Author Topic: RA2/GTM psychographs. (Read 2759 times)

yoda9726 · « **on:** May 11, 2011, 05:59:13 AM »

I'm arguing with myself whether this should go here or in the Chatterbox, feel free to move it if i made the wrong choice.

I dont know how many of you play Magic: The Gathering, but within that community, there exist three primary playstyles (called psychographs). These are called Timmy, Johnny, and Spike.
Timmy is the type that likes to play with the big, yet inefficient creatures and effects. Timmy likes to go large or go home, basically.

Johnny is the creative type. He likes to use cards that most people pass by, in a new and interesting way. He wants to make you say "I never thought of that".

Then there's Spike, who cares about winning, winning, winning. Efficiency is everything to Spike. He'll wretch at the thought of using a card if there's even a slightly better version he can get his hands on.

Enough of the intro, the question is what are the RA2/GTM psychographs? Where do you fit in the equation, and would we need more, new ones here, or do Magic's 'big three' cover it?

Clickbeetle is the first to come to my mind when I think of a Johnny. Nary is a great Spike candidate. Timmy, well noone comes to mind right off the top of my head.

I think of myself as somewhat of a Johnny. I have a tendency to build topdown designs, the seven deadly sins being a good example. I worry less about efficiency and more about 'this could be fun'. But I do have a bit of Spike as well, I want my bots to be at least semi-combat worthy as well...

Hydro · « **Reply #1 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:02:57 AM »

Quote from: yoda9726 on May 11, 2011, 05:59:13 AM

Timmy, well noone comes to mind right off the top of my head.

Hi.

Kujii · « **Reply #2 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:11:10 AM »

I'm certain Hydro would be our Timmy.

My first robot has a giant hammer and nothing else...totally a Timmy design.

But I generally build as a Johnny in any game...I think I have a thread around here somewhere that I attempted to build a 1X1 robot.

JoeBlo · « **Reply #3 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:36:10 AM »

1x1 isnt anything new or creative.. just nobody does it due to havok :P

Given I build in tournaments to win awards based around design or originality over fighting ability its obvious where I fit..

Scourge of teh Galaxy · « **Reply #4 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:38:18 AM »

I used to be a Timmy.

Now I'm a Johnny, with a bit of Spike, with a chunk of Timmy thrown in

I sound like a tasty stew :D

yoda9726 · « **Reply #5 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:38:38 AM »

I don't think I've ever seen any of Hydro's bots. I'm gonna have to go looking now.

EDIT: yeah, I can see you fitting the Timmy type. A few of your bots even slightly stray into Johnny territory, if for no other reason you try out different set ups.

Quote from: JoeBlo on May 11, 2011, 06:36:10 AM

1x1 isnt anything new or creative.. just nobody does it due to havok :P

Given I build in tournaments to win awards based around design or originality over fighting ability its obvious where I fit..

Might not be new or creative, but it's definately a Johnny mindset. And yup, you're definately a Johnny yourself, Joe.

Hydro · « **Reply #6 on:** May 11, 2011, 06:42:41 AM »

Quote from: Scourge of teh Galaxy on May 11, 2011, 06:38:18 AM

I sound like a tasty stew :D

~~Can't wait to try some~~ Eh, no.

NFX · « **Reply #7 on:** May 11, 2011, 07:01:20 AM »

I think I've gotten myself into Spike territory, at least with Stock. DSL, I'm mostly Spike, maybe with a little bit of Johnny for good measure.

Naryar · « **Reply #8 on:** May 11, 2011, 07:02:07 AM »

Hello, fellow magic player.

Oh, and I see myself as half Johnny/half Spike really, with a little dash of Timmy thrown in for good measure. Sure I care about efficiency (not all the time though), and I generally play to win (key word being generally), but I like my designs (and other's) to be creative though, and I am all for new, awesome robot designs.

Kujii · « **Reply #9 on:** May 11, 2011, 07:07:02 AM »

Quote from: JoeBlo on May 11, 2011, 06:36:10 AM

1x1 isnt anything new or creative.. just nobody does it due to havok :P

True enough, but I'm talking about my general thought process, I don't go "lets build something to win!

I go "How much stuff could I fit in a single square inch ._.". Its a different outtake then the normal person immediately grabs.

The Ounce · « **Reply #10 on:** May 11, 2011, 07:42:30 AM »

Definitely a Spike here, with a pinch of Johnny mixed in. For me though it's not always about winning tournaments, as long as I can enter them, I'm satisfied.

123savethewhales · « **Reply #11 on:** May 11, 2011, 08:27:26 AM »

Timmy, POWER GAMER. I beat people by OVERPOWER.

Jack Daniels · « **Reply #12 on:** May 11, 2011, 08:39:22 AM »

100% Johnny here.

haha... I totally was going to say 123stw is a Timmy. I was too late.

cephalopod · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2011, 09:40:01 AM »

I... don't fit any of them. If anything, Timmy. Big VS <3

martymidget · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2011, 11:11:22 AM »

I guess I'm mainly spike, with a bit of johnny thrown in.

System32 · « **Reply #15 on:** May 11, 2011, 11:14:21 AM »

Entire team is Irons!

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #16 on:** May 11, 2011, 11:28:27 AM »

I just build... I have no motive or goal.

Scorpion · « **Reply #17 on:** May 11, 2011, 01:36:20 PM »

Admittedly I haven't been playing magic that long, but still, never heard of this.
I'd say I try to be a Johnny and a Timmy mix, then again, if you'd seen some of my failed bots, you'd see I can be too Johnny lol

madman3 · « **Reply #18 on:** May 11, 2011, 01:44:46 PM »

I'm kind of all. I mean, I've developed a bot type that looks like a diabetic hedgehog. Go figure.

G.K. · « **Reply #19 on:** May 11, 2011, 01:53:21 PM »

I'm none of them. :3