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My adventures with Akinator

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RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-25 10:25:06
September 25 2011 10:21 GMT
#1
First blog here. So, there's this thing called Akinator that I found recently. It predicts characters with astonishing success. I saw it guessing a lot of obscure characters and decided to give it a go myself.


I started off with something pretty easy. Not a main character or anything, but not obscure. Needless to say, he got it first try. [image loading]



I tried again, and he got it easily.

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Not bad, Akinator. Not bad.

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Him getting this first try really caught me off guard. This character has been around for 2 days, but I guess it's been spammed to hell for those two days so it isn't too surprising.

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So, yeah. He's smart.

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By this point I was desperate to beat Akinator. So I thought of something really obscure, something that he could never get. This is where I snapped.

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GAAAAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH WHYYYYYYYYYY HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET THAT FUCK YOU GOD DAMMIT. I had to go lower and even more obscure. To the very depths.

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I finally did it. I beat it. Thanks to FXOz.

But, yeah this was just my first try. Since then I've beaten it several times, but man is this thing impressive. Very good fun.

Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
blubbdavid
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Switzerland2412 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-25 10:24:21
September 25 2011 10:24 GMT
#2
Nvm.
What do you desire? Money? Glory? Power? Revenge? Or something that surpasses all other? Whatever you desire - that is here. Tower of God ¦¦Nutella, drink of the Gods
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
September 25 2011 10:24 GMT
#3
On September 25 2011 19:24 blubbdavid wrote:
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Images don't load

Fixed just before you posted.
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
Gnial
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada907 Posts
September 25 2011 10:26 GMT
#4
It blew my mind when it guessed my family members, it knew when I was cheating when I picked a potato, and it guessed correctly when I was thinking of myself.
1, eh? 2, eh? 3, eh?
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
September 25 2011 10:29 GMT
#5
[image loading]

Confound you, Akinator.

But, yeah, it couldn't guess Penance and a couple other I forget right now.
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37024 Posts
September 25 2011 10:48 GMT
#6
Lol. Congrats man. I beat Akinator once with Dwight Howard's son Braylon Howard.

Also, note: Often victories are misleading. You really have to answer the questions correctly to truly beat the Akinator. T-T that's what's so FRUSTRATING about Akinator....
ModeratorPeople ask me, "Seeker, what are you seeking?" My answer? "Sleep, damn it! Always sleep!"
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Deadlyfish
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark1980 Posts
September 25 2011 10:54 GMT
#7
On September 25 2011 19:48 Seeker wrote:
Lol. Congrats man. I beat Akinator once with Dwight Howard's son Braylon Howard.

Also, note: Often victories are misleading. You really have to answer the questions correctly to truly beat the Akinator. T-T that's what's so FRUSTRATING about Akinator....


Yea, often i try to beat him by picking some random person that nobody knows, and on every question i'm like "i dont know....".

Gotta find someone that you know all of the answers to but who is also really obscure.
If wishes were horses we'd be eating steak right now.
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-25 11:05:46
September 25 2011 11:01 GMT
#8
On September 25 2011 19:54 Deadlyfish wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 25 2011 19:48 Seeker wrote:
Lol. Congrats man. I beat Akinator once with Dwight Howard's son Braylon Howard.

Also, note: Often victories are misleading. You really have to answer the questions correctly to truly beat the Akinator. T-T that's what's so FRUSTRATING about Akinator....


Yea, often i try to beat him by picking some random person that nobody knows, and on every question i'm like "i dont know....".

Gotta find someone that you know all of the answers to but who is also really obscure.

Penance from FFX worked.

EDIT: Tried a couple more times, he got Penance on a 3rd try. Akinator does indeed get smarter.
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
Deleted User 47542
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
1484 Posts
September 25 2011 11:02 GMT
#9
I used my dick as a character. He got it =[ but the end result was pretty funny.
TyrantPotato
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1541 Posts
September 25 2011 11:03 GMT
#10
HOW THE HELL DID HE GUESS LIQUID TYLER.


