Are you smarter than the average Apolytoner?

[Az]

you played civ1 when you were 5?

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Azazel
you played civ1 when you were 5?

Yup. My sister (11 years old) also played it, and I wanted to be able to do everything she could do. She got the game in 93, and I began playing in early 94. I played one game on each difficulty level, and I think it was my 9th or 10th try on emperor that gave me a landing in the 800s. Beat that, civ fans!

[Az]

I tried it at 7 or so, got bored after failing to figure it out, and exited.

[Japher]

oh, yeah!

When I was five I ate 11 crayons (4 green, 3 white, 2 blue, 1 red, and 1 black), one earth worm, a handful of dirt, and some cat food. HA!

[Jaguar]

I remember that I used blatantly overpowered units a lot... Chariots I think. They were like 6/2/3 and phalanx were 1/2/1. Most of my games consisted of delightful romps through the enemy territory.

[Drogue]

While I don't think IQ tests tell us much, I still can't think of a better measure of intelligence, at least not one that involves an intricate knowledge about that person. Online IQ tests are very dodgy. However, if people want to find it out on the net, there is the Mensa Workout which will give you a good estimate of your score. However, because it has quite a range, it seems to be less accurate at the extremes. If you want to test if yours is really high or not, then have a look at Power IQ Tests. Ronald Hoeflin's tests are the hardest and most widely used I've seen, but incredibly hard.

In terms of IQ, I would say I would be very high, possibly even the highest, since I seem to be able to do them very well, but in real life terms, I would say I'm about average. As obiwan said, there are some very smart people here.

[Az]

I remember building ****loads of phalanx, and then getting all worked up about how I can't take over cities.







I never had a manual.

[gsmoove23]

Well, 62% are in the top ten percent range and 78% in the top 25% range. Either some people put a little too much stock in themselves or this thread only attracts smart people.

75% for me!

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior

Yup. My sister (11 years old) also played it, and I wanted to be able to do everything she could do. She got the game in 93, and I began playing in early 94. I played one game on each difficulty level, and I think it was my 9th or 10th try on emperor that gave me a landing in the 800s. Beat that, civ fans!

IIUC, you are 14, and registered at 11 ? I was sure you were in your late teens, given how articulate you are. Definitely a smart guy, Jag.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Drogue
Online IQ tests are very dodgy.

Definitely. I've taken four or five of those. My scores have ranged from 105 to 255.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Azazel
you played civ1 when you were 5?

I started programming MUDs when I was ~10 and playing all the computer games I could ever since I could remember.

[Drogue]

255 I think the highest registered human is about 210 ish. The only online one I took (although actually sent off, but DLed it online) was the mega-test, when I was 16. However, the best IQ test I've seen for most people are SATs. Even being British, and never having been taught them, they seemed pretty fair to me. Although since quite few people seem to get the top of very near, it doesn't go high enough for some.

At 14 too You really are incredibly smart.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Drogue
255 I think the highest registered human is about 210 ish.

That's why I put the hmmm smiley. Methinks the makers of that test know how to tell people what they want to hear.

[Asher]

I thought IQ tests were never taken seriously above 180?

[Jaguar]

I didn't take it seriously. I don't expect you to either.