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I got linked to this really cool website on another forum I go to. If you guys have ever played on the 20 question toys that guess what you're thinking, this is a lot like that only much more eerie and it focuses on people and characters. It's possible to stump it, but only if you REALLY try. I put in Marina from mischief makers as my first one and it got it on its first try. Check it out

http://us.akinator.com/



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"We're not tools of the government or anyone else. Fighting... fighting was the only thing I was ever good at, but at least I always fought for what I believed in." - Frank Yeager (a.k.a. Grey Fox)

Yeah it's pretty cool. It got Tintin and Louis from L4D right first time. Marcus Fenix had to go via Jim Raynor, but that's not too bad.

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

Me on the Starcraft.

Oh my God, I can't stump this thing. That's unbelievable, and fun. Thanks for posting.

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Praise Be To Helix!

Holy cow. It only took about fourteen questions to get Uncle Pennybags from Monopoly. It got Frank Lloyd Wright after all twenty questions - how, I don't friggin' know. It didn't even seem close. It got GLaDOS much more easily, same with Bender.

However, I stumped him on Chief Illiniwek (it guessed Smokey the Bear and later Uncle Sam). Then I ran out of things on my desk to inspire me.

All in all, pretty impressive, though I feel pretty confident in saying that its accuracy can only grow from people playing it. It definitely didn't start out a genius.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

This is a fun little time waster. It does have a pretty comprehensive list of people and characters, but those that are not in are later added by the person that stumped it. Chances are you won't stump it with the same character again. 4chan has also been blitzing this guy for about a year, so expect some strange answers.

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I was a soldier, now I just play one in video games.

It took 24 questions for it to get Relm from FF6. It got Lightning from FF13 on #20. It got Sabin on 14 and Abe Lincoln on 16. Pretty neat.

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Sabin: Kefka! Wait!
Kefka: Wait he says! Do I look like a waiter?

This is hugely entertaining. He got John Casteen III after about 40 questions, but was unable to nail John Singleton Mosby (American Civil War colonel), despite guessing several other Civil War figures. Sometimes it's so good, it's scary. He got Jack Skellington in 20 questions when the first 18 or so did not seem to be anywhere near on-target.

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I almost got it with Bill Ward. After 23 questions it suddenly asked if my character was a member of Black Sabbath, and then got it.
Then it nailed Matsuda from Death Note. How I have no idea. This thing is evil.

EDIT: Stumped it with Orual from Till We Have Faces by CS Lewis.

This post has been edited by Sherick on 10th December 2009 04:54

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I fear my heart and fear my soul
Life goes on, it surely will,
Without me and I wonder:
Will I ever see light again?

Life goes on...

Has anybody tried Akinator?

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Oh, he knows himself! lol

This post has been edited by BlitzSage on 10th December 2009 04:48

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Praise Be To Helix!

Ha! I stumped him with Saavedro from Myst III: Exile!!!

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"My name is Atma...I am a power both ancient and unrivaled... I do not bleed, for I am but strength given form...Feeble creatures of flesh...Your time is nigh!"

A friend of a friend of mine was thinking about Winnie the Pooh once and it guessed Pedobear. 4chan people definitely used that.

It didn't know Levi from "Fairy Tail".

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Lol, after getting "yes" answers for questions: "is your character yellow?", "is your character a pokemon?" and "does your character produce electricity?" it asked if my character played heavy metal. That was weird.

This post has been edited by Silver_Zombie on 10th December 2009 10:09

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You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one...

Quote (BlitzSage @ 9th December 2009 23:43)

Has anybody tried Akinator?

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Oh, he knows himself! lol

It's actually the most-used character, I think, if I remember what I saw in the stats.

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Just beat him again with Paloma Picasso. I'm not surprised. However, it did get Frank Gehry on the 40th question, which was pretty impressive.

This post has been edited by Rangers51 on 10th December 2009 14:10

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

I stumped him with Mr. Crow from Unreal Tournament, but otherwise this thing is proving to be really tricky to outsmart. He guessed my first attempt in about five questions. (The character was Starscream.)

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Okay, but there was a goat!

I've shown this to so many people now. He's not so good with British monarchs and stumped on Robert Burns also. To be fair to him, I don't know half the questions he was asking on Burns so maybe if I did he would be accurate. Is your character Scottish? Yes. Is your characters a poet? Yes. Does your character write poetry? Yes. Is your character famous because of the sea? No. I see... Geoffrey Chaucer!

