D&D General Bob World Builder Recreates WOTC's "Do You Like Me?" Survey!

[SlyFlourish]

Bob World Builder posted a video in which he took up the project of building a Google Forms replica of the survey Wizards of the Coast posted a few days ago (which has since been taken down) regarding WOTC's and D&D's overall popularity and future outlook.

Watch Bob's video here:


And take the survey here:

Bob's Survey about Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons recently posted a short survey asking how respondents feel about the game of D&D, the company Wizards of the Coast, and more. I thought the resulting data would be fascinating to see, and inspired by Sly Flourish's idea, decided to post my own version of the survey. After a...

docs.google.com

Unlike the WOTC survey, Bob plans to release the results in a month so we can all see what they are.

 

[Scribe]

Bob World Builder posted a video in which he took up the project of building a Google Forms replica of the survey Wizards of the Coast posted a few days ago (which has since been taken down) regarding WOTC's and D&D's overall popularity and future outlook.

Watch Bob's video here:


And take the survey here:

Bob's Survey about Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons recently posted a short survey asking how respondents feel about the game of D&D, the company Wizards of the Coast, and more. I thought the resulting data would be fascinating to see, and inspired by Sly Flourish's idea, decided to post my own version of the survey. After a...

docs.google.com

Unlike the WOTC survey, Bob plans to release the results in a month so we can all see what they are.

Oh this will go fine.

 

[Stormonu]

I’ll be curious to see what general pulse we get from this. Especially should WotC somehow release the results of their version.

 

[Yaarel]

Heh, it occurs to me.

D&D players tend to be intelligent, creative, with spare time on their hands.

These are people one doesnt want to provoke.

 

[SlyFlourish]

I’ll be curious to see what general pulse we get from this. Especially should WotC somehow release the results of their version.

They certainly won’t, even if they were good.

My wife has a great quote. “You don’t shut down your survey if you like the results”.

 

[roger semerad]

I've got nothing better to do right now, so I took Bob's version of the survey. The results will probably be pretty predictable, but I'm still interested in hearing them. Here's my answers.

1- How do you feel about D&D - neutral
This was the hardest question for me to answer. As a fan of 4th edition, I'll never be happy with 5th or it's upcomming revision. That makes my overall view of the brand as negative. On the other hand, I do feel that D&D has been making some real strides in making D&D more modern and welcoming. In particular I'm pretty happy with the changes they're making to species. So I feel that D&D should get some bonus points for that. Bringing my overall view to neutral.

2 - When was the last time you recommended a D&D product - More than a year ago
I'm not active in the tabletop scene so I don't get asked this question much, but even with my bias I'd still recommend 5th ed. D&D to someone looking to get into tabletop rpgs. It's just by far the most supported and therefor easiest to get into game in the space.

3 - Do you think D&D is becomming more or less popular - Staying the same
I think the years of growth have stopped for the foreseeable future, but it's not shrinking either.

4 - How do you feel about the current direction of the D&D game - neutral
To me this is the same question as #1.

5 - How do you feel about WotC - hate
I don't have a high bar when it comes to corporations, but WotC is still limboing under them. Hate may be a bit strong. I don't go out of my way to critisize them, and I'll still recommend D&D to newcommers, but my negative view of them is more strong than saying I just dislike them. So yeah, I'll go with the most severe option.

6 - When was the last time you recommended a WotC product - about a year ago
see #2

7 - Do you think WotC is getting more or less popular - less
Easyest slam dunk in the survey. I don't know anyone who is even slightly paying attention to the news that has a positive view of the business side of WotC.

8 - How do you feel about the direction of WotC - strongly negative
to me this is the same question as #5

9 - How often do you look for news - about once a week
Sometimes more, sometimes less. I pay enough attention to get the gist of what's going on and occasionally have conversations here and there. Not super active, but I keep myself up to date.

 

[Zardnaar]

Hmm kinda obvious where this one will go.

 

[Sulicius]

My gut feeling is that there are still more newcomers champing at the bit to play D&D than there are jaded people who fill in surveys.

 

[Iosue]

This thing is going to selection bias so hard, the red shift will be visible from space.

 

[GMMichael]

I was really hoping that Bob was going to point the survey at himself re: Do you like Bob? When was the last time you recommended Bob? Do you think Bob is getting more or less popular?