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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 7726362" data-attributes="member: 6790260">For those who read skepticism about conclusions drawn from this data as burying one's head in the sand or refusal to allow one's picture to be clouded with facts:Does being popular mean that a thing is liked for every characteristic it has, or can something be popular for people liking just some subset of its characteristics, indifferent to or even in spite of others?&nbsp; Does being popular guarantee that even most users approve of all the components thereof?As for the data itself: nice to see Dragonborn in the top five, even if it's self-serving to say so. Might finally get people to shut up about how Dragonborn don't belong in D&amp;D. Elves being the second-most popular is no surprise, I played WoW, I know the score on that front--and even if I didn't, elf And half-elf are so overstuffed with features I still wouldn't be surprised. (And if you merge elf and half-elf, the two are far and away the most popular race-group: again, no surprise.) More surprised to see dwarf so high, but not much more.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 7726362, member: 6790260"] For those who read skepticism about conclusions drawn from this data as burying one's head in the sand or refusal to allow one's picture to be clouded with facts: Does being popular mean that a thing is liked for [i]every[/i] characteristic it has, or can something be popular for people liking just some subset of its characteristics, indifferent to or even in spite of others? Does being popular guarantee that even [I]most[/I] users approve of [I]all[/I] the components thereof? As for the data itself: nice to see Dragonborn in the top five, even if it's self-serving to say so. Might [I]finally[/I] get people to shut up about how Dragonborn don't belong in D&D. Elves being the second-most popular is no surprise, I played WoW, I know the score on that front--and even if I didn't, elf And half-elf are so overstuffed with features I [I]still[/I] wouldn't be surprised. (And if you merge elf and half-elf, the two are far and away the most popular race-group: again, no surprise.) More surprised to see dwarf so high, but not [I]much[/I] more. [/QUOTE]

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