Changeover Poll

[Edena_of_Neith]

Hey, we made it to 1,000 votes! Cheers! : )

At 1,000 votes, it is still:

Changeover: 32%
No Changeover: 59%
Partial Changeover: 9%
Option 6: 31%

* * *

I can now declare a Winner in the Changeover Poll: D&D and it's associated games.
There is more interest this time around, than in the First Changeover Poll:

- The vote count went up much more rapidly.
- The vote count reached 990 far earlier than it did in the First Changeover Poll.
- The vote count is still rising.

D&D and it's associated games are the Winners.
Now, THAT'S a result, I can live with!

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Unlikely. The percentages have been amazingly consistant for pretty much the entire poll. And deviation of more than a point or two either way would be highly suspect.

With every new vote we get, from this point on, we show that D&D (and games along it's lines) are the Winners.
The more who vote, the more we show that interest is strong, that people are actually here (if they weren't here, they wouldn't vote), that people care (if they didn't care, they wouldn't vote), that people want to be involved, that people still want to play D&D and it's associated games.

So I say, let's pile on the votes! : )

 

[Garnfellow]

Has this poll been done on the WotC/Gleemax boards? I don't bother with them anymore (they lost my account in the gleemax fiasco and they were a pain to access/read anyway). I'm sure it would skew more to the changeover side of the equation, but it could be very telling...

I would suspect you'd see pretty different results on different boards. I don't know about the Gleemax boards (haven't been there for years), but RPGNet, for example, seems very bullish on 4e.

 

[Derren]

I would suspect you'd see pretty different results on different boards. I don't know about the Gleemax boards (haven't been there for years), but RPGNet, for example, seems very bullish on 4e.

Problem is that there is no General Board on Gleemax. So either you post on the 3E forum, full of people who rejected 4E or the 4E forum full of 4E fanatics.

Edit:
There is a similar poll on RPGNet. The result is not the same as here, but 4E doesn't get a landslide victory over there either.
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=432575

 

[Wicht]

There is a similar poll on RPGNet. The result is not the same as here, but 4E doesn't get a landslide victory over there either.
[4th Ed] Still playing? - RPGnet Forums

Taking that poll at face value, the posters there don't seem quite so split but to summarize their findings: 1/3 reject 4e, 1/3 mix and match the editions, 1/3 (37%) have converted.

That's actually not too dissimilar in the converted percentile in this poll.

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Here are the options in that poll, and their similarity (if any) to the ones here:

- Wasn't inspired to try at all (Closest to Option 7, all earlier editions only)
- Bought the books but looked crap so never played (Closest to Option 6, tried 4E, returned to earlier editions)
- Liked the OP, started off loving but quickly soured (Also closest to Option 6: Tried 4E, returned to earlier editions)
- Still playing, rotating with other games/editions (Closest to Options 3, 4, and 5 - Partial Changeover options)
- It is still my game of choice and looks to stay that way (Closest to Option 1 (all 4E) and Option 2 (mostly 4E)
- Your favourite game sucks (Corresponds with no choice in the Changeover Poll)

With that said, their results were:

Wasn't inspired to try at all (Equivalent to Option 7) 35 11.08%
Bought the books but looked crap so never played (Option 6) 23 7.28%
Like the OP, started off loving but quickly soured (Option 6) 42 13.29%
Still playing, rotating with other games / editions (Options 3, 4, 5) 87 27.53%
It is still my game of choice and looks to stay that way (Options 1, 2) 120 37.97%
Your favourite game sucks! 9 2.85%

Thus, had their poll been the Changeover Poll, the results would have been:

Option 1 and 2: 38%
Option 3, 4, and 5: 28%
Option 6: 21%
Option 7: 11%

Or:

307 votes (and 9 additional votes uncountable)

Changeover: 38%
Partial Changeover: 28%
No Changeover: 33%
Option 6: 21%

The RPGnet poll has turned out, compared to the 2nd Changeover Poll, to have results far more favorable to 4E.

Perhaps an *exact* replica of the Changeover Poll (the options being *exactly* the same and interpreted in *exactly* the same way - Options 1 and 2 Changeover, 3/4/5 Partial Changeover, and 6/7 No Changeover) could be placed on RPGnet?
However, I cannot be the one to do that. One of you, someone who regularly posts there, should do that.

Up to you'all.

Edena_of_Neith

 

[cildarith]

If we combine the numbers from the two polls as they currently stand:

Changeover: 439 votes = 34%
Partial Changeover: 176 votes = 13%
No Changeover: 693 votes = 53%

"Option 6": 378 votes = 29%

 

[Edena_of_Neith]

Seriously, put the Changeover Poll (in it's exact form as given here on ENWorld) on RPGnet.
See how they vote. You have my curiosity up.

 

[Jasperak]

For your voting pleasure

Changeover Poll - RPGnet Forums

 

[Jasperak]

I screwed up and made the poll public

Should I keep it or try a new one?