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From: Scott Stafford

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Subject: Quake psychological survey & a Quake site w/ psychological info!

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Date: 17 Dec 1996 18:28:57 -0000

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If you could please take the time to fill out this survey for a project

we are doing, we would really appreciate it. Either email the response

directly to me as the directions indicate, or use the online web version

(which will take less time and is easier!!) at

http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~bsj5z/quake/survcut.htm

Thanks a lot!

Scott Stafford

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Quake Psychological Survey

Please submit your responses, one per line, in e-mail,

like this:

M

3

D

2

3

4

...

where 5 is the answer to the first question, C is the

answer to the second question, 2 is the answer to the

third question, etc..

Make the subject line look like this: Subject: Survey

1. (M/F) Are you (m)ale or (f)emale?

2. (1-5) 1 is passive, 5 aggressive: what would you consider your

personality

type to be?

3. (C/D) Do you prefer to play (c)ooperative or (d)eathmatch?

The rest of the questions in this survey pertain to Multiplayer Quake

Matches:

On a scale from 1 to 5, 1 being Less and 5 being more,

after playing a game, do you feel more or less...

4. ...tense?

5. ...aggressive?

6. ...tired?

7. ...angry?

8. ...bored?

9. ...irritated?

10. ...frustrated?

11. ...calm?

12. ...happy?

13. ...dizzy?

14. (Y/N) Do you feel anger toward the winner of the game?

15. (R/B) Would you say the game (R)eleases anger or (B)uilds it up?

16. (S/F) Do you most enjoy the (S)trategy or the (F)ast Paced Action

involved

in the game?

17. (1..6) On a scale from 1-6, rate your skill level at deathmatch,

with 1 being

a novice and 6 being a Quake master.

18. Explain your answer to number 15.

19. You can type any comments at the end of the submission which you

feel would help relate your emotional responses to Quake

deathmatches.

email to ses4j@virginia.edu

Thank you very much!

There is a website with info on Quake and violence that we are putting

up at

http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~bsj5z/quake/quake.htm,

and a web version of the survey is at

http://watt.seas.virginia.edu/~bsj5z/quake/survcut.htm.

You can check there for the analysis of results.

Scott Stafford & Brian Jones

University of Virginia