Powerlevel

[Archangel]

Posting some /a/ faggotry i randomly found

I don't necessarily agree with some of the scoring ( like, you have to buy manga to rank? That's bull... ) but what the hell, should be fun to compete on this a little.

I'm 19700 with 12500 from stored anime alone.

PS: Lets add 500 for every figurine or anime related memorabilia

[shinta|hikari]

Why does the scoring for watched shows stop at 200+? I would think that exceeding that number warrants an greater increase in points. I've watched more than 5x as much but I still get the same number of points so it's a bit unfair.

The buying manga is bullshit too. Also, why is it limited to only 200? It doesn't even have a plus sign. I don't buy manga, so no points for me there.

Anyway, I tried counting mine and got 25150, 15000 is from stored anime (I delete 80% of the shows I watch).

So I am super mega ultra hardcore. Nothing new.

[Kraco]

That whole system is flawed when you get over the top score with archived anime alone. While archiving at all, or considerably, should grant some extra points, in the end it's nothing but data storage technology after a certain point, not anything to do with being an otaku (unless it makes you a computer otaku).

Buying manga, or buying anything relevant, is a huge thing in my opinion because it means you spend your hard earned cash in the hobby.

[shinta|hikari]

Buying should warrant bonuses, but should not be the base for points. In the manga section, the entire thing requires you to buy manga or you don't score anything. There are so many anime/manga that are still untranslated officially, so making buying a condition significantly narrows the scope.

I agree about the archiving. It should have lower points, like 100 per 50gb, not 500. It still matters though since it takes up disk space or dvds, which also cost money.

I also think the anime watched or manga read section should be extended, up to maybe 1000+, with a considerably higher score awarded as it goes up (just like how it jumps from 1000 to 3000 in the 100 and 200 ranges). This should be the focus in fact, since how can you be an anime otaku without watching anime? It also shows how much time you devote to the hobby.

[Xelbair]

i've scored 16600, if i include fact that i've bought few mangas, and store them on my shelf along with my books.

[Kraco]

Buying should warrant bonuses, but should not be the base for points. In the manga section, the entire thing requires you to buy manga or you don't score anything.

Right, I never calculated past the anime archive and thus only glanced at the manga section, so I didn't notice only bought manga gives points. That clearly makes no sense whatsoever.

[Archangel]

lrn2read Kraco, i posted on that as well

[Kraco]

lrn2read Kraco, i posted on that as well

Since you never buy anything at all, I just ignored any sentence you typed with the word "buy" in it as biased. Nothing personal.

[shinta|hikari]

I got so irked by that test I made my own.

Sorry to borrow the forum name, but the ratings are somewhat GW related so I thought it was apt. Please tell me if you want any changes, and I'll edit it.

The points might be a bit generous. If you guys think so as well, I will edit it.

I scored 25670.

[Archangel]

I was thinking of doing that as well but didn't have the will, good show old chap

I think 50 per figure is way too little, those things are expensive and utterly useless. I say 250 a piece.

I don't think having a girlfriend should subtract from my otaku powerlevel either, if we go down that road there are way too many variables for this sort of list. Just add, don't subtract.

Can i post this on /a/? Can you?

Edit: Oh, and shouldn't hating real women be in the thousands? That's like giving up in the real world, Keima style.

[shinta|hikari]

The girlfriend thing is a little joke about Otaku being lonely sad creatures. The whole test thing shouldn't be too serious so I thought it would be a nice addition.

I think I will boost the figure to 150, then reduce the manga to 20 a book, since those are pretty cheap compared to DVDs/BDs or figures. Plastic models will be boosted to 100. I'm trying to keep it proportional in terms of price, in consideration of Kraco's cost = value idea.

I don't want to give too much points to purchases though. That would make the test too elitist.

I will follow your other suggestions then repost it.

I think we need more rank names. Maybe 3 more to stuff in between the existing ones. Suggestions are welcome.

Once it is finalized, you can post it anywhere you want, Arch.

Latest updates: I changed the points per GB for archiving. I realized it is much harder to get high GBs with manga and pics so I changed it accordingly.

[MFauli]

lol, I´m a 9500. Scouter destroyed!11 Could be higher, but it would be too much guessing, so I took the lower option if I wasnt sure.

[oyabun]

Lol I'm at 12100. We need more level/rank!!

EDIT: Shinta, I just realized PedoBear is in your sig. A very nice addition I might say.

[DarthEnderX]

You're aware you misspelled the thread title right?

[shinta|hikari]

Latest version:

Just a link to avoid stretching the thread.

GW powerlevel

I think all that is left is more ranks.

[RyougaZell]

Okay... using the one Archie posted I scored...

28450
(where 15000 is from stored anime and 5000 from manga bought... heck One Piece, Naruto and Negima alone are over 130 volumes... and I got fairy tail, hack, skip beat, bakuman, etc)

And using Shinta's version I get...

*ejem*

53950....
(where 8000 is from manga bought... I have over 400 volumes among english, spanish and european volumes... and 2 chinese...; and 33000 comes from figure collection... got 220 to be exact... prize and size doesn't matter right? got over 120 from Naruto gashapon whereas I got 65 1/7 figures)

[shinta|hikari]

Gashapon don't count. Figures are given that many points because they are expensive. 1/7 figs count. Even minus that you get 35950, impressive.

You spend a lot of money on otaku goods. Indeed more than a god but less than a human.

[RyougaZell]

I revised the number leaving all out Gashapons and several not-so-expensive figures so it reduces from 33000 to 9750 counting only my One Piece Portrait of Pirates, K-ON, Haruhi, Saber, Railgun, Persona, Geass, Dizzy, Valkyria Chronicles and Black Rock Shooter. I'm counting a mini-Nendoroid of Noel Vermillion since she costed 60 dlls though...

So my new number is about 30700

Don't know how to count the manga though Shinta. Of the 400 (aprox) volumes I'm counting, 200 are American version (10 to 15 dlls most of them) vs 200 Mexican version (about 5 to 8 dlls each). They count the same?

And heck... if you had counted videogames (over a 100 games...)

My number is just too big thanks to manga and figures...

[shinta|hikari]

You counted the manga right. I didn't want to count games since games aren't necessarily fueled by being an anime/manga otaku. A gaming otaku might get a huge score if we recognized that.

Still, 30700 is very impressive.

[Kraco]

I'll have to calculate mine later using Shinta's version, when I have all the info at hand. But if this is made public at large, like Archie suggested, I think the score scale should have some uber values added after 20k. Probably at every 10k (or so). Otherwise the larger-than-life otaku getting unbelievable scores will be disappointed by achieving nothing special.