Poll Asked On Public Games

Kewl1Kewl1 Join Date: 2004-04-26 Member: 28218Members
<div class="IPBDescription">Poll</div> Hi dudes, after the release of 3.4 i decided to ask the Players on public games what they though of the new beta. I asked totally 156 players on public server mostly combat games (51 players had a clan tag).

104 players were unhappy with the removal of wave spawning, when i asked why and what can done to fix it?. about 91% told me that either the spawn time should be decreased or take back wave spawning.

52 player were happy with that the unlock next ability were increased from 1 to 2.

Of course, almost every player with happy that ns_bast is back!

I'll be back later for more results. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Comments

  • Diablo_fxDiablo_fx Join Date: 2003-02-21 Member: 13793Members
    good job and welcome to teh forums <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Interesting. Thanks for the effort, I'll <span style='color:white'>***move***</span> this to the appropriate forum.
  • RecoupRecoup Join Date: 2004-04-25 Member: 28195Members
    At least this guy does field research. I'm proud of him.
  • LichoLicho Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 3858Members, NS1 Playtester
    Nice!
    Such pub server pool is imo only way to really check what people really think.. Forum writers often dont prepresent average pubbers..
  • CutterJoeCutterJoe Join Date: 2002-12-30 Member: 11594Members, Constellation
    Interesting approach to polling I guess <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • ForlornForlorn Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2634Banned
    Convience polling is perhaps one of the best polling methods around.

    Of course, he could be completely bs'ing up, but his poll results seem to corenspond with what I've found to be the general oppinion as well.
  • SpazmaticSpazmatic Join Date: 2003-05-10 Member: 16184Members
    *ponders* Should we set up a real poll? Randomized, double blinded, etc? If we divide up the work, it probably wouldn't be too bad. Anyone up for it?
  • BallistoBallisto Join Date: 2003-05-19 Member: 16503Members
    Just ask an admin to start one in the forum. Nem, you heard us!
  • Red_SquirrelRed_Squirrel Join Date: 2003-12-15 Member: 24414Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Kewl.+Apr 26 2004, 03:38 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Kewl. @ Apr 26 2004, 03:38 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Hi dudes, after the release of 3.4 i decided to ask the Players on public games what they though of the new beta. I asked totally 156 players on public server mostly combat games (51 players had a clan tag).

    104 players were unhappy with the removal of wave spawning, when i asked why and what can done to fix it?. about 91% told me that either the spawn time should be decreased or take back wave spawning.

    52 player were happy with that the unlock next ability were increased from 1 to 2.

    Of course, almost every player with happy that ns_bast is back!

    I'll be back later for more results. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    One minor suggestion, do percentages aswell as actual figures next time for people like me who are crap at maths <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->.

    104/156 or 67% of people uphappy about removal of wave spawning.

    52/156 or 33% of people agree with hive 3 abilities increaing cost from 1 to 2.
  • FieariFieari Join Date: 2002-10-22 Member: 1566Members, Constellation
    Crap, I used to be awesome at stat, aced that course... let me see if I can find my old notes. I'd love to know the confidence index on this... probably not good though. You'd need a sample size of about 1,000 to be relevant... and of course, the selection of the sample needs to be as random as possible. It does seem that his selection method is reasonable enough though, so no complaints there.
  • Kewl1Kewl1 Join Date: 2004-04-26 Member: 28218Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Fieari+Apr 27 2004, 11:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fieari @ Apr 27 2004, 11:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Crap, I used to be awesome at stat, aced that course... let me see if I can find my old notes. I'd love to know the confidence index on this... probably not good though. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thank you all for the compliments, I can assure you i'm not making this up. and the above post, what do u mean with confidence index? not so good at english ...
  • ForlornForlorn Join Date: 2002-11-01 Member: 2634Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin-Fieari+Apr 27 2004, 11:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Fieari @ Apr 27 2004, 11:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Crap, I used to be awesome at stat, aced that course... let me see if I can find my old notes. I'd love to know the confidence index on this... probably not good though. You'd need a sample size of about 1,000 to be relevant... and of course, the selection of the sample needs to be as random as possible. It does seem that his selection method is reasonable enough though, so no complaints there. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    He used convience polling, and if I'm not mistaken that is one of the most reliable methods around. Of course, what really would affect the stats is what server he took it from, but if he was on a server where there aren't too many regulars and lots of different people frequent it then the results are okay.
  • Jonny_BlazeJonny_Blaze Join Date: 2003-06-04 Member: 16996Members
    How did the games go when you polled?

    Its important because when you just played a game where good lerks have owned, if you ask the losing side on a pub if they think lerks overpowered theyll likely say yes, same as if the aliens fall foul of shotty + resupply theyll likely say thats overpowered too.

    Im not saying wave spawnings a good improvement, but I dont think its an accurate way to get feedback
  • FieariFieari Join Date: 2002-10-22 Member: 1566Members, Constellation
    Found an online guide to what I was talking about: <a href='http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=887161' target='_blank'>Confidence Interval</a>

    Either I'll get back to you with the confidence interval, or someone else with a lot of free time will.
  • CheesyPetezaCheesyPeteza Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9784Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    Hmm perhaps I could make a plugin that would ask people if they'd like to take part in a survey, then log the results. Need one of those made psychologists to come up with some questions though if it was going to be done properly.
  • xspikexspike Join Date: 2004-04-29 Member: 28326Members
    i think wave spawning should be added again

    it stops this abit more when maries are all dead

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    i wish i could say that im glad ns_bast is back as well couse it was a really good map
    but... now it lags like **** so i hate it =)

    I say give the old ns_bast back stuff the crappeh servers!! old ns_bast didnt have bad fps =(
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