Akinator, the Web Genius

2009-04-02 01:08:55 am

Everything's better with Magitek

http://en.akinator.com/

I found this site and think it's kind of fun; it's kind of like 20 Questions. You think of a person or character (real or fictional), and "Akinator" asks you questions and tries to guess who you're thinking about. This isn't necessarily related to video games, but I've found that it's pretty good at guessing video game characters. Here's a list of some of the more surprising characters that it guessed correctly for me:

Larsa Solidor (Final Fantasy XII)
Xemnas (Kingdom Hearts 2)
Ryu (Breath of Fire)
Geno (Mario RPG)
Gruntilda (Banjo-Kazooie)
Little Mac (Punch Out)
Lemmings (didn't expect it to get this one!)

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Poesta

2009-04-02 03:11:28 am

Yarr

This is pretty old, I was surprised it got some video game characters too. This is what you get if you only pick 'Probably partially':

Hattori HANZo

2009-04-02 04:09:02 am

contraddicted

I am surprised that the Akinator needed a second set of Questions for "Günther Jauch" after guessing that I'm talking about a Romanian guy.
But he got Tachikoma pretty quick Grin

Also he doesn't have heard of nate Grin

RaneofSOTN

2009-04-02 04:27:05 am

I want off the ride....

... mmm

So i went with SD3 characters

Failed on Kevin
Failed on Duran
Nailed Reisz
Failed on Hawk

something tells me he knows his ladies more...

Rael96

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Rael96: 2009-04-02 08:30:50 am

2009-04-02 07:45:47 am

So far he's figured out:

Roger Daltrey
Pete Townshend
Keith Moon
Robert Plant
Kirby
Zero
Rayman
Alucard
Vic Viper

Hasn't figured out:
Klonoa
Bomberman
Pentarou
John Entwistle

MatrixTN

2009-04-02 08:39:42 am

You got a deletion wish?

Quote from Essentia:

Lemmings (didn't expect it to get this one!)

Get the music out of my head! Incidentally, the blocker is my PSN avatar.

mikwuyma

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mikwuyma: 2009-04-02 08:53:49 am

2009-04-02 08:48:36 am

My feelings on The Demon Rush

Akinator hasn't figured out a single video game character I've sent him, then again, I sent him some pretty obscure choices.

Miyamoto from Mahou Daisakusen (guessed some FE character with wings)
Bornnam from the same game (guessed some Starcraft character)
Kusaregedo from Samurai Shodown (guessed some guy from Kingdom Hearts)
Charlotte from the same game (guessed Saber from Fate/Stay night)
El Fuerte from SFIV (guessed King from Tekken, which is actually quite close)
Fio from Metal Slug (guessed Sarah Kerrigan from Starcraft, I guess the space answer really threw Akinator off)

I only did two rounds with Miyamoto and Kusaregedo.

He has an easier time with obscurish real people I sent his way though.

Mark E. Smith (I'm really shocked he got this one right)
Ian Curtis
Del tha Funkee Homosapien (guessed T.I. :()
John Cassavetes (guessed Bruce Lee ???)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (guessed Jessica Biel)

I love how when I say my character is a woman, Akinator asks if she is misogynous. Roll Eyes

BTW, this thread is so off-topic, but I'm bored and enjoying Akinator. Smiley

Akinator hasn't figured out a single video game character I've sent him, then again, I sent him some pretty obscure choices.

Miyamoto from Mahou Daisakusen (guessed some FE character with wings)
Bornnam from the same game (guessed some Starcraft character)
Kusaregedo from Samurai Shodown (guessed some guy from Kingdom Hearts)
Charlotte from the same game (guessed Saber from Fate/Stay night)
El Fuerte from SFIV (guessed King from Tekken, which is actually quite close)
Fio from Metal Slug (guessed Sarah Kerrigan from Starcraft, I guess the space answer really threw Akinator off)

I only did two rounds with Miyamoto and Kusaregedo.

He has an easier time with obscurish real people I sent his way though.

