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Looking for help with a non-profit project
Hello everyone, :)
Please help support a non-profit project of the German University of Duesseldorf!
With help of the German gamer community the University of Duesseldorf has succeeded in developing a diagnostic questionnaire which does not confuse engaged MMORPG players with so-called “addicts”. This is an important opportunity to break the stereotype of the “pathological gamer”!
After this success, we are striving to expand the project by translating our questionnaire in order to be able to provide standardized diagnostics not only nationwide, but on an international level. Please help us realize our “25QUESTions Project” by filling out our short questionnaire on
http://www.pia-orcs.de/25questions/
and by doing this, participate in eliminating the pathologization of engaged players!
This is NOT a survey: The data will solely be used in order to evaluate the characteristics of our questionnaire, which is later going to be used in clinics. At this point, the questionnaire cannot yet determine whether somebody is addicted to MMORPGs or not.
Here you can get an overview of the (good :)) characteristics of our German questionnaire (in English):
http://www.piaorcs.uni-duesseldorf.de/25questions_results.pdf
You can contact me through: sabine.breuing at uni-duesseldorf.de ,
for example, if you have any questions about our project, or if you are interested in supporting us by translating our questionnaire into another foreign language… :)
I'd be very glad if you helped me!
Sabine
Please help support a non-profit project of the German University of Duesseldorf!
With help of the German gamer community the University of Duesseldorf has succeeded in developing a diagnostic questionnaire which does not confuse engaged MMORPG players with so-called “addicts”. This is an important opportunity to break the stereotype of the “pathological gamer”!
After this success, we are striving to expand the project by translating our questionnaire in order to be able to provide standardized diagnostics not only nationwide, but on an international level. Please help us realize our “25QUESTions Project” by filling out our short questionnaire on
http://www.pia-orcs.de/25questions/
and by doing this, participate in eliminating the pathologization of engaged players!
This is NOT a survey: The data will solely be used in order to evaluate the characteristics of our questionnaire, which is later going to be used in clinics. At this point, the questionnaire cannot yet determine whether somebody is addicted to MMORPGs or not.
Here you can get an overview of the (good :)) characteristics of our German questionnaire (in English):
http://www.piaorcs.uni-duesseldorf.de/25questions_results.pdf
You can contact me through: sabine.breuing at uni-duesseldorf.de ,
for example, if you have any questions about our project, or if you are interested in supporting us by translating our questionnaire into another foreign language… :)
I'd be very glad if you helped me!
Sabine
Uh... wtf is this?
Unless there's German beer involved, you're not getting anything from me, mein Herr.
Question 4 should specify "MMORPGs" instead of simply "games" as that is what I assume the questionnaire is looking for.
Secondly, Vendetta is a bit more difficult to fit into the usual demographic as MMORPG games when it comes to the player base. It allows for much more casual gameplay and there isn't as much "grinding" involved. I'd say that what most players are looking for in this game is something more of a 32 player-per-server twitch gameplay game. So essentially this is like posting your questionnaire on a quake forum.
Secondly, Vendetta is a bit more difficult to fit into the usual demographic as MMORPG games when it comes to the player base. It allows for much more casual gameplay and there isn't as much "grinding" involved. I'd say that what most players are looking for in this game is something more of a 32 player-per-server twitch gameplay game. So essentially this is like posting your questionnaire on a quake forum.
Benefit of the doubt? It seems this is genuine (a quick peripheral google search seems support that).
And Lecter, it'd be "meine Dame", for future reference - provided this isn't trolling and a case of faked gender.
And Lecter, it'd be "meine Dame", for future reference - provided this isn't trolling and a case of faked gender.
provided this isn't trolling and a case of faked gender.
I don't think you can safely make that assumption.
I don't think you can safely make that assumption.
Yeah, I'm working off the Manharu assumption here, Tosh.
It would be a quite intricate piece of trollart. Many signs point to authenticity.
Of the project, perhaps; I don't see them as relevant to the gender of the OP.
yea itd be an intricate bit of trollart, but if i were a troll i'd not flinch at such an undertaking. I could troll dozens of games simultaneously with something like this.