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<blockquote data-quote="Alphastream" data-source="post: 5960553" data-attributes="member: 11365"><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Morrus, thank you. I saw the link on Twitter and just assumed this would be a link and no actual analysis. Your analysis was really good and helped to frame the 'study' well. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Sites like EN World want eyeballs, but in the speed to throw out links and grab attention the sites can sacrifice quality. I was glad to see you gave a link like this one the proper analysis to create good discussion rather than just fan edition war flames. Thanks!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">However, I might use my soapbox to say that (and this may just be me) I far prefer seeing on the left sidebar the "This week in D&D" or "This week in Pathfinder" than to see each article posted by either company. The individual articles end up being spam on my sidebar, reducing its value, or spam on my Twitter, reducing its value. Also, it keeps from drowning out the work by other RPGs (which cannot so easily produce content but still deserve attention).</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">On the topic at hand, this study seems to just have a really questionable premise and method. It could be a good first step toward deep analysis, but it needs to be really be followed by behavioral analysis to have any value whatsoever. The only time I specify an edition in a search is when I'm looking for an old edition, and particularly for 3E. That's because the rules in 1E and 2E are already on my shelf and most classic adventure content is well known/found by name. With 3E we start to see robust offerings of many kinds from many sources and it isn't all on my shelf. I'm very sure that 3E would be the edition for which I would generate the most hits (according to the study's criteria), though I have played 3E/Pathfinder all of once in the last 4 years. Ironically, I generate those hits when I pull material to convert to 4E (or even other RPGs, such as 13th Age). As a specific example, I searched for AD&D character sheets recently so I could create a 13th Age and a D&D Next classic-styled character sheet. The survey draws the incorrect conclusion from my searches.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">That doesn't mean everyone is in this boat, but it suggests the study really needs to go deeper to see whether it can provide any real value.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alphastream, post: 5960553, member: 11365"] [SIZE=3] Morrus, thank you. I saw the link on Twitter and just assumed this would be a link and no actual analysis. Your analysis was really good and helped to frame the 'study' well. Sites like EN World want eyeballs, but in the speed to throw out links and grab attention the sites can sacrifice quality. I was glad to see you gave a link like this one the proper analysis to create good discussion rather than just fan edition war flames. Thanks! However, I might use my soapbox to say that (and this may just be me) I far prefer seeing on the left sidebar the "This week in D&D" or "This week in Pathfinder" than to see each article posted by either company. The individual articles end up being spam on my sidebar, reducing its value, or spam on my Twitter, reducing its value. Also, it keeps from drowning out the work by other RPGs (which cannot so easily produce content but still deserve attention). On the topic at hand, this study seems to just have a really questionable premise and method. It could be a good first step toward deep analysis, but it needs to be really be followed by behavioral analysis to have any value whatsoever. The only time I specify an edition in a search is when I'm looking for an old edition, and particularly for 3E. That's because the rules in 1E and 2E are already on my shelf and most classic adventure content is well known/found by name. With 3E we start to see robust offerings of many kinds from many sources and it isn't all on my shelf. I'm very sure that 3E would be the edition for which I would generate the most hits (according to the study's criteria), though I have played 3E/Pathfinder all of once in the last 4 years. Ironically, I generate those hits when I pull material to convert to 4E (or even other RPGs, such as 13th Age). As a specific example, I searched for AD&D character sheets recently so I could create a 13th Age and a D&D Next classic-styled character sheet. The survey draws the incorrect conclusion from my searches. That doesn't mean everyone is in this boat, but it suggests the study really needs to go deeper to see whether it can provide any real value.[/size] [/QUOTE]
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