By Jim Rossignol on January 13th, 2012 at 1:57 pm.
UPDATE: That’s enough responses, thanks! Survey finished.
Hello there. Once a year (although not last year, for some reason) we must ask you to help us with knowing stuff about who reads RPS. Hence, the quite important survey. This vital data is fed into the vast computer which controls the internet and the monster is thus soothed, stopping it from rising up in a frenzy of electronic tentacles and destroying the Earth for another year. Also, it helps with our hard-working gentleman being able to secure advertising and therefore keep operating the site! For both these incredible reasons it is quite important that you fill out the survey here, please. It’s so important that I am asking you do it immediately, no matter how important whatever else you might be doing on the internet actually is. Doing so will also secure our love. And that’s what’s really important about PC gaming, isn’t it?
I thought so.
13/01/2012 at 14:00 Lukasz says:
COMPLETED! I don’t know any puns tough.
13/01/2012 at 14:05 Meat Circus says:
That’s punacceptable, quite frankly.
13/01/2012 at 14:08 thegammaray says:
You’re no pun.
13/01/2012 at 14:10 tikey says:
I don’t think that’s quite inpuntant.
(now I should have to change my survey)
13/01/2012 at 14:11 Abundant_Suede says:
I suppose this was to be expected on Rock Paper Shotpun.
13/01/2012 at 14:15 Kaira- says:
Shame apun you all.
13/01/2012 at 14:19 President Weasel says:
I can’t believe you don;t know any puns, they’re apundant.
13/01/2012 at 14:24 Simon Hawthorne says:
What an odd group of Pun-ters RPS has.
13/01/2012 at 14:30 Man Raised by Puffins says:
Ugh, who left these stale puns lying around; it’s become terribly pungent in here. I’ve a good mind to punish those responsible and give them a damn good thrashing.
13/01/2012 at 14:32 Stellar Duck says:
Really, it’s apundantly clear that you lot are just in it for the laughs.
13/01/2012 at 14:32 bsplines says:
They ‘re just pundering to the audience.
(Great, now I need to change my survey too)
13/01/2012 at 14:33 SiHy_ says:
@Man Raised by Puffins NO, don’t punch me. You’ll make me punhappy!
13/01/2012 at 14:35 sonofsanta says:
Can’t think of any? What a pun-y imagination you have. Oh well, be it upun your own head. Don’t expect sympathy when the hivemind pun-ishes you though; none of us will care one wit.
13/01/2012 at 14:35 thegammaray says:
@Man Raised by Puffins
I admit that until this morning I thought that “puffin” was a category of penguin.
Learn somepun new every day…..
13/01/2012 at 14:36 Bluerps says:
So, in a way, you brought a knife to a punfight?
(I cannot think of a pun for ‘knife’… this makes me very punhappy)
EDIT: An now I even copied a pun, punintentionally. I am so punlucky…
13/01/2012 at 14:36 Blackcompany says:
Ah! Bad jokes with imPUNity. That’s really punthing.
13/01/2012 at 14:40 daktaklakpak says:
Right off the first comment. At least you are all being punctual today.
13/01/2012 at 14:43 The Colonel says:
Try some of this pun-galactic gargleblaster. It’s like having your brain smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold quip.
13/01/2012 at 14:44 The Colonel says:
“It really pisses me off that on nearly every comments thread the first page is taken up by infantile puns, people thinking their funny etc etc.” Go away.
13/01/2012 at 14:47 Milky1985 says:
I said yes in the survery but its been a while since i joined in with a pun thread, forgot how punny they could be.
13/01/2012 at 14:47 Lambchops says:
You guys really are gluttons for punishment.
Apologies for trotting out such a weary old pun. Clearly my glory days are behind me. I’ll get my coat.
13/01/2012 at 14:49 db1331 says:
Most of my puns are completely punintentional.
13/01/2012 at 14:50 TheWhippetLord says:
You should start with the pundamentals to be honest.
13/01/2012 at 14:51 bear912 says:
I don’t know. Despite what the more poe-faced of the community might believe, I’m quite a pundit for these threads. Those punks should lighten up.
