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Honestly, I think the MBTI along with a lot of other perstests and scales like the kinsey scale are pretty crap. Defining broad types of personality is well and good, but 16 isn't many and any scale which is binary is quite literally as inaccurate as it is possible to be while still remaining a scale. I score differently every time I do it, many people I know have the same issue. It's statistically useless.
Personally, I find the enneagram of personality, while holding the usual flaws, rather more interesting as it not only has significantly more 'categories' (in the mid thousands) but it also gives some very interesting reasons for one's placement in those categories. There are 9 personality cores with easily recognizeable archetypes (thinker, adventurer, leader, peacemaker etc) which interact. psychologically unhealthy people tend to fixate on one of these more strongly, healthier people tend towards identifying with many. The most interesting thing about the system is that each of the personalities is typed with an underlying need or fear, which informs their behavior.
For example, the one I identify most strongly with is the 'thinker'. This is driven by a basic need (which I acknowledge) to be helpful and useful, preferably (but not necessarily) being recognized as such. Situations in which I am helpless or useless are deeply frightening and traumatic, and the most obvious way of removing the chance of these occuring is endless study, practice and dedication to making sure I am prepared in any circumstance.
The double-take comes when you go the next step. In order to do all this study and practice, the thinker is susceptible to 'ivory tower' syndrome, where you go off and just study and practice your whole life without being any good to anyone. Then, waking from your absorption, ready for anything, you realize you've pretty much spent your whole life being useless and spiral into a cycle of depression and pathology. Each personality has one of these dual need traps, where one of the main ways of sating the need is self-destructive if followed obsessively, thus people fixated on one personality tending to be unhealthy.
I've found the system very useful for identifying potential psychological traps I may fall into for years and I definitely think it's helped me along. It has its flaws, but I think it craps all over the MBTI system by actually offering useful knowledge and tips and not just diagnoses. It's also rather interesting on the RTS front as each of the personality cores have different motivators- and thus different learning styles. Figuring out how you go is a good way of ensuring you cover your weaknesses.
(as an addendum, I realise the enneagram was originally created by mystics and it's often used in mystical fashion. I'm an atheist scientist with several years of psych training and I've found the enneagram more *useful* than any other perstest despite this. The guys who wrote it might have been a bit wierd, but their analysis of personality seems to have been uncannily perceptive)
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On July 25 2010 22:41 FortuneSyn wrote:
ENTJ, basically it says leadership.
Got disappointed after I saw it's the most common result in the polls lol.
ENTJ is one of the unusual types in real life, gaming (especially SC) attracts lots of ENTJs and INTJs.
I am INTJ btw.
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ENTJ usually isn't that unusual. INTJ is I agree though. It really depends on which study you're reading. The general inverse on TL to the rest of the population is interesting. I always smile about that 
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On July 25 2010 22:41 FortuneSyn wrote:
ENTJ, basically it says leadership.
Got disappointed after I saw it's the most common result in the polls lol.
Actually third most common. 22 compared to 100 for INTJ and 48 for INTP. It's just visually deceptive because it is separated into Es and Is. And only just third as well. And with only 296 out of TL's rather massive population I think you could safely dismiss this poll altogether. Way too small a sample size with no selection criteria other than people wishing to participate. All sorts of problems there.
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ENFJ, close to even on everything (teacher/idealist). it's happened on other tests too, like the how do you learn test.
it suggested I should become a psychiatrist/physician, which is encouraging since that's what I want to do. if the internets believes in me, there's no way I can fail!
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I've always been an INFP and every time I take this test again I get INFP. I've read the detailed description of an INFP (Healer) and it's 99% accurate to my personality.
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I was split between ISTP and ESTP. It turns out that both are quite uncommon on here :S
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Don't get too hung up on MBTI, but it's a bit of fun (ex-psych student >_>).
I test as INTP, but a couple years ago was INFP. Girlfriend is ESTJ, haha
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Low and behold, another INTJ.
Edit: Got me interested in what it really meant so I wiki'd it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJ
Very interesting and it is truly accurate. I always laugh at these tests, but damn, this one is good.
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INTJ (Terran)
Introverted - distinctly expressed introvert (67%)
Intuitive - distinctly expressed intuitive personality (62%)
Thinking - distinctly expressed thinking personality (62%)
Judging - distinctly expressed judging personality (67%)
I've taken this test about four times in the past five years and I always get the same result, with slightly different percentages for introvert/intuitive/thinking/judging. I thought the character description was eerily accurate and both friends and family agree with me.
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I'm an INFJ, and the "life"/"aptitudes" for me are very poor/unwanted to me... Just wondering, how did the OP dude get permed? He seemed like a nice guy o-o"
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About 3 months from now when we will have an influx of StarCraft II newbies, I will create a versions III and see how things pan out.
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On February 15 2010 17:54 JadeFist wrote:Show nested quote +You are more interested in a general idea than in the details of its realization This question is a mindfuck.
LOOL that literally made me rofl so true hahaha
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ISTP's are best starcraft players. See BoxeR. 
(me ISFP  , at least I have good APM )
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On July 26 2010 04:36 QuoC wrote:Show nested quote +On February 15 2010 17:54 JadeFist wrote:You are more interested in a general idea than in the details of its realization This question is a mindfuck. LOOL that literally made me rofl so true hahaha
All that means is:
You're more interesting in coming up with "Carrier transitition in SC2 PvT vs mech"
Than "The correct time and supply count needed to defend when transitioning carriers in pvt vs mech"
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Got - ESFJ.
A bit surprised on being an extrovert, well I'm both as Gemini, imho.
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INTJ
This is a ridiculously skewed population compared to the general pop.
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had to pay for and take it for a psychology class last semester: got ESTP both times but with different clarity numbers
actual paid test E(16) S(28), T(25), P(1)
online test E(67) S(50), T(25), P(11)
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EPT
