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cellardweller · Jun 21, 2008, 01:24 AM // 01:24

I'd like to congratulate the Australians on being correct.

Zonzai · Jun 21, 2008, 06:55 AM // 06:55

I voted. /bump

upier · Jun 21, 2008, 08:02 AM // 08:02

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Originally Posted by hallomik

One final thought. I happened to be online when upier posted about how he thought Ursan was worthy of support based on how the question was posed (i.e., as an alternative to the ‘holy trinity’). Of the next 10 or so votes, most were pro-Ursan, but this effect faded quickly. I don’t suspect cheating because there was no other similarity in any of those votes. What I think happened was that a few people reading his post had their positions altered just a bit. It just goes to show how much influence we can have over each other.

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sixofone · Jun 21, 2008, 01:38 PM // 13:38

Be interesting to see what difference this will make (if any) on future updates.

Great job!

And very valuable information to the GW2 dev team, I am sure.

TwinRaven · Jun 21, 2008, 06:28 PM // 18:28

The only quandry I have about the poll is how many people who have taken it are likely to still be still playing the game? It would be interesting to see what results would be like if people who quit playing during the last year or since the release of EotN or since factions, etc...I am interested, of course, in the statistics per country, but I can't help but wonder if the poll would have different results were it taken by folks who had a reason to quit...my own morbid curiosity.

Otherwise, great project with interesting results. I would have thought more people were pro-Ursan given the vehement support so many vocal forum members express with such regularity...vocal minority?

Seems to me ANet could easily benifit from such polls were they to post a link on their own site with the questions they need to hear the answers to...always flawed, given that people with multiple accounts can vote twice, three or twelve times...but still, it could give them some insight they seem to be lacking, given a few of their questionable decisions.

Good work *pats back*

Master Knightfall · Jun 22, 2008, 02:20 AM // 02:20

Since forum polls can never be a consensus of the community as a whole none of those figures are accurate and only biased views of those that post online. You can't take 100 people or even 200 peoples votes and get any kind of accurate opinion when you have a million participants. The ONLY POLL that will EVER be VALID is a popup ingame poll that won't allow you to enter GW until you VOTE.

I took my own personal INGAME Poll of the first 100 people I asked about URSANS BLESSING (in Temple of Ages) and it got 99% of the good popular vote, so, you see these silly polls are inaccurate and invalid because when you ask at a particular area/site you are going to get biased and skewed opinions.

Bryant Again · Jun 22, 2008, 02:33 AM // 02:33

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Originally Posted by Master Knightfall

Since forum polls can never be a consensus of the community as a whole none of those figures are accurate and only biased views of those that post online. You can't take 100 people or even 200 peoples votes and get any kind of accurate opinion when you have a million participants.

You can't get an accurate opinion from the entire playerbase because a huge overwhelming majority of it don't know how the game works, so taking that input in mind when coming to game balancing and changes is...well, not smart.

HawkofStorms · Jun 22, 2008, 03:25 AM // 03:25

Also, Master Knight and others have CLEARLY not read the entire thread, since this issure has already been addressed on page 3.

This is not, nor was it ever designed to be a "scientifically accurate" poll. It is more for our own curiousity more then anything else. As such, of course you are supposed to take the results with a grain of salt (the OP freely admits that).

Master Knightfall · Jun 22, 2008, 12:54 PM // 12:54

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As such, of course you are supposed to take the results with a grain of salt (the OP freely admits that).

Ahhhh good then I rest my case your honor. <(,)(.)>
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Asplode · Jun 22, 2008, 01:08 PM // 13:08

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Originally Posted by hallomik

The less than average support may be due to Europe’s dominance of the halls at the time the change was made.

I wouldn't say at any given point in time a single faction "dominated" Halls. It was a daily cycle based on who was awake at the time.