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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 4684642" data-attributes="member: 25619">Yes, if it was a joke survey, you could get that result here, perhaps.But I see no reason why polls of people who care about D&amp;D about what edition they prefer/are playing/have purchased would yield completely nonsensical results.There's a difference between &quot;has an unknown, possibly large margin of error&quot; and &quot;is completely wrong&quot;.You do realize a random poll of 1000 people is able to predict the voting behavior of 100 million people within +/-4%, right?Several hundred people out of the few hundred thousand who play D&amp;D seems like a large sample to me.&nbsp; So the question becomes: it is a sample that represents trends in opinions about editions.&nbsp; That answer, we'll never know.&nbsp; It could be that the views of the passionate online geeky community that is EnWorld reflect the views of the mass of geeks playing D&amp;D.&nbsp; Or, it could be that because we're more passionate about the game, our views are skewed -- it's quite possible that the average gamer doesn't doesn't care what edition it is.&nbsp; It's quite possible that the average EnWorld doesn't care either.&nbsp; But among people who care much about D&amp;D and have an opinion, why guess the polling is all wrong?&nbsp; Occam's Razor says it's probably not all wrong.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 4684642, member: 25619"] Yes, if it was a joke survey, you could get that result here, perhaps. But I see no reason why polls of people who care about D&D about what edition they prefer/are playing/have purchased would yield completely nonsensical results. There's a difference between "has an unknown, possibly large margin of error" and "is completely wrong". You do realize a random poll of 1000 people is able to predict the voting behavior of 100 million people within +/-4%, right? Several hundred people out of the few hundred thousand who play D&D seems like a large sample to me. So the question becomes: it is a sample that represents trends in opinions about editions. That answer, we'll never know. It could be that the views of the passionate online geeky community that is EnWorld reflect the views of the mass of geeks playing D&D. Or, it could be that because we're more passionate about the game, our views are skewed -- it's quite possible that the average gamer doesn't doesn't care what edition it is. It's quite possible that the average EnWorld doesn't care either. But among people who care much about D&D and have an opinion, why guess the polling is all wrong? Occam's Razor says it's probably not all wrong. [/QUOTE]

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