Online Gaming Questionnaire

[lrj 0]

Could I ask for my questionnaire about Online Gaming to be filled out? All information gathered will be used as part of a degree course in Network Technology. I am also asking for age and country in order to perform further analysis using that information. I would like at least 30 replies. All responses will be confidential.

 

Responses can be posted as a reply to the topic or sent to me in a PM. I would like responses to be received by Monday 24/4/2006.

 

Thank you

 

 

Age: ______

 

Country: _________________

 

 

1. Do you have an Internet connection at home? Yes / No (If no, skip to 3)

 

2. If yes, is it a dial-up or a broadband connection? Dial-up / Broadband

 

3. Do you play any video games? Yes / No (If no, skip to 24)

 

4. If yes, what genres of game do you play? Select all that apply.

Adventure

Arcade

Driving/Racing

Educational

Fighting

First Person Shooter

Platform

Puzzle

Role Playing Game

Simulation

Sports

Strategy

Other: ____________________________________

 

5. What genre of game do you play most often? __________________

 

6. How long have you been playing games? ___________________

 

7. Do you play any genres of games online? Select all that apply.

Adventure

Arcade

Driving/Racing

Educational

Fighting

First Person Shooter

Platform

Puzzle

Role Playing Game

Simulation

Sports

Strategy

Other: _________________________________ (If none selected, skip to 11)

 

8. What genre of game do you play most often online? ___________________

 

9. How long have you been playing online games? ___________________

 

10. Do you play any online games that require a paying subscription? Yes / No

 

11. How long do you spend playing games per week?

0 - 6 hours, 6 - 12 hours, 12 - 18 hours, 18 - 24 hours, 24+ hours

 

12. Do you play online games more than offline games? Yes / No

 

13. What systems do you play on? Select all that apply.

PC, Apple, Acorn

Playstation 2, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox 360

Playstation Portable, DS, Other: _________________

 

14. Do you play any of the below systems online? Select all that apply.

PC, Apple, Acorn

Playstation 2, Gamecube, Xbox, Xbox 360

Playstation Portable, DS, Other: _________________

 

15. Would you buy or upgrade a console or computer just to play a new game? Yes / No

 

16. Are you currently or have you been a member of a clan? Yes / No (If no, skip to 21)

 

17. If yes, is or was the clan dedicated to playing a specific game or a specific genre of game only?

Game (Skip to 18), Genre (Skip to 19), Neither (Skip to 20)

 

18. What was the title of that game? ___________________ (Skip to 20)

 

19. What was the genre of game? ______________________ (Skip to 20)

 

20. Does or did your clan play online against other clans? Yes / No

 

21. Have you ever taken part in a LAN party? Yes / No (If no, skip to 24)

 

22. Have you ever hosted a LAN party? Yes / No

 

23. If yes to 21 or 22, did you play against online players in addition to those that attended the party? Yes / No

 

24. Do you believe that video games are beneficial for a child to play? Yes / No

 

25. Do you think that limits should be applied to online gamers to restrict the length of continuous playing time? Yes / No

 

26. Do you feel that video games are responsible for obesity in children? Yes / No

 

27. Should gamers decide how long they want to play? Yes / No

 

28. Do you think that it is fair for game developers to force gamers to upgrade their consoles or computers to play the latest games? Yes / No

 

29. Is online gaming beneficial to society? Yes / No

 

30. Do realistic games encourage gamers act out the content in reality? Yes / No

 

Thank you for your time and responses.

[bloody 0]

Age: 20

country: US

 

1) Yes

2) Erm, it's a satellite connection, sucks and it doesn't suck. It certainly isn't dialup, but I don't think it's good enough to be called broadband

3) Yes

4) Adventure, Arcade, FPS, Platform, Puzzle, RPG, Strategy

5) RPG

6) 14 years

7) No

11) depends, probably 12-18

12) No

13) PS2, Gamecube, SNES, N64

14) No

15) Yes

16) No

21) No (most unfortunately, as my friend says, first you must have people, then you must form the party)

24) No, but they're fun, and they keep them distracted

25) No, it's their money, they should do what they like with it

26) No, that one goes to parental irresponsibility

27) Yes It's their money now isn't it?

