New poll and old results

[Brother None]

Our last poll was a semi-copy of a poll at RPGDot, which makes it interesting to compare our "hardcore fan" opinion with that of the general fan.

The RPGDot results to the question "How do you feel about Bethsoft's Fallout 3 now you've seen Oblivion?" were 32% being optimistic, 18% thinking it'll suck, 17% thinking it'll rock, 16% unsure and 15% pessimistic. So roughly 50% positive and 34% negative.

You'd expect the opposite on NMA, but you'd be wrong. Our added poll option of "Fallout 3 has nothing to do with Oblivion" won in a landslide fashion at 30% of the votes. With the opinionated people, "I'm optimistic" was our winner too at 21%, followed surprisingly by "it'll rock" at 18%. 8% were pessimistic and 4% says it'll suck. Of all the voters, only 7% haven't played Oblivion (or they voted that they have nothing to do with one another). 9% was unsure.

Discounting our added options ("has nothing to do with" and "haven't player"), roughly 34% were optimistic, 30% say it'll rock, 14% pessimistic, 7% suckage and 15% unsure. 64% positive and 21% negative. Overall, our results look much more pro-BethSoft than that of RPGDot. Rather unexpected!

Our new poll is a simple general interest one. As fans of the post-apocalypse, what media tickles your fancy most. Games? Movies? Books? Let us know!

 

[SuAside]

Discounting our added options ("has nothing to do with" and "haven't played"), roughly 34% were optimistic, 30% say it'll rock, 14% pessimistic, 7% suckage and 15% unsure. 64% positive and 21% negative. Overall, our results look much more pro-BethSoft than that of RPGDot. Rather unexpected!

dude, that's TOTALLY shitty to compare that way...

i voted that one had nothing to do with the other (in theory), but that doesnt mean i'm extremely fatalistic about FO3.

this is just another of those "you can prove everything with numbers"-cases. you can't just ditch one third of your survey & expect your numbers to have any meaning at all.

(en van een pietje precies zoals gij haddek wel beter verwacht)

 

[Brother None]

dude, that's TOTALLY shitty to compare that way...

i voted that one had nothing to do with the other (in theory), but that doesnt mean i'm extremely fatalistic about FO3.

this is just another of those "you can prove everything with numbers"-cases. you can't just ditch one third of your survey & expect your numbers to have any meaning at all

Actually, Suffer can and did. Suffer wills arbitrarily!

However, I'm not holding a bloody national referendum here, ese. Whether I discount the 37% in my mind or by numbers like this, the obvious conclusion of the poll is that our results are "more positive" than those of RPGDot. That's something grasped instinctively by looking at it or "proven" by discounting the 37%.

It doesn't really matter, though, I'm not using it to prove a theorem or back up a point or get a president elected. I'm just saying.

 

[taxacaria]

@suffer
all you can see in the poll is that more hardcore fans are wishing a great FO3 than others - do you have expected anything else?

the day Fallout3 comes out we'll know who's right - but polls are very subjective and depend on current info.
as long as no more infos are available, all that is hot vapor.

infos from auntie beth and pr from pete hines are pure marketing policy, nothing more - and i have learned not to believe them.

polls are a kind of amusement - nothing more.

 

[Briosafreak]

This poll is worthless, the filters weren't on, so at one night one option would have 100 votes, and in the morning it had six hundred or something like that.

It really doesn't have any credibility.

 

[OG Loc]

But what about this new poll then?

Theres everything in the list except the one format I like: CRPG. Isn´t this site primarily about PA computer games?

 

[Sander]

But what about this new poll then?

Theres everything in the list except the one format I like: CRPG. Isn´t this site primarily about PA computer games?

Ehm, there's an option 'video games'. I don't know what you think that really means, but in reality CRPGs are video games as well.

 

[OG Loc]

Um, not really. Video games are console games. Computer games are computer games. Big deal.

 

[MrBumble]

Um, not really. Video games are console games. Computer games are computer games. Big deal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_games

A computer game is a computer-controlled game. A video game is a computer game where a video display such as a monitor or television is the primary feedback device.

Therefore a CRPG IS a video game...However, if you're not satisfied with this definition, just imagine the video game option in the poll is in fact a CRPG option in disguise and everything will be just dandy.
By the way, I chose the graphic art since there are not many good post apocalyptic "video games" in my opinion.