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The study is now complete, thanks to all that participated

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I am conducting some research into social engagement in various online team-based games and I am looking for volunteers to participate in a user experience study. No its not deja vu. Some of you may remember I conducted a similar study in 2013, and I want to thank all who participated, the data and feedback was really helpful. This study is a more indepth version, focusing more on the context of play, and more importantly this time I have a prize draw!



If you would like to participate in some games research and maybe win a prize please keep reading (more on the prize below).



The study just involves playing NS2 for a normal gaming session and then following the link below and filling out the online questionnaire.



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The questionnaire is now closed

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The prize draw is optional for participants. Data is very valuable to me so I am using some research funds to buy Steam games to give away. I was thinking of DayZ or Rust as they are fairly popular, but if the winner doesn't want one of those I will get something of equivalent value (maybe you are more interested in Windborne or whathaveyou). If you want to be entered into the prize draw just include your email in the questionnaire so I can contact you should you win. All email addresses will be deleted once the draws are complete. While there will be various game communities participating in this research, each game community will have its own prize draw, so someone from the NS2 community will win. I will also be conducting project wide prize draws once I have all the data.



I got permission from the admin ‘Insane’ before I posted this so you know its not random spam.



About me: I am currently working as an EngD research student at the University of York in the UK, I am now in my final year, and my research is focused on immersion and presence in online team-based computer games and other multi-user virtual environments.



Please answer honestly.



All data collected will be anonymised.



The questionnaire will be open for a week or so, and I will post a summary of the results once the data is in and analysed .



Thanks in advance for anyone who would like to participate.

Post edited by pragmatic on February 2014