Diablo 3: Let down or satified?

[Kitteh]

For the sake of the thread, I'd advise just ignoring Hideo's posts. They tend not to any constructive views.

[comeatmebrow]

Because you just blatantly admitted that your poll was biased by claiming that most people have a negative opinion of the game.

Actually, I didn't write that. I wrote, "Or are you just angry because most people think D3 is either disappointing or moderately good?"

All I'm doing is referring to the poll results which state that most people either think Diablo is an OK game or disappointing; when I consider your posts, you seem to be angered by this. But since you won't tell me what the problem is with my poll, I'm left with speculation.

Same with Hideo jumping in here with his "2/3 of people hate D3 lolololol" nonsense.

I wouldn't say two-thirds of people hate Diablo 3. I would say slightly more are disappointed by Diablo 3 than are satisfied, and that many think it's just an OK game.

In other words, you don't care to make your poll represent actual opinions outside of these three options - forcing people to either exaggerate their opinion of the game to "awesome" even if they only think its good, or choose "OK" <snip>

Exactly, and I don't see what the problem is, since those who would have picked an option between "suckage" and "OK" were instead forced to pick between the two options, which gives us more focused results. Those who were leaning more towards "OK" picked that option, while others who were leaning towards "suckage" picked that instead. The same holds true for the options "OK" and "satisfied," so it all evens out. If you're interested in a poll with 20 different options which will dilute the results, then go ahead and make one. I'm more interested in those who have clear cut and strong feelings towards the game.

[DECOYBOY]

I wouldn't say two-thirds of people hate Diablo 3. I would say slightly more are disappointed by Diablo 3 than are satisfied, and that many think it's just an OK game.

i'm definitely in the "just ok" boat, but the thing is "just ok" after the wait, anticipation, and expectation is not really a good thing.

[comeatmebrow]

i'm definitely in the "just ok" boat, but the thing is "just ok" after the wait, anticipation, and expectation is not really a good thing.

I would interpret it that way too. In the context of the hype, expectations, and the popularity of the franchise and company involved, an "OK" response is negative.

However, objectively, saying a game is "OK" isn't negative, which is what I'm trying to tell Suggestive. So, the poll isn't skewed per se.

[SuggestiveName]

I would interpret it that way too. In the context of the hype, expectations, and the popularity of the franchise and company involved, an "OK" response is negative.

However, objectively, saying a game is "OK" isn't negative, which is what I'm trying to tell Suggestive. So, the poll isn't skewed per se.

If you had worded your poll "Objectively speaking and ignoring all hype and expectations, how do you feel about the game?" then this might fly, but people aren't answering objectively, they are answering in context. And in this context, as you just said - "OK" is negative.

[comeatmebrow]

If you had worded your poll "Objectively speaking and ignoring all hype and expectations, how do you feel about the game?" then this might fly, but people aren't answering objectively, they are answering in context. And in this context, as you just said - "OK" is negative.

If somebody told me that Diablo 3 was just an OK game, I wouldn't think that was negative. However, if I recalled how awesome Diablo 2 was, the popularity of the Diablo series, the expectations of D3, etc., then I could say that's a disappointing response. But is it a intrinsically negative response or option? No.

Regardless, it doesn't matter what a pollee is thinking when they say a game is just OK. If the game was more than OK, then they would say it was more than OK. If they thought it was less than OK, then again, they would say so.

The poll results are negative or positive depending on how you look at them. If you're looking at the poll results against the backdrop of hype, expectations, Blizzard, the Diablo franchise, and so on and so forth, then the results would be seen as disappointing. But if you're looking at the poll results against something a bit more objective, like wanting to know whether or not Diablo is a pretty good game, then the results are pretty good. It's all up to you. You seem to be doing the former, and then concluding that therefore the poll is skewed. The poll itself isn't skewed, you're just projecting.

[SuggestiveName]

I mean, that was pretty much my complaint to begin with - that because of how the poll is worded, the results are very open to wildy different interpretations depending on the persons pre-existing biases. This does not a good poll make (unless you work for Fox News.)

[comeatmebrow]

I mean, that was pretty much my complaint to begin with - that because of how the poll is worded, the results are very open to wildy different interpretations depending on the persons pre-existing biases.

This is just a general flaw that exists in all polls. If my poll were just the numbers 1-10, then somebody could pick 7 for the reason, "This game was really hyped up, I loved the Diablo series, and so I was let down." Then somebody else could pick 10 and say, "I'm giving this a 10 because I started playing this game without any expectations and treated it like any other game. In fact, I pretended it wasn't even a Diablo game." Now, does this mean this poll is skewed? No, it means each person is bringing their own feelings and perspective to the table. Surely, you don't think the numbers 1-10 are intrinsically negative or skewed, do you? So, what is intrinsically negative about the option, "I believe the game is OK, but not great"? I think you believe this poll is skewed because in your mind the results are disappointing.

[SuggestiveName]

I think you believe this poll is skewed because in your mind the results are disappointing.

Which is hilarious considering you don't even know how I voted on the poll.

But yes, all polls have inherent bias. Good polls minimize the bias, bad polls do not.

[comeatmebrow]

Which is hilarious considering you don't even know how I voted on the poll.

But yes, all polls have inherent bias. Good polls minimize the bias, bad polls do not.

Going back to your original claim, how does my poll elicit negative responses? You seem to be constantly moving the goal posts here.