Akinator, the Web Genius

[Vigil80]

Prepare to have your mind blown.
http://us.akinator.com/

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[Pigeon]

I've been here before. It's amazing! I couldn't stump it

edit: tested again, it got:
Kevin Nash
Terry Bradshaw
Marmaduke
Deadpool
Londo Mollari

[Vigil80]

Some other "characters" which it deduced correctly.

Link
Jean Luc Picard
Tom Paris
Zalgo
Tycho
Michael Westen
Sonny Corinthos
The Undertaker
My mother
Myself

[Pigeon]

lol, tried to trick it, but it knew Akinator!

[LongStepMantis]

I love this thing. It has a ton of obscure entries, so trying to think up something really obscure is always fun. I just had it try to guess my wife, just for the hell of it:

...
Has your character met your family? Yes.
Has your character ever been married? Yes.
Have you ever been in a relationship with your character? Yes.
Has your character played during the 2007 World Cup? ...WTF? :D

[Wraith]

Correctly guessed:

Filburt (Rocko's Modern Life)
Philippe (Achewood)
Horrible Gelatinous Blog (Futurama)
Minus (Minus)
Kokone Takatsu (Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou)

Didn't get:

Melosh the janitor (Newsradio)

[Vigil80]

It even got the main character from the Mafia game, whose name I didn't even know at the time. Amazing.

[diablopath]

It never fails to surprise me.

It got Michael Ness.

EDIT: But not Craig Ferguson! Hah!

[Wraith]

Correctly guessed:

Torgo (MANOS! The Hands of Fate)

Didn't get:

Wavy the Waving Crocodile (The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson)

- though I didn't know what to say for the questions about walking on two or four feet, Wavy being a puppet and all... Triumph was one of its guesses, so it was definitely in the ballpark.

[Wraith]

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[evilgoodwin]

It got:

Dr Cox (scrubs)
Makoto Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
Satan
"Someone who kept clicking no to see what would happen"

Woah. It got Robert E. Howard (Creator of Conan the Barbarian)

Edit: Played again.
Robot Devil (Futurama)
King Arthur
Janitor (Scrubs)


Damn you! You're some kind of wizard!

[JRR006]

It guessed Malcolm Tucker (The Thick of It), which foiled him/it the last time I played with this, maybe a year ago? It's improved!

[Hawkzombie]

Wow. It just got Agent Tony DiNozzo from NCIS...wtf :p

Holy shit! And Raziel from Legacy of Kain!

[Wraith]

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[TheEpicOfTyler]

He's gotten better. I used to be able to trick him up on Metal Gear Solid characters, but he got them every time.

[Arphahat]

It is good. It got "little sister from Bioshock".

[Arphahat]

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[diablopath]

Son of a bitch got King Henry VIII

[Vulture]

I tried to Stump it with Chuck Yeager. it guessed Norman Schwarzkopf on its first try, then kept going and guessed him on the second try.

Edit: stumped it with Robert Ballard (discovered the wreck of the Titanic)

[Arphahat]

Got James Randi, but missed "monkey from Indian Jones movie."

[Laughing Penguin]

He got Scud: TheDisposeable Assasin, Gamera, Max Schrek, and the infamous Chupacabra...

But I nailed him on Leo McKern, famous actor

[evilgoodwin]

Can't stop trying to stump it.

Ryu (Breath of Fire)
Vash the Stampede (Trigun)
Doug Walker (That Guy With the Glasses)
Lavos (Chrono Trigger)
Guts (Berserk)
Chaos (Final Fantasy 1)

It even got Baron Munchhausen (though not first try)

[Ten19]

Amusing Correct Guesses:

Sasha Grey
Dante Alighieri
Keats (from Folklore)
Richard D. James
Rygel the 16th (though he guessed Pilot first)

Stumped him on Majel Barrett though (wife of Gene Roddenberry/voice of ST:TNG computer)

[Paradox Symphony]

It guessed a secondary unimportant character from an obscure show.. WITCH-CRAFT

Does anybody know how this works?

[Hotcod]

I presume when you stump it it asks who you mean and then it gets added to the list of names under the choices you made or some such

also the thing just got honzor from consider phlebas, after guessing the guy from use of weapons lol

[evilgoodwin]

It guessed a secondary unimportant character from an obscure show.. WITCH-CRAFT

Does anybody know how this works?

