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Sleuth Survey
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Colonel Shanty
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Nov-29-2005 13:47
I was just wondering about the survey that popped up when I logged on today. I completed it, then got to the City News. Did anyone else complete this survey? It never popped up before, and there is (as far as I know) no thread that speaks about it. Not even from Ben. Of course I had the choice to skip it, but I decided not to. Does this provide Ben with some information from detectives? Is he going to improve the game, or just keep a fact-file on some of the questions answered?
Still, I'm not sure if the survey is brand new, or an old thing that people have completed months ago. Wouldn't there be a thread somewhere? Anyway, I was just wondering...
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Colonel Shanty
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Dec-2-2005 14:04
Yeah. That was wierd. I didn't know Ben needed THAT much information! :) :) :)
What about how much time you spend on the Internet?? That also seemed crazy. Over 20 hours a day seems a tad too much, doesn't anyone agree? Well, there are people like that, so it wouldn't be so strange.
I hope Ben adds some more to Sleuth -- I'll love it even more if he does. :D
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Prof Mortiary
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Dec-2-2005 17:25
About the guest map, I notice that I'm not on it when I log in I don't know why.
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Marmalade2
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Dec-3-2005 12:28
Can i just add that it would be quite nice to see the survey results - i.e the percentage male/female, age group etc.
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Luniar Arkain
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Dec-3-2005 19:47
So, if enough 13-20-year olds fill out the survey, Ben'll add a break-dancing mini-game, not to mention supah baggy pants.
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DaRu
Well-Connected
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Dec-3-2005 20:10
Well, to be truthful I don't like sharing my age with anyone and I was a bit reluctant, to fill that part out, however, I felt Ben had his reasons, so I didn't mind. Hey Ben, I'm still a young looking grandmother, so it's cool...hehe. Besides, I'll forever be old mentally. There's a saying "You are as old as you feel," and I'll never growup...hehe. I know I've probably been older than most players & that is why I often adopt players as my children..LOL!
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DaRu
Well-Connected
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Dec-3-2005 20:12
CORRECTION: LOL, I meant I'll forever be young mentally...hehehehe.
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Sleuth Admin
Tale Spinner
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Dec-3-2005 21:22
Alright, since you asked. Here are some of the results from the first week of the demographics survey:
1) Country: More than 50 different countries were represented in the survey, most of which had less than 1% of the users. The countries with 1% or more were:
40% - United States
9% - United Kingdom
7% - Canada
6% - Australia
5% - no answer
3% - Taiwan
3% - India
2% - Singapore
2% - Malaysia
1% - Brazil
1% - Phillipines
1% - Belgium
1% - Romania
2) Language - Not much surprise here. Over 80% of the respondents said English was their first language. No other language accounted for more than 5%. The only other languages with more than 1% were:
* Chinese (the survey didn't differentiate between Cantonese or Mandrin)
* Portuguese
* Dutch
3) Gender: This was about what I expected. 55% female and 45% male. The interesting part is that, if you just look at subscribers, the ratio goes up to 65% female, and 35% male. So, women are more likely to subscribe.
4) Age:
* 41% - 21-30 years
* 33% - 13-20 years
* 16% - 31-40 years (including me)
* 5% - 41-50 years
* 3% - under 13
* 1.5% - 51-60 years
* .5% - over 60
5) Connection Speed: This surprised me a little. I was expecting a few more dialup players, but most folks are high speed.
* 60% - Modem or DSL
* 25% - LAN/T1 or faster
* 11% - 56.6kbps or accelerated dialup
* 4% - 28.8 or slower
6) Hours online per day: This one could mean different things, depending on how you interpreted the question. For instance, I'm online whenever I'm at work, so it averages to well over 5 hours a day, 7 days a week. However, if I was just counting personal time online, it would probably be more like 1.5 hours a day. Anyway:
* 25% - More than five hours
* 24% - One to two hours
* 22% - three to five hours
* 6% - less than 1 hour a day
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Sleuth Admin
Tale Spinner
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Dec-3-2005 21:25
7) Other Online games:
* 34% - two or three other games
* 34% - Just sleuth
* 16% - one other game
* 16% - hardcore (more than 3 other games)
8) Mystery Novels:
* 26% - Mystery Nut (more than 4 a year)
* 21% - One or two a year
* 19% - Two to four a year
* 17% - Don't read them
* 16% - yes, but less than one a year
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Marmalade2
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Dec-4-2005 06:44
Thanks! Nice to know our posts are being watched too!
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Colonel Shanty
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Dec-4-2005 13:05
Thank you Ben! The stats are interesting. I hope another survey pops up sooner or later!
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