Survey about FF for Schoolessay

[Icemage]

Re: Survey about FF for Schoolessay

1) Florida, United States
2) Male
3) 32
4) Computer Programmer
5) Single
6) Not applicable
7) Tough to say. 5?
8) Final Fantasy 1 on the Nintendo Entertainment System.
9) June 21, 2003 during North American FFXI Beta.
10) I think I just passed 300 days on my main character in retail FFXI for total playtime.
11) 4 characters, 1 main with 2 jobs at 75 and one at 74.
12) Of my 300+ days, probably 250 or more are actually "real play time"
13) Less than I used to. I play perhaps three days a week on average now.
14) I did at one point, but not any more.
15) About 3 hours per session.
16) I don't garden, and check the AH rarely unless I need something specifically.
17) I played for 10 hours continuous in a linkshell attempt to defeat Tiamat (3 call for help interruptions >.> Very bad memories.)
18) I took a 6 month break from FFXI last year.
19) Rarely. I don't bazaar much anymore, though I did a lot when I was levelling craft skills more often.
20) I've learned a lot about how people interact in a virtual world, and a lot about game design from studying the structure of FFXI.
21) Nothing extreme. Some bad incidents in-game, but I don't let it affect my real life.
22) More real life friends. I see my online friends more often, however.
23) Once every couple of weeks.
24) Almost all of my friends play games of one sort or another.
25) Not many of my friends play Final Fantasy games as a whole, and only one plays FFXI.


Icemage

[Dragonly]

Re: Survey about FF for Schoolessay

1) Country / State - Canada, Ontario
2) Gender - Male
3) Age - 20
4) Occupation - College student does that count?
5) Single/ Relationship/ Married etc - Single
6) If you have a partner, does she/he play FF ( or other games) as well? - n/a
7) How old were you when you started playing games in general? - 5-6 I can't remeber
8) What Final Fantasy game did you first play? - Final Fantasy II(USA version)
9) When did you start playing FFXI? - June 21, 2003 during North American FFXI Beta
10) What is your current Playtime? (I do NOT mean the time when you play, but the time you played FF altogether) - Unknown lol
11) How many Characters do you have? And what's the highest level? - One character, level 75
12) With how many do you "really" play? (not just use for Bazaar etc) - Well only one
13) On how many days a week do you play? - 5-7 days
14) Are there any days you're always playing? (like always playing on your day-off, weekends etc) - depends really
15) What's the average time you play? (time you leave character on for bazaar not included) - 3-5 hours weekdays 6-8 on weekends, again depends on whats going on
16) How often do you go online to check the Auction House or Plants (for example)? Or check ffxiah? everyday
17) What was the longest time you ever played without a break? (Reason?) - 2-3 years
18) What was the longest time you didn't play? (Reason?) 3 months, bunred out I guess
19) How often/long do you leave your Character on? (bazaar for example) - never
20) Were there any positive Incidents because of FFXI? (like making friends or got to know ppl in your city etc...) - Making friends I guess.
21) Were there any negative Incidents because of FFXI? (like break-up/divorce, moved out etc...) - Umm I don't think so.
22) Do you have more reallife-friends or online-friends? With whom do you spend more time with? - Online, none of my RL friends got into FFXI.
23) How often do you go out with friends? - Whenever they phone, most weekends.
24) How many of your friends also play games? - All of them
25) And how many of them play FF? - FF games or FFXI? They all play FF games not FFXI.

Hopes this helps.

