Note  58  Mathias      (03/20/10 00:26)  The Two Towers Surveys Results!

Hello Arda,
 
Recently we asked you to tell us a little bit about yourself.
Thank you!  We received over 600 responses in the short period
we ran the survey.
 
We thought you might want to know a little bit about the people
who play with you, so the results of the survey are included
below.
 
Q: This is a survey of Two Towers users. How did you found 
out about Two Towers?
* Real-life friend recommendation  (Votes: 381)
* online friend recommendation  (Votes: 31)
* Google link  (Votes: 24)
* Yahoo link  (Votes: 7)
* Mudconnector link  (Votes: 11)
* Zmud builtin mudlist link  (Votes: 3)
* Browsing online, found T2T webpage  (Votes: 96)
* USENET newsgroup post  (Votes: 3)
* other  (Votes: 65)
 
Q: This is a survey of Two Towers users.  What type of 
program do you most often use to connect to the mud?
* ZMud mud client  (Votes: 194)
* CMud mud client  (Votes: 52)
* Mushclient mud client  (Votes: 178)
* KBtin mud client  (Votes: 23)
* Another mud client  (Votes: 59)
* telnet  (Votes: 39)
* T2T's java web connection  (Votes: 33)
* T2T's flash web connection  (Votes: 6)
* Other, not listed  (Votes: 36)
 
Q: This is a survey of Two Towers users.  Is The Two 
Towers the first mud you have ever played?
* Yes, this is my first mud.  (Votes: 543)
* No, I was already familiar with mudding and muds  (Votes: 77)
 
Q: This is a survey of Two Towers users.   How many 
muds do you regularly play?
* This is the only mud I have ever played  (Votes: 261)
* I have tried other muds, but only regularly play this 
  one  (Votes: 326)
* I regularly play one other mud  (Votes: 19)
* I regularly play on many other muds  (Votes: 11)
 
Q: This is a survey of Two Towers users.  What education 
level are you currently at?
* Pre-highschool  (Votes: 15)
* Currently in highschool  (Votes: 37)
* Highschool graduate, no college  (Votes: 75)
* Currently in College, Undergraduate  (Votes: 116)
* Undergraduate degree, currently working  (Votes: 127)
* Currently in College, Graduate level  (Votes: 56)
* Graduate degree, currently working  (Votes: 121)
* Other, not listed  (Votes: 70)
 
Q: This is a survey of Two Towers users. The following 
question is meant to judge how many different "people" 
play the game rather than characters. Like all other 
issues it is completely anonymous and will not be used 
against you in any way. Please be honest.
* This is currently my only character  (Votes: 112)
* I have multiple characters, but this is my primary 
  char  (Votes: 267)
* This is one of my secondary characters (remember you 
  can only have one primary)  (Votes: 187)
* I prefer to abstain on this question  (Votes: 53)
 
Q: This is a survey of Two Towers users. How long have 
you been playing The Two Towers?  Indicate from your 
first time playing if you took a break.
* Less than 6 months  (Votes: 22)
* Between 6 months and 1 year  (Votes: 14)
* Between 1 and 2 years  (Votes: 32)
* Between 2 and 5 years  (Votes: 59)
* Between 5 and 10 years  (Votes: 253)
* Ten years or longer  (Votes: 235)
 
Q: This is a survey of Two Towers users.  What would 
you consider your number one favorite activity on T2T?  
Note that you will also be asked your second and third 
favorite activities in separate surveys.  Please only 
choose one activity for each placement (i.e. do not 
choose "Basket Weaving", "Basket Weaving", and "Basket 
Weaving" for first, second, and third favorite activities).
* Exploring new areas  (Votes: 119)
* Completing quests (for equipment, gold, glory, etc.)  
  (Votes: 194)
* Player Killing  (Votes* 61)
* Other PvP activities (theft, Minas Tirith armies, etc.)  
  (Votes: 18)
* Roleplaying  (Votes: 63)
* Tradeskills  (Votes: 4)
* Socializing  (Votes: 124)
* Some other facet of gameplay  (Votes: 31)
 
Q: What would you consider your second (number two) favorite 
activity on T2T?  
* Exploring new areas  (Votes: 146)
* Completing quests (for equipment, gold, glory, etc.)  
  (Votes: 206)
* Player Killing  (Votes: 51)
* Other PvP activities (theft, Minas Tirith armies, etc.)  
  (Votes: 16)
* Roleplaying  (Votes: 60)
* Tradeskills  (Votes: 12)
* Socializing  (Votes: 91)
* Some other facet of gameplay (none of the above)  (Votes: 20)
* I don't have a second favorite activity  (Votes: 13)
 
Q: What would you consider your third (number three) 
favorite activity on T2T?  
* Exploring new areas  (Votes: 105)
* Completing quests (for equipment, gold, glory, etc.)  
  (Votes: 81)
* Player Killing  (Votes: 60)
* Other PvP activities (theft, Minas Tirith armies, etc.)  
  (Votes: 42)
* Roleplaying  (Votes: 76)
* Tradeskills  (Votes: 23)
* Socializing  (Votes: 133)
* Some other facet of gameplay (none of the above)  (Votes: 41)
* I don't have a third favorite activity  (Votes: 53)
 
Weighted favorite activities (3 points for most favorite, 2
points for 2nd favorite, 1 point for 3rd favorite) sorted by 
preference:
* Completing quests (for equipment, gold, glory, etc.)  
  (Points: 1075)
* Exploring new areas  (Points: 754)
* Socializing  (Points: 687)
* Roleplaying  (Points: 385)
* Player Killing  (Points: 345)
* Some other facet of gameplay (none of the above)  
  (Points: 174)
* Other PvP activities (theft, Minas Tirith armies, etc.)  
  (Points: 128)
* No second/third activity: (Points: 79)
* Tradeskills  (Points: 59)