13/01/2012 at 14:52 Tams80 says:
None of those were very punny.
13/01/2012 at 14:54 lasikbear says:
Some people just don’t punderstand…
13/01/2012 at 14:56 Reynoldio says:
I’m largely punimpressed with the above attempts.
(and myself)
13/01/2012 at 15:02 Lambchops says:
I’m feeling a strage compunction to reply.
13/01/2012 at 15:04 Sami H says:
I’ve pundered long and hard as to what I could reply with, but alas can think of nothing.
13/01/2012 at 15:04 Avish says:
No pun intended…
13/01/2012 at 15:07 ZamFear says:
One pun and all hell breaks loose. Utter pundemonium.
13/01/2012 at 15:18 LowKey says:
You disapoint me my puns
13/01/2012 at 15:19 Cooper says:
I know I’m a bit late to be trying to add to this, but I still couldn’t resist having a punt.
13/01/2012 at 15:25 LuNatic says:
If you wish apun a star, you will find that these comments happun as a matter of course.
13/01/2012 at 15:36 westyfield says:
I, on the other hand, know many puns, for I am THE PUNGEON MASTER!
13/01/2012 at 15:48 McDan says:
Some may call me harsh, buy you’ve taken it too far now you bunch of punts.
If that is too distasteful for some I have a second pun-in-waiting that you may have.
I have a feeling that this pun that has only just bepun…
13/01/2012 at 15:57 nimzy says:
Since I’m a linguist I’m required to appreciate any and all puns.
13/01/2012 at 16:10 jezcentral says:
A plague upun all your houses!
13/01/2012 at 16:12 InternetBatman says:
I knew a bunch of neckbeards and pungeonmasters would respond to that.
13/01/2012 at 16:32 Surgeon says:
RPS punters really are a punruly lot.
This poor guy says he doesn’t know any puns and you jump on him like a pack of puncivilized savages.
What’s wrong with you lot, you’ve surely left him punch drunk and punfused with your barrage of punnery.
You can’t just pun him to death with impunity.
You all need to puntificate on what you’ve pun.
13/01/2012 at 16:32 Ringwraith says:
It’s not very punctual, and now this is being punitive despite the fact I’ve made my survey outdated.
13/01/2012 at 16:46 Skabooga says:
These jokes keep flying back and forth like some kind of pundulum.
13/01/2012 at 16:48 Suits says:
Were you looking for anything punticular?
13/01/2012 at 17:05 jrodman says:
Penguins go like this: o< o< o o> o>
They may seem punsettling similar, but upun consideration, it’s the other way around.
13/01/2012 at 17:08 Coccyx says:
Not to be punkind, but the OP must have known this was coming. Also, a pun thread about puns? Meta.
13/01/2012 at 17:17 Lamb Chop says:
I took a random sampling of the puns in this thread to see how many would make me laugh. No pun in ten did.
13/01/2012 at 17:50 T. J. McCormak - Parent says:
I don’t understand these pun threads they are just boring. Clearly they are just a liberal conspiracy to wipe out good old fashioned crudity and hilarious demeaning insults. Next you’ll be making some rubbish joke about polar bears dissolving, which is ridculous when you seem so desperate to save them the rest of the time. What if little Timmy read one of these puns, it might turn him against the tremendous work of Jim Davidson, one of the UK’s finest comedy exports. Stop this disastorous trend now before it does some serious damage.
T.J. McCormack (parent)
13/01/2012 at 18:29 TheDreamlord says:
Pun off….. all of ye!
13/01/2012 at 18:33 Highstorm says:
Ahh the joys of an opun forum.
13/01/2012 at 18:42 Nihilexistentialist says:
Punbelievable.
13/01/2012 at 18:56 beekay says:
Ugh, the wordplay here is so strained. It’s positively punful.
13/01/2012 at 19:02 gekitsu says:
this thread is a punoramic view of everything that is right with rock paper shotpun.
