Research Project on Super Smash Bros. Brawl

[jhuffine]

Hey guys, my name is Jason Huffine. I'm a student at UCLA and am taking a class on the psychology of gaming (mainly focused on MMORPGs, but I like console games better) in the Communication Studies department.

Anyway, since I'm a huge SSB fan I figured I would do my final project on it. I created a survey to try to get at the motivations of people who play Brawl. If any of you guys would be so kind to take the survey for me, it would be greatly appreciated. The main goal of the project is to get at why SSB has been so widely successful on the Wii console even though Wii's differentiating factor, motion-sensored remote technology which has attracted players of all different demographics, is not incorporated into brawl.

The link is at http://www.advancedsurvey.com. On the bottom right of the page, there is a box titled "Take a Survey." My survey code is 61863, so enter that into the box and it'll get started.

Thanks a ton for any participation I can get from you guys! I'll definitely share my results if anyone cares to see them.

 

[stoneswithstand]

sounds pretty cool
would love to see the results

 

[fridayslobster]

server failure on the survey site, just thought I would let you know.

 

[pchoo]

I also got an error when trying to access the survey.

 

[Banjodorf]

Ok, I took it.

Great survey by the way

 

[Yukiwarashi]

Done! Pretty nice survey, but I felt that 150 characters was way too little for what I wanted to say. =/

 

[mentosman8]

Took it for ya... Pretty well put together survey, except for the lack of characters in the last question... An extra 100 would have made it easier to make my point

 

[Konwukulups]

Good stuff.

You may want to go check your questions for clarity and edit them if possible. There were a couple questions that I had to reread to get the meaning. Maybe it's just me though.

I'd love to see the results posted here when you finish.

 

[Browny]

i wish my uni work was this cool

did the survey btw

 

[L 17]

Just filled it out. Aside from the 150 character limit, great survey!

 

[Grunt]

you need like, 1000000 characters. i basically said "Falco is good pillars, and feel rite"

 

[Crazy_mofo213]

Hey great survey but i do agree that you need to give a couple of more char. space for some questions.

 

[Cookiez]

Took the survey :D.

Only problem i found was that 150 characters was not enough for certain questions. (17)

 

[NDUDE]

Done and done.

 

[Seventh Sword]

I only used up all 150 characters on one question >.>

 

[dark_tp_link]

The survey was great but there wasn't enough character space

 

[0RLY]

Just filled it out. Aside from the 150 character limit, great survey!

Same here.

 

[ThaRoy]

Took it and got friends from school and others to take it. Great job! I emailed ya, please write back.

 

[AlexKZ]

Good survey, and good luck with your project.

 

[RedPeppers]

There actually is motion sensitivity in brawl though it's not really important, and just about no one on this site uses it.

 

[goodoldganon]

How long do I have to take this survery? I'd LOVE to help, but tonight is my 21st birthday so I'm awfully busy today. Good Luck with this project. I should be able to help on Monday.

 

[GreatClayMonkey]

Done
10char

 

[jhuffine]

hey guys, thanks for your responses. i could not control the character limit, but if you feel like you didn't get to fit in everything you wanted to say, FEEL FREE to post it up here and i'll include it in my research.

THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE!

 

[Toast2152]

That was a great survey. Hope you do well.

 

[SirKibble]

Aside from the character limit, great survey. Good luck with your project.

EDIT: Male, 18, Utah.

 

[jhuffine]

p.s. the project is due June 10 so as long as you guys respond by like the 7th or so it'll get included.

also, i know this might be asking a lot of you, but I totally forgot to include demographic info in the survey... if you took the survey would you guys mind re-posting your gender, age, and maybe where you're from? that would help out a lot as well.

 

[ParanoidDrone]

Took it, thought it was nicely specific in the questions.

Congrats for doing a research paper (or whatever it is you're actually doing) on a video game. ^_^

EDIT: 18, male, and I live in Louisiana and do not wish to get more specific than that.

 

[wazgood]

15, male, twin cities

Spoiler

stranger danger OH NOES!!

 

[mentosman8]

For your demographic question, I'm 18, a guy, from Illinois

 

[Crizthakidd]

cool survey. yay smash 2 school?

 

[HeoandReo]

Done.

16, male, Ontario, Canada.

 

[TJL]

Done. 16 m MA

 

[Javier78]

15, Male, New Jersey

 

[brawlmaniac]

I took the survey. I'm happy to see that someone is taking an interest in the brawl community too.

 

[GofG]

15, m, raleigh nc.

 

[Johnknight1]

Just filled it out. Aside from the 150 character limit, great survey!

Basically how I feel. It could have used another 150 (or 1,853,972,471,156,145,124,652 :laugh) spaces. Good poll, overall. Except I couldn't rant about Toon Link's epic, amazing, and unimaginable awsomeness.

O, and male, 17, and from Livermore, California.

 

[Pubik Vengeance]

Just took it.

I am a Male, 16 years old, and I live in Auburn Washington.

 

[PukeTShirt]

21/M/AZ

10charizards

 

[Novabound]

I took it for you. Age 19, Male, Brevard, FL.

 

[Ilex]

16. Male. Okotoks, Alberta, Canada.

Good luck on your project