New results and surveys at The Daedalus Project

A maven of MMO player research, The Daedalus Project, has posted a new set of results from respondents as well as a new phase of surveys. There is a general survey as well as individual surveys targeting roleplayers and women. You can respond to the MMO surveys here.

The results from recent survey phases were posted earlier in the week and are focusing on Guild Leadership. Some interesting excerpts are below:

“Many guild leaders described how they tried to be everyone’s friend and tried making sure that everyone in the guild was happy. The most common lesson that respondents learned was that it’s simply impossible to please everyone.”

“…being a leader in an MMORPG means leading people between the ages of 10 and 70 – some have never had a job, some are professors, some are retired grandparents, while others are veterans. Pleasing everybody has never been so hard.”

“For many of these players, there simply was no longer time for “play” in the game.”

Rather depressing, isn’t it? :( Maybe they should do a survey on what people enjoy about being a guild leader – assuming anyone does.

Personal narratives and graphs on who becomes guild leaders, gaming habitats, VOIP usage and other MMO related data are available from The Daedalus Project website.