[Intensity]

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1) Country / State United STates / Oregon
2) Gender Male
3) Age 27
4) Occupation Call Center rep
5) Single/ Relationship/ Married etc Married
6) If you have a partner, does she/he play FF ( or other games) as well? Yes
7) How old were you when you started playing games in general? 4
8) What Final Fantasy game did you first play? 5 or 6
9) When did you start playing FFXI? NA Release, around October of '03
10) What is your current Playtime? (I do NOT mean the time when you play, but the time you played FF altogether) 1500+ hours last I checked
11) How many Characters do you have? And what's the highest level? 4 characters, highest is 71
12) With how many do you "really" play? (not just use for Bazaar etc) 2
13) On how many days a week do you play? 4-5
14) Are there any days you're always playing? (like always playing on your day-off, weekends etc) Sundays now, changing to Fridays when my schedule changes
15) What's the average time you play? (time you leave character on for bazaar not included) 5-10 hours on average
16) How often do you go online to check the Auction House or Plants (for example)? Or check ffxiah? Only when I'm logging in to play for the day/night so once a day I guess, but I don't garden
17) What was the longest time you ever played without a break? (Reason?) FFXI = 37 hours iirc, no reason in particular
18) What was the longest time you didn't play? (Reason?) 6 months, drama
19) How often/long do you leave your Character on? (bazaar for example) I might leave it on for a 12-24 hour period if i'm bazaaring
20) Were there any positive Incidents because of FFXI? (like making friends or got to know ppl in your city etc...) My wife and I play together so it's a great way to spend time since we both enjoy it
21) Were there any negative Incidents because of FFXI? (like break-up/divorce, moved out etc...) Yeah, but I won't post details
22) Do you have more reallife-friends or online-friends? With whom do you spend more time with? Both. Way more with real life
23) How often do you go out with friends? 4-5 a month
24) How many of your friends also play games? 70% give or take
25) And how many of them play FF? 1% of those lol So like 2 people

[Theyaden]

Re: Survey about FF for Schoolessay

Hi^^

Maybe some people saw this Thread at the Allakhazam forum, but I didn't get as much replies as I hoped I would

So I'm posting this Survey on other FF-Forums as well

I'm a student from Germany and I'm writing an essay for school next year.

The Topic is "influences of FF (and other games) on your life and society". Therefore it would be nice if you could answer the following questions and post them here.

I know some questions can't be answered exactly but please try to nevertheless.

Thank you very much!

I'll see what I can do


1)Country/State: ND USA
2) Gender: Male
3) Age: 29
4) Occupation: Technical Analyst (Computer phone support)
5) Martial Status: Single
7) Gaming starting age: 9 pen & paper D&D 1st MMO FFXI about a year I think
8) What Final Fantasy game did you first play?: FFXI the others were fun to see cutscenes but playing them never realy interested me.
9) When did you start playing FFXI?: about a year ago couldn't say the exact date offhand
10) What is your current Playtime?: I'll edit this once I get home and can check
11) # of Characters: 1
Highest level?: 46
12) With how many do you "really" play? No idea I'm afraid
13) On how many days a week do you play?: 1 or 2 lately 2-3 normally (schedule dependant)
14) Are there any days you're always playing?: No, more likely on Saturday or Sunday, but often end up with other obligations to take care of in real life.
15) What's the average time you play?: from 2 hours to 6 hours
16) How often do you go online to check the Auction House or Plants: Each morning if I'm selling a bunch of stuff otherwise only if I need a specific item. (rarely)
Or check ffxiah?: that site I've never used, but I often browse this forum www.ffxionline.com while on break at work for the online chats.
17) What was the longest time you ever played without a break? 10-11 hours
Reason?: Good party when playing thief
18) What was the longest time you didn't play?: 2 or 3 weeks
(Reason?): Reallife projects that needed to be done
19) How often/long do you leave your Character on?: depends of if I have garison item that can't be sold in the ah. In that case each day before going to work otherwise very rarely.
20) Were there any positive Incidents because of FFXI?: Relieving stress, exposure to people from accross the world, reminders not to take things too seriously
21) Negative Real life FFXI Incidents: None that I've noticed
22) Do you have more real life-friends or online-friends? With whom do you spend more time with?: Real life
23) How often do you go out with friends?: about once a week
24) How many of your friends also play games?: 12 that I know of (I'm assuming you mean MMO's rather than Xbox exc)
25) And how many of them play FF?: 4 that I know of

Good luck on your project

[Caspian]

