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11 (4.8%)

80 - 89

1 (0.4%)

90 - 99

1 (0.4%)

100 - 109

7 (3%)

110 - 119

21 (9.1%)

120 - 129

44 (19%)

130 - 139

58 (25.1%)

140 - 149

38 (16.5%)

+ 150

50 (21.6%)

Total Members Voted: 231

[ToonyMan]

Hah! I love the post results. Just reinforces my opinion that 90% of DF players have a bloated ego.

Would you want to say you suck at everything?  No!  I wouldn't I'm the best.

*starts floating from awesomeness

[Tenebrais]

Well, seriously, though, I think DF players do have a higher IQ. Because looking at ASCII guys scurrying about indicates patterns. Pretty much two thirds of IQ tests are about pattern recognition.

It's definitely a significant part of it. The monthly Mensa magazine has a puzzle section at the back. Almost all of them are about spotting and completing patterns, with one or two based on obscure trivia.

[Im_Sparks]

You know, I know why everyone's so damn smart.

It's because that instead of looking at 3d models like all the idiots, we look at 2d pictures and symbols, and tell the symbols what to do and where to go!

That needs an IQ of 130+! No way an idiot could EVER play the game, EVER.

[ToonyMan]

You know, I know why everyone's so damn smart.

It's because that instead of looking at 3d models like all the idiots, we look at 2d pictures and symbols, and tell the symbols what to do and where to go!

That needs an IQ of 130+! No way an idiot could EVER play the game, EVER.

Yes indeed.

[Sevrun]

Call me arrogant, self-serving, egocentric, etc. all you want.  My response is the same.  pucker up to a hairy cheek :p

I'm sitting at a 137 IQ, which I'm not particularly proud of.  Why?  Because it's just another statistic, and doesn't much matter when things get messy.

Yes, I have a bad attitude, which usually only flairs up when people get snide or look down on people around them... which happens a lot more online than real life, kinda funny huh? 

My point is this, if someone is going to lie about their IQ for a poll among a bunch of people they're most likely never going to see face to face, whose opinions of them are not going affect anything _real_...  then why attempt to attack their egos through the same medium?  The lie is just as pointless as trying to look down at them. 

  Ya'll can believe me on my IQ, or not...  and the rest as well.  Or not.  Personally I don't particularly care now that I've spoken my piece against some of the arrogance I've seen displayed in this thread.

  Although on another sidenote of my little rant.  I wouldn't be surprised if the IQ of most of the players of DF really is significantly above average.  It is a very involved game whose complexity would seem to appeal most to more intelligent people.  Just a thought that people really should take in the FULL picture before making accusations.

[Megaman]

I'mm a 11 years old so don't critisize, I got 111(and I play Df, Sparks is wrong).

[Muz]

OK, you guys are too smart for me. I have no idea who's trolling and who's being serious now.

[Im_Sparks]

I'mm a 11 years old so don't critisize, I got 111(and I play Df, Sparks is wrong).

Don't worry, the concept of sarcasm will come quick, young one.

Sit down and enjoy your nobles.

[Ohaeri]

OK, you guys are too smart for me. I have no idea who's trolling and who's being serious now.

I never do. Seems like I always get it wrong no matter how hard I try, so I just treat everybody as if they're speaking seriously and telling the truth. It may make me look like a fool, but at least I'm not constantly second-guessing myself!

[ToonyMan]

Doubt never wins against strong-will!

[Phen]

I havn't bothered to read through the 12 pages, but you guys are aware that there's different ways of calculating IQ, right? It just strikes me, especially in this poll, because it'd be impossible to get more than 140 in the figure reasoning test I took a couple of years ago. According to that one, I'm in the best 1% of the population and it gave me a score of 135.

[Lord Snow]

snow, your IQ is 150


Offline i scored 136 some years ago, if i recall correctly.

Of course this online test is rubbish, as it needs you to have knowledge of geography i.e., while your mental capacity is in no way linked to how much you know or dont about any given topic.

[Phen]

snow, your IQ is 150


Offline i scored 136 some years ago, if i recall correctly.

Of course this online test is rubbish, as it needs you to have knowledge of geography i.e., while your mental capacity is in no way linked to how much you know or dont about any given topic.

That depends on which kind of test it is. A figure reasoning test doesn't require any knowledge at all, it measures how good you are at finding patterns. Of course you need to find a proper test to use.

[Arathanar]

122.

*insert self-justification here*

[Sensei]

I personally always thought of how smart someone is being influenced by a few areas- now, I'm not trying to quantify the human mind, which seems like an impossible task, but...

Knowledge/Skill (a master mechanic might look like an idiot if you quiz them about videogames, so this depends on the subject- keep it out of IQ tests, in other words)

Logic/reasoning/patterns (dwarf fortress is one big logic puzzle)

Creativity (this might be a skill, I strongly believe that creativity can be exercised, it also ahs to do with recognizing when you have a good idea)

Wisdom (hardest to describe... if you are easily tricked or keep putting in the remote backwards, you still might be good at chess. Includes personal skills. Another example would be that if you often act without using your full cognitive capacity due to emotions, you are 'unwise')

Obviously, some of these are very hard to gauge in any form of traditional test.