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[Darth_Acheron47]

Thanks for putting this together - this is really awesome. It's great to see the polls floating around on the Internet, but people usually just throw them out there and go "oh, that's interesting" and leave it at that. Seeing someone take the time to actually look at the data and analyze it and draw conclusions is wonderful.

Even if it doesn't change anything with the EC, I still hope someone at BioWare/EA takes a look. They could learn a lot from things like this.

Awesome job! Thanks again!

[Mann42]

Wow. 

I wish the fanbases for games I made did this kind of stuff, but that would mean I launched a game with a bad ending.



Seriously though, this is pretty damned amazing. Good work. 

[MakeMineMako]

MikeC99 wrote...

Hi all,

Took a bit longer to wrap it all up, but it's done. The Final Report for the ME3 Ending Consensus surveys is out. You can get pdf or png (image) copies as per below:

Final Report pdf:  http://www.mediafire...jc5h24r2xm37rot  (Please note new link - revised version; also revised via link in signature below. Nothing major.)

Final Report png files: http://imgur.com/a/Z8Lxb  (The unrevised version - will update shortly)

Electronic copy is with Chris Priestley now and he's undertaken to read it and hand it on to the team.

Ofish and I have been stressed at times over this, but in the end we're both happy with the end product. Thanks to everyone who participated. We're more than happy to take any feedback - but as for lessons for the 'next' survey ... no, I think not. We're also happy to provide the actual results as a csv file - if anyone's crazy enough to want us to!

OK - there is a tall glass of Guinness awaiting me!  Now there's an ending I can take!   

cheers
MikeC - on behalf of meself and Ofish

Thanks for the hard work guys. Good job.

[magnutz06]

Great work!! Thanks a ton, I hope Bioware takes it into account.

[calis_riakel]

Excellent read. Thanks for collecting and collating all that info for us and Bioware.

[Ender99]

Wow. Just. Wow.

You obviously put a lot of work into this, and it shows. Great job!


I hope Bioware listens.

Modifié par Ender99, 18 mai 2012 - 03:40 .

[Mycrus Ironfist]

amazing, free ups!

[cyrslash1974]

Great ! Thank for your job !

[delphonic]

Really appreciate the time and effort put into this.

[Artemillion]

You did good, guys. You did good...
Thank you for your hard work

"At some point this watershed will be crossed, video games will be talked about in the same
breath as great books, great movies. Make no mistake, It will happen and looking back, Bioware
may regret letting the opportunity to lead slip away." - YES! We not only care about the series, we DO care about future of BIOWARE. No one is invincible, and a lot of mistakes in such HUGE project could really bury a good company. And we DON'T WANT THAT!
P.s. I may be mistaken, but I still think Bioware should part ways with EA. They will squeeze all money they can from Bioware and then throw 'em away, when they'll find new young intersting project.

[Orkfaeller]

very impressive, gj

[Randomjack]

Well done. A very interesting and statistically in-depth look at the entirety of the situation. If Biowere were wise, they would bookmark that page while making any changes.

[II JazB x]

Very nice! Hopefully Chris reads this thoroughly and takes a LOT of pointers

[Goaliebot]

Guys, pay no attention to the couple twits saying "get A j0b LolZ" or "geT a L1fE lULz". They can't argue the facts and data so they make petty personal attacks.

You did amazing work here!

[ioannisdenton]

bump for people to see the results

[Talhydras]

Thanks so much for doing this. What an amazing, professional job!

[MikeC99]

Thanks all - much appreciated!

Artemillion wrote...

You did good, guys. You did good...
Thank you for your hard work

"At some point this watershed will be crossed, video games will be talked about in the same
breath as great books, great movies. Make no mistake, It will happen and looking back, Bioware
may regret letting the opportunity to lead slip away." - YES! We not only care about the series, we DO care about future of BIOWARE. No one is invincible, and a lot of mistakes in such HUGE project could really bury a good company. And we DON'T WANT THAT!
P.s. I may be mistaken, but I still think Bioware should part ways with EA. They will squeeze all money they can from Bioware and then throw 'em away, when they'll find new young intersting project.

Many thanks - and yes, there are bigger pictures and things at stake here. Also special thanks for the quote from the report. That's an 'Ofish special'! I had about a gazillion words and he red lined it and turned it into those two lines. Legend!

cheers

Modifié par MikeC99, 18 mai 2012 - 09:43 .

[spiriticon]

A 56-page dossier about the thoughts on the ending. OMFG. BioWare should really see this.

[MikeC99]

spiriticon wrote...

A 56-page dossier about the thoughts on the ending. OMFG. BioWare should really see this.

Many thanks. As said earlier - we know Chris has a copy - he was kind enough to acknowledge receipt and to undertake to hand it on to the dev team - so beyond that ... we'll just have to see.

cheers

[ofish]

MikeC99 wrote...

devSin wrote...

Unless I'm reading it wrong, Table 2 (p.20) is all messed up. The columns don't make any sense after the first two (according to the chart, none of those percentages look right)?

Also, on p.19, the percentage for 'Victory Fleet Stranded' is said to be 6. I assume it's really 60-something, looking at the chart.

Good pick up! My fault entirely - have updated the table and the typo - yes, 60%.  Updated link to new pdf. Will take a while to do the image files versons. Many thanks!!
cheers

Corrected version of Page 20 is now on photobucket and imgur.  Many thanks for the heads up!

[KiroKatashi]

It would be a real shame if Bioware was already too far into the EC to use this information, but I doubt that will be a problem.

[MikeC99]

KiroKatashi wrote...

It would be a real shame if Bioware was already too far into the EC to use this information, but I doubt that will be a problem.

Having had some experience with development (although not for games) it's always a rush with lots of tweaks etc right up until the end. So less time = less things that can be done. But even quite late some adjustments can still be made. So, honestly, we don't expect everything to be different - Bioware have said basically that they're not changing the ending. But 'no change' isn't necessarily exclusive of modify, enhance, finesse etc etc. So, we'll see.

cheers

[tekkaman fear]

KiroKatashi wrote...

It would be a real shame if Bioware was already too far into the EC to use this information, but I doubt that will be a problem.

I agree, it would be a shame if they couldn't incorporate this report.

[DJBare]

Kudos for your efforts MikeC99, but I've a sneaking suspicion it will be preaching to the choir.

[MikeC99]

DJBare wrote...

Kudos for your efforts MikeC99, but I've a sneaking suspicion it will be preaching to the choir.

Many thanks. Not sure you've quite got the right metaphor ; )  but I get your meaning. May be so - but even an odd tweak here or there would be something.
cheers

MikeC