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Survey: Demographic Info [2008-12-17]


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Mistypearl



Joined: 03 Oct 2008
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:44 pm Reply with quote
MorwenLaicoriel wrote:
That's funny...I got my confirmation e-mail only a minute or two after I finished the survey. Have you checked your junk folders?


Yeah nevermind, I just checked now and I got one. Smile
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Petrea Mitchell



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:12 pm Reply with quote
MagicallyDelicious wrote:
I don't like that I'm now signed up to receive "more surveys in the future".


Same here. I would not have participated if they'd mentioned that up front.
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crescendoll



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:49 pm Reply with quote
Mistypearl wrote:
fighterholic wrote:
Well, took the survey but didn't receive the confirmation email. That can't be good, on top of that I can't sign back into that sight.


Me either, but I'm going to watit awhile to see if it comes :/
Nor me, and it hasn't shown up in my junk folder either. =(
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DonQuigleone



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:31 pm Reply with quote
Y'know, Ireland is an English speaking country too... I'm almost offended...
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DmonHiro





PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:32 pm Reply with quote
Bottom line: Not cool, ANN, not cool at all. And here I was doing you a favor. Mad
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DonQuigleone



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 5:34 pm Reply with quote
And Ireland is bigger (population wise) then New Zealand.

Uncool ANN. Uncool.
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Calathan
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:25 pm Reply with quote
I've gotten to a question in the survey where I can't give a correct answer. It asked me which genres of video games I play, and I selected the two listed genres that I play. However, it will only let me proceed if I select at least three genres. So basically I have to lie to it or give up on the survey.

EDIT: Well, I lied to it to continue the survey, and now it is forcing me to give incorrect answers again. It asked me how many hours I spend a week on playing games on the Internet, and won't let me give an answer less than 1. It isn't as if I have given any responses that would imply that I play games on the Internet . . . it just seems to assume that all people must play games on the Internet in this day and age. I have actually played games on the Internet in the past, but stopped about a month ago. So maybe it is fair to give an answer of 1 hour per week. However, it still is annoying that it forces me to give an answer of at least 1 hour.

Anyway, if you want the survey to actually be useful, what is the point of not allowing people to give truthful answers? I don't think it is that unexpected that there are people who really just play single player RPGs, which is basically what I do.
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Kodai



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:48 pm Reply with quote
Why would I want to give personal info to what is obviously a spam generatign site? I also don't go to the sites adveritised on TV (the "free xbox 360" sites).
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yblees



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:46 pm Reply with quote
DonQuigleone wrote:
And Ireland is bigger (population wise) then New Zealand.


LOL
I was just thinking that ... "New Zealand"???
It'll be because the interested parties distribute games to these countries- anyone know if computer games come with region codes like DVDs?

The site just crashed as I was halfway through - I wonder if trying to put in "zero" hours per week for internet gaming killed it Shocked


Edit: BTW the CBLDF didn't have New Zealand as a country either, I had to put down country: Australia, state: New Zealand *cough*
They've very kindly changed that now I think.

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dalbkino



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:48 pm Reply with quote
yblees wrote:


The site just crashed as I was halfway through - I wonder if trying to put in "zero" hours per week for internet gaming killed it Shocked
*cough*


Yeah... same thing happened to me just now... weird...
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yblees



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:50 pm Reply with quote
dalbkino wrote:
yblees wrote:


The site just crashed as I was halfway through - I wonder if trying to put in "zero" hours per week for internet gaming killed it Shocked
*cough*


Yeah... same thing happened to me just now... weird...


HaHa, maybe we crashed it together!
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Kenji_Ikari



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:55 pm Reply with quote
slickwataris wrote:
Horrible survey. I tell them I don't purchase or play video games and then they give me 30 more questions video-game related.


I specified didn't work and still had to answer work and office questions. :p

And I'm not a big gamer, I was expecting an anime survey...

And I put '0' for some answers. :p
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Kimiko_0



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:14 pm Reply with quote
Say, ANN, can you tell us a little more about what is going on here? Is this really an official ANN survey, or did someone higher up the rock make you post it? What about the concerns that the site is just a way of gathering email addresses for 'business' purposes?
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dalbkino



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:19 pm Reply with quote
yblees wrote:
HaHa, maybe we crashed it together!


LOL! Probably or it just really didn't like our answer! Very Happy
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Rolando_jose



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PostPosted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 11:10 pm Reply with quote
Calathan wrote:
It asked me how many hours I spend a week on playing games on the Internet, and won't let me give an answer less than 1. It isn't as if I have given any responses that would imply that I play games on the Internet . . . it just seems to assume that all people must play games on the Internet in this day and age.



The same happened to me and off course had to lie in order to keep filling the survey.
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