Aging well, can digital game help?-A WoW survey for gamers aged 55+

[King Protos]

Very awesome! I'll recruit my uncle to fill this out for ya. He's led a guild in WoW for quite some time so I'm sure he'd love this.

[emily26]

Very awesome! I'll recruit my uncle to fill this out for ya. He's led a guild in WoW for quite some time so I'm sure he'd love this.

Thank you very much!

[emily26]

Hi,
We got 94 participants now. If you haven't done it or quitted in the middle, please take a few minutes to complete the survey.

Your comments or suggestions are also welcome. We will take them into consideration.

[Smitten]

I had my mum fill this out back when you first posted it.

Best of luck with your dissertation and your research.

I certainly look forward to seeing the results after you've completed it.

[emily26]

Really interesting research. Cool to see e-Sports finally getting some attention also from scientists that want to look at the positive effects, and not only tunnel vision the on the downsides.

I'm obviously too young to participate in your project but if there is anything I can do to help, don't hesitate to contact me on a PM here on the forums or just ask for my skype.

Thank you for your interest. If you know someone who fit the demographics, please direct them to this survey.

[emily26]

Hi, we got 137 responses from different sites now.

This is the first survey that focuses on older WoW gamers. If you fit the demographic features, please take the survey to make it a success.

[Anonie]

Have you tried Amazon's https://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome service?

If you are new to it, post a new one and disable Master Qualification, and do something like: "Total approved HITs is not less than 1000" and "HIT approval rate (%) is not less than 95" and make your own demographics test qualification for the survey.

[Ninjaturtle]

Im too young aswell to participate in the project aswell. But im also here to support you if needed.

Good luck Emily, may you get some good results.

[emily26]

Hi, here is a short report of some results based on 137 responses.

Gender: female (32.1%), male (67.9%)
Age group: 55-59(62.8%), 60-64(23.5%)
Days per week you’ve played WoW: 1 (2.8%), 2 (3.7%), 3 (13.0%), 4 (13.0%), 5 (17.6%), 6 (10.2%),7 (30.6%)
Hours per day on average you played WoW: 1 hr or less (13.9%), 2-3 hrs(36.1%), 4-5 hrs (28.7%), 6-8 hrs (6.5%), more than 8 hrs (14.8%)
Frequency of playing WoW with family: sometimes (15.3%), frequently (17.6%), all the time (8.1%)
Frequency of playing WoW with real-life friends: sometimes (21.1%), frequently (12.3%), all the time (12.3%)

I will report more results.
BTW, please take a few minutes to complete the survey if you fit the demographic features.

Thanks for all of your support.

[emily26]

Hi, we got 168 responses from different sites now.

I've received many thoughtful ideas and comments about the survey and WoW playing. Thank you very much.

Again, please do the survey if you fit the demographic features.

[meqe]

Thank you very much for your support. I will report the findings

[emily26]

Hi, we got 175 responses now.

Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

[emily26]

Hi, we got 191 responses now.
If you fit the demographic features, please take a few minutes to do the survey.

[Eryx]

Thumbs up! Keep going

[emily26]

Thumbs up! Keep going

Thanks.

We need more responses to make it a robust study.