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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4875686" data-attributes="member: 22779">Hang on.&nbsp; Please, after all the bitching about me misinterpreting other people, please don't put words in my mouth.&nbsp; I did not say that megadungeons were rare.&nbsp; I SAID that they weren't the norm.&nbsp; How would you phrase the questions then?The assertion was that mega-dungeon play was the &quot;norm&quot;.&nbsp; Now, my definition of &quot;norm&quot; usually means something along the lines of &quot;common&quot; or &quot;usual&quot; or &quot;done more than not much&quot;.&nbsp; Perhaps your definition is different.&nbsp; I don't know. I asked what people mostly played.&nbsp; If mega-dungeons were the norm, don't you think more than 10% of people would have said that they mostly played mega-dungeons?&nbsp; I mean, if I asked people if they usually put ketchup on french fries (something I would call a norm in Canada), and only 10% of people said yes, wouldn't that mean that people didn't usually put ketchup on french fries?I asked if respondants mostly played in either mega-dungeons, serial adventures, or something else.&nbsp; Since only a very small minority of people responded that they mostly played in mega-dungeons, how would you be able to turn that information to mean that mega-dungeons were the norm?This is what I'm failing to see.&nbsp; &quot;Mostly&quot; is something that you do when it's a norm.&nbsp; I mostly wear pants to work.&nbsp; I mostly drive on the left side of the road.&nbsp; I mostly enjoy a beer after work.&nbsp; These, for me are all norms.&nbsp; If only 10% of people mostly played in mega dungeons, how can you say that it is a norm of behavior?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4875686, member: 22779"] Hang on. Please, after all the bitching about me misinterpreting other people, please don't put words in my mouth. I did not say that megadungeons were rare. I SAID that they weren't the norm. How would you phrase the questions then? The assertion was that mega-dungeon play was the "norm". Now, my definition of "norm" usually means something along the lines of "common" or "usual" or "done more than not much". Perhaps your definition is different. I don't know. I asked what people mostly played. If mega-dungeons were the norm, don't you think more than 10% of people would have said that they mostly played mega-dungeons? I mean, if I asked people if they usually put ketchup on french fries (something I would call a norm in Canada), and only 10% of people said yes, wouldn't that mean that people didn't usually put ketchup on french fries? I asked if respondants mostly played in either mega-dungeons, serial adventures, or something else. Since only a very small minority of people responded that they mostly played in mega-dungeons, how would you be able to turn that information to mean that mega-dungeons were the norm? This is what I'm failing to see. "Mostly" is something that you do when it's a norm. I mostly wear pants to work. I mostly drive on the left side of the road. I mostly enjoy a beer after work. These, for me are all norms. If only 10% of people mostly played in mega dungeons, how can you say that it is a norm of behavior? [/QUOTE]

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