Great Wargaming Survey

[John Cook]

To be fair they do do some interesting analysis:

That's what I would call processing; assembling the information into some kind of order so that it can be analysed.  More importantly though, who asked for the survey to be done in the first place, and for what purpose?  How were the questions arrived at?  If it was the wargames 'industry' with, presumably, the intention of informing it in the context of business development, it doesn't answer the simple question 'so what?'.  I don't see much analysis to be honest. 

[FierceKitty]

Phase one: collect underpants
Phase two:
Phase three: profit!

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Done

[T13A]

Done and I'm with Leman on this one.

Cheers Paul

[Ace of Spades]

Questioning the 'Do you think of yourself as...' question in the survey on a Facebook wargaming group yesterday got me into enough trouble for now. I think I'll let this year's survey pass...

Cheers,
Rob

[Ben Waterhouse]

Questioning the 'Do you think of yourself as...' question in the survey on a Facebook wargaming group yesterday got me into enough trouble for now. I think I'll let this year's survey pass...

Cheers,
Rob

Ditto...

[Orcs]

I did the survey, but agree the questions were poorly thought out.

While I would not lump all fantasy in with Warhammer 40k/Age of Sigmar  I do feel these two are the same.

Also what is the relevance of "How many Painted miniatures do you have". Initially I thought it might be to tie up with spending patterns, but we have an occasional visitor to the Tring Wargames club who when he was collecting Mechwarrior spent  very large amounts of money, and must have hundreds if not thousands of miniatures - He only ever painted a few dozen of them. So that does not work.

Perhaps i will look at the analasys at some point

[Raider4]

Also what is the relevance of "How many Painted miniatures do you have".

Two. No, wait, five.

What do I win?

[fsn]

"How many Painted miniatures do you have".

15,566. Lead mountain currently 5,556. Current Lead Mountain movement -138 (i.e. I paint 138 figures more than I buy every month.)

Estimated completion of lead mountain 30th June 2024. 

[d_Guy]

15,566. Lead mountain currently 5,556. Current Lead Mountain movement -138 (i.e. I paint 138 figures more than I buy every month.)

Estimated completion of lead mountain 30th June 2024. 

I think mid-November 2024 (based on data provided), although my math skills have been slipping of late.

[fsn]

 

I wondered if anyone would check.

The Lead Mountain (i.e. those I want to paint) is actually 4840. 

5556 includes those bought but not intending to use. Spares if you will. 

[Orcs]

I think mid-November 2024 (based on data provided), although my math skills have been slipping of late.

In my case its probably around 2087, by which time :-

I will be 123 years old
You will buy your miniature's 3d printed in the correctly coloured uniform.
American spell checkers will have learnt how to spell Colour and Armour
Techno will be entering his sixth Millenia
Leon will be a great Grandfather
The Netherlands and Disneyland will be underwater (but if you sail across the place Disneyland used to be, you will still here " Its a Small World" 24 hours a day.
The EU will have ceased to exist.
Germany will be planning a 6 lane autobahn through Belgium to make invading France easier next time.
The worlds population will be under control due to population reduction caused by Flooding, Covid 26,35, and 50.
The middle east problem will have been solved  - they will have annihilated each other.
The electric car will never have taken off and will have ben replaced by the Hydrogen combustion engine
King George Vll will be on the throne provided we have not be come a republic or the 53rd American state.( Not sure which of these is worse)



IF any of this fails to come true you can write to me via snail mail  with a handwritten note of complaint. 

[d_Guy]

I wondered if anyone would check.

Until I saw your projection, I was preoccupied with trying to calculate the muzzle velocity of a .22 caliber long rifle with a 40 grain load fired through a 15 foot barrel. Yours was more interesting! 

Spares are good. I have many but not with the original intent of them being spares. I commend your industry. 

[d_Guy]

In my case its probably around 2087, by which time :-

I will be 123 years old
You will buy your miniature's 3d printed in the correctly coloured uniform.
American spell checkers will have learnt how to spell Colour and Armour
Techno will be entering his sixth Millenia
Leon will be a great Grandfather
The Netherlands and Disneyland will be underwater (but if you sail across the place Disneyland used to be, you will still here " Its a Small World" 24 hours a day.
The EU will have ceased to exist.
Germany will be planning a 6 lane autobahn through Belgium to make invading France easier next time.
The worlds population will be under control due to population reduction caused by Flooding, Covid 26,35, and 50.
The middle east problem will have been solved  - they will have annihilated each other.
The electric car will never have taken off and will have ben replaced by the Hydrogen combustion engine
King George Vll will be on the throne provided we have not be come a republic or the 53rd American state.( Not sure which of these is worse)



IF any of this fails to come true you can write to me via snail mail  with a handwritten note of complaint. 

This all seems most prescient to me. Should you hold a holo-seance in 2087 to celebrate your correctness I shall endeavor to put in an appearance. Failing to make a full manifestation I will at least hum “The Star Spangled Banner” so you’ll know it’s me.

[FierceKitty]

You forgot to add:
*  there will have been a devastating holy war between supporters of 10 mm and supporters of 9.5 mm scales. Both sides will have claimed victory.
*  China will be attempting to coordinate resistance to the Australian Imperial Army occupying the Asia Pacific from Cairo to Kobe; they will also be claiming to have invented democracy.
*  the USA will almost have a woman president, but will have chosen a failed used-car salesman and TV sitcom support actor when she was discredited for having kissed a boy at summer camp.
*  Her Holiness the Pope will have expressed regret about overpopulation (not apologised or accepted responsibility, naturally).
*  Oxford will have heard of the Enlightenment.
*  Scotland will have won the World Cup - ok, let's not strain credulity too far.

[d_Guy]

More serious seerness. 

But I take my hat off to this one:

*  there will have been a devastating holy war between supporters of 10 mm and supporters of 9.5 mm scales. Both sides will have claimed victory.

[DecemDave]

bought but not intending to use

The road to lead mountain is paved with "intentions" to use.  Your approach dooms us further.     

[Raider4]

King George Vll will be on the throne provided we have not be come a republic or the 53rd American state.( Not sure which of these is worse)

The current PoW apparently wants to be George VII, not Charles III, so his grandson will end up being George VIII.

[Leman]

Judging by the bizarreness of that family he probably is a prisoner of war, and certainly a prisoner of pompous, irrelevant traditions. I love it when our king trolls around without a tie looking completely at ease. Personally I don't think even England will exist in 2087, having split up into the Peoples Republic of Northumbria, The Mercian and West Confederation, and the other bit with that city in it. I see you still can't leave the World Wars alone. Jeez, feckin sad. Get over it and come and join the rest of us.

[Orcs]

The current PoW apparently wants to be George VII, not Charles III, so his grandson will end up being George VIII.

Not being a fan of royalty I rarely read anything about them , so missed this one.

I would rather we called him Charles lll and sent him the same way as Charles 1.

I know all the arguments  Royalty v President, but if you get a President who is an idiot you can vote him out in 4 years. If you get Royalty that are idiots you are stuck with them for life now days.