Front Page Start Time Poll - True or False?

[Defengar]

I am very doubtful of the pole. Especially since you can refresh the page and answer it again and again and again and again....


I don't think MMOC even gets a hundred thousands visitors a day... definitely not this early in the day at least...

[Worgoblin]

I was there on launch day. After playing the failure that was EQ2 and then seeing WoW vids, was an easy choice there.

[Quesium]

I quiet aggree, I'm a real vanilla player. didn't raid during these days (Well sometimes) But this was because I was 12 back these days. But I dont know what's cool about it, cuz you can't say you got more experience of the game since the game changed so much in time. But still hard to believe there are 60% who started in vanilla (Though this is only MMO-Champion and still it isn't a real poll)

[mööh]

I started playing during TBC but all my friends who was playing when I started started playing during vanilla.

[Vidur]

I most definitely started in classic. Not long before BC but, most definitely pre-BC. My warlock (Hallanzi) was my first toon.

[abndrew82]

So you just assume people lie.

I voted truely that I started during BC. That was my first time, I quit and came back at wrath and did the same at Cata.

I dont see how it matters to others thought when someone started, when you started has nothing to do with your skill or anything else.

[Millennía]

I am very doubtful of the pole. Especially since you can refresh the page and answer it again and again and again and again....


I don't think MMOC even gets a hundred thousands visitors a day... definitely not this early in the day at least...

Actually from what I have seen, each vote is unique. If you refresh and try to vote again you get a message at the top of the poll saying "Thank you, we have already counted your vote."

I started in the end of TBC and I have never treated anyone different depending on when they started. I have no idea why people consider people that played in classic or TBC are better than people who played in WOTLK or Cata

[deadlydee]

I started Playing a few weeks into BC and quit 2 months into Cata. I realize this is a MMO-C poll and all that but it's hard to believe there are 60% that played in Vanilla that are even still playing now.

[Mcshiz]

Yea, I'm with everyone else. Posters saw a chance to be apart of the "vanilla club" and just clicked it. Its the interwebs, and really its of no consequence what they say on some random poll.

P.S. Wrath babies ftw!

[Skulli]

Wasnt there a "how old are you" poll lately? I dont remember the numbers exactly but were not most people were in the range of <20? That would mean many 12-13 ppl played vanilla back then

[Idontlikeyou]

I most definitely started in classic. Not long before BC but, most definitely pre-BC. My warlock (Hallanzi) was my first toon.

This is a great example:

Your warlock Hallanzi was your first toon, but you are pretty sure you started to play prior to BC.

I went ahead and searched on http://www.warcraftrealms.com

Obviously, you server transferred to Drak'Tharon back in Jan 09. Before that, there was another toon with the same name on Destromath who just vanished from the server in Jan 09.

The player on Destromath, with the warlock name Hallanzi could possibly be someone else, but the evidence points to you actually being the owner of the toon.

While looking at the log, it shows the first time your toon was detected was on Jun 16, 07 at level 14.

BC was released in Jan 07.



Now, you can state the reason why this is:

1) You actually had another character that you played, but you stated your lock was your first toon. Though deleting your toon, and starting over with a new toon with the same name is possible, but warcraftrealms only detects two Hallanzi to have ever been created.

2) The addon that detects your toon just didnt detect you prior Jan 07, though you were only level 14. Meaning you experienced very little low level of the Classic content. Or there was just a malfunction of the website.

3) I am wrong, and I missed something entirely.

So, why lie?

[Duncanîdaho]

I rolled an orc shaman (Damao-Azshara) about a month into vanilla, did some 40 man MC, 20 man AQ and ZG and awesome AV all day long. Rolled a rogue for TBC because I was jealous of the awesomeness of the one in my guild and never looked back.

[Mammoth]

It is exactly the trend I expected to see, simply because the longer a player has been playing the game, the more confident he is at discussing it in public.

Hence, mmo-c's player age distribution is skewed towards older players.

[Kevyne-Shandris]

Well it is the forum-goers, NOT the actual subscribers. That said...I have to agree. I find it unlikely that that many of the MMOC posters started in classic WoW (I started in Wrath, myself, the week LFD came out), but people tend to think "oh classic status" and check it.

It's the hype.

Current hype is Ulduar being so elite. In Cata it's the "challenge" and people hopped onto that bandwagon...and we see that bandwagon doesn't have wheels now.

Popular culture meets peer pressure and folks get polls like this -- they want to be popular and special at the same time.

Came over in December 2009 and proud of it. I actually played a harder MMO and enjoy taking it easier in WoW. Not everyone comes to WoW for the "challenge" they come from the burn out of what a "challenge" can do. They prefer new scenery and interesting content, not another MCRD (Marine Corps Recruit Depot). Yeah, love to raid but not on 3 month cycles where each new cycle feels so common now (if I miss a whole tier of raiding and the carrot wasn't even there to want to chase it, it's not enticing by much).

[Netherspark]

Considering the poll is anonymous what would the point in lying be? What would be the point in lying even if it wasnt?

[Idontlikeyou]

Considering the poll is anonymous what would the point in lying be? What would be the point in lying even if it wasnt?

Same reason I fill out surveys, and say I make $1000000+ a year. Make myself feel important, and better. I guess?

[Bizdis]

60% of the people who actually took part in the poll ? Doesn't strike me as that off.

Because there are hardly any other titles where time commitment is such a huge factor.

I will correct you there. How much time somebody has spent on WoW since the patch is a huge factor, time before that doesn't matter, as long as the character is skilled and max level.