The Firefly Purity Test
POSTED BY: SadGeezer
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 22:46
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Hi all,
I know it's a bit early yet (ie. like most of us haven't seen the show yet) but I've put up a Firefly Purity Test for the series (more as a trial for development as the show progresses). I'd love to hear what you though of it!
The Firefly Purity Test is at:
http://www.sadgeezer.com/firefly/purity-test.htm
and the rest of the SadGeezers Guide to Firefly is at:
http://www.sadgeezer.com/firefly
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OK, I understand that you need to show ads, and I sort of understand that you have to have obnoxious popups. But a site that has ads in obnoxious popups and is plastered with "Contribute!" buttons is just pathetic.
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i scored in excess of 70% 
is that a good thing? did i pass? 
way cool
Blaise
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Yeaaaaaaaa! I'm a.... "MANIC ACADEMIC FIREFLY FANATIC" I think that's good, only that whole psycho-analysis is mostly a load of crap. Well apart from the thing about me being a "hopeless case" and thinking that Firefly is better than sex... (joke!). But I reset the implication that: "People like you, but they think you're a bit of a Geek." HEY! I'll have you know that people think I way more than a "bit of a geek."
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"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass." —Maya Angelou
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The site doesn't have obnoxious popups. You should get your facts right before accusing people!
The contribute button is aimed at those of us who download music and graphics from the site (to help pay for bandwidth charges). Sadgeezer.com avaerages 2000+ users per day currently accessing over 5000 web pages and nearly 10000 graphic, video and sound files.
The site states on all the Firefly pages that it's a not-for-profit review site for the cult TV sci fi community, but then, if you'd actually bothered to have a look, you'd have noticed that.
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Originally posted by LivingImpaired:
Yeaaaaaaaa! I'm a.... "MANIC ACADEMIC FIREFLY FANATIC" I think that's good, only that whole psycho-analysis is mostly a load of crap. Well apart from the thing about me being a "hopeless case" and thinking that Firefly is better than sex... (joke!). But I reset the implication that: "People like you, but they think you're a bit of a Geek." HEY! I'll have you know that people think I way more than a "bit of a geek."
Hehe :) I myself am considered am professional Geek :) My appologies.
I guess I'll have to tweek the test a little. You should only be a Manic Academic if you are totally fanatical about the show. I guess we are all mildly fanatical about the show to be regular visitors to this site :) But still, the Purity Tests at sadgeezer.com are actually psychometric tests. Sure they're only intended as a bit of fun and not serious, but here's how the test is calculated:
If you are a manic Firefly fanatic, you will probably know all there is to know about the show (right down to Joss Whedons fave colour). Most people like this are perfectionists (it takes a lot of time, resource, and dedication to be THAT crazy about a show. Only 3-4% of people taking the test should actually be a Manic Academic fan.
The personality profile is based on the recognised Melancholy/perfectionist personality.
A Firefly SadGeezer is someone who knows a fair amount about the show but certainly not everything. We're just simply interested in it and enjoy talking about it to other fans. However, if we were to chat about the show to a barmaid that we were attempting to chat up, then she may call us 'sad' (hense the name of the site, 'sadgeezer.com'). The vast majority of people who would checkout websites dedicated to our fave show would be considered as SadGeezers (I know you're all sceptically raising your eyebrows at this, but it's actually considered complementary
)The SadGeezer personality is based on the standard playful/Sanguine personality profile.
A Firefly Twerp is anyone else who hasn't watched the show but had the gaul to attempt a Purity test.
I had a real hard time researching the questions which are particularly difficult because they, for the most part, have answers which are all correct but differentiated by personality. For instance the question;
Inara is a
a. A street girl
b. High class prostitute
c. An expensive hooker
is always going to return the right answer.... but:
Answer 'a' is the Twerp answer since although Inara is a paid concubine, she's hardly a street walker!
Answer 'b' is the manic answer since it's the one which most closely fits her description and
Answer 'c' is the slightly more playful SadGeezer answer.... its sort of correct but more to do with your attitude to the character.
Clearly from your results, I've still got a ways to go in finding the right questions and tweeking the profiles to suit. But thanks for your feedback so far, it's been really helpful
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I've changed the test so that it's MUCH more difficult to be a Manic Academic Firefly Fanatic.
If anyone has any suggestions for better questions based on the criteria above, I'd love to hear them, otherwise, thanks for your effort
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All right! I'm a MANIC ACADEMIC FARSCAPE FANATIC too! Does that mean if I win the Buffy quiz when it's put up that I get the Triple Crown?
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"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass." —Maya Angelou
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Originally posted by LivingImpaired:
All right! I'm a MANIC ACADEMIC FARSCAPE FANATIC too! Does that mean if I win the Buffy quiz when it's put up that I get the Triple Crown?
:D
It's funny you should say that! I've written to The Jim Henson Company to ask for a couple of prizes to help encourage the visitors to get the answers correct. I'm hopeful that they'll send me a pair of Rygel's edible underpants as the prize for the Farscape Purity Test and I'm hoping Mutant Enemy Inc. will send me a flask of Spikes sinus fluid for the Buffy Purity Test - cool huh?!.
I'm not really expecting a reply, but I should say that Paul Donovan (producer) once actually sent me the penis shaped key from the 'Luvliner' episode of LEXX (Season 2) as a prize for a competition. I actually gave it away to a prizewinner! How sad is that!
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Quote:
Originally posted by SadGeezer:
:D
It's funny you should say that! I've written to The Jim Henson Company to ask for a couple of prizes to help encourage the visitors to get the answers correct. I'm hopeful that they'll send me a pair of Rygel's edible underpants as the prize for the Farscape Purity Test and I'm hoping Mutant Enemy Inc. will send me a flask of Spikes sinus fluid for the Buffy Purity Test - cool huh?!.
Ooooh! Oooooh! I want! I want!
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"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass." —Maya Angelou
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