Quote from: Jam The MF on January 12, 2024, 03:09:54 PM

Quote from: GhostNinja on January 12, 2024, 02:08:26 PM
I have completed the survey.

My only gripe is what the least I would pay for a .pdf I had to put in $1.00 because it wouldn't let me put in $0.00.

I dont use or buy .pdfs and I never will.   It's either print or nothing for me.

Same here.

As previously noted, I had the opposite issue. LOL 

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I think I was asked to describe my ideal RPG.

I replied, Half way between BX and 3rd Edition D&D.

Does that game exist?

I almost replied, Half way between BX and 5th Edition D&D.

I realize that would be a different game.

Does that game exist?

Ok survey. Asks some interesting questions.

I was hoping for more though...

Quote from: Jam The MF on January 12, 2024, 05:52:24 PM
I think I was asked to describe my ideal RPG.

I replied, Half way between BX and 3rd Edition D&D.

Does that game exist?

I almost replied, Half way between BX and 5th Edition D&D.

I realize that would be a different game.

Does that game exist?

I replied "our home brew" and added  "but I really like Stellagama's Quantum games, a simplified Traveller". Or words to that effect.

Our home brew is all opposed rolls using all 7 die sizes and d100 too.

There were some odd points in the survey but overall seems good.
Looking forward to seeing results as this is a topic that interests me as someone who is developing TTRPG products.

Quote from: Scholarch on January 12, 2024, 01:18:53 PM
I mostly wanted to satisfy my own curiosity. When I started to hunt for numbers on stuff, I could not find anything worth using.

The worst criticism I have gotten so far is, "It does not really include a lot of detail on narratively driven games."

But then when I ask for what questions they would like asked, "I should not have to do your job for you."

I am doing this for free.

Would you be open to posting your results and any follow up conclusions here?  I am interested in both the survey results and any interesting feed back you receive. 

Quote from: BadApple on January 13, 2024, 11:38:01 AM
Would you be open to posting your results and any follow up conclusions here?  I am interested in both the survey results and any interesting feed back you receive.

Absolutely. The plan is to post some graphs and possibly analysis on player types, as well as provisional results overall.

I am data sharing with any small publishers that ask for it. Email addresses will be removed and demographic data will be disconnected from the actual data for various reasons.

Done.  I would like to see more solo play questions/options in the future.  As to the question about starting as a player or GM, I chose neither since my first role in TTRPGs was either spectator or game designer (too poor to afford D&D back in the day.)  :-)

Done

As with most surveys, it assumes a lot in framing the questions.  So it's answers will be of dubious use.

Went to take but it was on Google so my PC blocked it.

Survey complete. 

I selected "Other (Attack Helicopter)" as my gender.

Quote from: zircher on January 14, 2024, 02:43:19 PM
Done.  I would like to see more solo play questions/options in the future.  As to the question about starting as a player or GM, I chose neither since my first role in TTRPGs was either spectator or game designer (too poor to afford D&D back in the day.)  :-)

Quote from: Vic99 on January 14, 2024, 03:43:45 PM
Done

Quote from: Svenhelgrim on January 15, 2024, 01:09:05 AM
Survey complete. 

I selected "Other (Attack Helicopter)" as my gender.

Thanks all. Feedback will be used next time.

Quote from: Steven Mitchell on January 14, 2024, 03:44:21 PM
As with most surveys, it assumes a lot in framing the questions.  So it's answers will be of dubious use.

I will happily take feedback on any questions that you feel are overly strictly framed.

Quote from: Cathode Ray on January 14, 2024, 04:23:23 PM
Went to take but it was on Google so my PC blocked it.

Thank you for trying I suppose.

Pretty much every question that didn't have follow up is going to paint a wrong picture.  Let's look at one you've already got other feedback on, the "How much would you pay for a PDF?" question.  I can guess that the question is trying to get at this thing where people feel like a PDF should be cheaper than a digital book.  However, the question doesn't.  Why, because the maximum I would pay for a PDF or softcover or hardcover has nothing to do with the likelihood that I will pay anywhere near that max.  I put in $60, $75, and $110, because those are very close (IIRC) to what I have paid for such books.  However, most PDFs I wouldn't download if you paid me to do it.  Because the time it would take me to download it and do a quick read is time I'll never get back.  What people might pay for a book they really wanted really says nothing about what they think about everything else.  It's an outlier.  That's just scratching the surface of that issue, too.

Edit:  A freebie to illustrate another angle on the PDF.  A good question would be something like, "Do you read PDFs online always, always print, both, or download and forget about?"  Then if there is a correlation between people who have a set gap between printing costs and those that always print, you've got a real piece of information.  Even better, then, if you ask them what their printing costs are.  Likewise, there should be follow up questions for those that read them in reader, or a monitor.  Then there are the people who like PDFs because they can open them in an editable format and pull snippets for their notes.  Point being, even knowing what percentage will pay X for a PDF tells you effectively nothing without that other context.

In general, if you want to do a survey that provides useful information, it is better to narrow the focus, and then really think about the different ways that people might approach that particular issue.  You did a better job with the complexity/length bit.  In fact, the whole survey would have been much better if you had dropped almost everything else (except perhaps a few general questions for framing, such as the time in gaming) and expanded on that.

done