When you click on "Details" it shows you the series of questions that helped choose the answer.

I get real pissed when it asks me a question really early that makes me think "Oh my god it knows what's in my brain!!!"

[Jeffool]

Does anybody know how this works?It's a search tree. Think of it like an actual tree. You choose a leaf and say "guess which leaf I picked!" The genie starts at the trunk, and gives you one question, with five possible answers. Imagine this tree trunk has five tree limbs. He asks "Which limb is it on?" You point it out, and he asks which of the five branches, jutting out from that limb, is your leaf on? You answer again. Eventually, twenty guesses later, he narrows down his choices to your leaf.

Here's a visual representation: http://www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/180a/deep-prune.gif

(In computer programming most search trees are binary (left or right) as it's faster. Logically, a tree can branch as wide as you want, but it's to the trade-off of speed.)

[Hotcod]

I just added akira sulu :D STO players will get why that's funny

[evilgoodwin]

Ok, thought I could stump it before bed. It's very good.

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[muddi900]

Succeeded on Holden Caulfield and Jean Grey. Failed at Jessica Jones

EDIT:

Succeeded at Robin Scherbatsky, but failed at Jaye Tyler. But it got George Lass, which is almost the same thing.

EDIT EDIT:
stumped it

[ShivaX]

The American version is sleeping apparently.

The thing thats creepy about these things is how good they tend to become after running for a while.

[Savok]

Managed to get it stumped on The Captain and Aaron Stack. Tried it with Photon/Captain Marvel/Monica Rambeau. It's not a Nextwave fan it seems.

EDIT: God damn, it just picked up Boxbot from Gunnerkirgg Court on the first try.

[BrassGecko]

Stumped it with the Normandy from Mass Effect, though it guessed two other video game ships. Also stumped it with the pet cat from Torchlight, the pet dog from Torchlight is NOT the same thing!

[Vandabo]

Wow. It just got Jenna Haze (porn star). And the best part was when it asked if my character was part of a prophecy!

I'd love to know what prophecy fortells of porn stars.

[Thanasimos]

Stumped it with the Higgs Boson.

[Generation ABXY]

Oh, hello again, old friend. I used to have loads of fun with Akinator, back when it first showed up here.

EDIT: It got Phil Connors from Groundhog Day; I'm impressed. :D

[evilgoodwin]

Thought I'd try to trick it with a few more. I failed.

Tyrion Lannister (Song of Ice and Fire)
Black Spy (Spy vs. Spy) (didn't guess it first, though)
Darken Rahl (Sword of Truth) (Didn't guess it first, though)
Matrim Cauthon (Wheel of Time) (first try!)

[Expugnare]

I tried some DJs, starting with the obvious and making it harder from there. It got Tiesto and Boys Noize (though I was looking for Alexander Ridha), but I stumped it with SebastiAn.

[Wraith]

Got both Waluigi and Herbie (the car) on the first guess. Got Crushinator on the third guess, after Rosie (Jetsons) and Planet Express Ship.

Did not get Hank Aaron XXIV (http://theinfosphere.org/Hank_Aaron_XXIV) (Futurama).

[Pigeon]

It got:
Cyclonus (though it guessed Starscream first)
Ulala
Greased Up Deaf Guy
John Hodgman (took 3 guesses)
Eric the Cavalier
Slim Jim Guy

It failed on:
Free Beer

[evilgoodwin]

Ha. Took 3 tries, but it got Ned Ryerson from Groundhog Day.

[OrangePulp]

Chalk up Master Shake, Wally Gator, and MegaByte (from ReBoot), all on the first guess. Some of those I even had to say "I don't know" for; does wally gator's cuffs and hat count as wearing clothes?

[Wraith]

Some of those I even had to say "I don't know" for; does wally gator's cuffs and hat count as wearing clothes?
:) Probably/Partially

[Vandabo]

Ha. Took 3 tries, but it got Ned Ryerson from Groundhog Day.


Akinator - "Ned?! Ned Ryerson?!"

Ned - "BING!"

[LongStepMantis]

Stumped it with the ABC Robot from Judge Dredd. It really wanted to think it was ED-209.

