Feedback on Changes

[marc_pinsonneault]

I find the map, etc. discussion to be an interesting illustration of
the essential conservatism of PBEM gamers. *Any* change that the GMs
make will be criticized; of course, it doesn't follow that any change is
actually good :)

One flaw of forums like this is that they tend to give inordinate
weight to a relatively small number of folks who feel strongly about
something.
It *might* be worth having Harly do a survey of their gamers - say,
selecting 1/10 of the players at random and offering them a carrot
like a free turn in exchange for some detailed feedback on recent changes.

For this to work it would have to be random, and there would have to be
a high response rate (thus the bribe...)

I would think that this would be handy for Harly, and having some hard
data on what the typical users like/dislike would quantify some of the
objections, etc.

Personally, I feel that the payoff for something like Palantir in
terms of the improved quality of play for typical teams is quite high,
and color is welcome (and, if anything, overdue). But it would be
quite interesting to see what the overall base feels about this.

cheers,

Marc

[Middle Earth PBM Games]

>If anyone would want to do a questionnaire that we can print in Bree
>that would be fun and useful. :-)


Clint