BayonetBrant
Skirmisher
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 | | 05/17/2007 9:37 AM |
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Ohio State University's School of Communication, in partnership with GAMA and The Wargamer, are undertaking a follow-up to last year's large and comprehensive study of hobby game players. The researchers are investigating patterns of motivation and usage by tabletop (card, role-playing, minis, and board game players), digital (computer, console, MMORPG), and other gamers (such as LARP). The survey takes approximately 20-30 minutes to complete.
Building on lessons learned from last year, as well as some ongoing analyses of the existing data, the project is seeking continue expanding the knowledge of the games world.
We invite you to participate at www.gamesurvey.org.
The study will be focusing on these key areas of motivation.
• What do game players like in a game? What do they dislike? And why?
• What motivates continued game play and preferences for types of games?
• Where are games bought and what influences those purchase decisions in light of preferences and motivations?
• What interactions do gamers have with others?
• With whom (and where) do gamers play, and how frequently, and how do these decisions influence preferences and motivations?
Official Q&A forum can be found at http://www.wargamer.com/forums/tm.asp?m=229482
Brant Guillory
School of Communication - Ohio State
guillory.2@osu.edu
“their citizens (all of them counted as such) glorified their mythology of ‘rights’… and lost track of their duties. No nation, so constituted, can endure.” Robert Heinlein, 1959
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Master of the
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7507 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 05/17/2007 5:16 PM |
| Sounds cool.
I think I'll participate.
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nyjastul69
Commander
2710 Posts
Rhode Island
| | 05/19/2007 9:03 AM |
| | I filled it out. | |
You know, I keep thinking that after the new design team gets done with D&D 4e, D&D won't stand for Dungeons and Dragons anymore, because well, that's just not fun. It's old and stuffy. - Originally Posted by BabWryter on Kenzerco.com | |
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BayonetBrant
Skirmisher
5 Posts
| | 05/19/2007 3:06 PM |
| Thanks for the support everyone!
Please spread the word among your fellow gamers. We got 3500 last year, and we'd like to beat that by as much as possible this year.
Also, there's an official Q&A forum over at http://www.wargamer.com/forums/tm.asp?m=229482
Cheers! | | | |
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 05/19/2007 10:13 PM |
| | That was fun. | |
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SodjG
Sneak
61 Posts
Barrow Alaska
| | 05/20/2007 2:14 PM |
| | I did it. It makes you think of why we do what we do as gamers. And who we are because of gaminig. Very insiteful. | |
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jacksonm
Warlord
5560 Posts
River City
| | 05/20/2007 2:39 PM |
| Survey taken. 
Hopefully it helps you out. | | | |
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BayonetBrant
Skirmisher
5 Posts
| | 05/20/2007 7:40 PM |
| Thanks everyone for your help!
And please, don't forget to steer your friends toward it, too. We got 3500 last year, and we'd like to beat that this year.
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WakeXX
Warlord
10143 Posts
Edinboro PA
| | 05/22/2007 1:01 PM |
| | Survey completed,that was interesting.I used to live in Columbus awhile back,fun times. | | | |
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Master of the
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7507 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 05/22/2007 4:01 PM |
| Finally got around to doing it. Cool survey, though it was difficult coming up with a least favorite game.
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realmaster
Underboss
1990 Posts
Home of the 2002 Winter Olympics
| | 05/22/2007 9:25 PM |
| done. that did not hurt that bad.  | |
Thanks, realmaster. Let's split up!!!!!
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zenthrus
Commander
4908 Posts
SLC, UT
| | 05/23/2007 8:11 AM |
| I particularly enjoy the ambiguously worded questions framed within double-negative contexts just to throw off participants. That and the same question repeated with three different wordings. Surveys make me itch :p
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Ghendar
Warlord
11456 Posts
In ur house, stealin' yur minis
| | 05/23/2007 2:13 PM |
| | I filled it out. I hope I didn't skew it too much toward the "wingnut" crowd. | |
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Vrecknidj
Warlord
10358 Posts
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Master of the
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Teflon Jeff
Warlord
7507 Posts
Sector 2814
| | 05/29/2007 9:10 AM |
| When do they compile and release the results?
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BayonetBrant
Skirmisher
5 Posts
| | 05/30/2007 7:42 AM |
| Posted By zenthrus on 05/23/2007 8:11 AM
I particularly enjoy the ambiguously worded questions framed within double-negative contexts just to throw off participants.
Yep,
that was a typo that's been fixed. Sorry.
Non-academic wrap-ups will be posted over at www.wargamer.com later this summer (we've got people
working Origins who'll be tied up until early July).
The first pass through the 2006 survey data can be seen at
http://www.wargamer.com/articles/gama_survey_1/
Survey has been extended until 6 June, to catch people who got the announcements late.
Please pass the word to all your friends/acquaintances/random people on the street.
Thanks everyone! | | | |
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