description I read of my type was "provider guardian" which the guardian fits the tank role and the provider the healing role. Never thought about MBTI with WoW, but now that I do it makes a ton of sense. Any other Druid or Pally tanks out there ESFJ?inscognitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120094653390678808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-88562544788186450212009-09-27T18:27:01.348+02:002009-09-27T18:27:01.348+02:00@Anonymous. I was wondering if anyone was going to...@Anonymous. I was wondering if anyone was going to pop in and make the claim I got it all wrong. Even though I use their instrument I am no fan of CAPT and CPP. My take on the MBTI comes from a much more pure Jungian perspective than in does from a post-Jungian perspective. The debate over whether it's Keirsey or the Jungians or the CPP folks who are 'right' is much too much to get into in this type of format.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-2492865477905415802009-09-27T11:19:16.345+02:002009-09-27T11:19:16.345+02:00note that studies on INXPs showed they tended to b...note that studies on INXPs showed they tended to be more right hemisphere dominant. Which is supposed to be correlated to gestalt-creative pattern thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-54314280428906263052009-09-27T11:16:51.111+02:002009-09-27T11:16:51.111+02:00You're getting the MBTI theory wrong. Extrave...You're getting the MBTI theory wrong. Extraverted intuition is supposed to be a very creative process. It's an auxilary function in introverts yes but nothing to dismiss. INTJS are not "more" creative then INTPs. In fact the opposite may be true since a dominant perceiving function makes you more receptive to alternate lines of thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-17237245863679326832009-09-26T07:42:30.119+02:002009-09-26T07:42:30.119+02:00I used HumanMetrics to get the ENFP.
Now CareetTe...I used HumanMetrics to get the ENFP.<br /><br />Now CareetTest is saying I'm INFP.<br /><br />Apparently 5% of the population is ENFP and 1% is INFP, according to CareetTest. I must just be one hell of a wierdo xD<br /><br />But it seems between the two, the FP at the end, being the same, could hold some meaning. Ill do more later when I'm not so tired.Azryuhttp://thearcanery.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-54478439948214578962009-09-26T06:32:26.576+02:002009-09-26T06:32:26.576+02:00@Azryu. I clicked on the link for your blog and I ...@Azryu. I clicked on the link for your blog and I am glad that I did. Based on the results in your post, I suspect that you are not an ENFP at all. Though you didn't say where you got your results from, read my qualification about professional interpretation. <br /><br />The only clear preference you show is for intuition. The rest of the other scores are so weak that I would not rely on them in any way it terms of making a final determination as to your exact type.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-67513496928310937122009-09-26T05:36:53.263+02:002009-09-26T05:36:53.263+02:00I scored ENFP... which interests me incredibly bec...I scored ENFP... which interests me incredibly because you said there is an absense of them!<br /><br />Im slightly unsure as to what it means, but why do you find it expected that there is just a small handfull of us ENFP's?<br /><br />What does ENFP say about me as a gamer?<br /><br />I play a mage, and am male- if that adds anything to the equation.<br /><br />This intruiges me a lot- I can't wait to hear what you (Larisa or Elnia) have to say!Azryuhttp://thearcanery.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-42309620366595712162009-09-25T23:30:27.654+02:002009-09-25T23:30:27.654+02:00I made my post about my gaming background and how ...I made <a href="http://dreambound-druid.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-girl-gamer-was-made.html" rel="nofollow">my post</a> about my gaming background and how I started playing MMOs... but I wanted to also partly explain a bit more about what has kept me in it, as an INFP.<br /><br />- I like helping people. The guild works together as a team to achieve a goal, no matter what my role in it may be. <br /><br />- I am a perfectionist on myself. This is what gets me through the very boring routine of dailies and rep-grinds, though I have yet to finish off the oracles because it's soooo tedious and repetitive. However, it's lead for me to research ways to make myself better, and try to understand how my abilities work, and how best to use them to help others.<br /><br />- I want others to learn how to be better, too. This is what made me an officer, and a blogger.<br /><br />- My role as officer has always been a back-seat, referee/suggestions type of officership. I act as a mediator in the guild, and hate when frustrations over a boss fight result in short tempers.<br /><br />- I highly value cooperation, teamwork, and adaptibility. This, tied to my own self-perfectionism, drove me to panic attacks when trying to lead a more casual-play guild whose main force of progression was to apply heads liberally to brick wall, until over-gearing the fight made it crumble. I also value loyalty and friendship, and it nearly destroyed me to have to leave the guild as the conflict within me warred.<br /><br />Hopefully this may help you in your curiosity about my personality type, as gamers :)Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-4493897122041252672009-09-25T17:06:59.195+02:002009-09-25T17:06:59.195+02:00@pewter. Because in Jungian psychology 'feelin...@pewter. Because in Jungian psychology 'feeling' isn't used in the ordinary sense of the word as a kind of emotionality. "Feeling for" your toon is really a kind of empathy and is not what the MBTI means by feeling at all. <br /><br />Feeling in the MBTI refers to value. When Krizzlybear writes, "I'm with an easygoing guild that I value more for their companionship rather than their raiding abilities..." that is introverted feeling. IF's ask the question, "What's important to me?" Only an introverted feeler would start off a sentence with the words "I value" in the same way an IT will start of a sentence with "I think". <br /><br />In any event, as your own post shows, your not a dominant feeler at all. INFJs are dominant intuitives. Your opening shot is to object to the way I limit possibilities which is the key affront that bugs the piss out of dominant intuitives. <br /><br />I invite you to go read Kizzylbears response yet again. When you compare and contrast your comment and his comment you have beautiful illustration of the key difference between an ISFJ and and an INFJ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-8283852519269144852009-09-25T16:31:34.090+02:002009-09-25T16:31:34.090+02:00One aspect of the data I found puzzling is the Fee...