1st annual 40k Fan Survey

[DarkAlman]

https://survey.zohopublic.com/zs/oDDXc4

There has been some talk on the web as of late of players being curious what the general opinions are of the community with regards to a number of subjects. Games-Workshop themselves have recently admitted publicly that they do little if any market research.

To help clear up a number of questions and to collect some real world data I have created the attached survey.
No one has paid me to do this (I am paying the fee out of my own pocket)
And I will make the full results available to the public once the survey is complete (in 30-60 days depending on interest)



[edit]As of this post 400+ people have already responded in less than a 24 hour period! I'm collecting some pretty incredible data [\edit]

[Asymmetrical Xeno]

Great idea to do this!

Not to be a critic though but as I don't play the game, the questions about what were most powerful armies ect had no giveable answer for me!

[Path Walker]

Yeah, far too focused on things the majority of hobbyists won't particularly care about.

[grimmas]

Yeah, far too focused on things the majority of hobbyists won't particularly care about.

Some what loaded on the question front. I feel it might be an exercise to "evidence" a particular opinion rather than an a fact finding exercise.

[Denzark]

Ummm - approximately how old am I? As I am not a crackhead I can tell you exactly how old I am. As to WHERE I am, I am in Great Britain, which is not part of Europe, but there was no option for that. Forgeworld belings to GW so is not a 3rd party. Heroquest is not a GW made game, it is MB games.

As to you funding the survey, when I completed it, a message came up with a link asking me to create my own survey for free.

6/10 - could try harder.

[Haighus]

Great Britain is part of Europe... Whatever your views on Brexit, it is geographically in the continent of Europe. Currently (at least until June) the UK is also politically a member of Europe.

[grimmas]

It's also a geographical part of Europe even after June I doubt they'll float us anywhere else. It is an example of a too vague a question in the survey which will not tell us anything. we also know quite a lot about the Geographical location of GW customers based on there Annual report. Although I do applaud the sentiment I remain a little sceptical about the aim of the survey and to it's accuracy.

[Charon]

There has been some talk on the web as of late of players being curious....


...I don't play the game...

Well.. I can see the problem...

[Mr Mystery]

Also, their stores aren't a franchise. They're all owned by the company, and staffed by the company.

[Thaldin]

Regarding web content... I don't buy it because I have a Windows Phone and they don't support it and that isn't an option.

--edit--

Between the 7th and 8th pages in, I quit answering and closed the survey. There are too many questions that do not have response that represent my view.

Such as ITC rules, I see the need for them in tournaments, but don't use them because I just play with friends. There is no way to represent that answer.

[YorkNecromancer]

How would you describe the 40k community online?

O The 40k community has a rich and extensive presence online on websites, and in social media.

There needs to be the following option:

O The 40k community has a fairly toxic and extensive presence online on websites, and in social media.

I won't deny there's a lot of good stuff out there, and some great people, but the language in the questionnaire as written only allows for an extensive online community as a positive ('rich'), and I don't think it is. The online community has some real problems. It's extensive, and there's a lot of places to go, but when so many of them are thick with negativity, resentment, entitlement and bile... It's not a 'rich' place to spend one's time.

And pulling a Pontius Pilate and saying 'yeah, but that's the internet' isn't enough to not acknowledge this.

[Psychosplodge]

I got to page two before I gave up as the options are simply not wide/thought out enough to give a true reflection of my hobby activities/views.

2/10 would not try filling in again.

[Mr Mystery]

There needs to be the following option:

O The 40k community has a fairly toxic and extensive presence online on websites, and in social media.

I won't deny there's a lot of good stuff out there, and some great people, but the language in the questionnaire as written only allows for an extensive online community as a positive ('rich'), and I don't think it is. The online community has some real problems. It's extensive, and there's a lot of places to go, but when so many of them are thick with negativity, resentment, entitlement and bile... It's not a 'rich' place to spend one's time.

And pulling a Pontius Pilate and saying 'yeah, but that's the internet' isn't enough to not acknowledge this.

O The 40k community has a fairly toxic and extensive presence online on websites, and in social media. This presence rarely relates to that of gamers in person.

Wee addition there for you :)