Michelin Man in 16, pretty good going if you ask me.

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

Me on the Starcraft.

My girlfriend just stumped it with an actress from her home country (Korea), Son Ye Jin. He guessed a Japanese porn star after we had already told him she didn't work in porn and was Korean. Then, he guessed two wrong Korean actresses and asked if she was Chinese. I think this one kind of threw him a curve ball...

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Climhazzard is the timeless evil robot who runs some of the cool stuff at CoN (mostly logging chat, since there are no quizzes at the moment), all the while watching and waiting for his moment to take over the world. -Tiddles

i stumped him with a singer named Nataly Dawn, from an indie band Pomplamoose. i wouldve been astounded if he knew that one

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Aujourdhui a commence avec toi.

Wow. It got my avatar in twenty questions. Also got Fernando Torres in 14, but I'm not at all surprised by that one.

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

I've known about this quite some time. It's awesome.

I stumped him on Steve McNair. He guessed Walter Payton and Jim Brown.

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Praise Be To Helix!

Got him with brian moorman of the buffalo bills. He tried drew brees and wes welker. Then again, I think everyone forgets the bills. He is good though, he got freddie mercury, ric flair, aaron rodgers, and billy west. So fun.

Well, Akinator managed to get Delita Hyral, Soundwave, and Domo-kun, but failed to get Musashi from Shining Force 1.

He got Terry Pratchett so quickly it's not even funny!

I tried getting him to give Boba Fett and guessed himself thrice before admitting he was stumped.

And he got Luso Clemens from FFTA2 in one go!

This post has been edited by R8.50 Mango on 22nd December 2009 19:47

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I tried getting him to give Boba Fett and guessed himself thrice before admitting he was stumped.

Funny, it got Fett in the first set of questions for me. Are you sure you weren't lying to it?

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"To create something great, you need the means to make a lot of really bad crap." - Kevin Kelly

Why aren't you shopping AmaCoN?

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Quote (R8.50 Mango @ 22nd December 2009 14:43)

I tried getting him to give Boba Fett and guessed himself thrice before admitting he was stumped.

Funny, it got Fett in the first set of questions for me. Are you sure you weren't lying to it?

I did it too. He guessed every other character in Star Wars with a helmet. Something may have been wrong. He asked me if the character was a bounty hunter.

I think where I stumped him was that he asked whether he was evil or not. I said I don't know. Because he's not really evil, he just kills people for money.

But that probably didn't stump him, because he did ask if he would be considered evil, and I said yes.

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Praise Be To Helix!

Quote (BlitzSage @ 23rd December 2009 05:36)

Because he's not really evil, he just kills people for money.

'Practically a saint.

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

Me on the Starcraft.

Quote (sweetdude @ 23rd December 2009 19:51)

Quote (BlitzSage @ 23rd December 2009 05:36)

Because he's not really evil, he just kills people for money.

'Practically a saint.

Try "risks his life hunting wanted and dangerous individuals half across the galaxy."
And then he spends half his earnings on charity anyway.

Also, Akinator got Boba after 20 questiuons. As I see it, he should have gotten him way earlier, but he kept asking weird unrelated questions from number 16 on (like: "Is your character of Italian origin?")

This post has been edited by SilverMaduin on 23rd December 2009 23:00

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Good old CoN

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Because he's not really evil, he just kills people for money.

'Practically a saint.

Well, yeah, think about it. He does get other criminals. Han does have a price on his head.

You know that general that leads the assault on Hoth, the guy with the helmet? He guessed him first. Then he guessed General Grievous for some reason, though he asked me earlier if he was a bounty hunter.

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Praise Be To Helix!

Stuped it with Kazuki Takemura from Front Mission 3.

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Quote (sweetdude @ 23rd December 2009 13:51)

Quote (BlitzSage @ 23rd December 2009 05:36)

Because he's not really evil, he just kills people for money.

'Practically a saint.

Well, yeah, think about it. He does get other criminals. Han does have a price on his head.

I just thought the way you'd worded it was pretty funny. But, yeah, you're right about him, I wasn't meaning to say you were wrong but I suppose it looked like that.

I'm enjoying this now just to see which picture a certain character or person has. A lot of them are really good.

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Scepticism, that dry rot of the intellect, had not left one entire idea in his mind.

Me on the Starcraft.

Cool biehns! Got Kyle Reese on answer 17, but I stumped it with Yip Man. It's pretty fun, great for killing time.

Happy christmas!

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