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Old 07-03-11, 03:54 PM
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Try this character guessing application out......

I am not saying this thing is not without it's flaws. Basically it will guess any character you are thinking of within 20 questions. If it guesses incorrectly it will keep going past 20. So I guess given a large enough database it should always end up eventually getting the right answer

It did guess "donkey lips" in 24 questions, so I was pretty impressed.


Try it out here:

http://www.akinator.mobi
Old 07-03-11, 04:03 PM
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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

Just tried one character but it couldn't get Philip Marlowe.

Tried Lyle Rogers from Ishtar but it's another stumper.

Very cool link though, thanks for sharing!

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It got Frank Booth in 20.

But it took over 30 to get El Topo.
Old 07-03-11, 04:11 PM
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It got Chazz Reinhold in 19.
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It took 29 questions to get Agent 99 from Get Smart.
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took 50 to get cameron from ferris bueler's day off
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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

It got Forrest Gump in 18. I knew it was on the right track by question 14, when it asked "does your character pass for an idiot?"


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It also got Buffy Summers and James T. Kirk in 15 questions each.

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Old 07-03-11, 05:18 PM
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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

24 questions to get "Derek Smalls" from Spinal Tap.
26 questions to get "Brian Fantana" from Anchorman.
Pretty impressive.

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Old 07-03-11, 05:27 PM
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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

It got Eomer from Lord of the Rings in 17 questions. I was beyond impressed.


It took 45 questions to get Booster Gold and 24 for She-Hulk.

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Old 07-03-11, 05:31 PM
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It got Ace Ventura in 17 questions and Lou Gehrig in 14. Patrick Star in 20. the little girl from Poltergeist it took 25.

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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

18 for both The Dude and Charles Foster Kane.
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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

Me and some friends played this a while back. I was impressed when it guessed Dolemite
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I beat it with Private Snafu but it figured out my other 3 characters.
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Fail. I was thinking of Ryan Bingham from Up in the Air and it guessed Darry Curtis from the Outsiders.
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18 questions for Jack Dawson. 17 for Seth Gecko.

Impressed.
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29 to get The Elephant Man.

25 to get David Brent (The Office)

25 to get Karl Pilkington.
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Took 20 questions for the Doctor (even with me saying he was a murderer), and 25 for Amy Pond.
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Took 24 questions to guess a Dalek, and guessed The Silence first.

Took 25 to get Sanjuro.

47 to get Walter Neff.

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It got Father Merrin in 30 questions.
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38 questions for Andrew Largeman. Not impressed.
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Only 17 to think of Peter Venkman from Ghostbusters. Amazing!
25 for Jack Walsh from Midnight Run.
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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

25 for Tequila from HARD BOILED
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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

Hey, that's actually pretty damn cool. 30 tries to get Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
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Re: Try this character guessing application out......

Haha. He guessed Willow when mine was M. Hulot.

(Jacques Tati in 30, though.)
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Tequila in 19.
Van Wilder in 34
John Taylor in 20
Beatrix Kiddo in 18
Arthur in 20.

Pretty cool

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