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MMORPG Research Survey
thevagraunt
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Hey I'm doing a research report on online gaming and I was hoping if you guys could answer some questions for me.
Online Gaming Survey
This survey is completely anonymous. Your information will not be given to any third-party, and will only be used to aid in the research of social groups within the world of online role playing games. Your screen name and any other pen name you use during the completion of this survey will not be stored on any database. No personal information will be stored by me, nor will any of this information be used for any other purpose strictly besides use in the research study.
Please answer by selecting the choice that accurately describes you or your habits and typing that on the underline next to the question. Or you can answer by using the highlight function in MSWord (located on the top right of the toolbar).
Firstly, what MMORPG do you play?
____________________________________________________________________
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
a) 0-5 hours
b) 5-10 hours
c) 10-15 hours
d) 15+ hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
a) 0-6 months
b) 6-12 months
c) Over a year
d) Over two years
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
b) No
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
b) No
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
b) No
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
b) No
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
a) Yes
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
a) Just friends
b) Somewhat close friends
c) Very close friends
d) I play alone mostly
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
a) Yes
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
c) Yes
a) No
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
a) Yes
b) No
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes
b) No
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
b) I make my decisions based on what my character would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) ____ To develop my character
b) ____ To go on adventures with friends
c) ____ To experience the story
d) ____ To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
b) No
16. If you grew up playing videogames, do you think that constantly being the “hero” of the story had an effect on your morals?
a) Yes
b) No
17. Do you think videogames can be used as a tool to educate others?
a) Yes
b) No
18. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
b) No
19. Your character is the way you interact with the game world. From the two choices below, please select the one that most accurately reflects your reasoning for creating your character.
a) I create my character in the way I’d personally like to be in the game world
b) I create my character to fill a certain demand (as in for a party)
Online Gaming Survey
This survey is completely anonymous. Your information will not be given to any third-party, and will only be used to aid in the research of social groups within the world of online role playing games. Your screen name and any other pen name you use during the completion of this survey will not be stored on any database. No personal information will be stored by me, nor will any of this information be used for any other purpose strictly besides use in the research study.
Please answer by selecting the choice that accurately describes you or your habits and typing that on the underline next to the question. Or you can answer by using the highlight function in MSWord (located on the top right of the toolbar).
Firstly, what MMORPG do you play?
____________________________________________________________________
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
a) 0-5 hours
b) 5-10 hours
c) 10-15 hours
d) 15+ hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
a) 0-6 months
b) 6-12 months
c) Over a year
d) Over two years
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
b) No
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
b) No
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
b) No
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
b) No
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
a) Yes
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
a) Just friends
b) Somewhat close friends
c) Very close friends
d) I play alone mostly
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
a) Yes
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
c) Yes
a) No
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
a) Yes
b) No
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes
b) No
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
b) I make my decisions based on what my character would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) ____ To develop my character
b) ____ To go on adventures with friends
c) ____ To experience the story
d) ____ To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
b) No
16. If you grew up playing videogames, do you think that constantly being the “hero” of the story had an effect on your morals?
a) Yes
b) No
17. Do you think videogames can be used as a tool to educate others?
a) Yes
b) No
18. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
b) No
19. Your character is the way you interact with the game world. From the two choices below, please select the one that most accurately reflects your reasoning for creating your character.
a) I create my character in the way I’d personally like to be in the game world
b) I create my character to fill a certain demand (as in for a party)
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http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=29311
It wasn't deleted, no-one posted any replies and it fell down to page 2. All my replies are from when I did play WoW. I quit that shit.
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
b) 5-10 hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
c) Over a year
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
a) Somewhat close friends
(This question is poorly phrased. I am not close friends, regardless of quantifier. They are friends and are fun to chat to, but that's as far as it goes).
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
a) No
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
a) Yes
(this is mainly because partying is such a hassle; humans are the most frustrating part of MMOs. Guildies are cool)
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
(depends if you are talking about gameplay or social interactions. On an RP server, I will do what my character thinks, up to a point, in social situations. Gameplay is always me.)
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) 2 To develop my character
b) 1 To go on adventures with friends
c) 3 To experience the story
d) 4 To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
16. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
d) 15+ hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
c) Over a year
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
a) Somewhat close friends
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
c) Yes
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
b) No
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) 2 To develop my character
b) 1 To go on adventures with friends
c) 3 To experience the story
d) 4 To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
16. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
d) 15+ hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
c) Over a year
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
a) Somewhat close friends
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
c) Yes
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
b) No
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) 2 To develop my character
b) 1 To go on adventures with friends
c) 3 To experience the story
d) 4 To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
16. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
____________________________________________________________________
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
d) 15+ hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
c) Over a year
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
a) Somewhat close friends
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
a) No
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
a) Yes
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) _1__ To develop my character
b) _2__ To go on adventures with friends
c) _3__ To experience the story
d) _4__ To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
16. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
d) 15+ hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
d) Over two years
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
a) Somewhat close friends
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
a) No
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
b) No
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
b) No
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) __4__ To develop my character
b) __3__ To go on adventures with friends
c) __2__ To experience the story
d) __1__ To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
16. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
City of Heroes/Villains
____________________________________________________________________
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
d) 15+ hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
d) Over two years
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
b) Close friends
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
c) Yes
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
b) No
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
b) I make my decisions based on what my character would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) __2__ To develop my character
b) __4__ To go on adventures with friends
c) __3__ To experience the story
d) __1__ To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
16. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
_____________________________________________________
1.On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
c)10-15 hours
2.How long have you been playing this game?