<i>One aspect of the data I found puzzling is the Feelers. Role playing gaming is intrinsically structured imagination; it's not a feeling activity at all.</i><br /><br />I'm not really sure how you draw this conclusion. I'm an INFJ, and playing MMOs and other RPGs are pretty much my exclusive gaming experience. I feel for the characters, I 'feel' for my toon, I play intuitively sometimes; and on other times I min/max depending on what is the most fun for me at the time.<br /><br />I'm an INFJ, and I started out as a healer (and was also a guild 'aunt' and web admin) but moved on to melee and ranged dps. Never played a tank though.pewterhttp://www.veiledshadows.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-9754457165074609262009-09-25T14:34:02.068+02:002009-09-25T14:34:02.068+02:00I had to write a paper about this just a couple of...I had to write a paper about this just a couple of weeks ago. I personally am an ISFJ, and yes, the personality type suits me very nicely.<br /><br />However, I have played all roles and classes in the game now... but of course, healing is what I'm best at.<br /><br />Interesting post!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing.Altoholics R Ushttp://www.altoholicsrus.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-2734674759239492542009-09-25T00:14:06.330+02:002009-09-25T00:14:06.330+02:00Considering the data, I fall under the less common...Considering the data, I fall under the less common ISFJ. It makes a lot of sense, considering the environment that I game in. I'm with an easygoing guild that I value more for their companionship rather than their raiding abilities, and I work hard as a means to better contribute to the group rather than for some personal gain.<br /><br />I would be interested in your further analysis of SFs as to why they are in such small numbers.krizzlybearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131923949935079418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-61084094238004703272009-09-24T21:51:37.799+02:002009-09-24T21:51:37.799+02:00It's good to read your more scholarly, researc...It's good to read your more scholarly, researched analysis of the results :) It's halfway a boot to the rear as a reminder that I've been procrastinating on tallying the rest of the results... *cough* I am such an INFP.<br /><br />Regarding your curiousity about what drove an INFP female such as myself to the game... that is a story that I think will take an entire blog post in response. I don't think it is at all out of place for an INFP to be a role-player or want to play an RPG, however :)Kaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16164718601021220108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-23704816238149112212009-09-24T19:52:38.740+02:002009-09-24T19:52:38.740+02:00@Hatch. Yes, cultural confounding is a huge factor...@Hatch. Yes, cultural confounding is a huge factor. I actually test as a weak ENTJ but that's because I was raised and trained in an extroverted culture. It's one reason why I caution about reading too much into the MBTI without professional assistance. <br /><br />@forthebubbles. I should have guessed; it certainly explains my love hate/relationship with your writing. Love the playful vision but stop it with all the god damn fucking feeling, ok? Drives us thinkers batty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-59745211465926135462009-09-24T19:17:19.105+02:002009-09-24T19:17:19.105+02:00Amazingly fascinating. I guess I fall right in li...Amazingly fascinating. I guess I fall right in line - INTP here :)Firespirithttp://lightsfury.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-85071406906644640802009-09-24T18:20:11.958+02:002009-09-24T18:20:11.958+02:00The low representation of INFJ could also be due t...The low representation of INFJ could also be due to the low number of INFJ's in general.<br /><br />I am an INFJ myself, and while my main is (now) a healer I also have TWO tanks and a pure DPSer. But it's a DPSer with a cute fuzzy pet...hmm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-71869448148221913002009-09-24T17:08:41.559+02:002009-09-24T17:08:41.559+02:00Excellent post.Excellent post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-68514654441166494762009-09-24T16:57:28.034+02:002009-09-24T16:57:28.034+02:00@spinks. And I think you should get a Twitter acco...@spinks. And I think you should get a Twitter account too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-86117227372233837322009-09-24T16:44:26.310+02:002009-09-24T16:44:26.310+02:00It looks like one of the reasons WoW is so success...It looks like one of the reasons WoW is so successful is that it appeals to so many different personality types!<br /><br />I'd be even more interested to see what activities each type favors, ie is your entire raid intp/intj, etc. Would also be interesting to see how these pan out along gender lines, though a lot of that is redundant given how influential cultural ideas on gender are in supressing of amplifying the "right" personality traits.Hatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615033343005638291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-62167042680522769442009-09-24T11:51:03.053+02:002009-09-24T11:51:03.053+02:00Oo, good point. Maybe I'll start a blog! :)Oo, good point. Maybe I'll start a blog! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7084921087677216126.post-44212331683201468072009-09-24T07:19:42.860+02:002009-09-24T07:19:42.860+02:00@flex. It's possible that there are a ton of E...@flex. It's possible that there are a ton of ES types that are playing WoW but just don't respond to surveys about personality. But I think that's an unlikely scenario in this case. Given the inherent IN nature of on-line RPGs the more likely situation is that they are not responding because they are not playing.<br /><br />@Spinks. You should spend some time on Elitist Jerks. That's you turned the other direction. It's perfectly reasonable for an ENTP to play an RPG but the key is that you will respond to it in a different way than your INTP brethren. All NTPs spend a great deal of time thinking through the possibilities. ENTPs are, however, are much more visibly entrepreneurial than their introverted brethren.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com