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 kronk wrote:
 JamesY wrote:
Relatively simple test to give an insight;

https://psychology-tools.com/autism-spectrum-quotient/

I'm not claiming it to be a foolproof diagnostic test, but if answered honestly it can give an idea about where on the spectrum you are.


I got a 23, so I have little to no autism!

Take that, Mom! I'm the normal one!
Ha I got 18 I am even more normal er lol.

But on a side note their is ovbiously a large group of people who enjoy aspects of wargaming that cater to a certain crowd. People who enjoy numbers, setting things up, controlling a certain aspect of life and so on. Hell you see how emotional people got about some recon? Most people would not care but people who show more autism and other traits have a hard time letting go of the old and it is more upsetting for them.

The moving forward of 40k is showing the signs again or the changing of 30k. People can become very emotionally attached to things they thought they had control over. Lossing that control can be very upsetting.

I know why I am attracted to warhammer and ditched aos aswell, I know my mental issues.

I am obsessed with making things just right, numbers are a easy go to for me nothing shows perfection like math. I always hated English class because my creative writing was judged by her standards not a set standard I could double check.

I like things to not be in order but have a place, such as bases and so on which is why I tend to collect hundreds of kodels not just 1 so it has a setting to be in.

It is also why I enjoy sculpting and cabinet making wood making ect. Everything is down to measurements a form of perfection that can be 100% verified. Which is why I tend to sculpt life figures such as animals, I actually threw e ork I was working on out because I disliked his width after finishing him.

Wargaming gives me numbers, scale refference measurments and so forth that I can bind all them to. Guess that's why I play a lot less then I build.

It is why I liked and still do like yugioh, 1000s of cards countless options and trying to make the perfect deck that can't lose. An aspect that may be impossible due to card variety random chance and such but trying to minimize random chance to a formula and best known guess is part of the fun. List building is the best part of wargaming making the unbeatable and once it is unbeatable ditching it to make another. The endless goal. I also like trying to take the worst things and make them perfect... Next goal flash gits..... You will work my lovelys

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