WTF HE KNOWS EVERYTHING!
Forever ZeNEX.
FuRong
Profile Joined April 2010
New Zealand3089 Posts
September 25 2011 11:07 GMT
#11
You have to think about the algorithm if you want to beat it. It's a database of people that have been guessed by people using Akinator before. Think about it. What kind of demographic is using the site? Mostly internet savvy, 15-30 year old males with nothing better to do. You may think that you're being clever by choosing programers, or little known porn stars, or obscure anime characters, but those are exactly the kind of things that EVERYONE searches for when they try to think of something "hard to guess".

I stumped him before with things like
- obscure New Zealand athletes
- characters from old daytime soap operas
- children's book authors (not JK Rowling ffs)
Don't hate the player, hate the game
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
September 25 2011 11:10 GMT
#12
On September 25 2011 20:07 FuRong wrote:
You have to think about the algorithm if you want to beat it. It's a database of people that have been guessed by people using Akinator before. Think about it. What kind of demographic is using the site? Mostly internet savvy, 15-30 year old males with nothing better to do. You may think that you're being clever by choosing programers, or little known porn stars, or obscure anime characters, but those are exactly the kind of things that EVERYONE searches for when they try to think of something "hard to guess".

I stumped him before with things like
- obscure New Zealand athletes
- characters from old daytime soap operas
- children's book authors (not JK Rowling ffs)

And people realize that, so they choose obscure non-internet stuff, but then so many people do that that it isn't hard for Akinator to guess. So they go to something Akinator would know even less about, and the cycle goes on and on.
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
Holykitty
Profile Joined May 2011
Netherlands246 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-25 11:16:50
September 25 2011 11:14 GMT
#13
the easiest way to beat him is not to pick what you think is obscure, but to pick characters that are similar.

for example you can go simpsons character and pick rod/tod and he will probably give you millhouse

unlike trying to game him by going for things that you have no control over, like popularity, you can beat him by choosing 1 of X amount of people who all answer the same to his set of questions.

ok rod and todd is bad because they dont have glasses, but you get the idea. one of the ancillary female characters is probably easier as lisa doesnt have glasses
Where there's smoke, there's me
TyrantPotato
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1541 Posts
September 25 2011 11:22 GMT
#14
there we go SMASHED IT.

there is no way it would have guess my character was Poi Poi Maya's pet poring from ragnarok the animation.


Forever ZeNEX.
RPR_Tempest
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Australia7798 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-25 11:37:53
September 25 2011 11:27 GMT
#15
Hah, couldn't get Ramjet. It got really good guesses though.

Beating this thing isn't anything special. I've figured you out, you hear me Akinator?!


EDIT: Couldn't get BitByBit. I thought it was on to me when it asked "Does the audience hate this character?" but it came up with SaviOr instead.
Soundwave, Zerg player from Canberra, Australia. @SoundwaveSC
RogerX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
New Zealand3180 Posts
September 25 2011 12:34 GMT
#16
One thing for sure, it knows all the MOBA champions.
Stick it up. take it up. step aside and see the world
Talin
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Montenegro10532 Posts
September 25 2011 12:38 GMT
#17
I got Midas when trying to get BitByBit. -_- None of the questions that pointed to BBB came up though and I never got the "does the audience hate this character".
Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
September 25 2011 13:15 GMT
#18
On September 25 2011 20:07 FuRong wrote:
You have to think about the algorithm if you want to beat it. It's a database of people that have been guessed by people using Akinator before. Think about it. What kind of demographic is using the site? Mostly internet savvy, 15-30 year old males with nothing better to do. You may think that you're being clever by choosing programers, or little known porn stars, or obscure anime characters, but those are exactly the kind of things that EVERYONE searches for when they try to think of something "hard to guess".

I stumped him before with things like
- obscure New Zealand athletes
- characters from old daytime soap operas
- children's book authors (not JK Rowling ffs)

For that demographic, he's pretty bad at most of the none big name porn stars.
friendo
Profile Joined December 2010
46 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-25 13:22:01
September 25 2011 13:15 GMT
#19
I stumped it with Gawain, a knight of the round table.

edit:
And stumped it with my second play, Ulysses Everett McGill from "O Brother, Where Art Thou".
Golden Ghost
Profile Joined February 2003
Netherlands1041 Posts
September 25 2011 13:45 GMT
#20
Check out the full Akinator thread here on TL to see a lot of what has been tried etc.

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=82710
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