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Attention gamers!

I need your help. Please take a moment to fill out this survey and help me gather statistics for my book. Feel free to share it with your gaming buds, post it in forums and mention it in your blogs. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Gamer Survey

Michelle


Really had to think on some of those questions, but I hope it helps. Be sure to come back and share your findings with us later on. :)


Okay, done and done, and good luck

Sovereign Court

Done. Hope it helps.


Done!


Done!

I felts some of the questions had somewhat loaded answers or otherwise including assumptions that left me wondering what to pick, but wasn't much of a big deal.

Best of lucks with your book!


Done and done.

Liberty's Edge RPG Superstar 2013 Top 16

The question about costumes I felt didn't have enough options.

I mean, I'd go to a Ren Faire in costume or to an event at the right kind of con, but to a movie premiere? I'm nerdy but you have to draw the line somewhere.

:D


All Done! Best of luck with your book!


Hope it helps. Was amused at how many questions I got to skip by entering "no" to "do you consider yourself a video-gamer."

Anyway, always interested in gamer surveys, so no problem punching in answers!

Silver Crusade

Ugh. My single status on the survey just depressed me.
I think I'll go roll up some characters or watch Black Adder to feel better. :/


I hoped it helped.

Would be curious about the book or just the results.

Silver Crusade

It really felt some of the questions didn't have enough selections to them to truly get an adequate response. I was leary of answering a couple questions for this reason. Otherwise completed.


I too would be interested in seeing the final outcome/book.


Xzaral, I felt that way, too, a few times. Just gritted my teeth and went on, lol.


I completed it. Does this mean I'm the Leonardo of RPGing?


btw, I don't know how many options you have in viewing results but I'd be interested to see if there's a significant change in the answers based on age to see if gaming is "changing" from generation to generation.

RPG Superstar 2015 Top 8

Charlie Bell wrote:

The question about costumes I felt didn't have enough options.

I mean, I'd go to a Ren Faire in costume or to an event at the right kind of con, but to a movie premiere? I'm nerdy but you have to draw the line somewhere.

Yeah, I thought the options for that question were really oddly specific in an unhelpful way. I picked the "movie premiere" even though I've never actually worn a costume to a movie premiere (but to Rocky Horror showings, sure, but I was negative one years old when that movie "premiered"). The first two options (no and just once) were definitely untrue, and likewise I don't dress up for EVERYTHING so that was untrue, so that was the closest I felt fit me.

Ren Faire should definitely have been a separate option, a lot of gamers and geeks I know costume up for Ren Faire (but for some of them, nothing else, not even Halloween).

Trying to honestly answer how many hours I play video games made me realized I have been indulging in waaaaaaaaay too much Harvest Moon and Roller Coaster Tycoon lately (I've been in a simulation mood lately). I think it's time to focus on my writing and music for a little while...

I'm curious that there were no questions about preferred video game genre. There's a big difference I think between say someone who exclusively plays shooters, someone who exclusively plays sims, and someone who dabbles in a bit of everything.

I'd also love to see a survey where you are given the opportunity to differentiate between causes of both helpful and unhelpful factors. The questions about stuff like health/weight and video games overlooks stuff and may seek to create a false correlation. I am overweight, but that is because of a) a sweet tooth b) a medication I must take that makes losing weight harder and c) lack of exercise in my earlier life (something I am correcting--maybe it's too late, but I figure any is better than none). Video games do not connect to any of the three.


Done.


As the others have mentioned, come back and tell us what you found out!


Done.

There is an option to see the results after the quiz if that helps.


Might get more detailed info if you add a "self-employed" to the job part. Also, I breezed through the ratings 1 - 6 or whatever, before realizing 1 was best. I had to go back and change a bunch. If possible to make the note saying 1 is best larger, you might want to do that.


Bruunwald wrote:
Also, I breezed through the ratings 1 - 6 or whatever, before realizing 1 was best. I had to go back and change a bunch. If possible to make the note saying 1 is best larger, you might want to do that.

Same here, and wouldn't have caught it if I hadn't gone to the "review survey" section. Most online surveys or questionnaires I've seen use the exact opposite approach ( 1 is least, 6 is highest) so I suspect you're at risk of getting a lot of incorrect data if you don't change this or make it much more obvious that you're using the system you are.

Liberty's Edge

All done, good luck!

Sovereign Court

Submitted!

You needed higher options for the number of years playing RPGs, fully 40% of the responses so far said "More than 20 years." I've been playing for about 32 years myself.

Shadow Lodge

You'll want to give some feedback based on the responses you've received here Michelle, otherwise it makes the survey (and your book) less credible.

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