Powerlevel

[Belial]

got a lot of dvd's (used to burn them like crazy when i started watching)... don't feel like counting them but let's say around 200 (and counting that each has 4 gb, tho some have more some less)

a little suggestion on anime titles watched... it should be episodes watched, because someone who has watched only let's say DBZ, naruto, bleach and One Piece has watched over 1.5k episodes and only gets 500 points, while someone who watches 12 ep anime gets 1500 if he watched the same amount

anyways 258 fully watched shows, don't think i break 400 if i count things i am still watching / dropped after a few episodes, so won't count them

don't listen to a anime soundtracks per say, but i listen to a couple of opening / ending songs and lilium (elfen lied opening) has been my mobile phone ringtone for some time so gonna give myself +500 here anyways

so by some rough calculations around 7500 ... i don't have over nine thousand!!!

p.s. you should get +1501 for bothering to take this test :P

[shinta|hikari]

Otherwise the larger-than-life otaku getting unbelievable scores will be disappointed by achieving nothing special.

How is the title of god nothing special? I think it would be pretty hard to get 20k+ or more without spending a lot of time or money or both.

Still, adding beyond godlike ranks is easy. We just need to come up with cool sounding rank names for 25, 30, 35 and 40k. I doubt anyone would go beyond that.

@Belial - Episodes are not a good measure. Watching a ton of naruto or bleach does not make you more of an otaku. If anything, it just limits you to a certain genre. Watching many 12 ep shows may be time better spent as an anime fan, since it exposes you to more things. Also, I don't want filler crap to be credited in any way, so titles over episodes is the way to go.

[Kraco]

How is the title of god nothing special? I think it would be pretty hard to get 20k+ or more without spending a lot of time or money or both.

Zell just got over 30k already, with his compromising "counting only" method. I think there must be much more outrageous collectors and fans out there. I merely meant that if someone gets over 30k or even 35k, he might feel disappointed being still the same as 20ks, who probably are plentiful if you go to a place with real no-lifers. Although I still haven't been able to count my own score to get a realistic view of how high the 20k actually is.

[RyougaZell]

And I only scored big because each of my 1/7 figures scored 150 each... but I scored big 0's on moe blog, knowing songs, knowing seiyuus and the like... <___<

Add another 4 figures to the count btw... I about to pay for Saber Alter, Ritsu Tainaka, Saten Ruiko and Perona (one piece) <__<

[Penner]

I don't even know what this thread is really about, every time i tried reading a post i got distracted by shinta's awesome sig.

[Death BOO Z]

normal mode:around 14K, basing it on having 400GB archived anime (say... 250ish titles?) and having read 100 mangas (was I supposed to keep count?) most of the lost points come from the fact I don't give a crap about anime music or moe garbage.

GWmode:.. around the same. probably for the same reasons, being that I don't listen to anime music and own lots of plastic.


suggestions:
first of all, I think a GB of manga should count more than a GB of anime.
(edit: oh, I didn't see the new version)
for the ranks: "filler trash", "Shonen heart cliche child'" at the low end (above Kubo). top score should be around 50K or percentile based. and we need a webpage that does the all the calculation by itself.

new entires and revisions:
+1000 for every year as an anime watcher
+250 for each convention attended, 500 for every cosplay or being involved in running the convention (retailer, operator, volunteer), up to having a x10 multiplier. (no double credit for cosplaying and working at the convention).
+1000 if you actually had a speaking role (in an event, or as part of the organization that made the convention).

+100 for every anime t-shirt you own, another extra 100 if you wear it in public (non-anime community activities)
+500 for every academic paper you wrote about anime (up to 5000), an extra +500 if you actually handed it over (not counting if the class was about animation or japan)

+200 for having an anime character as an avatar in non anime\gaming\media community.
+2000 for having an anime picture as facebook profile.

+50 for every series you've both saw the anime and read the manga (up to 5000 bonus).
+0(zero) for every manga writer name you know.
+10 for every title they wrote you know of.
+50 for every title you read of each manga writer past the first one (it doesn't count if you read only one thing made by each mangaka)

most episodes watched in 24 hours
10 episodes: 250
20 episodes: 750
30 episodes: 1500
40 episodes: 2500
50 episodes: 3500
60 episodes: 5000

special bonuses:

+100 for every VHS tape (rightfully bought or bootlegged) you own.

