Hi all,
Im a student of games studies at IT-University of Denmark. Im currently investigating the use of Addons in MMOs (an addon is an addition made for a game, which functions in itself without any additions) And therefore I have made a questionnaire which I would be really happy if you would answer. The link for the questionnaire is here: http://www.esurveyspro.com/Survey.as...1-707a949cbce1
Thank you for your time.
See you in game ^^
Game student
Zazkia
Matt_Night
i filled it as well, but it's somehow faulty at part where you need to p.ex. specify addons and so on...
well, i guess that's ur problem tho
well, i guess that's ur problem tho
Toutatis
I've done it as well - I hope it helps in your investigations 
Lord Sojar
Done and filled out. I believe Texmod counts as an "addon" as it can modify certain aspects of the game to be different visually, such as health bars, maps, etc. I count those as addons.
pumpkin pie
I cannot answer some of your questionaire ... because I don't play WoW...
you might want to go check out Second Life, its a whole mmorpg that revolves around add ons.
you might want to go check out Second Life, its a whole mmorpg that revolves around add ons.
Fried Tech
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I cannot answer some of your questionaire ... because I don't play WoW...
you might want to go check out Second Life, its a whole mmorpg that revolves around add ons. |
prism2525
I suppose Teamspeak and Ventrilo count as Add-ons too. I'm filling it out a bit but some questions are a bit vague regarding about which game they are talking about.
System_Crush
I first thought you where talking about the burning crusade, takes a few down to notice you mean 3d party modifications and/or software.
Croco Clouds
Filled (12 char)
electrofish
I tried, but I struggle to understand what you mean in some of the questions.Do I miss addons when playing GW? as in they had addons before but not anymore?
I used to play MU btw
crazy times... it's the only game I've ever actively go and look for hacks, since everyone seems to be doing it and the open pvp system means people were just pricks. Played an elf back then and though I was doing quite well with help from a friend I eventually saw the light... you waste your time grinding away without any real rewards.
HayesA
I filled it out, also. Although I think you shoud go back, and review your questions to involve "No opinion" selections. You also need fix your wording, and grammar, on some of the questions.
Maximumraver
Filled out.
/Done
/Done
Tyla
filled, GL with your project thingy
milkflopance
Done.
Good luck with the course.
Good luck with the course.
aapo
What the heck is "addon"? It feels like this survey was created by some 14-year-old on lunchbreak in computer class.
Shadow Spirit
Done. Hope it helps. Good Luck!
Aerian_Skybane
Just to help you out, your survey is fatally flawed.
You have only yes or no for all questions in which someone may have never played the game. Therefore, you will fundamentally get a much larger percentage of NO answers when reviewing the compiled data, and will have a indeterminately skewed spread sheet of answers. I suggest starting over and adding a N/A option to any game-specific questions.
You have only yes or no for all questions in which someone may have never played the game. Therefore, you will fundamentally get a much larger percentage of NO answers when reviewing the compiled data, and will have a indeterminately skewed spread sheet of answers. I suggest starting over and adding a N/A option to any game-specific questions.
Lagg
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Just to help you out, your survey is fatally flawed.
You have only yes or no for all questions in which someone may have never played the game. Therefore, you will fundamentally get a much larger percentage of NO answers when reviewing the compiled data, and will have a indeterminately skewed spread sheet of answers. I suggest starting over and adding a N/A option to any game-specific questions. |
How empirical can this ever possibly be?
Aerian_Skybane
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Dude, it's game studies.
How empirical can this ever possibly be? |
The flaw isn't a minor one. If only makes sense if you have played all three games he proposes. If you haven't then the answers get skewed and if it is for school and he has to explain it, then hes SOL. No professor of any acedemic regard would award a good grade based on a flawed survey.
aapo
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Originally Posted by Aerian_Skybane
Just to help you out, your survey is fatally flawed.
You have only yes or no for all questions in which someone may have never played the game. Therefore, you will fundamentally get a much larger percentage of NO answers when reviewing the compiled data, and will have a indeterminately skewed spread sheet of answers. I suggest starting over and adding a N/A option to any game-specific questions. |
I really don't know what kind of academical value this kind of survey is going to have.
Tamuril elansar
filled it, hope it helps you
Messy
Filled, good luck
Lexar
I'm not really sure exactly what falls under the definition of an 'addon'. For example using TS or Vent is perhaps an addon, but if voice-chat is already in the game, does that voicechat also count as an addon? If the game already has a function to display fps, does that count as an addon if some other program can do the same?
Bryant Again
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- Yes. And there's also no opening paragraph stating what exactly is meant by "addons". Is EotN "addon" to Guild Wars series? Is GuildWiki "addon" as in external source related to game? Is Texmod "addon" for changing some graphic parameters client-side? Is Ventrilo considered "addon"?
I really don't know what kind of academical value this kind of survey is going to have. |
-Guild Wiki is a Wikipedia page dedicated to the Guild Wars franchise.
-Ventrilo and Teamspeak are voice applications.
-EotN is an expansion pack.
As to the survey itself, I filled it out. Hope it helps.
Zazkia
Thank you to all who answered to the survey so far.
To clarify some of your questions, and answer to your comments.
I use yes and no to the questions as I don't want deeper answers to this small part of the paper, since I have to consider very limited time. You are only required to answer the first 3 questions - so if you do not have an answer to some of the other questions because you do not play the game it refers to - you simply don't answer.
Ventrilo and TS are not addons. They are programs which functions by themselves. TS Overlay is an addon to Team Speak which functions in games - but is not an addon to the game.
I have chosen to look at Guild Wars and MU Online because theese games have very few to no addons. Only cosmetic to GW right?
I have chosen WoW because this is the game with most addons yet. They have clearly chosen to be very open towards addons allready in the design state.
To clarify:
An addon is additional elements or features made for a game or a program which functions without such additionals. Anything that comes with the game as you install it - or which are updates made by the game developers are not addons.
3rd party programs are programs that runs next to the game, theese are not addons.
Mods go a step further than ordinary addons as theese are changes to the game itself. For instance have NWN2 released a DVD with mods made by players - worlds which functions as games by themselves.
To clarify some of your questions, and answer to your comments.
I use yes and no to the questions as I don't want deeper answers to this small part of the paper, since I have to consider very limited time. You are only required to answer the first 3 questions - so if you do not have an answer to some of the other questions because you do not play the game it refers to - you simply don't answer.
Ventrilo and TS are not addons. They are programs which functions by themselves. TS Overlay is an addon to Team Speak which functions in games - but is not an addon to the game.
I have chosen to look at Guild Wars and MU Online because theese games have very few to no addons. Only cosmetic to GW right?
I have chosen WoW because this is the game with most addons yet. They have clearly chosen to be very open towards addons allready in the design state.
To clarify:
An addon is additional elements or features made for a game or a program which functions without such additionals. Anything that comes with the game as you install it - or which are updates made by the game developers are not addons.
3rd party programs are programs that runs next to the game, theese are not addons.
Mods go a step further than ordinary addons as theese are changes to the game itself. For instance have NWN2 released a DVD with mods made by players - worlds which functions as games by themselves.
Pyrea
Ive filled out your questionnaire. Good luck with your project