A third and probably final idea or suggestion aimed at trying to improve the game and appeal to greater masses.
I think it was Dax who mentioned his casual research to offer some ideas and suggestions for improvement of Bush. I agree with another post that it is of a such a small cross section that accuracy is questionable, however completely disagree that it is so small that it is totally irrelevant and of no consequence to forming ideas that would increase the player base.
Most of the opinions I have read here on the forums come from the personal experience/feelings of a very small group of shall we say highly experienced bush players and avid gamers. The fact that they come from extremely experienced Bush players makes their opinions extremely valuable and should be considered a
control group. However, they too are an extremely small cross section of the current player base and the accuracy of those opinions may not be extremely accurate. (damn I seem to extremely like that word extremely
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Any new start up business that's wants a fair chance at being successful really needs a large market analysis for their product or service. And while this is not a new start up we are trying to revamp it some making it "new and improved". Also it IS new to Magpie.
While any opinion or market research can generate statistics which could be twisted or arranged to validate a myriad of opposing viewpoints, I do feel it is something that is absolutely needed to further the discussion of the already proposed fixes/changes to bush and absolutely should be done prior to actually putting those ideas into action. (love that word absolutely
and being absolutely redundant ... maybe I should head up a new branch in my business - The Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
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My idea is to put in place some kind of
in-game survey and vote procedure. I say in-game because obviously this forum is not going to generate any where near a complete cross section (please refer to Calm down thread for reasons Good, Bad and Ugly for this to be true).
Let's hear from those folks thus far not vocal at all in; why do you play Bush, what don't you don't like about Bush, what will keep you playing Bush, how many hours a day do you spend playing Bush, Toby has this idea ..... how would you rate it to improve your satisfaction with bush etc.
We need, Magpie needs the statistical opinions/values/ideas from a far greater section of people than what we currently have. Right now we are only thinking out ideas based upon guesses of what other people enjoy. Although that guess work may be highly, extremely, absolutely, and redundantly accurate it is still merely opinionated guess work.
There damn it, I removed my rose tinted glasses and posted my ideas without a bit of fear, care or hesitation that I may be flamed, ridiculed, called names, insulted, or silly gif'd to oblivion... give it your best shot Mofos