VEKN VTES Survey

Migalart wrote:

Boris The Blade: number of countries is based on Natinal Coordinator list

Well, if that is the case, at least "Germany" (which has an NC) is missing from the list. I suggest re-checking the mechanism by which this list in the survey has been created from the NC list, to make sure there are no other omissions.

Otherwise, the survey will look reasonable in my opinion, once the feedback from Boris has been implemented. B-)

Germany was missing on the list - there was a coordinator but without country description. Germany was the only such a case.

Ohlmann wrote:

The topic is only to talk about what data should be collected and how to formulate the questions.

Perfect — missed that. Then may I suggest a similar tool for the final version...

Migalart wrote:

BETA SURVEY:(this topic is not for data colecting!)

PART I
DEMOGRAFICS

1) How old are you?
Less than 15
15-18
18-22
22-26
26-30
30-35
35-40
More than 40

The CCG playing population has aged a great deal from when CCGs were new. Might want to have it go higher, though if there are only so many picklist values available, I guess it doesn't matter.

3) How long do you actively play VTES?
Less than 1 year
1-2 years
2-4 years
4-8 years
8-12 years
More than 12 years

Do you truly want to know how long someone has been an active player or when someone started playing? I could probably say I've been active every year, but there were years I was far more active than others. For others, they aren't likely to remember how many years they took off from playing.

4) How often a month, do you play VTES?
I don’t play VTES at the moment
1-2
3-4
5-8
More than 8

These values seem odd. Using a month as a parameter does limit things immensely, but every other week would be 2.5 times a month roughly, weekly would be 4-5 times a month roughly, etc.

More natural results to me would be something like:
On average, how often do you play (choose best answer):
1. Play less than once a month
2. Play once a month
3. Play twice a month or every other week
4. Play almost weekly
5. Play weekly
6. Play more than once a week but less than twice a week
7. Play twice a week or more
8. Play only when there are tournaments or other special events

5) How often a year, do you play in sanctioned VTES tournaments?
I don’t play in sanctioned VTES tournaments.
1-2
3-4
5-8
More than 8

I admit I barely looked at other replies, I think someone might have pointed out that this gets confusing. Do you mean, "How many tournaments do you play in a year?" Or, something else?

Because, I might play in tournaments 3-4 times a year but play in multiple tournaments each time, meaning the total number of tournaments would be closer to 10 tournaments a year.

Then, do you want to distinguish between different sanctioned tournaments, e.g. storyline vs. standard constructed?

6) How many people your local VTES playgroup have?
I do not have local playgroup
2-3
4-5
6-8
8-12
More then 12

I would add "... (choose best answer) ..." as this is the sort of question I tend to agonize over when trying to answer. Joe Billy Bob Wu Tang only shows up once every four months while we play weekly, does JBBWT count as part of the group?

It's not unusual to have regulars and non-regulars.

PART II
GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING NEW EXPANSION SETS

1) What is your attitude regarding idea of creating expansion sets by VEKN?

- Positive
- Neutral
- Negative

I'm not sure people will know what this means.

2) Are you going to use cards from new expansion (on the condition that they will be playable and the format of cards will be acceptable by you)

- Yes
- No

I would add: - I don't know. Since that would be my answer.

Migalart wrote:

For your information:
1) Proper mechanism for the survey has been already selected (it is not the best, but it is free, protected, and allow full data control)
2) Final version of the survey will be distributed among all National Coordinators in order to be filled by most number of players as it is possible. The account on this forum will be not necessary to participate in the survey.
3) It is my intension to gather data from less active players or even from people who quit VTES.

Will this be available in offline format too? I know some gaming groups that used to play vtes (10 or more years ago) that I would not get to fill in an online survey, but this survey might be a way to lure them back into the game.

I'm available in Budapest later this week for some live feedback

Migalart wrote:

3) How long do you actively play VTES?

I'd suggest less confusing wording.

Such as:
How long have you actively played VTES?