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<blockquote data-quote="Nahat Anoj" data-source="post: 4445107" data-attributes="member: 25075">I think polls are a great way to get the &quot;pulse&quot; of a population, and, when done properly, are fairly accurate.&nbsp; However, I'd be hesitant to extend the results of internet polls to the general gaming community for two main reasons.&nbsp; First, these kinds of polls are self-selected - even though it's relatively easy to click an answer, only people with strong feelings one way or the other are likely to respond.&nbsp; Second, the population of gamers who frequent EN World - computer savvy, articulate (in general <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; ), passionate about their game, aware of events in the industry -&nbsp; may not be representive of the population of gamers at large.&nbsp; However, I do think the EN World poll is a better indicator of the level of interest in 4e than the number and nature of posts to this thread.&nbsp; One reason is that the number of respondents is larger, but the main reason is that the level of self-selection in this thread is even higher than the internet poll.&nbsp; Only people who truly give a damn one way or the other will spend 10-20 minutes reading the thread and writing a response.&nbsp; The average gamer - perhaps even the average EN Worlder - just doesn't care.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nahat Anoj, post: 4445107, member: 25075"] I think polls are a great way to get the "pulse" of a population, and, when done properly, are fairly accurate. However, I'd be hesitant to extend the results of internet polls to the general gaming community for two main reasons. First, these kinds of polls are self-selected - even though it's relatively easy to click an answer, only people with strong feelings one way or the other are likely to respond. Second, the population of gamers who frequent EN World - computer savvy, articulate (in general :) ), passionate about their game, aware of events in the industry - may not be representive of the population of gamers at large. However, I do think the EN World poll is a better indicator of the level of interest in 4e than the number and nature of posts to this thread. One reason is that the number of respondents is larger, but the main reason is that the level of self-selection in this thread is even higher than the internet poll. Only people who truly give a damn one way or the other will spend 10-20 minutes reading the thread and writing a response. The average gamer - perhaps even the average EN Worlder - just doesn't care. [/QUOTE]

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