Re: Starcraft Personality Test
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Nissa
You lost me with the words "buddy cop". I hate those shows with a passion, and they have no place in Starcraft. And no, I don't see Aldaris as someone who wants to intimidate others. It's not who he is. He's an extremely typical ESTJ, which means he respects authority where it exists, even if it is not him. Also, Aldaris seems somewhat contemptuous of Artanis, meaning he probably doesn't want to be around the little brat until Artie does something to prove himself. Aldaris doesn't want to intimidate others, as he doesn't get a thrill from leading. He wants to lead because he believes he could do it better than other people, and they need to listen to him.?
Ha. I don't actually watch buddy cop movies, but I thought that was the appropriate terminology for those kinds of relationships, so I apologise if I gave you the wrong impression. Aldaris is not someone who wants to intimidate others, but intimidation is the entire basis of how he exerted his authority. After having his world flipped around after StarCraft, he'd be seeking that sense of familiarity, of order. In the briefing for Escape from Aiur, Aldaris gets corrected twice by Zeratul and forces himself to accept it with good grace, when Zeratul was pretty much the devil not so long ago. When Artanis shows up with his complete lack of confidence, Aldaris just falls on him hard. I've actually always found that exchange to be absolutely hilarious.
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TheEconomist
This describes the Squibb quite accurately.. except for, of course, the intuitive part. That part of his brain has caused him to do nothing but be completely wrong about every prediction or conclusion I've ever seen him make. But, hey, at least he gets to feel all warm and lovey when he says something about how the world should be.
That was uncalled for. I'm right at least half the time on non-economics stuff.
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That was a damn good analysis. Psych major right? Seems you've got a talent for it and will probably have a successful career in the field. I'll give you some of my comments on each section and maybe that'll help you in the future.
Romance: Pretty much spot on with the caveat that I learned early not to disagree with a girl unless its necessary (Why yes sweetie, Chris Brown IS the greatest artist of all time!). Also, I tend to prioritize dating very low on the totem pole. It takes up very little of my time. I look for challenges and I was much more interested in the average pretty girl when it wasn't so easy for me to get them. Now, I focus on the world's problems and, despite having multiple deaths in the family recently and taking care of my father (and his assets), I can't remember a time in recent memory where I spent any considerable amount of time thinking about my own problems. My mind is consumed with putting together the puzzle of the universe because its really difficult. Picking up chicks? Not so much. But, there was a time ... I should also add that I'm no womanizer. If and when I do get married, I plan on being a really damn good husband in the areas I can control. Having a stable relationship goes with my desire for a stable family which goes with my desire for all things to function efficiently, especially where my children are concerned.
Typing: It is interesting that you would phrase your analysis that way considering one of my favorite hobbies of the moment is to scour the universe with Space Engine which is a simulation of the universe that you can explore. It's also interesting you say that I might feel trapped in my circumstances. Even before I was actually trapped by my circumstances (like I said, father's stroke), I did always feel that I would never be able to put into action all of the intellectual potential I felt I had. Like I said before, I spend about twelve hours a day analyzing and planning for things as if ruled the world. Not because I'm a megalomaniac or anything, but because I have so much mental energy that I have to use it, or suffer the dire, insomniac consequences. I know that I'll be lucky if I'm ever anything more than an economist for a bank or a company. Kind of frustrating that I am forced by my nature to compulsively analyze things that I will never have any effect over. I guess that's one of the reasons I spend so much time with strategy games like Civilization, Alpha Centauri, and StarCraft.
Leadership: Perfect. I don't in any way seek out leadership but I do have a strong desire to do something, and, yes, do often times find myself in leadership positions and feel that I might as well take advantage of that (although definitely not to anyone else's disadvantage.)
Dislikes: I definitely hate emotional manipulation. Anyone that sees me on the forums can clearly see that. To a small extent, I was born with this but it's gotten several thousand times worse as I gained more knowledge and spent more time researching and analyzing how things actually are. I am going for an Economics degree which might as well be a degree in "How people's emotions fuck up everything". It annoys me when someone naively makes an emotional assertion of superiority on morale grounds as if they were better than anyone else when clearly they have no idea of the consequences of their actions. I read stories as a way to expand my mind and understanding of things in a way that doesn't feel like work. In fact, anything I do is done with these goals in mind. I don't play StarCraft for fun, although it is definitely great fun. I play StarCraft to improve my mental functioning, for example.
I'm no psychopath though. I'll admit I can switch fairly quickly between being ultra-caring and self-sacrificing to a cold, uncaring machine. I don't do this randomly with my feelings though. If I feel that a purpose is more important than myself as a person or anything I can achieve, I don't think I would hesitate to give my life up for it or anything else. On the flip side, I have no problem with having no sympathy with those that I feel don't deserve it. Almost as if my sympathy were just an integer with a positive value instantly bringing self-sacrifice and a negative value instantly causing cruelty. For example, I have no problem hearing about unproductive, low functioning people living lives of hardship even though I would gladly give every dollar I had to a good cause. I see financial success more as an accumulation of points. It's nice to say I made it, but I don't want the actual thing. I plan to donate the vast majority of whatever money I make to some kind of cause and am already doing that with the money I have already inherited and will inherit from my father.
