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Summer Snow



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

I'm too embarrased to state my score. Being Asian I thought I could've aced the test. How wrong was I. Lol. Beaten

Hey but I did excellent on my second try. hehe
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Ohh I scored a 7! Hehe, not too good either but given the curve in here hehe hehe
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

bmwracer wrote:
The correct term for this thread should be Asian, not Oriental. Shake Head


Changed. Smile
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 12:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

I got a 7 as well..the test was only 3 different types of Asian..I think the hardest to tell is Mexicans..they can look like any race.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

ahochaude wrote:
Changed. Smile

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Betsy Hayashi



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

My score was 9 ... Bonk

And I'm an asian too (half asian, to be precise)... I need more training ...
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 1:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Heh! Don't feel bad Betsy, I did worse than you! I only got 7! Sweat
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Betsy Hayashi



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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 2:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Rinrin wrote:
Heh! Don't feel bad Betsy, I did worse than you! I only got 7! Sweat


Oh, that's OK, it's almost the same score !!!!

This test is pretty hard ... When you think the person is a Korean, he/she's actually a Chinese, when you think he/she is Korean, he/she's a Japanese ...
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 21, 2004 11:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

This game is shit !
I had only five ! 5/18 !
I'm sure there are mistakes on this games !
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Xavio wrote:
This game is shit !
I had only five ! 5/18 !
I'm sure there are mistakes on this games !
i guess not too many asians/orientals' faces to study from your part of france huh? Beaten
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 4:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

I got a 12. hehe Pretty good for a white gal from Iowa, ne? Although that test was difficult!

--Maria
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

8/18
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Szabotage wrote:
I got a 12. hehe Pretty good for a white gal from Iowa, ne? Although that test was difficult!

--Maria


Whoa you're a genius! hehe hehe
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

niko2x wrote:
i guess not too many asians/orientals' faces to study from your part of france huh? Beaten


Well there are a lot of Chinese like in all big cities but most of asians come from Vietnam in my small city.
I watch there are only 31,000 Japanese living in France ( + many tourists Big Grin ) and I haven't seen any Korean in France.

I created a topic in a french forum, everybody have less than 7 (except with luck), we are not very good, except for the Japanese who dye their hair.

Finally the topic was closed, because they say that the topic was stupid and racist Sweat
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Nihon-jin



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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Only got 9 out of 18. Grumble That's just slightly better than the average, which according to the test was 7. Bonk Oh, well ...
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 2:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

Szabotage wrote:
I got a 12. hehe Pretty good for a white gal from Iowa, ne? Although that test was difficult!

--Maria

Wow. You should contact the CIA... Big Grin
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

I scored a 12. The technique I tried to use was memory visualization. I first looked at the face, close my eyes, and then picture the person being bald. LOL!!!! Nut I did that so that the hair and clothing wouldn't interfere with my judgement in any way.

The other thing I tried studying was the shape of the nose. When judging by the shape of the nose, I was quite accurate... I won't explain the details, for I may offend someone. If I couldn't use the nose, then I went for the eyes, and that's when my accuracy dropped.

Overall thoughts... Considering the web site and designer is based in New York (looked it up in whois), I'm assuming the photos were also of people in the New York area. All the photos seem to have been taken in the same studio, by the same photographer. Living in Hawaii, I'd say good luck in trying to determine the races of the Asians walking around here... Without going into total detail, I believe that if an Asian family living in the United States span several generations, the physical features in each generation do change, such as skin pigmentation, as well as inter-racial blending. Just walking around Waikiki, the Japanese tourists look much different from the 100-percent Japanese that live in Honolulu. And we're not just talking about clothing or hair color/style.

I actually do agree with Xavio to a certain extent... I don't think there are any "errors" in the test, such as the author mislabing a Korean as Japanese, etc. However, I do think the subjects used may be inadvertantly tainted because of the generation thing I mentioned. And that may throw off the test takers living in Asia who are used to looking at Asians living in Asia.

Of course, that's just my opinion... And I could be wrong! Beaten

--- groink
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

magic number 7
its lucky that i got the last 5 right rofl
lmfao
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

groink wrote:
I scored a 12. The technique I tried to use was memory visualization. I first looked at the face, close my eyes, and then picture the person being bald. LOL!!!! Nut

AHAHAHAHAHA... Haven't tried that technique.


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I did that so that the hair and clothing wouldn't interfere with my judgement in any way.

That's a good point. The clothing is quite deceptive and gives you a false lead...
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote Back to top

bmwracer wrote:

That's a good point. The clothing is quite deceptive and gives you a false lead...


Argg, It must explain why I did so many mistakes...
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