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<blockquote data-quote="Sword of Spirit" data-source="post: 6753169" data-attributes="member: 6677017"><p>When I read that last part I figured I would be in the minority that wouldn't accept any of them (not liking the military connotations). Then I looked back up at which names you referenced and realized that it includes Captain, which I'm fine with.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It might also be highly unrepresentative of posters in general. This is the sort of thread that people without any interest in the topic aren't going to click on (unless they just like taking surveys), or even see, being in the warlord subforum. The only reason I knew of its existence was because of the tag-vitation at the beginning. So it's a reasonable guess that we're looking at a sample that includes an above average number of those who have a strong opinion.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I still think its one of those statistics that can be spun either direction. It depends entirely on what the intended goal is. If the goal is to express approval of certain options, one presents how many approved of those options. If the goal is to express disapproval, you do the opposite. I'm not sure what other goalposts we have here, unless WotC had done name polls themselves and gave us the results. Then we could compare and say things like, "'Warlord' as a name has better support than 'Sorcerer' in this poll," or "name approval of class concepts for every other class was at least 30% higher than for 'Warlord'". But as it is, we don't know what to make of a 50/50ish split.</p><p></p><p>My generic "Other" vote wasn't really counted correctly, as "Herald" wasn't an option at the time, and I'm not even sure "Captain" was, which are the two I would have voted for. Apparently they were added later, but I didn't realize it until the final results were in. I'm sure the evolving nature of the options must have messed with other people's responses.</p><p></p><p>All that said, it was still a fun and informative exercise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sword of Spirit, post: 6753169, member: 6677017"] When I read that last part I figured I would be in the minority that wouldn't accept any of them (not liking the military connotations). Then I looked back up at which names you referenced and realized that it includes Captain, which I'm fine with. It might also be highly unrepresentative of posters in general. This is the sort of thread that people without any interest in the topic aren't going to click on (unless they just like taking surveys), or even see, being in the warlord subforum. The only reason I knew of its existence was because of the tag-vitation at the beginning. So it's a reasonable guess that we're looking at a sample that includes an above average number of those who have a strong opinion. I still think its one of those statistics that can be spun either direction. It depends entirely on what the intended goal is. If the goal is to express approval of certain options, one presents how many approved of those options. If the goal is to express disapproval, you do the opposite. I'm not sure what other goalposts we have here, unless WotC had done name polls themselves and gave us the results. Then we could compare and say things like, "'Warlord' as a name has better support than 'Sorcerer' in this poll," or "name approval of class concepts for every other class was at least 30% higher than for 'Warlord'". But as it is, we don't know what to make of a 50/50ish split. My generic "Other" vote wasn't really counted correctly, as "Herald" wasn't an option at the time, and I'm not even sure "Captain" was, which are the two I would have voted for. Apparently they were added later, but I didn't realize it until the final results were in. I'm sure the evolving nature of the options must have messed with other people's responses. All that said, it was still a fun and informative exercise. [/QUOTE]
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