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ShortQuests -- Pocket Sized Adventures! An all-new collection of digest-sized D&D adventures designed for 1-2 game sessions.

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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tigris" data-source="post: 9876663" data-attributes="member: 7043270">What?So this "survey", does:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ask only US hobbystores</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Participation is non mandatory for hobby stores</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Asks about "feeling more popular" not about numbers</li> </ul>How then do they add this together with Kickstarter?Also this survey does not also have a huge bias, since<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">self selection,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">US only,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">hobbystore only,</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">no comparable numbers (since its not sales numbers)</li> </ul>But participants of a survey also actively have an advantage if they lie about the popularity_<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Since these survey results go online and people talk about it, and it will increase the popularity of systems mentioned, its of best interest for the hobbystores to say the system of which they have the highest (unsold) stock to be the "most popular" in order to increase chances to get rid of it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Or name their favorite game in order to make it more popular.</li> </ul>Of course its not the biggest advantage, since they dont know if what they report really changes much, but still, why should someone be honest with this?Also I get it, we dont have precise data, so we take what we have, but honestly the more I learn about this survey, the less useful it sounds.</blockquote>

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