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<blockquote data-quote="Scribe" data-source="post: 9068160" data-attributes="member: 6807152">Forum users and other terminally online types would do well to use this as a reminder that what may appear real here and in other online echo chambers, is potentially (likely imo) not in step with reality at all.The only data Wizards is going to have, is going to come from the minority of their 'user base' anyway.The vast, likely overwhelming, majority of the people they are putting in the D&amp;D player bucket, have zero connection to forums, zero connection to online D&amp;D at all.I continue to remind myself of what Maro said of the majority of Magic the Gathering players that they did poll and do focus groups with, paraphrasing.&quot;The majority do not know what a planeswalker is.&quot; unless my memory (likely) fails, it was in fact over 70% not knowing what they are.Now, I dont know if you are a MTG player, but anyone, literally ANYONE, I have played Magic with, against, or discussed online with, knows what a Planeswalker is, yet the MAJORITY of actual players, people who have bought and shuffled, and played a commander deck, whatever, do not (edit) know what a Planeswalker is?If it was coming from anyone but Maro's mouth (or fingers) I would not believe it. Its a staggering piece of information to me.&quot;We&quot; the perpetually online, hyper connected, obsessive types, are such a miniscule outspoken niche of the mighty WotC pie of users aka players, and what may appear to us, in our excessively loud echo chambers as 'true' or 'real' quite likely is nothing of the sort.walks off muttering about the impossibility of not knowing what a Planeswalker is as a Magic player...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scribe, post: 9068160, member: 6807152"] Forum users and other terminally online types would do well to use this as a reminder that what may appear real here and in other online echo chambers, is potentially (likely imo) not in step with reality at all. The only data Wizards is going to have, is going to come from the minority of their 'user base' anyway. The vast, likely overwhelming, majority of the people they are putting in the D&D player bucket, have zero connection to forums, zero connection to online D&D at all. I continue to remind myself of what Maro said of the majority of Magic the Gathering players that they did poll and do focus groups with, paraphrasing. "The majority do not know what a planeswalker is." unless my memory (likely) fails, it was in fact over 70% not knowing what they are. Now, I dont know if you are a MTG player, but anyone, literally ANYONE, I have played Magic with, against, or discussed online with, knows what a Planeswalker is, yet the MAJORITY of actual players, people who have bought and shuffled, and played a commander deck, whatever, do not (edit) know what a Planeswalker is? If it was coming from anyone but Maro's mouth (or fingers) I would not believe it. Its a staggering piece of information to me. "We" the perpetually online, hyper connected, obsessive types, are such a miniscule outspoken niche of the mighty WotC pie of users aka players, and what may appear to us, in our excessively loud echo chambers as 'true' or 'real' quite likely is nothing of the sort. [I]walks off muttering about the impossibility of not knowing what a Planeswalker is as a Magic player...[/I] [/QUOTE]

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