I think this is based off the survey discussed here.
While I think the overall thrust of the big effects are probably true (Balmung and Gilgamesh will have more RPers, Balmung's barrier to entry means it will have a particularly large percentage of RPers per capita, miqo'te females will be super-common
), I agree that one should take this with between one and several grains of salt because...
So -- it's interesting, but certainly not damning in any way. Both Gilgamesh and Balmung will be, I'm sure, great homes for RPers.
While I think the overall thrust of the big effects are probably true (Balmung and Gilgamesh will have more RPers, Balmung's barrier to entry means it will have a particularly large percentage of RPers per capita, miqo'te females will be super-common
), I agree that one should take this with between one and several grains of salt because...- It's a self-selecting sample; people were asked to go to and fill out the survey as opposed to getting the survey (this produces a suppressing effect on those with weaker opinions)
- We don't know what the attrition rate was (who selected out of the survey?)
- The survey predominantly went out to Reddit and 4chan, biasing the results to be "a study of Redditors and some other people); we know Gilgamesh is Reddit's server
- The thread linked above indicated some methodological issues with multiple votes, and we're not sure how they got cleaned up
So -- it's interesting, but certainly not damning in any way. Both Gilgamesh and Balmung will be, I'm sure, great homes for RPers.
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