Akinator, the Web Genius : Othor Games

» Tue May 15, 2012 9:23 am

I beat it on Sgt. Stubby! He hadn't a clue, and apparently he had never been entered into the system. Sgt Stubby was a highly decorated dog who was promoted to the rank of sergeant in World War I and was among the coolest organisms to inhabit this planet, so it surprised me that he wasn't known.

» Tue May 15, 2012 4:32 am

The damned thing got http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=i_OvdhSCKVI#t=34s

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:48 am

Beat it with Bolvyn Venim.

Not a bad waste of time.

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Okay, tried Gorn and Diego from the Gothic series, and King Pog from Arx Fatalis. Beat it. Some of the questions between guesses were a bit divergent ( "uses sword, has killed other people, has been on Hannah Montana... :bonk:

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» Tue May 15, 2012 11:03 am

Beat it with various and many gods and goddesses from Hawaiian mythology!!

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:48 pm

Can it do itself?

I defeated it with "Lamia" the demon from Drag me to Hell. (Crappy though the movie was.)

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:20 am

He got it wrong on the first guess...he said Glarthir...then asked another question and guessed Fargoth...I figured that one would be easy.

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:31 am

Ok so it has to be video game. It got Minsc and Aerie but not Melisandre.

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:47 pm

"Sorry, I need some time to wake up. Can you try again in a few minutes?"

Looks Like he's being bombarded with fellow Beth Forumeers

» Tue May 15, 2012 10:40 am

For some reason it failed Mina Harker. It probably got bad feedbacks from movies and TV shows, cause I was thinking the original Mina.

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:05 pm

It didn't know Canderous.

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:13 pm

I've met Akinator before, but this time I beat him in one try with Professor Henry Jarrod from the 1953 movie House of Wax. He guessed Hannibal Lecter, John Doe (from Se7en) and the guy from Saw... Gonna try more old movie characters now...

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:04 am

It got Darth Vader and had a picture of him I don't recall seeing before.

That was the easy test... time to up the obscurity.

EDIT: Got Glorfindel on the second guess.

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:33 am

Akinator has a crappy record with me, apparently I know too many esoteric historical figures.

Yeah after seeing this I just tried a fairly obscure (but admittedly listed on Wikipedia) Frenchman who but got executed for attempted regicide, a few centuries ago. Its closest guess was Joan of Arc. :shrug:

Apparently historical is the way to go.

» Tue May 15, 2012 10:45 am

Yeah after seeing this I just tried a fairly obscure (but admittedly listed on Wikipedia) Frenchman who but got executed for attempted regicide, a few centuries ago. Its closest guess was Joan of Arc. :shrug:

Apparently historical is the way to go.

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:22 am

Well it did get Tutankhamen another time...

» Tue May 15, 2012 4:34 pm

Well it did get Tutankhamen another time...

Was it actually a Frenchman as in a male French person?

» Tue May 15, 2012 4:22 am

Was it actually a Frenchman as in a male French person?

Yep, perhaps Tutankhamen was before that question. But still.

» Tue May 15, 2012 2:57 pm

Yep, perhaps Tutankhamen was before that question. But still.

How did it get Joan of Arc then?

Ok so it has to be video game. It got Minsc and Aerie but not Melisandre.

Nah, it got Hitler and Prince

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:42 am

How did it get Joan of Arc then?

I have no idea. I think it was just out of ideas, as it asked me if my character was real three or four times.
Edit: Heh, surprisingly, the character was in the database.

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:17 am

Yeah after seeing this I just tried a fairly obscure (but admittedly listed on Wikipedia) Frenchman who but got executed for attempted regicide, a few centuries ago. Its closest guess was Joan of Arc. :shrug:

Apparently historical is the way to go.

I assume you mean Damiens? I tried that and it guessed Louis XVI and Jean-Paul Marat. Much closer than yours but not quite right in either case...

» Tue May 15, 2012 10:05 am

I assume you mean Damiens? I tried that and it guessed Louis XVI and Jean-Paul Marat. Much closer than yours but not quite right in either case...

Yep. I guess the order in which questions are asked in would explain the differing results. But I just went back and searched him, and found that he is in the database, so I'm not sure why it won't recognise him.

» Tue May 15, 2012 12:30 pm

Yep. I guess the order in which questions are asked in would explain the differing results. But I just went back and searched him, and found that he is in the database, so I'm not sure why it won't recognise him.

Well after I did it I entered him into the database

That's how it works...

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:21 pm

Well after I did it I entered him into the database :tongue:

That's how it works...

Oh, that explains why it didn't appear at first when I tried to enter it, I thought it was already there. :unsure:

» Tue May 15, 2012 4:52 pm

Hot damn I gave him Hannibal Lector, Katniss Everdeen, and Uncle Dolan, and he got them all right.

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:15 am

Asked me about 45 questions. Never guessed Kurt Russel or Snake Plissken.