Changeover Poll

[CleverNickName]

I don't care for politics, but I like polls. (shrug)

It doesn't really matter if we have consensus or not, frankly. I don't let public opinion dictate what games I enjoy playing. I am not making some weird socio-economic statement to Hasbro or WotC by choosing 3.5E over 4E. I'm just playing an enjoyable game with my friends.

 

[Ifni]

I voted "slight changeover" - I'm currently playing in one 4e PbP game. I'm playing in several earlier-edition PbPs, and if I play a tabletop/online campaign in the future I'd want it to be 3.5, not 4e, unless it was just a quick low-level one-shot.

I may not keep playing at all: my enthusiasm for D&D and RPGs as a whole has really declined with the end of Living Greyhawk - but then again, I only started playing about five years ago, when I was introduced to LG. What saddens me is that the same seems to be true for some friends of mine who've been playing for MUCH longer, since 1st edition, but are now talking about quitting.

 

[Verys Arkon]

I'm for 4e, but I've noticed I'm back to lurking more on EN World again. Not sure why exactly.

On the topic of new players, I've recruited three new-to-TTRPGs players (one of which has in turn recruited three others and started DMing) with 4e. In comparison, I've lost two 3.5e players, but I attribute that to WoW, not 4e, since they don't TTRPG at all now.

None of the new players frequent EN World.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Approaching 800 votes (778)

Still 32/58/10%, with 29% choosing Option 6.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

788 votes. Only 10 votes this day ...

 

[S'mon]

The voting %s have been remarkably consistent over hundreds of votes, with No Change sticking in the 56-58% range. That has got to be a significant finding. Sure, ENWers aren't typical D&Ders. We're older, more enthusiastic, we spend a lot more money on RPGs. We're GMs. We bring a lot of new players in. We may only be a few thousand people, but we're a significant demographic.

This has got to be bad news for WotC's strategy.

 

[Sammael]

The voting %s have been remarkably consistent over hundreds of votes, with No Change sticking in the 56-58% range. That has got to be a significant finding. Sure, ENWers aren't typical D&Ders. We're older, more enthusiastic, we spend a lot more money on RPGs. We're GMs. We bring a lot of new players in. We may only be a few thousand people, but we're a significant demographic.

This has got to be bad news for WotC's strategy.

Well, I can only speak for myself, but:

Amount of cash spent annually on WotC products pre-4E: at least $2000 per year (books and miniatures)

Amount of cash spent on WotC products in 2008: $200-$300

Budget for WotC products in 2009: $0 (I may buy a couple of minis, but I'm no longer a completist DDM collector)

Number of players introduced to D&D annually pre-4E: 5-6

Number of players introduced to D&D in 2008: 0

Time spent playing D&D and prepping for D&D games pre-4E: About 15 hours per week, on average

Time spent playing D&D and prepping for D&D games in 2008: Less than 1 hour per week, on average

Time spent playing non-WotC games in 2008: About 6 hours per week, on average

 

[DaveMage]

Budget for WotC products in 2009: $0 (I may buy a couple of minis, but I'm no longer a completist DDM collector)

I probably will only be buying a couple of mins (singles from Auggies) and one set of monster minis with the aboleth in the see-through packaging. I will also buy one of each set of dungeon tiles.

But, yeah, I used to buy everything as well. (I kinda like having the extra money, so not liking 4E has really, really turned out to be a good thing in these economic times..)

 

[Nebulous]

Interesting poll results. Looks like roughly 2/3 of the voters on Enworld don't play 4e at all.

 

[Nebulous]

The voting %s have been remarkably consistent over hundreds of votes, with No Change sticking in the 56-58% range. That has got to be a significant finding. Sure, ENWers aren't typical D&Ders. We're older, more enthusiastic, we spend a lot more money on RPGs. We're GMs. We bring a lot of new players in. We may only be a few thousand people, but we're a significant demographic.

This has got to be bad news for WotC's strategy.

I didn't read over this whole thread, and i just now voted (we play 4e and nothing else) but my thoughts mirror yours. Enworld is not indicitive of every D&D player, surely not, but neither are the Nielson Ratings for tv. The results are extrapolated to represent the rest of America.

What DOES this poll mean, if anything, or is just hot air in a random poll?