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Darkspur
Village Dweller
Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 3
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| MMORPG Questionnaire - Take The Plunge! |
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Ive drawn up this little questionnaire in order to get some general feedback from MMOG players. There are 10 questions and I’m hoping that people will answer them honestly. Simple “yes” “no” answers will suffice. I’ll be checking back regularly to see the progress of the thread and I will publish the results on a website in a couple of weeks.
I realize these questions are somewhat provocative and im hoping forum mods will let it live
Online MMORPG Questionnaire
1) Have you ever sold in-game currency through an auction site or directly to a company or individual?
2) Have you ever sold a MMORPG/MMO game account through an auction site or directly to a company or individual?
3) Have you ever subscribed to a cheat/exploit forum or website?
4) Have you ever profiteered from the use of bugs/exploits for items, levelling, in-game currency or real world monetary gain?
5) Have you ever attempted to “scam” other players through misrepresentation of an item or trade related bugs/exploits?
6) Have you ever sexually harassed another player, or group/type of player(s) over a long period?
7) Have you ever used racial slurs against an individual, or group/type of player(s) over a long period?
 Have you ever organised, or helped organised a large scale attack on other players based on their sexuality, language or nationality?
9) Have you ever represented yourself as an official company representative in order to “scam” other players? I.e. falsely representing yourself as a GM?
10) Have you ever attempted to harm – emotionally, verbally or physically another player in the real world due to in-game events? |
Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:24 am |
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Ekim
Eagle's Shadow
Joined: 27 May 2002
Posts: 2365
Location: Montreal, Canada |
erm... No to all questions 
I have no problem with the questions you're asking, but I do wonder what the purpose of this survey is. Sounds to me as if you're looking to find out if the mmorpg community is racist and intolerant of other cultures, or sexist. I'm not sure that any such survey done on a message board would have any real meaning since it doesn't afford much anonimity  Who would come here and post that he has done any of the things you mention there? I would suggest that you put up a web site where answers can be input anonymously and you might get better results.
I don't think that anyone who has ever spent any significant amount of time playing any mmorpg would say that the community is as bad as that, nor would it be as good as the answers might make it sound either It's generally a healthy mix of both.
If I may offer a suggestion, you might find out more if your survey would be asking these questions in another way: "have you ever experienced sexual harrassment in an online game?" Or: "Have you ever been witness to someone who was exploiting game mechanics for personal gains?". Although your first 5 questions are okay, the rest don't amount to anything unless you're trying to get a pschological profile on someone specific 
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Joey Nipps
Orcan High Command
Joined: 03 Jan 2002
Posts: 849
Location: Outer Space |
No to all questions. However, I will tell you that if you TRULY want to learn truths along these lines, you WILL need to learn a great deal about survey question writing and general survey methodologies first. Surveying is an extremely complicated artform.
I mean do you really expect something like the following: "Oh, my goodness, yess officer, I DID rob that bank. My mother always taught me to be honest when asked a question even if I was guilty of doing something wrong."
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Ammon777
Warrior for Heaven
Joined: 20 Apr 2002
Posts: 2011
Location: United States |
umm No. |
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Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:55 pm |
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CrushDepth
Village Dweller
Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 5
Location: Iceland |
1. nope
2. yup
3. nope
4. yup
5. yup
6. nope
7. nope
8. nope
9. nope
10. nope |
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Tue Jul 27, 2004 8:50 pm |
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Darkspur
Village Dweller
Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 3
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Hi guys, thx for the responses. Response to a few queries.
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No to all questions. However, I will tell you that if you TRULY want to learn truths along these lines, you WILL need to learn a great deal about survey question writing and general survey methodologies first. Surveying is an extremely complicated artform.
I mean do you really expect something like the following: "Oh, my goodness, yess officer, I DID rob that bank. My mother always taught me to be honest when asked a question even if I was guilty of doing something wrong."
