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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nothing to see here" data-source="post: 4165427" data-attributes="member: 16432">I actually agree with ainatan's position.  I must however, make my one feeble contribution to remind people that message board polls are less than useless when it comes to measuring anybody's gaming opinion.As it happens a, well conceived, scientific strategic polls could actually tell you a lot.  ANY poll you answer on ENWorld is far from scientific or strategic.  Take the "Will you switch even if 4e is closed" question.  The 61% means absolutey nothing.  There are four grave sins here...STRIKE 1: The universe for the poll (ENWorld visitors) is self-selecting.  This alone invalidates the poll when it comes to the views of the overall gaming market.STRIKE 2: The respondents to the poll (within ENWorld) are self-selecting.  This invalidates the poll from even being an accurate representation of the ENWorld community.STRIKE 3: The question itself is worded to be leading.  Even if the poll were properly sampled it's conclusion would be suspicious.STRIKE 4: The poll question content attempts to extrapoloate general opinions based on on a very technical knowledge subset.  This is also covered in the poll's self-selection above, but would again, call into question the results of the poll.</blockquote>