As an aside, I have definitely been dragged to some chick flicks but those were all in middle school and early high school. As soon as I realized I didn't have to try so hard, I didn't care nearly as much, which ironically made it that much easier to get girls, LOL.
Personality Issues: I assume you're getting this from some posts on the forum and not something else. To that effect, I would agree with you. I've had a lot of problems on these forums where people's misunderstandings of my words lead to problems that last for a considerable amount of time and cause a lot of frustration. To compensate, I've either learned to not say anything or be especially specific and to the point with what I say. Other than that, I do have a standard for myself that requires that when I do speak, I am knowledgeable and competent about what I say. I try very hard to never speak out of my ass, you could say, in that, I would rather not state my opinion on something than to share it and not be well versed in the topic.
I assure you that my lengthy discussion about myself is in no way an indicator of self-absorption. I actually hate talking about myself, I assure you. I was just amazed with how well you categorized me and felt like commenting in the hopes that it might help you some way in the future.
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DemolitionSquid
That was uncalled for. I'm right at least half the time on non-economics stuff.
Oh, you mean the things that cannot be disproven. Yeah, you've had a lot of success with making statements that are unfalsifiable. One of the few ways you and religious fundamentalists are alike.
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TheEconomist
Oh, you mean the things that cannot be disproven. Yeah, you've had a lot of success with making statement that are unfalsifiable. One of the few ways you and religoius fundamentalists are alike.
There's a big difference between the outright lies of religion, and my wishes for the future. You're sure being aggressive today.
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Re: Starcraft Personality Test
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FanaticTemplar
Ha. I don't actually watch buddy cop movies, but I thought that was the appropriate terminology for those kinds of relationships, so I apologise if I gave you the wrong impression. Aldaris is not someone who wants to intimidate others, but intimidation is the entire basis of how he exerted his authority. After having his world flipped around after StarCraft, he'd be seeking that sense of familiarity, of order. In the briefing for Escape from Aiur, Aldaris gets corrected twice by Zeratul and forces himself to accept it with good grace, when Zeratul was pretty much the devil not so long ago. When Artanis shows up with his complete lack of confidence, Aldaris just falls on him hard. I've actually always found that exchange to be absolutely hilarious.
Yeah, but the way you said it made it feel like a choice on Aldaris' part. He never chooses to be intimidating, he just is reacting to the fact a "heretic" is in his midst, and that an important general abandoned his post to help this heretic. That's not how Aldaris leads normally, as we never see him at his best. Look at the way he treats the Executor and Fenix -- that's more of an example of his normal self.
Oh, and just because someone believes in God doesn't make them wrong. I've actually heard from God, seen him do miracles, and all that stuff. By the by, I have never met anyone who believed in God (or gods, spirits, whatever), who pushed their beliefs on other people as much as atheists do.
Do not anger the cow shark again, my darlings. She is only a somewhat patient elasmobranch. ;)
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Hahahaha, I was just doing the usual banter with you Squibb. Why are you so sensitive? I thought we had this down to a science. It used to be so fun, now you're actually making me feel bad.
Re: Starcraft Personality Test
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FanaticTemplar
After having his world flipped around after StarCraft, he'd be seeking that sense of familiarity, of order. In the briefing for Escape from Aiur, Aldaris gets corrected twice by Zeratul and forces himself to accept it with good grace, when Zeratul was pretty much the devil not so long ago.
That's what I love about him. For a rigid, unyielding dogmatic asshole, he tried really frickin hard to change. For example, he opted to take Tassadar's advice to kill the Cerebrate, but his prejudices were reinforced when it failed. He agreed to escape to Shakuras, which, if Zeratul was the devil, then Shakuras is hell itself. Then his prejudices get reinforced yet again when he finds out that Raszagal is Kerrigan's slave.
My only gripe is it was stupid of him to not communicate with anyone before staging a rebellion though. Even if he believed Zeratul was under Raszagal's thumb, he should have expected better from Artanis (though Artanis's own entrance didn't inspire confidence in that regard).
Re: Starcraft Personality Test
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TheEconomist
Hahahaha, I was just doing the usual banter with you Squibb. Why are you so sensitive? I thought we had this down to a science. It used to be so fun, now you're actually making me feel bad.
And your tears are delicious.
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I'll forgive your trespass this once, but only because that's an epic gif. Do not push me mortal. I have my limits.
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Since I am surrounded by intellectuals, I offer my own choices for your observation and labelling.
Fav Race: Protoss
Hated Race: None
Fav Characters: Aldaris, Raynor, pre-infested Kerrigan (SC1)
Least Fav Characters: the Overmind (SC1), the Overmind (SC2), Dehaka, Amon.