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1) Texas, USA
2) Male
3) 26
4) Medical Technologist
5) Single
6) N/A
7) Don't know precisely. I used to have an old Atari and my friend had a Colecovision. Probably 4 at the time? Very young.
8) VII
9) February '04
10) 94 days
11) 1 main and 3 mules, 61 RNG
12) Probably 80 or so. Spend a lot of time just sitting around talking on vent.
13) ~6
14) Not really, usually weekends though.
15) 4 hours? Varies a lot
16) Usually only when I'm logged in to play. Occasionally once before work
17) 8 hours? xp'd then did some missions iirc.
18) 6 months. Burnt out. Took a big break.
19) Usually only online if I'm actively playing occasionally left on while I watch a movie.
20) Not really
21) Nope
22) Real life....depends on the week. Usually about 50-50
23) once or twice a week
24) Most if not all.
25) 0, used to be two, but they had to quit b/c of RL

[Bricklayer]

Re: Survey about FF for Schoolessay

1) Taiwan (originally from US/WA)
2) Male
3) 27
4) Patent Engineer
5) Engaged
6) No
7) 4-5 yrs old, Atari 400
8) FF1 NES
9) 10/2003
10) 9 days?
11) 1; 23
12) 1
13) 1
14) No
15) 3 hours
16) never
17) in game - 5-6 hrs; overall 4-5 months
18) 1 year, too busy, limited computer access
19) i don't, unless i'm at the keyboard
20) more insight into supply/demand, new understanding of virtual worlds, left WoW
21) very seldom arguments with fiancee, exp party's and emergencies do not mix
22) reallife friends, reallife friends
23) 1-2 times/wk
24) not sure
25) none

[PTT]

Re: Survey about FF for Schoolessay

1) Country / State : United States, Oklahoma

2) Gender : Male

3) Age : 24

4) Occupation : Unemployed

5) Single/ Relationship/ Married etc : Single

6) If you have a partner, does she/he play FF ( or other games) as well? : No partner

7) How old were you when you started playing games in general? : Less than 5 years old (Atari 2600, Intellivision, Super Pong, Nintendo NES in 1987)

8) What Final Fantasy game did you first play? : Final Fantasy 1

9) When did you start playing FFXI? : The day it came out in America, so about... 3 years?

10) What is your current Playtime? (I do NOT mean the time when you play, but the time you played FF altogether). Not sure. ***I'll update this next time I check on my chocobo***

11) How many Characters do you have? And what's the highest level?: 3 characters, highest level is 75

12) With how many do you "really" play? (not just use for Bazaar etc): 1 character

13) On how many days a week do you play?: Usually every day, sometimes once every 2 days.

14) Are there any days you're always playing? (like always playing on your day-off, weekends etc): Usually always on Saturdays and Sundays.

15) What's the average time you play? (time you leave character on for bazaar not included): 4-5 hours on average, sometimes more.

16) How often do you go online to check the Auction House or Plants (for example)? Or check ffxiah?: I check on my chocobo once a day. I don't garden, and I do not log on just to check the AH.

17) What was the longest time you ever played without a break? (Reason?) About 16 hours. I got into a really efficient party late at night, and there were no replacements for my job class, so I chose to stay and earn more EXP, instead of sleep. Also, one time I stayed up all night in order to camp a monster respawn, after I got the time of death, for a piece of equipment I wanted (Joyeuse - Charybdis)

18) What was the longest time you didn't play? (Reason?): Probably about a month and counting. My video card shorted out, and FFXI is unplayable because of it.

19) How often/long do you leave your Character on? (bazaar for example): Almost Never.

20) Were there any positive Incidents because of FFXI?: (like making friends or got to know ppl in your city etc...): I and my real-life friends have met a group of online friends. We play together as much as possible, just for fun. It's great ^^

21) Were there any negative Incidents because of FFXI?: (like break-up/divorce, moved out etc...): One time, one of my party members used a cheat of some sort to move his dead body (the party died) and seek help. This person got put in jail after this happened, and somehow, everyone thought I reported him, even though this was not true. I was harassed by that person and his linkshell that night. That is the most negative thing that's happened.