+50 for making an 'abridged series'
+1950 if some actually watched it.

+100 for every IRL friend you've made through anime (friend: someone you've spent time to meet without any anime-related excuse).
+1000 if you've met someone (girlfriend\boyfriend) in an anime related activity.
+3000 if she\he was your first girlfriend\boyfriend.
+5000 if you two are still together.

[shinta|hikari]

The latest version has better weighing on the anime/manga/pics GBs.

Years as an anime watcher do not reflect how much of an otaku you are, just how long.
I think a fixed bonus on regular convention attending is better, but I already inserted the girlfriend joke so I'll keep that as is.
I like the idea of having a bonus as an organizer. That shows dedication. I'll add it in later.
I like the t-shirt idea, just not as a cumulative bonus. I think it is only worth it if you wear it in public, so only that will have points.
Academic papers are pointless if not submitted. I think a fixed bonus of having ever submitted one can be added. I'll think about it. Seems a little too serious compared to the others.
I like the facebook idea, but maybe not facebook only, but any social networking site. I don't have a facebook account, and I don't like promoting it either.

Your other suggestions are a bit too complex and would turn off people from answering. The girlfriend thing is taking the idea a bit too far.

Most episodes watched in a day is not a good idea. People will get tons of points just for marathoning shows. I know a lot of people who are not really big anime fans but still marathon shows (anime or not) for an entire day.

[shinta|hikari]

Version 3 with the stuff mentioned by other posters incorporated. I lengthened the power level to 30k as Kraco suggested. If they go way beyond that, then I guess they really are beyond god.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g3...werlevelv3.jpg

I still need about 7-10 rank titles to fill the spaces.

I now have 30700 points due to the additional questions suggested by the other posters.

[Archangel]

Rank it by every 5000 to make it uniform, with the exception of over 9000

- Closet otaku

- Mob character

- Otaku

- Fap artist

- Pantsu thief

- Forever alone

I'm not set on any of those except the last one, over 30000 should totally be foreveralone.jpg

[Ryllharu]

On the latest revision, using conservative estimates (I'm not about to count individual burned dvd gigs):

Total: 21724.

Though I still think figurines (1/8 scale or larger) should be worth more than 150 a piece. Displaying them is way more hardcore than having watched several hundred gigs of anime and manga which is tucked away on a hard drive. Not to mention that most of them are 4 times the cost of a purchased R1 DVD. Having just one figurine out it enough for someone to brand you as an otaku for life.

[Archangel]

That was kinda my point at first, aren't figurines and love pillows the crown jewel of the otaku kingdom?

[shinta|hikari]

Fap artist and Pantsu thief don't seem otaku exclusive so I didn't use them. I left Whitebeard in because the ranks need a gotwoot touch. I followed your suggestion on making it uniform, except for the 2nd highest one. I thought that it was apt because of the italicized challenge text for the test.

GW Power Level final version

So going beyond godlike only results in solitude. How Madoka.

Since this should be the final version, please feel free to post it anywhere.

[Archangel]

Kimoi and Kami sound kinda weeboo dude, i just with you'd change those 2.

Even changing them to english would be better.

[shinta|hikari]

Isn't that the point of using those?

[Archangel]

Meh.... at that level you're so far beyond weeboo that it doesn't make sense to use it anymore

[shinta|hikari]

I can change Kami to God, but Kimoi needs to be Japanese to make sense. "Disgusting" does not complete the reference. If I do that, only Kimoi would be left in Japanese, so I opted to keep both like that.

Kami is also a good reference to TWGOK, so I think it's fine as is.

[Archangel]

Switch Kimoi to Keima and remove the Kami? I'd like to add a little distance between Kami-nii-sama and forever alone

[RyougaZell]

I sense a conspiracy <___<

[Ryllharu]

"Disgusting" does not complete the reference.

I'm not following. In precisely what way does it not complete the reference?

If you phrase it that way, you absolutely look like a one of those kids that hangs out in the bookstore reading the manga on the floor next to the shelves and shouting out random Japanese phrases that makes no sense because they're all out of context.

[shinta|hikari]

Because "Kimoi" is a popular way to negatively describe otaku in Japan.

Disgusting does not have the same connotation in English.

I don't even understand what your 2nd paragraph means.