EQ-questionnaire for master thesisFollow

go here for the answers Please refer to this thread.

Thanks very much for posting.

Hey darknicky, this may sound like a really strange question, but do you know the Kapmeyer family in Marburg at all? I stayed in Marburg for three weeks during my highschool exchange (i'd write this auf Deutsch, but my german is really rusty)

I've got a poster map of Marburg on my wall behind my computer actually

The survey looks legetimate by the way, so if anyone was thinking of taking it, go for it.

Just did it, hope I'm not the only one :)

<qoute> "The reason I became interested in this topic was the shockingly poor level of research that had gone into the entire phenomenon of gaming and the wider related area of human computer interaction. (Most of this has focussed on single player games and aggression in children.) <quote>


I am not sure why it was described by the writer in the thread Tarv recommened for reading as "the shockingly poor research done". All one needs to do is run a search in Google (or any preferred search engine, I do not prefer google myself). Search for "MMORPG studies" or "Griefer studies" and the links may be endless.

In fact, if one searches the links long enough they will find a multiple Dev conversation discussing Griefers in MOGs(at least one Dev admitted to being a griefer) and how the game producers are trying to find ways to stop this type of play. Check back with your favorite games occasionally, you will probably recognize the attempts at controlling the "problem".

I personally do not suggest that any person give an email address they care about to an unknown person, not that I am implying the current researcher is a bad person, tis just a good rule of thumb.


sorry, no neat sig ~leai-33 bard~ (updated no neat sig, two deaths now, may be a 32 bard again soon rofl)

Speaking as a professional in the survey buisness...

Nice instrument. I get what it is you are trying to cover.

As you must know this is NOT a scientific sample as most voluntary surveys of this nature are. I would caution you on making any conclusions based on the answers you get. Your sample frame consists of people enthused enough to actually read a website devoted to THIS game, and be bothered to fill out your questionnaire (I did). I'm sure you are not reaching a LARGE percentage of people or even a representative cross-section who play EQ or these types of games. Having said that, you probably do have other avenues of delivering this questionnaire other than Alla's EQ Forum, and you may even have a questionnaire for other games (I wouldn't have seen since I don't visit those forums.)

You MAY get an over-all feel for how people with the time, money and technical know-how play, but keep in mind who is responding. Still, I WOULD be curious to see how many did respond.

One side note which you were sort of getting at with the EQ creeping into real life:
When I was playing DOOM (First person shooter) I sometimes got the feeling when walking down the street, where the monsters might be or what weapon I had ready (heh). Now I sometimes see people on the street and think about /consider and that they look like an elf or ogre...

Edit.
Not a slam, but this IS a project for educational purposes. So even if this were re-inventing the wheel, we should cut her some slack.


Edited, Thu May 6 11:32:47 2004 by Dothammer