22) Do you have more reallife-friends or online-friends?: With whom do you spend more time with? Most of my real life friends are my online friends. I have some Online-only friends, but the number is equal, I would say.

23) How often do you go out with friends?: Not very often since I graduated from college.

24) How many of your friends also play games?: Almost all of them.

25) And how many of them play FF?: Almost all of them.

Good luck on your essay :D

[Jarre]

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1) Country / State UK/Lincolnshire
2) Gender Male
3) Age27
4) Occupation Architect / Part time firefighter
5) Single/ Relationship/ Married etc live in partner
6) If you have a partner, does she/he play FF ( or other games) as well? NO
7) How old were you when you started playing games in general? 7 (parents were strict and then it was only pac man for max 1 hour a week)
8) What Final Fantasy game did you first play? FF7
9) When did you start playing FFXI? Oct 05
10) What is your current Playtime? (I do NOT mean the time when you play, but the time you played FF altogether) 23 days 12 hours approx.
11) How many Characters do you have? And what's the highest level?2 characters, 32 War highest at moment.
12) With how many do you "really" play? (not just use for Bazaar etc) 2
13) On how many days a week do you play? 7 (if i can)
14) Are there any days you're always playing? (like always playing on your day-off, weekends etc) Sundays (depending on callouts, have had a few when i have been out all day at an incident)
15) What's the average time you play? (time you leave character on for bazaar not included) 1-2 hours weekdays / 4 if I can weekends.
16) How often do you go online to check the Auction House or Plants (for example)? Or check ffxiah? at least once a day.
17) What was the longest time you ever played without a break? (Reason?) 6 hours, good exp party
18) What was the longest time you didn't play? (Reason?) A week, we had a large scrapyard job that last 8 days and so was having to go on releifs every day as well as my architecture work and fitting in a few hours sleep.
19) How often/long do you leave your Character on? (bazaar for example) Normally if I am having a meal or I need to get some cash so set it selling while snuggled up with my GF on the sofa.
20) Were there any positive Incidents because of FFXI? (like making friends or got to know ppl in your city etc...) Takes my mind away from the horendous scenes I can sometimes see as part of my fire job.
21) Were there any negative Incidents because of FFXI? (like break-up/divorce, moved out etc...) no, GF is good with it, I make sure I spend quality time with her and she loves soaps and Friends (both i hate) and watches them when i play as we only have 1 TV it seems to work well.
22) Do you have more reallife-friends or online-friends? With whom do you spend more time with?I have lots of real life friends, notably the rest of the fire crew I work with and still 3 good school friends of over 14 years friendship.
23) How often do you go out with friends?Usually 2 nights a week, but have o stay close to home as noramlly on call.
24) How many of your friends also play games? 2, noramlly Half life or counterstrike
25) And how many of them play FF? 0

[Haggai]

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1) Country / State: Maine, USA
2) Gender: Male
3) Age: 24
4) Occupation: IT
5) Single/ Relationship/ Married etc: Long term relationship
6) If you have a partner, does she/he play FF ( or other games) as well? She will casually play games, but not often. I have yet to get her to try FF.
7) How old were you when you started playing games in general? I think around 6
8) What Final Fantasy game did you first play? Final Fantasy 6. You know, the one with Terra and the Espers
9) When did you start playing FFXI? June 2005
10) What is your current Playtime? (I do NOT mean the time when you play, but the time you played FF altogether) I'm not sure, I will look later and update this.
11) How many Characters do you have? And what's the highest level? 6 characters. Highest Level 60
12) With how many do you "really" play? (not just use for Bazaar etc) 2
13) On how many days a week do you play? 7
14) Are there any days you're always playing? (like always playing on your day-off, weekends etc) Always Weekends
15) What's the average time you play? (time you leave character on for bazaar not included) 5 hours/night
16) How often do you go online to check the Auction House or Plants (for example)? Or check ffxiah? Daily
17) What was the longest time you ever played without a break? (Reason?) 10 hours I think. Was my day off and I had nothing better to do.
18) What was the longest time you didn't play? (Reason?) 3-4 days, I needed a mini-break
19) How often/long do you leave your Character on? (bazaar for example) I generally don't, but I have overnight Bazaared twice.
20) Were there any positive Incidents because of FFXI? (like making friends or got to know ppl in your city etc...) Yeah, I have many friends now, where before I only had a couple.
21) Were there any negative Incidents because of FFXI? (like break-up/divorce, moved out etc...) Well, I have gotten divorced since I started playing, but it wasn't because of FFXI. FFXI was a nice escape, though. A decent way to cope. Maybe this should go in positive.
22) Do you have more reallife-friends or online-friends? With whom do you spend more time with? Online Friends, I spend most time with my girlfriend. If you don't want to count her... online friends
23) How often do you go out with friends? If you count GF, 3-4 times/week. If not, none.
24) How many of your friends also play games? 4
25) And how many of them play FF? 4

