The Bartle Test

Keep in mind that the questions below should be answered in the context of how you play your character on MUDs.

1. What's more important in a MUD to you?

   	The number of people
   	The number of areas to explore

2. What's more important to you?

   	The quality of role-playing in a MUD
   	The uniqueness of the features and game mechanics

3. When playing a video game, is it more fun to:

   	Have the highest score on the list?
   	Beat your best friend one-on-one?

4. Which do you enjoy more in MUD quests?

   	Getting involved in the storyline
   	Getting the rewards at the end

5. Are you more comfortable as a player on a MUD :

   	Talking with friends in a tavern?
   	Out hunting orcs by yourself for experience?

6. Would you rather:

   	Defeat an enemy?
   	Explore a new area?

7. On a MUD , a new area opens up. Which do you look forward to more?

   	Being the first to get the new equipment from the area
   	Exploring the new area and finding out its history

8. What's worse ?

   	To be without friends
   	To be without power

9. Which would you enjoy more as a MUD player?

   	Running your own tavern
   	Making your own maps of the world and then selling them

10. Someone has PKed you. Do you want to:

    	Find out why and try to convince that person not to do it again?
    	Plot your revenge ?

11. Would you rather:

    	Know where to find things?
    	Know how to get things?

12. On a MUD , would you rather be known for:

    	Knowledge?
    	Power?

13. Would you rather win:

    	A trivia contest?
    	An arena battle?

14. Which would you rather be noticed for on a MUD ?

    	Your personality
    	Your equipment

15. Would you rather:

    	Convince your enemies to work for you, not against you?
    	Vanquish your enemies?

16. You're a player on a MUD about to go into an unknown dungeon . You have your choice of adding one more person to your party. Do you bring:

    	A bard who's a good friend of yours and who's great at entertaining you and your friends?
    	A wizard to identify the items that you find there?

17. On a MUD , would you rather be known as:

    	Someone who can run from any two points in the world, and really knows his/her way around?
    	The person with the best, most unique equipment in the game?

18. On a MUD , would you rather:

    	Be the most feared person in the game?
    	Have a sword twice as powerful as any other in the game?

19. On a MUD , would you rather join a clan of:

    	Assassins?
    	Scholars?

20. You meet a new player. Do you think of him/her as:

    	Potential prey?
    	Someone who can appreciate your knowledge of the game?

21. Would you rather:

    	Show someone the sharp blade of your axe?
    	Hear what someone has to say?

22. Would you rather have:

    	A spell to damage other players?
    	A spell that increases the rate at which you gain experience points?

23. 23. You are being chased by a monster on a MUD . Do you:

    	Ask a friend for help in killing it?
    	Hide somewhere you know the monster won't follow?

24. Would you rather be:

    	Wealthy?
    	Popular?

25. Which would you enjoy more?

    	Getting accepted by a clan
    	Winning a duel with another player

26. Would you rather receive as a quest reward:

    	Experience points?
    	A wand with three charges of a spell that lets you control other players against their will (become a charm person)?

27. Which is more enjoyable to you?

    	Killing a big monster
    	Bragging about it to your friends

28. On a MUD , would you be more prone to brag about:

    	How many other players you've killed ?
    	Your equipment?

29. Do you tend to:

    	Have items no one else does?
    	Know things no one else does?

30. Would you rather:

    	Become a hero faster than your friends?
    	Know more secrets than your friends?