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<blockquote data-quote="Pseudopsyche" data-source="post: 4606573" data-attributes="member: 54600">Yes, I had assumed from the beginning that the purpose of this poll was to gauge the preferences of EN World members (who participate in the general forum).&nbsp; Clearly, any attempt to generalize the results to the population of gamers across the world is dubious at best.I'm actually more interested in the preferences of our community, anyway.&nbsp; It helps to know your audience, and it helps to know the leanings of my single greatest source of D&amp;D information!&nbsp; (For example, I may make more of an effort to specify what edition I have in mind when I toss around terminology such as &quot;saving throw&quot; and &quot;diagonal movement&quot;.)&nbsp; I have been surprised to see that 4E support is not as widespread as I had assumed, but as others have pointed out, it seems natural that a community of dedicated gamers would have some investment in the previous editions that held sway for decades.That said, do you think that the biases mentioned so far, including self-selection and the holiday timing, are significant?&nbsp; My hunch is that the current percentages are probably fairly close to the true percentages of active EN World members in this forum.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pseudopsyche, post: 4606573, member: 54600"] Yes, I had assumed from the beginning that the purpose of this poll was to gauge the preferences of EN World members (who participate in the general forum). Clearly, any attempt to generalize the results to the population of gamers across the world is dubious at best. I'm actually more interested in the preferences of our community, anyway. It helps to know your audience, and it helps to know the leanings of my single greatest source of D&D information! (For example, I may make more of an effort to specify what edition I have in mind when I toss around terminology such as "saving throw" and "diagonal movement".) I have been surprised to see that 4E support is not as widespread as I had assumed, but as others have pointed out, it seems natural that a community of dedicated gamers would have some investment in the previous editions that held sway for decades. That said, do you think that the biases mentioned so far, including self-selection and the holiday timing, are significant? My hunch is that the current percentages are probably fairly close to the true percentages of active EN World members in this forum. [/QUOTE]

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