[Lambeaus]

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1) Country / State Iowa, USA
2) Gender Male
3) Age 24
4) Occupation CAD/Engineering
5) Single/ Relationship/ Married etc Married
6) If you have a partner, does she/he play FF ( or other games) as well? No
7) How old were you when you started playing games in general? 10, maybe?
8) What Final Fantasy game did you first play? FF1
9) When did you start playing FFXI? February 2006
10) What is your current Playtime? (I do NOT mean the time when you play, but the time you played FF altogether) I haven't checked in a while. Maybe 18 days?
11) How many Characters do you have? And what's the highest level? 1 Character with one Mule. High level is 36
12) With how many do you "really" play? (not just use for Bazaar etc) If I'm not actually playing, I don't have it on.
13) On how many days a week do you play? 5 on average
14) Are there any days you're always playing? (like always playing on your day-off, weekends etc) One day on the weekend, and an hour or two most weeknights
15) What's the average time you play? (time you leave character on for bazaar not included) 2 hours maybe
16) How often do you go online to check the Auction House or Plants (for example)? Or check ffxiah? I try to at least every other day. I check ffxiah every day at work.
17) What was the longest time you ever played without a break? (Reason?)6 hours probably. Windhurst Mission 3-4 and other odds and ends.
18) What was the longest time you didn't play? (Reason?) almost three weeks (broken Xbox 360)
19) How often/long do you leave your Character on? (bazaar for example) I never leave him on when I'm away...if fear of Xbox 360 blowing up.
20) Were there any positive Incidents because of FFXI? (like making friends or got to know ppl in your city etc...) Not really, I started a linkshell with other guys around the US (mainly Detroit) that I have played on Live with for years.
21) Were there any negative Incidents because of FFXI? (like break-up/divorce, moved out etc...) lol, no
22) Do you have more reallife-friends or online-friends? With whom do you spend more time with? I definitely have more online friends, and we post on a forum while at work during the day when we get a break and play games at night. Guys from all over with all professions. I've gotten a ton of advice for things from legal advice from lawers, to home improvement tips from handymen to relationship advice from old married people
I have several friends in the real world as well. I play in golf tourneys and bowl in a league every Monday night. Also have people over to watch football and shoot pool (and play video games of course).
23) How often do you go out with friends? going out for me means competing...which is at least once a week...I'm not much for the bars and clubs nightlife
24) How many of your friends also play games? maybe a quarter of them
25) And how many of them play FF? one

[Delson]

Re: Survey about FF for Schoolessay

ill play along

1) USA / Wisconsin
2) Male
3) 25
4) Steel mill worker
5) Married
6) no
7) 7 years old
8) FF2
9) early 2004
10) just over 28 days
11) 1 char., lvl 38 war
12) -----
13) varies, depends on work schedule
14) days off/nights
15) usually around 5 hours a night
16) not very... never have the time
17) 16 hours... wife was working all day and i have nothing better to do..
18) 6 months... took a break after getting fustrated over rude people...
19) rarely
20) none that i can think of...
21) no
22) online friends... sad but true
23) rarely... they live so far away, maybe once every few months
24) quite a few of em
25) none