ok, MMORPG questionnaire round two (its online!)

[ph0rk]

I am a graduate student at East Carolina University performing a study about MMORPG games, and I would like to ask for volunteers to take a short (5 minutes or so) questionnaire. This research study is intended to investigate the effect of community interaction on the motivation to play massively multiplayer online games.

The questionnaire can be accessed here: http://www.personal.ecu.edu/jmr0218/onlineqq.html


If you have any questions about the study, feel free to send them to
jmr0218@mail.ecu.edu - and thanks in advance. And tell all your friends!

edit:

Erf, forgot to mention that more info about the study can be found here.

 

[Dark Jezter]

Okay, you've now got the dirt on my World of Warcraft habits. Good luck with your research!

 

[BiggusGeekus]

I kind of fell outside your demographic.

When I said I like requirements for guild, I basically meant mature adults over the age of 25, not class or level. When I meet with my "guild" it is my real life friends. The game is a topic of conversation, but not THE topic of conversation. Other than that I'm a casual gamer.

I gave you my email if you want to follow up, but a phone interview is not gonna happen. Sorry!

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Done!!

 

[ph0rk]

I kind of fell outside your demographic.

When I said I like requirements for guild, I basically meant mature adults over the age of 25, not class or level. When I meet with my "guild" it is my real life friends. The game is a topic of conversation, but not THE topic of conversation. Other than that I'm a casual gamer.

I gave you my email if you want to follow up, but a phone interview is not gonna happen. Sorry!

Thats fine, I will only be doing a small number of interviews - the questionnaire is the main course.

And, if I really knew for certain what my demographic was, I wouldn't need to do the study!

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

Thats fine, I will only be doing a small number of interviews - the questionnaire is the main course.

And, if I really knew for certain what my demographic was, I wouldn't need to do the study!

Done. However, a comment: The questionaire is impossible for a Role-Play Guild member to answer properly. Too many game mechanic oriented questions. Not a thing about a group of us standing around in an area role-playing our characters.

 

[Dagger75]

I filled out you survey thing. Every 6 months somebody comes and does the same thing. Isn't there already enough data on this stuff?
My guess just from playing these games players are white, in 2 differnet age catogories, 15 and under and 25 and older. Most people say they don't spend real world cash but they do. Guilds aren't that important but you need them if you want the high end crap.
Most people would rather Solo or just play with real world friends then with a guild. And in the end it nothing but a pissing contest on who has the best stuff.
The term RPG is almost laugable. There are a some die hard role players but the games aren't really geared that way which is to bad. If players could really change the enviroment then there would be more roleplaying.

 

[Blue_Kryptonite]

An MMORPG bit you when you were a kid, didn't it?

 

[ph0rk]

Done. However, a comment: The questionaire is impossible for a Role-Play Guild member to answer properly. Too many game mechanic oriented questions. Not a thing about a group of us standing around in an area role-playing our characters.

That is a good point, though for this particular study I am focusing on the differences between people who know the people they play with out-of-game and those who play with people they know online only, no matter the guild type/play style; with some follow up interviews to collect data on jargon, language use, and socializing/enculturating experiences ingame.

I guess the short explaination is a role playing guild == a social guild, for my purposes. Please, don't start throwing the rotten fruit, I know there is a difference.


Dagger75: If only everyone published on everything they collected :/

 

[Aaron L]

Filled it out, hope it helps.