d)Over two years
3.Do you play this game with your friends?
b)No
4.Are you in a guild or something similar?
b)No
5.Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a)Yes
6.Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
b)No
7.Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
b)No
8.How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
d)I play alone
9.Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
a)Yes
10.Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
c)Yes
11.Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
a)Yes
12.Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
b)No
13.When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a)I make my decisions based on what I would do
14.There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a)__2__ To develop my character
b)__1__ To go on adventures with friends
c)__4__ To experience the story
d)__3__ To role play
15.Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
16.Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a)Yes
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Firstly, what MMORPG do you play?
I've played DAoC, WoW, LOTRO, and some AC2, but mostly WoW so I'll base my answers on that.
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1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
d) 15+ hours (I was an officer so the game was like a second full-time job, easily 40+ hours per week in-game, plus lots more out of game for logistics and administration)
2. How long have you been playing this game?
d) Over two years
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
a) Yes
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
b) Close friends
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
a) Yes (It was an interesting experience in group dynamics)
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
c) Yes
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
b) No (While PUGs suck, it's important to be able to work as a team with people you respect and enjoy)
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes (Only in terms of the amount of work put into them; it's not like I think of them as my children)
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do (I don't role-play; or you could say I role-play myself)
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) _3_ To develop my character
b) _4_ To go on adventures with friends
c) _2_ To experience the story
d) _1_ To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
b) No (Male characters aren't pretty enough)
16. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
I'd also like to thank all those who responded. I have one more week to collect data and I was hoping that by bumping this thread I could get some more participants in. If you have already responded to this survey, I'd really appreciate it if you could ask some of your friends/guildmates to take this survey too. It'd mean a lot.
Thank you again.
____________________________________________________________________
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
c) 10-15 hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
d) Over two years
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
a) Yes
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
a) Yes
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
b) Close friends
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
a) Yes
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
c) Yes
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
b) No
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
a) Yes
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
b) __3__ To go on adventures with friends
The other choices don't apply to me because they aren't reasons I play period.
e) __4__ Complexity and depth of the game
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
b) No
16. If you grew up playing videogames, do you think that constantly being the “hero” of the story had an effect on your morals?
b) No
17. Do you think videogames can be used as a tool to educate others?
a) Yes
18. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
b) No
19. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
20. Your character is the way you interact with the game world. From the two choices below, please select the one that makes the most sense to you.
b) I create my character to fill a certain demand (as in for a party)
____________________________________________________________________
1. On average, how many hours per week do you spend playing this game?
c) 10-15 hours
2. How long have you been playing this game?
c) Over a year
3. Do you play this game with your friends?
b) No
4. Are you in a guild or something similar?
a) Yes
5. Do you believe guilds or communities enhance the game play experience?
a) Yes
6. Do you have friends in the game who you have not met in person?
a) Yes
7. Have you met anyone in person that you didn’t know before through this game?
b) No
8. How would you rate your friendship with the people you play with?
a) Somewhat close friends
9. Would you say you have learned life lessons from playing this game?
b) No
10. Has this game taught you anything about yourself?
a) No
11. Would you play this game as often if there was no way to form parties with other people?
b) No
12. Do you build a strong attachment to your characters?
b) No
13. When confronted with a choice, do you base your decision on what you would do, or what your character would do?
a) I make my decisions based on what I would do
14. There are several reasons why people play MMORPG’s. Please rank the following choices from 1-4, with 4 being the most compelling reason why you play MMORPG’s.
a) __1__ To develop my character
b) __3__ To go on adventures with friends
c) __2__ To experience the story
d) __4__ To role play
15. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
16. If you grew up playing videogames, do you think that constantly being the “hero†of the story had an effect on your morals?
b) No
17. Do you think videogames can be used as a tool to educate others?
a) Yes
18. Have you ever created a character that was of the opposite sex?
a) Yes
19. Do you think the ability to create custom characters is vital to the experience and longevity of the game?
a) Yes
20. Your character is the way you interact with the game world. From the two choices below, please select the one that makes the most sense to you.
a) I create my character in the way I’d personally like to be in the game world