[Vandabo]

Well, it didn't get Mrs. Butterworth (syrup lady) but it did get Mr. Hat from South Park.

Also, didn't get Lucas Douglas from House.

[LongStepMantis]

Wow...this thing is really good sometimes.

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[SilentScreams]

It got:

Bill Goldberg
Wakko Warner
Keira Knightley
Rowan Atkinson

It didn't get:

Freakazoid (it got Archangel Michael, whoever the heck that is, instead :D)

Edit: Nevermind. I didn't realize it let you carry on after the first guess. It got Freakazoid eventually.

[Paradox Symphony]

I was thinking of anthony bourdain but akinator guessed David Letterman. Wha?

[SilentScreams]

You can usually tell when it's on the right track.

I just got "is your character a lesbian?" and "does your character use its first name as a pseudonym?" after previously telling it that it was a female, a singer and involved in metal.

[Alkanos]

EDIT: God damn, it just picked up Boxbot from Gunnerkirgg Court on the first try.Also got Reynard, I didn't know that webcomic was that popular.

All on the first try:
Rhyme from TWEWY
Honor Harrington
Lucan D'lere from Everquest
Laharl from Disgaea
Ghandi
Mordin from ME2
Colin Powell
The MC from both Persona 3 and 4 (Though it seemed to be going for Neku for the P3 one)
John Taylor from the Nightside Novels

Took two tries for these:
Dart from Legend of Dragoon (though it only took 3 question on the second try)
Major Nelson

Everytime I see this posted somewhere, I end up losing an evening to it...

[SilentScreams]

It just got:
Nymeria (A Song of Ice & Fire)
Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn (WH40k Inquisitor trilogy)
Alizabeth Bequin (same trilogy)
Tidus (FF X)

All on the first try.

[Kagger]

It got Reggie White, Aaron Rodgers, and Jack O'neill which didn't suprise me.

What did suprise me was that it got G'kar from Babylon 5 (after 20).

I did stump it with Achilles from the great movie Robot Jox. I tried it twice, but he appeared at the checklist at the end twice.

[Wraith]

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[BrassGecko]

You win this round Akinator, you win this round.
http://www.flexamail.com/GetImage.ashx?id=2216
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[Trogdor]

It got Sam Axe (Burn Notice) on the first try and Charlie Eppes (Numb3rs) on the second try.

It failed to get:

Yagyu Ranzou (Double Dragon 3)
Mozzie (White Collar)
K.O. The Mouse (Little Samson)
Dark Man (Mega Man 5)
Mordenkainen (Greyhawk)

I think I may have gotten a little too obscure with some/most of those. Dark Man is probably even a little unfair, being the name of four different robots from MM5. Still, it guessed "robot" and "capcom" fairly early on, so it wasn't too far off.

[AntonThaGreat]

Some that it Got:
Pointy Haired Boss from Dilbert
Doctor Parnassus
Kangaroo Jack
Walter Bishop (Fringe)
Mark Benford (Flashforward)
Colin McRae
Drew Curtis (Fark.com)

Didn't Get:
Robert Clayton Dean (Enemy of the State)
Ratbert
Zane Lamprey (Host of Three Sheets)
Capt. David Shepherd (Kings)
Jack Gallagher (Mental)

It's freakishly good as the general consensus states. It got a lot more of the people that I tried that I didn't bother listing. If I had an iPhone, I'd probably get the App to use at gatherings.

[Handmade.Mercury]

It didn't get Beth Riesgraf, and I actually had to add her to the database.

[Shamrock Jimmy]

I stumped it twice with Chaz Darvey (Airheads), and Hugh Fitzcairne (Highlander) but with that one it did guess both Duncan Macleod and Methos so it was close.

[Generation ABXY]

Ah, Fitzcairne, that guy was probably my favorite character in Highlander: Ther Series.

[Panthera]

I knew it was on to me when it asked if the character had legs.

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[diablopath]

Allie Sin
Rorschach
Big Daddy
Tsukasa from .hack//sign. This one really surprised me, the questions were nothing that pointed me to him. Fucking crazy.
Nathan Drake
L BLOCK FROM TETRIS. THIS THING IS EVIL.

All on the first try.

[Expugnare]

It got the DJ Angerfist on the second try and even "The Girl from Evony ads" on the first try.