Its not meant to be a "scientific" survery. Its a bit of an experiment on my behalf. Ive posted this same questionnaire on half a dozen other forums hoping for a good overall response. But yup i take your point that it doesnt exactly follow the methods laid down by psych professors and others
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I have no problem with the questions you're asking, but I do wonder what the purpose of this survey is. Sounds to me as if you're looking to find out if the mmorpg community is racist and intolerant of other cultures, or sexist. I'm not sure that any such survey done on a message board would have any real meaning since it doesn't afford much anonimity Who would come here and post that he has done any of the things you mention there? I would suggest that you put up a web site where answers can be input anonymously and you might get better results.
Actually the idea hit me while i was playing that hotbed of racial abuse and vilification known as Lineage 2  If you ever played L2 you'll know exactly what i mean. I thought id write up this little questionnaire and see the responses i get. So far i believe the majority of them to be pretty honest. After all there is no harm in answering any of these honestly, so why be dishonest?. There is a good chances ill post this again on my website at a later date.
In the meantime, many more responses would be appreciated.. |
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Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:00 am |
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Darkspur
Village Dweller
Joined: 27 Jul 2004
Posts: 3
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Come on guys, keep the responses coming. Im going to make a more permanent home soon. |
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Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:46 pm |
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Bytespawn
Tempered Warlord
Joined: 10 Nov 2003
Posts: 295
Location: Belgium |
Another question...
Did you ever make use of a PvP area to lure a new player into it and then kill him? Uhhh.. yes
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Kiff
Protector of the Realm
Joined: 27 Oct 2002
Posts: 257
Location: Indiana |
1. No
2. No
3. For an MMO = No. For other games (i.e. SimCity, Age of Mytholigy ect.) = yes
4. No
5. No
6. No
7. No
8. Yes, but that was part of the game play in DAoC
9. No
10. Not yet, but some day I hope to. |
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Thu Aug 05, 2004 7:08 pm |
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MoonDragon
High Emperor
Joined: 25 May 2002
Posts: 1254
Location: Waterloo, Canada |
No to all.
With minor exception to 4. I've once profiteered a great deal from a trading bug, but on a test server, with an explicit intention to have a lot of money to test stuff that would be otherwise inaccessible to me. The bug was then reported and I was quite willing to return the money the devs asked for it. They never did. 
I don't know if the last one would be a yes, maybe. I'm sure I sometimes tried to emotionally hurt the jackbutts behind some of the avatars I came across. But they deserved it. 
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Korplem
Swashbuckler
Joined: 23 Dec 2002
Posts: 853
Location: Pearl Harbor, HI |
No to all except number 5. That wasn't for any personal gain, just a bit of mischevious humor and I never take anything.
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Tyko
Village Dweller
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 2
Location: BFE, Texas |
| Re: MMORPG Questionnaire - Take The Plunge! |
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Online MMORPG Questionnaire
1) Have you ever sold in-game currency through an auction site or directly to a company or individual? Yes--EQ
2) Have you ever sold a MMORPG/MMO game account through an auction site or directly to a company or individual? Yes-EQ
3) Have you ever subscribed to a cheat/exploit forum or website? No
4) Have you ever profiteered from the use of bugs/exploits for items, levelling, in-game currency or real world monetary gain? Yes a small exp bug.
5) Have you ever attempted to “scam” other players through misrepresentation of an item or trade related bugs/exploits? No.
6) Have you ever sexually harassed another player, or group/type of player(s) over a long period? No,
7) Have you ever used racial slurs against an individual, or group/type of player(s) over a long period? No.
Have you ever organised, or helped organised a large scale attack on other players based on their sexuality, language or nationality? No.
9) Have you ever represented yourself as an official company representative in order to “scam” other players? I.e. falsely representing yourself as a GM? No.
10) Have you ever attempted to harm – emotionally, verbally or physically another player in the real world due to in-game events? No.
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Val
Risen From Ashes
Joined: 18 Feb 2002
Posts: 14724
Location: Utah, USA |
A resounding "No" to all of those questions.
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Otec Lightstrider
Village Dweller
Joined: 04 Mar 2005
Posts: 8
Location: Anchorhead, Tatooine, Lowca server |
No to all. If I tried that in Star Wars Galaxies, I'd get banned faster then you can say "im sorry, ill never do it again....."
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