Mark E. Smith (I'm really shocked he got this one right)
Ian Curtis
Del tha Funkee Homosapien (guessed T.I. :()
John Cassavetes (guessed Bruce Lee ???)
Maggie Gyllenhaal (guessed Jessica Biel)

I love how when I say my character is a woman, Akinator asks if she is misogynous. ::)

BTW, this thread is so off-topic, but I'm bored and enjoying Akinator. :)

ZenicReverie

2009-04-02 08:57:51 am

Waiting hurts my soul...

Didn't even have Sir Jim (Hydlide)

He's 1/5 at the moment guessing only Miyamoto Musashi.

Zealie

2009-04-02 09:25:04 am

Haha, after 10 times saying no he asked:
"Am I too stupid to guess who your character is?"

And 1 time he asked if it's a female and when awnsering yes then refers to it as a he Sad

And he didn't even know Flintheart Glomgold Sad

First he thought it was mojo jojo and then he even dared to guess Scrooge McDuck Shocked

Sorcerer88

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Sorcerer88: 2009-04-02 09:35:54 am

2009-04-02 09:27:30 am

I have no solution, but i admire the problem.

Wow, he got Chopin. Although with about 10 consecutive no-questions, one being "has your character killed a human?" out of nowhere.

Oh, and note that you can add questions for characters yourself, so it's kind of "open source". I'm not sure if you can introduce new characters, though.

Poesta

2009-04-02 09:51:34 am

Yarr

You can introduce new characters. He often asks 'Is your character real?' and 'Has your character really existed?' in the same session. >_>

MatrixTN

2009-04-02 10:38:18 am

You got a deletion wish?

Tri-hex is probably going to crack up big time, he guessed Crash Bandicoot right.

mzxrules

2009-04-02 10:47:19 am

zeldaspeedruns.com

I tried doing Barack Obama, but all I got was black people.

groobo

2009-04-02 11:50:00 am

boss

He guessed both: weighted companion cube, and CAKE.

THIS IS BLACK MAGIC GOD DAMMIT

Fyourics

2009-04-02 12:04:26 pm

I am afraid no ones riding nothing!!!

DAMMIT!!!
After 40 questions he got Gordon Freeman
I was gonna try companion cube but groobo already tried that.
Can't think of anything else really.

Manocheese

2009-04-02 01:00:43 pm

Yes, a cucco riding the ground.

I've had wildly varying success with Akinator. Sometimes he manages to guess obscure characters like Jeff Veasey (<_<) and The Kid from IWBTG, and sometimes he fails to guess popular characters like Samus. It's always satisfying when he figures out a selection you didn't expect him to, though.

Zurreco

2009-04-02 01:48:41 pm

Just call me the cynicism machine

Akinator gets a 20% success rate with me.

I don't get how he can piece together Mog in 20 turns, but he fucks up on Deckard Cain and Storm Eagle.

rock1644

2009-04-02 04:09:43 pm

yes, a man carrying a gimp

He couldn't figure out Kyle Dunamis from Tales of Destiny 2. He guessed Stahn from the first Tales of Destiny.

It guessed Luke (Tales of The Abyss) and Duke Nukem.

And it couldn't guess the Doom Guy, Luca (Ar Tonelico 2), and The Postal Dude (Postal 2, it guessed the Tank from Left 4 Dead, lol).

Enhasa

2009-04-03 02:48:07 am

everybody wanna tell you the meaning of music

Quote:

<Enhasa> akinator is going to miss all of mine
<Enhasa> but it's unfair since i doubt any of them are in the database currently

<Enhasa> breakdown: did you try that akinator?
<Breakdown> I did try the akinator
<Enhasa> ok lol
<Enhasa> did you try maria?
<Breakdown> yes
<Enhasa> hahahaha
<Enhasa> ok
<Enhasa> i knew it had to be you

Chitta (Armed Police Batrider) -> Scout (TF2)
Chitta (Monstania) -> Polka (Eternal Sonata) -- all things considered, this actually isn't that far off
Mikey (Radiata Stories) -> Alex Kidd
Marsha (Radiata Stories) -> Macha (Warhammer 40K) -- I put this one in for Molotov, also I have no idea who Macha is
Kim (Twinkle Star Sprites) -> Crash Bandicoot
Nicole (Guardian Heroes) -> Arme (Grand Chase) -- I have never heard of this character or this game, game looks kinda neat though
Vibri (Vib-Ribbon) -> Osaki Nana -- I have no idea who this is, probably some anime character

