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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."

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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?

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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?!.

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Originally posted by Zicsoft:
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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Originally posted by SadGeezer:
The site doesn't have obnoxious popups. You should get your facts right before accusing people!

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Originally posted by Pandora:
A note should be made here that this is the single most inaccurate assessment of my personality across which I have ever come.

Another note should be made that it seriously underestimates my level of devotion to Firefly and Joss Whedon as a viewer and a fan.

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Originally posted by Pandora:
As a bit of constructive criticism, I would hold off on personality assessments until you have a system on which to base them that's a bit more concrete and/or accurate than whatever you have going on now (which might possibly be monkeys picking words out of hats and stringing them together in a manner not unlike a collage shaped like a banana).

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Originally posted by SadGeezer:


I bet I can guess how you graded.

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Originally posted by Pandora:
As a bit of constructive criticism, I would hold off on personality assessments until you have a system on which to base them that's a bit more concrete and/or accurate than whatever you have going on now (which might possibly be monkeys picking words out of hats and stringing them together in a manner not unlike a collage shaped like a banana).

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Welp! A full explanation of the way the test is calculated in a post above.

If you came out as the wrong profile, I'm perfectly willing to accept that the system needs tweeking/fixing. But if you want to give constructive criticism - BE CONSTRUCTIVE! How was it incorrect? What did you score? How could it be improved (optional )

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From the Criteria for Calculation Post:
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.

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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.

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From SadGeezer.com's Firefly Purity Test:
FIREFLY SAD GEEZER
PERSONALITY PROFILE.

You believe that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

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You have seen most of the Firefly episodes but you are a little embarrassed at not having seen them from the start. You blame your mother for this oversight.

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A friend you fancy came round to visit you recently. They left immediately after you played an MPEG file of Firefly Episode One Trailer.

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You don't have good manners but you do have great reflexes.

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You believe that dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. You also believe that inbreeding can only be prevented by banning country music.

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You are NOT as completely aware of the story as you like to think, and you regularly misinterpret the storyline. This happens subconsciously and, strangely, this contributes overall to your enjoyment of the show.

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Unfortunately, because of this, you do not get on with other Sad Geezers whom you believe are FIREFLY TWERPS.

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You believe that sex on television is only bad if you fall off! People like you a lot - but they wouldn't want to see you working with sub-atomic particles.

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Your partner and friends are pissed off at your continual references to each episode and none of them watch the show as a result. This really upsets you - after all, how can any serious friend NOT have seen Firefly?

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Smiling is the second best thing you do with your lips.

Sad Geezers are terrific lovers.

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You are modest.

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A Firefly SadGeezer partner does not watch the show, is not interested in it, and even attempts to wind you up about it. Nevertheless, he/she will always be yours because you are so good in bed.

You are obviously attractive to members of the opposite sex who continually hound you with offers of friendship and love. You dismiss these because you always have a partner and because you are an all round 'good person', after all, why should you spread it around when you can lay it on thick?

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although you enjoy talking about Firefly to people who don't want to listen, this is seen as a quirky and entertaining characteristic of your personality.

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A note should be made here that you should possibly have read the first post of the thread before answering.

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Verbatim from original post:
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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Another note should be made that at the bottom of each profile it clearly states:
"It should be pointed out that these conclusions should only be taken seriously if they are correct!

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I am genuinely keen to make the Firefly Purity Test something that is fun and just a bit accurate (you can't pigeon-hole everyone into one of three personalities). If you would like to help then simply tell me where I went wrong as the other posters have.

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Originally posted by Pandora:

....a load of stuff...

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Originally posted by Pandora:
I respect your efforts and your goals, but being flippant and incorrect in your arguments are not the ways to garner the responses that you want. I personally found your test to do exactly what you seem to think it shouldn't - pigeon-holed me into a personality archetype that has nothing to do with who I actually am. I'm not offended by it, I'm not mad about it - I actually don't really care. But you asked for opinions, so I gave you mine. To come back and say that I haven't read the previous posts in the thread and treat my comments as though they were made thoughtlessly is both inaccurate and kind of annoying.

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Originally posted by Pandora:
So I hope my comments are useful to you in 'tweaking' your test, and that in the future you won't assume that I'm just mad because I want to be the world's biggest fangirl.

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Originally posted by Kalimac:
Just wanted to let you know, SadGeezer, that while I haven't taken this purity test yet, I remember the Lexx one ....

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