Hey gang,

What do you guys think of this idea?

Should Blizzard create special servers where people must take an IQ test to enter? The people with IQ's 130 and higher will be allowed to enter. So, what do you think, is my idea dumb, or not?

If you think my idea is stupid, please don't flame me too bad. I can take a happy ending but I can't stand a perfect storm...

Ichben Einberliner

edit: The person would not have to take the IQ test every time he or she wants to play the game. The IQ test would be taken, let's say, every 6 months.

Smart people can still be pricks. Perhaps even more so because they have that whole bloated  sense of self worth thing going. I don't think it would improve much.

from reading this i would say you would belong on the non high iq server then gg kthxbye

Well, I'm sure the OP wouldn't make it into one of these "high IQ" servers. The idea is ridiculously stupid. It most assuredly won't keep the idiots out, and it would only give the already-bloated population of elitists in this game even more to chew on.

If that had a server for people 21 and older, I would re-sub.

I just can't stand the kids. I hope they all put forks in their electrical sockets one day.

Originally posted by DrChicken

Well, I'm sure the OP wouldn't make it into one of these "high IQ" servers. The idea is ridiculously stupid. It most assuredly won't keep the idiots out, and it would only give the already-bloated population of elitists in this game even more to chew on.

So you're saying I have a low IQ huh?

Ichben Einberliner

I like the idea. But you run into a few small problums with that idea. One its a game for the mass's its not a good idea to start singleing out players in a game like that.  Two just becase you have an High IQ dos not make you better and more deserveing, so i could see hate threads 24/7 on those servers lol. An third and i wanna make this very clear,  Yes if you have a High IQ you are smarter then the average person. It still dos not make you a socialy smart person, If any thing becase of high IQ you think you are better then the normal person makeing you socialy retarted.

I am not saying this to be mean. I have been been in alot of special class's (History,Goverment, Law Enforcement) and they were made to be more advanced then the others.  An what i seen in my dealing with High IQ is that most of my class mates were shelted there whole life and have no idea how to hold a conversation. Now iam not saying we all are social incapable, I think alot is how we are raised. But let me stop befor i babble on. Its a bad idea in General. I think smart players will befriend smart players in general so they will only be social with one another, In short no to a high IQ server. I think to much lol.

Problem: An MMO is first and foremost a social exercise, like indeed being a human to begin with.

This means that intelligence isn't worth much unless it's paired with understanding of a whole, sometimes called wisdom. Some of the most useless people in history have been highly intelligent, in fact it's almost a pre-requisite.

As much as I'd love to study such server, the basis for this idea is of course terribly faulty.

Here's perhaps a better idea: Create a server in which all the participants had to have a really high emotional quota.

Originally posted by Spadez88

I like the idea. But you run into a few small problums with that idea. One its a game for the mass's its not a good idea to start singleing out players in a game like that.  Two just becase you have an High IQ dos not make you better and more deserveing, so i could see hate threads 24/7 on those servers lol. An third and i wanna make this very clear,  Yes if you have a High IQ you are smarter then the average person. It still dos not make you a socialy smart person, If any thing becase of high IQ you think you are better then the normal person makeing you socialy retarted.

I am not saying this to be mean. I have been been in alot of special class's (History,Goverment, Law Enforcement) and they were made to be more advanced then the others.  An what i seen in my dealing with High IQ is that most of my class mates were shelted there whole life and have no idea how to hold a conversation. Now iam not saying we all are social incapable, I think alot is how we are raised. But let me stop befor i babble on. Its a bad idea in General. I think smart players will befriend smart players in general so they will only be social with one another, In short no to a high IQ server. I think to much lol.

Thank you for the kind response Spade. Do you also think I have a low IQ?

Ichben Einberliner

Originally posted by Quale

Problem: An MMO is first and foremost a social exercise, like indeed being a human to begin with.