Dan the Automator -> Akon -- Akinator actually figured out hip-hop producer on question 8, then somehow the questions started making less and less sense and it all went downhill
John Malkovich -> Jack Nicholson -- well, it got the actor over 50 right at least
Shawn Marion -> Kobe Bryant -- pretty hilarious aside if you know anything about basketball, but when I first saw the site and clicked "last games," one of them was someone who tried Kobe and got Peja Stojakovic

My favorite part of Akinator is how when you always say "no this character isn't real" then "no, not from an anime" then "yes, from a game" immediately followed by "no, not from Final Fantasy" then "no, not from Warcraft." The funniest part is how you know when you answer a question, it will screw up Akinator and he won't figure out your character isn't even a real person until question 12.

Quote from Rael96:

Hasn't figured out:
John Entwistle

Always got the raw deal.

Quote from mikwuyma:

Maggie Gyllenhaal (guessed Jessica Biel)

Most surprising part of this thread.

Quote from Zurreco:

I don't get how he can piece together Mog in 20 turns, but he fucks up on Deckard Cain and Storm Eagle.

weeaboos

[quote]<Enhasa> akinator is going to miss all of mine  
<Enhasa> but it's unfair since i doubt any of them are in the database currently

<Enhasa> breakdown: did you try that akinator?  
<Breakdown> I did try the akinator
<Enhasa> ok lol  
<Enhasa> did you try maria?  
<Breakdown> yes
<Enhasa> hahahaha  
<Enhasa> ok  
<Enhasa> i knew it had to be you[/quote]

Chitta (Armed Police Batrider) -> Scout (TF2)
Chitta (Monstania) -> Polka (Eternal Sonata) -- all things considered, this actually isn't that far off
Mikey (Radiata Stories) -> Alex Kidd
Marsha (Radiata Stories) -> Macha (Warhammer 40K) -- I put this one in for Molotov, also I have no idea who Macha is
Kim (Twinkle Star Sprites) -> Crash Bandicoot
Nicole (Guardian Heroes) -> Arme (Grand Chase) -- I have never heard of this character or this game, game looks kinda neat though
Vibri (Vib-Ribbon) -> Osaki Nana -- I have no idea who this is, probably some anime character

Dan the Automator -> Akon -- Akinator actually figured out hip-hop producer on question 8, then somehow the questions started making less and less sense and it all went downhill
John Malkovich -> Jack Nicholson -- well, it got the actor over 50 right at least
Shawn Marion -> Kobe Bryant -- pretty hilarious aside if you know anything about basketball, but when I first saw the site and clicked "last games," one of them was someone who tried Kobe and got Peja Stojakovic

My favorite part of Akinator is how when you always say "no this character isn't real" then "no, not from an anime" then "yes, from a game" immediately followed by "no, not from Final Fantasy" then "no, not from Warcraft." The funniest part is how you know when you answer a question, it will screw up Akinator and he won't figure out your character isn't even a real person until question 12.

[quote="Rael96"]
Hasn't figured out:
John Entwistle
[/quote]
Always got the raw deal.

[quote="mikwuyma"]
Maggie Gyllenhaal (guessed Jessica Biel)
[/quote]
Most surprising part of this thread.

[quote="Zurreco"]
I don't get how he can piece together Mog in 20 turns, but he fucks up on Deckard Cain and Storm Eagle.
[/quote]
weeaboos

Lag.Com

2009-04-03 04:01:26 am

sda loyalist

It guessed John Malkovich for me when I tried. Huh?

moooh

2009-04-03 04:23:56 am

Exoray

Well that's because he got better after Enhasa's attempt.

After The Akinator made his guess, look at how many times that particular name has been played and click on the details to see what answers he currently have linked to that particular name.
The more times people have played a name, the better the Akinator will be at guessing it. The expected answers to the questions are most likely based on what previous persons have answered. If enough people answer a question wrongly he will start beginning to think that the wrong answer is the true one, so he won't always be able to get things right.