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First Wave of Project Massive Study Complete

Posted by Zonk on from the survey-says-LFG-or-SOW dept.

Project Massive, a Carnegie Mellon University study into the habits and tendencies of Massively Multiplayer Gamers, has completed research into their first wave of questions. The results are available on their site, and include some interesting observations (nearly 30% of players spend time in a MMOG to interact with real-life friends). If you're interested in participating, their second wave of questions is available. Similar projects include Nick Yee's The Daedalus Project, the TerraNova Blog, and Constance Steinkuehler's Selected Papers. Thanks to clampe for the submission.

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  1. Friends? by balaam's+ass · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't have any friends, you insensitive clod! (Unless you count the robots...)

  2. Slashdot as a multiplayer game by pikine · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someone should conduct a survey on why people keep coming back to Slashdot for mod points, doing meta moderating to get mod points, and post comments that earn mod points. This is beginning to look like a reward system where a success is reflected in the number of mod points you get from your comments.

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  3. 156 hours a week? by mestar · · Score: 5, Funny


    I wander about that poor guy that plays 156 hours per week. Poor guy. When does he have time to read slashdot?

    1. Re:156 hours a week? by IvanD · · Score: 5, Funny

      I wonder... Where did he find the time to participate in the study!!!?

  4. College = MMOG Heaven? by theluckyleper · · Score: 3, Funny

    I love the huge spike at "18 years old" on the "How old are you" graph.

    Looks like that's when people move away from home, get high-speed internet, and play games non-stop. No more mom around to tell you to go play outside!

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  5. Studying games? by null+etc. · · Score: 4, Funny
    Analyzing gamers? This reminds me of when I analyzed the reader response of a typical /. story:
    • 08% interesting, adds a new perspective
    • 17% argues with above
    • 22% psuedo-scientific/legal anlaysis of the article
    • 11% asks question that are answered in the article
    • 19% answers question that have already been answered by other readers
    • 10% spin-off topic that establishes new thread
    • 42% follow ups to spin-off topics
    • 12% the subject being described sucks, here's why
    • 04% response only intelligible to poster
    • 06% this subject proves that Linux is better than Windows
    • 02% this subject proves that any browser is better than IE
    • 02% this subject proves that any language is better than Java
    • 01% spam
    • 01% first post humor
    These numbers exceed 100% because the percentages overlap.

    This is an attempt to be funny. Moderate as such.