Wizards Website Survey

[DaveMage]

But, keep in mind that all this could backlash in a huge way if you don't act on the survey results....

What backlash? How would anyone outside of the company know what the survey results are anyway?

 

[Admiral Caine]

What backlash? How would anyone outside of the company know what the survey results are anyway?

You have a point Dave, but there's also a potential backlash to doing a survey and then acting on nothing.

I'd be hard pressed to imagine that most of the options listed (of items people would interested in seeing in DDI) didn't receive some sort favorable feedback when the survey is complete.

But this is purely my subjective opinion, but I don't think the survey would have been constructed the way it was if they didn't have some intention of working towards some of those proposed products.

I think it's more a matter of prioritization.

Its also damn fine marketing, not to be cynical, because those proposed products could get you excited about the possibilities. Not that I think the survey was in any way insincere.

 

[darjr]

Watch out, saying that really makes a certain group of people on ENworld really mad and you risk being spammed with walls of text explaining just how wrong you are

Well I agree with him. No wall. He is correct.

 

[catsclaw227]

What backlash? How would anyone outside of the company know what the survey results are anyway?

What I meant was providing the survey and not acting on the results. I, for one, would love to find out what story could be told from the data.

And, letting us know what they learned and what they plan to do would go a long way.

EDIT: Doh! Beat to it by Admiral Caine.

 

[Umbran]

Watch out, saying that really makes a certain group of people on ENworld really mad and you risk being spammed with walls of text explaining just how wrong you are

And this sort of thing helps, and makes those who disagree feel oh-so-inclined to be nice?

Please keep it on topic. Thank you.

 

[darjr]

nevermind, cept to say imho.

 

[maddman75]

I want to say that I think whoever is managing the DDI is doing a heck of a job. I know a lot of people are suspicious, but having worked on way overdue software projects by a company that wasn't used to doing them, I imagine what happened is a few months back they had a big meeting and said "Look, we've got half a dozen projects that are way late. I want everyone to drop everything else and get the character generator done." They did, and it was a rousing success. I would hope they are now trying to pick the next area to focus on, and are starting to see how the tools build on each other.

This survey is a good step. Usually basing your business on what the internet says is questionable at best, because for every devoted ENWorlder there's a dozen people that just buy games and have no interest in discussing them on the internet. But I'm betting that online users are likely to be DDI subscribers, or potential subscribers.

 

[avin]

IE blocked survey... I disabled pop ups but never showed again...

 

[Woas]

I guess WotC doesn't like me. I clicked the "Used to play D&D but not anymore" option and then after that the only question they asked me was "where did you find the survey from (EN World), my age an location. Oh well. Guess I don't want to help you either.

 

[Halivar]

I guess WotC doesn't like me. I clicked the "Used to play D&D but not anymore" option and then after that the only question they asked me was "where did you find the survey from (EN World), my age an location. Oh well. Guess I don't want to help you either.

Well, the follow-up questions would have been silly to ask, given they were all about your usage of DDI.