ENWorld Edition Bias

Nifft · Jan 19, 2009

diaglo said:
i love OD&D(1974)

Reported.

Dinkeldog · Jan 19, 2009

No, I didn't read all 5 pages, but while this looks like a near normal distribution, I should point out that this is an internet poll which is self-selecting and therefore can't be used for research purposes. (Hey, I'm starting a business statistics analysis class tomorrow and I've got to get the wording down pat.)

frankthedm · Jan 19, 2009

Enworld is a polite board, but 4E deserves impolite criticism. Thus giving 4E it's due respect runs afoul of the board.

Rel · Jan 19, 2009

frankthedm said:
Enworld is a polite board, but 4E deserves impolite criticism. Thus giving 4E it's due respect runs afoul of the board.

I guess it's best then for you to observe the "If you can't say something nice then don't say anything at all" rule.

Umbran · Jan 20, 2009

frankthedm said:
Enworld is a polite board, but 4E deserves impolite criticism.

4e is a game, dude. You can't be polite or impolite to a game.

The people don't deserve impoliteness, no matter what edition they play.

Dinkeldog · Jan 20, 2009

Something to keep in mind here:

While the distribution is looking fairly normal, the poll as a whole doesn't mean anything because it's self-selecting. It's useful for entertainment value, but is neither predictive nor does it prove any hypothesis.

DaveMage · Jan 23, 2009

Dinkeldog said:
Something to keep in mind here:

While the distribution is looking fairly normal, the poll as a whole doesn't mean anything because it's self-selecting. It's useful for entertainment value, but is neither predictive nor does it prove any hypothesis.

Are you TRYING to cast "Summon Treebore" or what?

Duskblade · Jan 23, 2009

All 3E all the time.

Roman · Jan 27, 2009

There was a very strong pro 4E/anti 3.xE bias on ENWorld some months back and I felt the moderation was also biased. It got so bad, I was essentially driven away from the site coming back only occassionally and not posting anything. Moderation improved dramatically pretty fast though and pretty quickly ceased being biased at all (at least in my eyes). The site was still hostile to 3E/3.5E due to some vocal posters, but this tendency tended to diminish over time and things are much, much better now - hence I visit the site more often again, though not as much as prior to the edition schism.

(Note: I did not vote on the poll, because it is closed.)

Dinkeldog · Jan 27, 2009

Roman said:
There was a very strong pro 4E/anti 3.xE bias on ENWorld some months back and I felt the moderation was also biased. It got so bad, I was essentially driven away from the site coming back only occassionally and not posting anything. Moderation improved dramatically pretty fast though and pretty quickly ceased being biased at all (at least in my eyes). The site was still hostile to 3E/3.5E due to some vocal posters, but this tendency tended to diminish over time and things are much, much better now - hence I visit the site more often again, though not as much as prior to the edition schism.

(Note: I did not vote on the poll, because it is closed.)

The funny thing there is that the mods aren't all pro-4E or anti-4E. What I think is really going on is that those that are most adamant about their edition choice are also least willing to accept that someone else might prefer something else. That's human nature.