Online Gaming Survey...

Hello fellow hexites!

I'm looking for like minded online gamers to help me collect information for my final year project, i'm conducting a research paper on gaming habits, with particular focus on what makes a good online game, this includes aspects such as game design, interaction, social aspects and various other key elements of online gaming.
The survey will only take around 10 minutes of your time and would help me immensely. Plus its a good excuse to take ten minutes away from your work.;)
Your participation in this survey would be much appreciated. The results will be published after christmas on a dedicated website, i will post the link of the hexus forums closer to the time.

http://www.surveyconsole.com/console...rvey?id=140379

Many Thanks

Pete

Filling it in now for you :D

Done :)

Quite enjoyed that :/

done

Many thanks to all hexites that have completed my survey, had a great responce so far, keep them coming in, your help is very much appreciated. The more results the more accurate the findings will be as is with all research projects.

Thanks again everybody.

Pete

Glaring omission being BF2, although it does seem to be aimed more toward MMORPGers as opposed to fps players

Wheres Soldier Of Fortune 2 on that list then i still play that all the time :(

Solider of fortune 2 is ace online!

Anyway, I like questionnaires so I'm filling it out now for ya!

Hello fellow Hexites

It's difficult to include every game that’s currently popular, or has been, BF2 and SOF2 are both v.good games, but like i say it's hard to know what to include and what not to. I was trying to include a wide range of games in the list, but also wanted to keep it relatively short.

I'm not specifically aiming this study towards MMORPG's, there has already been quite a few recent studies that have been based on this genre, this study looks at online gaming in a wider context, however some of the questions are better suited to MMORPG's.

There was also many questions i wanted to include but didn't as i knew i had to keep the overall length down.

I have now added a separate question that will allow you to add any games that are not already listed.

Thanks Pete

Completed. :)

Completed also! It was very well put together by the way, nice one.

Completed, some of the MMO orientated questions were difficult to answer for somebody who mainly plays RTS and FPS.

Well lucky for me I bought Guild Wars just for this purpose :cool:

What are you hoping to prove from this survey?

Done :)

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Originally Posted by yamangman

What are you hoping to prove from this survey?

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My exact thoughts.

When you've got a fair bit of data....please share with us:)

Hexus is a very two way site.....share the wealth :)

Hello fellow hexites,

Once the initial stage of primary data collection is complete i will be conducting observation tests, held at a local LAN cafe, invites will be sent to all that have participated in my survey, (there will be limited capacity however, first to confirm basis only I’m afraid).

Once both stages of primary data collection are complete and i have had time to evaluate the results i will compile the results onto a dedicated site, with further preliminary findings, the link to the site will be posted on hexus, and i will keep fellow hexites informed of any progress made as and when via this post.

The final results will be compiled and will help to produce a set of guidelines or 'recommended criteria' online games should follow, the results will hopefully indicate what aspects are most important to online gaming with regards to what makes 'a good online game'. As i have mentioned before this study is not limited to MMORPG's, i'm trying to look at a much wider field of online multiplayer gaming.

The full details of this study will be better explained on the website i will be developing, keep checking back here for the URL, and please keep the results coming in. I have had a fantastic response so far from hexus readers, a big thank you to everybody that has participated.

Thanks Pete

Done

No worries, good luck with it all!

I had a validation error on Question 6 so gave up.

Sorry!

Doesn't seem to like the fact I don't play much in online games :(

Done!

Done

Interesting. The question "How many hours per week" was a scary one... Man I need a life xo)

The rank related questions force me to lie;

e.g.
Q9. Put the following methods of in game communication in descending order, in accordance to usage. (5 = Hardly used, 1 = Used all the time)

Voice Chat
Main Chat (Text)
Private Chat (Text)
Guild Chat (Text)
Group Chat (Text)

I'm sorry but that's a big 1 for each and everyone of them listed.

p.s. survey id 246012 btw

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Originally Posted by Davey W

The rank related questions force me to lie;

e.g.
Q9. Put the following methods of in game communication in descending order, in accordance to usage. (5 = Hardly used, 1 = Used all the time)

Voice Chat
Main Chat (Text)
Private Chat (Text)
Guild Chat (Text)
Group Chat (Text)

I'm sorry but that's a big 1 for each and everyone of them listed.

p.s. survey id 246012 btw

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Hello Davey.

That’s OK. I realise that not all participants will be able to answer the rank related questions completely accurately, and if you were completing the paper counterpart of this survey and listed them all as 1 (2,3,4,5 for that matter) then i can understand. Unfortunately the best way to obtain data for this question was by means of 'rank'. I will make note of your particular survey and edit as appropriate.

PS. It's usually quite obvious from the results when a participant has been forced into answering a particular question this way. The results are usually in perfect descending or ascending order, this of course will be noted when analysing the results.

Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

Pete

sorted~~ :)

Done

Done

Too many questions, I have a headache, but its done...

done!

Done :)