Quick Survey Question (If you guys have time to answer)

[Iscah]

Asking "what gender are the players that you've helped" makes me dubious about this entire exercise and what you are trying to write about.

You're either starting from a flawed premise – that people will check the real-world gender of a player before assisting them, and the other person will give that information – or you're actually after the gender of the character of the player they're helping, and/or you intend to write an essay about whether people only help players they're attracted to (in which case you've asked the wrong questions anyway) or only help people of the same/opposite gender to them.

Also, you're never going to get a properly random sample by posting on a forum for volunteers – much less when you expect them to publicly post personal information.

Whatever you're aiming for, you're going to get an unrepresentative answer – if you get anything beyond a lot of shrugs and "I just help people without paying attention to gender" responses.

[DixieBellOCE]

(1) What gender do you identify as (M/F/Other)?
Not relevant to a video game.

(2) What is your main character's level?
90

(3) Have you helped any new players (Lvls 1-15) in any way throughout your time of play? (Y.N)
Eureka, yes, Other than that no.

(4) In what ways have you helped these new players? (ex. Explaining the rules of the game/Helping players with Dungeons or Monsters/Explaining how to navigate the interface of the game/Giving Advice or Tips n' Tricks/Offering Items/ OTHER if there are any other ways you've helped please list them as well!)
Eureka boosting to bypass the areas infested with bots.

(5) Usually, what gender are these players that you've helped? (Majority Male/Majority Female/A Balance of Both/Other)
Neither ask nor care, gender has no bearing on an RP based video game.

(6) If there is anything else you'd like to say such s your experiences with helping new players and etc. Feel free to write it down!
SQE need to suck it up and start banning eureka bots so people dont require 10+ people to boost them through the earlier zones.

[Chie_M]

1. F

2. 90

3. Yes

4. Explaining mechanics / abilities, giving away gil.

5. How the hell would I know?

6. Asking people their gender in exchange for helping them is creepy, bro.

[HalinFluffyBuns]

1. non-binary
2. 90
3. yes
4. Helped fly around sprouts and kept them alive when doing open-world story content
5. I don't really bother looking so probably 60% female & 40% male
6. I really do like helping new players I wish we could help them more by helping them in the solo instance-based battles cause I have seen a few sprouts say they wish I could have helped them

[Curisu]

Yea, you should probably do it with a Google forms or something else to get these answers in private.

It also helps a lot to have a better overview of the answers.

[galaxy1020]

1. Level 80
2. Yes
3. Helping in leveling roulette

[Doozer]

Man this "survey" really brings out the "I don't identify as" and "biological" people. And what is "other" for gender? Love getting grouped into "other" in a fun unspecified way. Like someone else said, this whole thing gives me bad vibes. Especially the public answer aspect.

[LianaThorne]

Asking "what gender are the players that you've helped" makes me dubious about this entire exercise and what you are trying to write about.

You're either starting from a flawed premise – that people will check the real-world gender of a player before assisting them, and the other person will give that information – or you're actually after the gender of the character of the player they're helping, and/or you intend to write an essay about whether people only help players they're attracted to (in which case you've asked the wrong questions anyway) or only help people of the same/opposite gender to them.

Also, you're never going to get a properly random sample by posting on a forum for volunteers – much less when you expect them to publicly post personal information.

Whatever you're aiming for, you're going to get an unrepresentative answer – if you get anything beyond a lot of shrugs and "I just help people without paying attention to gender" responses.

Yeah, not sure why all the gender questions are needed but gives me some weird vibes. I don't know of any sane person who keeps track of the genders of random people in game.

[Zanarkand-Ronso]

I see no harm in the Gender Questions, but considering the Survey I guess I do wonder why they are relevant since they come up more then once.

[Elkanah]

Asking "what gender are the players that you've helped" makes me dubious about this entire exercise and what you are trying to write about.

You're either starting from a flawed premise – that people will check the real-world gender of a player before assisting them, and the other person will give that information – or you're actually after the gender of the character of the player they're helping, and/or you intend to write an essay about whether people only help players they're attracted to (in which case you've asked the wrong questions anyway) or only help people of the same/opposite gender to them.

Also, you're never going to get a properly random sample by posting on a forum for volunteers – much less when you expect them to publicly post personal information.

Whatever you're aiming for, you're going to get an unrepresentative answer – if you get anything beyond a lot of shrugs and "I just help people without paying attention to gender" responses.

I was a little skeptical about this question as well. So I answered it not caring who the genders are (cause I don't ask anyways).