28) Yes, They don't force anything except for progress. To create progress sometimes things have to change.

29) Undecided

30) Only if these gamers are whack or on drugs!

[Wilhelmus 1]

Age: 22.

Country: Finland.

1. Yes.

2. Broadband

3. Yes.

4.

Adventure

First Person Shooter

Role Playing Game

(Real Time) Strategy

5. RPG.

6. About 5 years (Taking brakes sometimes of course).

7. RPG, RTS, FPS.

8. RPG.

9. About 3 years.

10. Never.

11. 12-18.

12. Offline.

13. PC.

14. PC.

15. Only if the game is too cool.

16. Yes.

17. Yes.

18. Guild Wars.

19. Most times RPG. Sometimes PvP...

20. Not yet.

21. Yes.

22. Yes.

23. Yes.

24. Some, not all.

25. Yes.

26. Parents are responsible for what their kids play.

Game makers cannot stop kids from playing their game.

27. Yes.

28. Yes.

29. Unknown.

30. A game is not life and it will not ever be.

Real life is truly wondeful adventure game...

[mctonale 0]

Age: 27

Country: UK

1. Yes

2. Broadband

3. Yes

4.

Adventure

Arcade

Driving/Racing

Educational

Fighting

First Person Shooter

Platform

Puzzle

Role Playing Game

Simulation

Sports

Strategy

 

There are classics in every genre.

 

5. At the monent "frist person shooter" previously "driving"

6. At least 15 years

7.

Adventure

Arcade

Driving/Racing

Educational

Fighting

First Person Shooter

Platform

Puzzle

Role Playing Game

Simulation

Sports

Strategy

 

Isn't the internet amazing

 

8. Frist person shooter

9. A couple of years.

10. Never (I own the game. I will not pay to play it).

11. 6 - 12 hours

12. Yes

13. PC (although I would bite your arm of for a ps3)

14. PC

15. No

16. No

17.

18.

19.

20.

21. No

22. No

23.

24. Yes

25. No. Everybody should be entitled to do (within reason and as long as it doesn't affect other people) what they like.

26. No. Ineffective parenting is the cause of obecity in children.

27. Yes

28. Yes. But don't blame developers, manufacturers, or the retail industry (supply and demand). Improvements in technology force developers to create more sophisiticated games (in order to keep up with the competition). Older systems are incapible of playing newer games because those games demand a higher technological specification. It is called progress.

29. No. Not directly, although online gaming (online community) can be concidered a society.

30. No. Stupid people do stupid things. A game is just a game.

[Edited by mctonale on 2006-04-17 04:55:50]

 

[lrj 0]

Thank you all for the results so far.

 

However, I still need more results, about 25 more. Should only need 5 to 10 minutes to fill out the questionnaire completely.

 

Thanks

[Relic 0]

Drop $20 into my PayPal account, and I can give you the time.

[Malaris 0]

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[valleycat 0]

I need some help, well I'm makeing is paper for school I need know what people think about online and offline games for the computer.

 

1. How many people like to play online games?

 

2. How many people like offline games?

 

3. What games are so popular right now? and why?

 

4. What do you hate the most? or you hate both? of online and offline?

 

 

k bye thank you if you help me out=)

[Cormac 0]

Valleycat, please don't hijack other peoples threads. Just start your own.

[Cormac 0]

43

USA

(1) Yes

(2) Broadband

(3) Yes

(4) First Person Shooter, Puzzle

(5) First Person Shooter

(6) 15 years

(7) No

(11) 18-24

(12) No

(13) PC

(14) No

(15) Yes

(16) No

(21) No

(24) Yes

(25) No

(26) No

(27) Yes

(28) No

(29) No Clue

(30) No

 

 

[lrj 0]

Cormac, thank you for taking the time to answer the questionnaire but the assignment related to it has already been handed in. As a result, it does not need to be filled out anymore.

 

Thank you to everybody who took the time to fill it out.

 

An administrator or moderator can lock this thread if such a thing is possible.

[Cormac 0]

well damn always a day late and a dollar short. Someone should be able to lock it.