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First Wave of Project Massive Study Complete
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.
They don't shower
They are terrified of water
They are terrified of sunlight
They live in their parents' basement
They are massively overweight
They are terrified of women
They feel powerful and cool by talking in leetspeak
They use stolen IP from SCO
They masturbate all day to gay porn
They obsessively reload Slashdot
They play MMORPGs because they are too fat, lazy, and addicted to get a real job and the game makes them feel like they amount to something more than a hunk of rotting flesh in their parents' basement
The majority of the results were obvious, I could have produced 90% of the graphs and been pretty accurate, and I never play MMOGs.
Why bother?
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