alcar
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Post by alcar on Oct 9, 2010 19:20:23 GMT -5
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Captain Talia
USS Adagio - NCC-99691-B
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Post by Captain Talia on Oct 10, 2010 17:37:14 GMT -5
Took the test for Tali and got this : Your Mary Sue Score: 12 0-10 points: The Anti-Sue. Your character is the very antithesis of a Mary-Sue. Why are you even taking this test?
11-20 points: The Non-Sue. Your character is a well-developed, balanced person, and is almost certainly not a Mary Sue. Congratulations!
21-35 points: Borderline-Sue. Your character is cutting it close, and you may want to work on the details a bit, but you're well on your way to having a lovely original character. Good work.
36-55 points: Mary-Sue. Your character needs some work in order to be believable. But despair not; you should still be able to salvage her with a little effort. Don't give up.
56-70 points: Über-Sue. You've got one hell of a Mary-Sue on your hands here, and it's not going to be easy to set things right. But do your best. There may be hope for you yet.
71 points or more: Irredeemable-Sue. You're going to have to start over, my friend. I know you want to keep writing, but no. Just no. Again, keep in mind that the test isn't always correct. Morpheus from the Sandman Comics scored nearly 70 points, and yet we don't believe he's a Mary-Sue. He's well developed, suffers the consequences of several major personality flaws, and has very few powers or talents besides those necessary to perform the duties of his station. Of course, research, an interesting story, and good writing always help too.
We hope this test has been some help to you. If you're looking for suggestions on how to avoid Mary-Sues and create original, developed characters, you might want to read this essay on Mary-Sueism, or the Occasionally Asked Questions about halfway down Dr. Merlin's Mary-Sue Litmus Test. Best of luck! A cute little test
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Post by vriha on Oct 10, 2010 20:10:32 GMT -5
I totally forgot about this test! Vriah gets a 19
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Post by parker on Oct 11, 2010 2:58:44 GMT -5
Parker got a 14.
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alcar
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Post by alcar on Oct 13, 2010 2:15:32 GMT -5
Al got a three and Damia got a 14.
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Post by Vice Admiral Nyoko Honda on Oct 13, 2010 4:35:04 GMT -5
Well I don't know if I agree or believe in this test. In some ways Nyoko is extraordinary while in others shes limited. None of the questions reflects any of her uglier personality trates, like jelouscey, lack of paients, her in ability to have committed relationships, pride issues, and of course her self medicating tendencies. I scored a 45.
I believe the test scores me high cause some of the traites of nyoko are ones I dream of having. After all nyoko has my dream job! She's a starship captain!
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alcar
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Post by alcar on Oct 13, 2010 11:20:02 GMT -5
The point of this test is not to hurt feelings, but to ask the question of the belivability or cliquchness of the character you are playing. Anybody who has done a pbem or a pbp can tell you that Sue's are the bane of the existience of rpers. A High number doesnt mean anything, Its just a test to get you the player to look at what you have created.
It goes hand in hand with that qu,estionaire I posted when I first joined about getting to know your character. the test is not to spurn any creativity. I am all about unique and different characters, i mean i am a woman rping a male bolian.
The virtual extension of our characters are the children of our imagination, if we want that invention to have heigth width and breath, not tp mention depth then we have to raise them riight. These aren't meant to do anything other then enhance rping ideas.
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Post by utukku2000 on Oct 13, 2010 11:48:22 GMT -5
Tobin ended up with a score of 17, though to be fair I tested him against another Mary-Sue test online before I submitted his biography. Like Alcar pointed out, making a 'Mary-Sue' is not a bad thing, I just think it makes the character a little harder to relate to. I have attached a small part of a write up I did a while back on the topic. Are you Mary-Sue? – The term might be lost on some but a ‘Mary-Sue’ or ‘Gary-Stu’ is a character common to fanfiction, albeit typically bad ones. These characters are notable for their lack of flaws, exaggerated skills or abilities and are commonly considered an ‘author’s pet’. Characters of this flaw are not exclusive to fanfiction, many critics consider the character Wesley Crusher to be a ‘Mary-Sue’. Making a Mary-Sue character is not necessarily a sign of being a poor writer, it is more a sign of inexperience. Many players want to make stand-out characters that are exceptional in their fields but end up layering skills upon skills that ultimately make the character unrealistic. Real people tend to be geared one way; they do not often balance multiple traits. A serious person typically will not be the most outgoing, an aggressive person typically will not wait while in the middle of action and so forth. People may have momentary shifts in personality but to complete an about face on a regular basis will break the in-character experience. There are many resources online to test if your character falls victim to the Mary-Sue classification but personally I follow a guideline to avoid this. Firstly, I start with the end in mind, knowing what sort of character of you want to write helps to give you a form to work with. Knowing your character also means knowing his or her flaws, this is my second step. Flaws define characters as much or more than strengths, as it might said you like someone for their strengths but love them for their flaws. A flawed character gives you room to grow and makes them more human (or whatever species they may be). Third, I consider the character’s strengths. Often these are counter to the flaws but sometimes can be random to add depth to the character. And finally I choose interests, normally tailored around the strengths but again also randomly to add depth. For the full (work in progress) post check out the link: daedalusomega.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=oocboard&action=display&thread=486
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Post by greatholdings on Oct 13, 2010 12:57:55 GMT -5
Ethan's Mary Sue Score: 32 21-35 points: Borderline-Sue. Your character is cutting it close, and you may want to work on the details a bit, but you're well on your way to having a lovely original character. Good work.
Of course some of the questions were suspect in my opinion and the quiz wasn't geared toward a Star Trek universe. So My actual score could have been lower or higher really. I think there is a rather large margin of error. Afterall what does "does your character have wings" have to do with Star Trek? As if any Star Trek aliens have wings.
Overall this test didn't tell me anything about my character that I didn't already know.
Additionally, I am wondering how honest some people answered. I think many characters in the fleet would be borderline mary sues at best. I think a more telling test might be if other people answered the quiz for you.
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Post by vandabolt on Oct 14, 2010 9:34:09 GMT -5
This test made me realise how little effort I've put into Gabi. She gets a 58 and just going down the list of questions I realise I haven't considered her hobbies, main skills or any rivalry or personal problems. I kind of hoped to come up with those as I played her but I think it's time to hit the drawing board again XD
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Post by lorkney on Nov 1, 2010 20:23:13 GMT -5
That's a really interesting test. Laurel got a 21. I guess she's too much like me. :-P
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