 

This means that intelligence isn't worth much unless it's paired with understanding of a whole, sometimes called wisdom. Some of the most useless people in history have been highly intelligent, in fact it's almost a pre-requisite.

As much as I'd love to study such server, the basis for this idea is of course terribly faulty.

 

Here's perhaps a better idea: Create a server in which all the participants had to have a really high emotional quota.

I like your idea Quale. An EQ test would probably be a better judge of a person's character and social skills. I think having a server full of people with high EQ's would really make the server a much more fulfilling and positive place to play. What do you all think of Quale's idea gang? 

Ichben Einberliner

Oh yeah I heard they're gonna roll out a MENSA server soon, don't worry. Your idea is great, but Blizz already thought of it.

Sorry OP, in this thread you are asking for trouble.  Smart or not a person must always be able to communicate and adapt to people who may not be very bright.  I highly doubt many super-smart people play a game like WoW... or not very much at least.  The server you want would be barren, you have to realize even smart people have friends.  What if their friends couldn't get in? would a smart person leave his friends just for a "smart people" server?  no.  Then there would be rampant cheating on the IQ test, Blizzard would only have so many questions they could make and soon enough the answer guide would be out there for people to memorize. 

All I will say is for a person who obviously thinks yourself smart... you didn't put a lot of thought into this idea.  Now we all fuck up, but use your head and common sense next time.

Just out of curiosity, are you the same Ichben from that crap Starsider guild who thought it was a good idea to role up a fat avatar and stand at the Coronet shuttle droid dancing in your underwear?

If so, color me not surprised.  If not, forget I asked and carry on with the implausible ideas.

I am all for this. Then smug idiots like Ichben could flock together and smell their farts on one sever and i can spam trade chat with ANAL [blood strike] or Murlokinator: Salvation and no one will care. Please take your big brain to it...While we are at it lets have 21 and over servers; make people fax an ID to blizzard to have access to the server. idiot.

Originally posted by veritas_X

Just out of curiosity, are you the same Ichben from that crap Starsider guild who thought it was a good idea to role up a fat avatar and stand at the Coronet shuttle droid dancing in your underwear?

If so, color me not surprised.  If not, forget I asked and carry on with the implausible ideas.

I miss those good times.

Originally posted by Bruticus_XI

Oh yeah I heard they're gonna roll out a MENSA server soon, don't worry. Your idea is great, but Blizz already thought of it.

Thanks Bruticus, that really made me feel good, even though I'm a day late and a dollar short. :-(

Ichben Einberliner

 I am detecting high amounts of sarcasm and Fail. I guess that means the idea sucks ass.

It seems extremely ineffective from a cost perspective seeing as it would be a one player server.

 /chuckle

On a similar note, I would be amongst the first to /sign to any game that has a regulated 21+ server. Don't get me wrong, kids are fine but I don't usually hang out with high-schoolers IRL and I still haven't found many good reasons to do so in MMOs.

Oh well, give us a shout if the MENSA server do go up ;)

Originally posted by veritas_X

Just out of curiosity, are you the same Ichben from that crap Starsider guild who thought it was a good idea to role up a fat avatar and stand at the Coronet shuttle droid dancing in your underwear?

If so, color me not surprised.  If not, forget I asked and carry on with the implausible ideas.

Yes Veritas, it is I, the dancing man of Starsider, the dancing man of the galaxy. I miss those days, I really do. The reason why I chose to dance in the Coronet shuttle was to raise money for the new players in-game.

I was not trying to cause trouble, all I was doing was trying to make a difference. Sadly, the "gods" didn't see it that way and they used a lame excuse to ban me from the server.

I didn't feel to bad about it, when I was banished from the land Darth Smedley unleashed his NGE upon the world a month later, ruining a perfect world I was once apart of. Luckily, before my banishment, I was able to develop a strong fan base and create a popular and active yahoo group that has been going strong for nearly 5 years. I still miss the galaxy though, I still miss my world...

Ichben Einberliner