Gloves | 12,277 Administrator · Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Ok maybe not quite, but it's getting close! In October of 2019 VGS came into being, and it's still going somehow. I remember sad discussions among staff and users alike of a certain other forum site about how the place was dying a slow death. User engagement was dwindling, not much was happening. Basically a ghost town. Is that happening here yet? I dunno for sure cuz I turned off analytics cuz I respect peoples' privacy, but I'll at least say that it feels like we have a pretty solid userbase of chums all hanging out here every day and that's really all it ever needed to be. Do we wanna grow? Sure. Do we wanna change? Maybe. Do I have all the answers? No. And that's why I come to you today, with a survey. I'd like to get as much real feedback as I can so I've put this off-site to keep things entirely anonymous. It's a Google Form survey and I'm collecting responses, but no user data, so while I appreciate your real feedback, please be at least a smidge respectful with the feedback. But do be real - if you have something negative to say, try to be constructive at least. The form SHOULD show up at the bottom of this post. If not, you can go fill it out here: https://forms.gle/DkMbkKJDrXUmidiA9 BONUS: Charity! As a way of saying thank you to those of you who fill out the survey, I'd like to make a donation to a charity of someone's choice. The last question of the survey is an open field to propose a charity for us to donate to. This can be any charity you like, but note that anything deemed (at my personal discretion) to be inappropriate will be disqualified (I can't think of anything that would actually be inappropriate, but I've been surprised before, so this is more of a catch-all disclaimer). The charities proposed will be put into an online randomizer and the winner will get a lump sum donation from VGS. For every reaction (of any sort) that this post gets, that'll be $10 to the charity that gets picked! Here's the survey: Loading… 26 4 3 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,277 Administrator · Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 That's $200 so far going to charity. Thanks for all the responses so far everyone! 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,230 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 Thanks for the repost as I missed this... also for, uh... those of you like me that might see a 1-5 scale and just assume 5 is the best.. read the headings. 1 is "Excellent". I got to the second rated question on the third page and realized I was doing the inverse of what I meant... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacepup | 2,488 Administrator · Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 It's not really a survey, it's actually a reading comprehension test in disguise hehe j/k, thanks everyone for the responses and providing feedback! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrmrbcax | 76 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 34 minutes ago, RH said: Thanks for the repost as I missed this... also for, uh... those of you like me that might see a 1-5 scale and just assume 5 is the best.. read the headings. 1 is "Excellent". I got to the second rated question on the third page and realized I was doing the inverse of what I meant... Yes that caught me off guard lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,277 Administrator · Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 Hmm maybe that's why 2 people think the site really sucks. Sorry if that's confusing, I always saw it as "#1 is the best!", and I didn't realize that Google would present it horizontally. I was envisioning them stacked like the polls on here where I'd have the "best" option at the top like... Excellent Good Neutral Bad Terrible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,230 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 19 minutes ago, Gloves said: Hmm maybe that's why 2 people think the site really sucks. Sorry if that's confusing, I always saw it as "#1 is the best!", and I didn't realize that Google would present it horizontally. I was envisioning them stacked like the polls on here where I'd have the "best" option at the top like... Excellent Good Neutral Bad Terrible Well, I know you don't know who's who, but maybe they can DM you and ask you to invert the results or, may be, you can compare it to their comments and if they are saying "This site is the beeeeest!!!1!", you can "fix" the data. I wonder how real survey houses fix this. Usually the scale gets better from left-to-right, but I have seen similarly formatted polls like this and got half-way in before I realized I was doing the opposite of what was intended. So, yeah, this isn't an uncommon problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,276 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 I too almost said the site sucks, until I read it slower. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,277 Administrator · Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 Canned response: I will take your feedback into consideration when next we run a survey such as this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,230 Posted August 21 Share Posted August 21 1 minute ago, Gloves said: Canned response: I will take your feedback into consideration when next we run a survey such as this. Lol, my only feedback for improvement is "Gloves should learn how to properly write surveys!" 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,277 Administrator · Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 3 minutes ago, RH said: Lol, my only feedback for improvement is "Gloves should learn how to properly write surveys!" I'm doing a course right now on data filtering & analytics to brush up those skills, but I may have put the cart before the horse on this one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhleo | 2,276 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 (edited) 12 hours ago, Gloves said: I'm doing a course right now on data filtering & analytics to brush up those skills, but I may have put the cart before the horse on this one! No, you put the 5 before the 1 :V Edited August 22 by ThePhleo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopa64 | 62 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 I feel like the vibe of VGS isn't quite the same as the old NA... but, I dunno, maybe that's just the peak of NES popularity and hype misleading me. I feel like NES stuff isn't quite as popular now as it once was, including here. in my opinion, the most hype thing I ever saw at NA was Bronty's sealed Stadium Events that he paid $13,000 for. stuff of legends right there. i feel sad knowing that we are probably on the downward slope for NES now. I hope it all doesn't get as bad as the 2600's situation! that old girl inches closer to elvis/beatles/model train set, old timer crowds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 5,017 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 7 hours ago, Koopa64 said: i feel sad knowing that we are probably on the downward slope for NES now. I don't think we are, you should look into the indie / homebrew stuff. There, it is more popular than ever, though I agree that here other machines like Switch seem to be much more popular. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT | 175 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 On 8/21/2024 at 7:13 AM, Gloves said: Hmm maybe that's why 2 people think the site really sucks. Excellent Good Neutral Bad Terrible Sorry that might have been me giving a bunch of 5's. Overall I think the site is great! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT | 175 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 10 hours ago, Koopa64 said: I feel like NES stuff isn't quite as popular now as it once was, including here. I feel like NES is more popular than ever. But I do see a leveling off of prices/demand for some titles. With a recent survey, NES was the most popular system to collect for here on VGS, but it was great to see many other systems represented. There's only so many people that grew up playing NES. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,727 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 The man coming for my data as usual. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 5,230 Posted August 22 Share Posted August 22 9 minutes ago, DefaultGen said: The man coming for my data as usual. Nah, don't worry about. Your data is probably, often in that "outlier" column, which is always tossed anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,277 Administrator · Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 Up to $320 going to charity now. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 6,034 Events Team · Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 On 8/22/2024 at 3:06 PM, DefaultGen said: The man coming for my data as usual. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 12,277 Administrator · Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 50+ responses now so I feel comfortable sharing a fact about the community: Y'all old. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Pac | 8,021 Graphics Team · Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Hap burday. [T-Pac] 5 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 6,034 Events Team · Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 3 hours ago, Gloves said: Y'all old. I started the survey on day one, but by the time I submitted, I had moved into the next age group. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KokiriChild | 1,673 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Happy 5 Years VGS! Crazy how fast time flies! Thanks for making and maintaining this place @Gloves always appreciated! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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