13/01/2012 at 19:20 The Tupper says:
It’s punlikely this’ll be the last thread of 2012 to be pundered by this sort of malarkey.
13/01/2012 at 19:32 Jubaal says:
Come on, it’s only a bit of pun!
13/01/2012 at 19:32 GameOverMan says:
You’ve been punwned.
13/01/2012 at 20:34 Hall says:
I don’t know why I keep reading these threads. Maybe I’m just a glutton for punishment.
Damnit, now my survey was a lie.
13/01/2012 at 20:54 VelvetFistIronGlove says:
Ah‘ve got nowt good jokes, but ah know many bad puns.
13/01/2012 at 21:10 Lacero says:
I see the haters trying to start another punic war.
13/01/2012 at 22:44 AlwaysRight says:
PPPPPUUUUUUNNNNNNNN!
14/01/2012 at 00:38 westyfield says:
Excellent, this thread has expunged all other comments from the first page with impunity.
14/01/2012 at 04:45 DHP says:
RPS: Opening Pundoras box since 1873.
13/01/2012 at 14:01 Meat Circus says:
I give RPS the worst score imaginable: an A-minus-minus!
13/01/2012 at 16:36 Aspongeinmauve says:
Wernstrom!
http://i.imgur.com/GkBGb.gif
13/01/2012 at 14:02 TrouserDemon says:
How many hours do I spend gaming? Per what? Day?
13/01/2012 at 14:03 Jim Rossignol says:
Weekly, I have edited it.
13/01/2012 at 14:04 Headache says:
“6. How many hours do you spend gaming?”
All the hours!
13/01/2012 at 14:07 Abundant_Suede says:
I thought it was daily. This ranges listed were insufficient to account for one of my …episodes…on a weekly scale.
13/01/2012 at 14:08 Meat Circus says:
“How many hours of your life do you waste not playing games?”
13/01/2012 at 14:37 Zeewolf says:
Damn, I assumed it was daily and answered 16+ hours. :(((
13/01/2012 at 14:37 Blackcompany says:
Most of the hours I should spend studying. And many of the ones I should spend sleeping, also.
13/01/2012 at 16:10 roryok says:
Had to be honest and say 0-5 hours playing. Hurts deep.
13/01/2012 at 14:02 coddan says:
“6. How many hours do you spend gaming?” Per day, week, month?
13/01/2012 at 14:04 Teddy Leach says:
Decade.
13/01/2012 at 14:05 GraveyardJimmy says:
Its actually how many hours per hour.
13/01/2012 at 14:23 Gnoupi says:
It’s limited to 16, so I assume it’s per day?
13/01/2012 at 14:02 McDan says:
Always a pleasure to help in any way, and I’m proud to say I contribute to pun threads. Go RPS!
13/01/2012 at 14:02 CMaster says:
“How many hours do you spend gaming?”
Well, I had to answer the maximum of 16+ seeing as I assumed this meant “per lifetime” effectively.
13/01/2012 at 14:03 Skeletor68 says:
Was about to ask the same question about amount of time gaming. Will hold off until later to provide a factual response.
13/01/2012 at 14:04 Alistair says:
‘Do you recommend games to friends’ should probably specify real-life or internet ‘friends’.
And the purchase time question (pre-order/on-sale etc) could perhaps allow multiple selections?
13/01/2012 at 14:04 sinister agent says:
Fill out? Fill out?
FIE YOU DAMNABLE RPS.
13/01/2012 at 14:07 Meat Circus says:
One fills in the blanks, when filling out forms.
If one doesn’t do this, one is a filthy swine.
13/01/2012 at 14:08 TheApologist says:
Didn’t you hear? It’s now Wot I Thunk
13/01/2012 at 14:38 Blackcompany says:
Thunk? That’s not a word, that’s a sound effect from a comic book. (I know there’s a word for this. +1 internets to you if you can spell it, or be arsed to look it up.)
.
I thought it was “Wot I thinked.”
13/01/2012 at 15:33 Jim Dandy says:
@blackcompany – That’d be onomatopoeia. *smugface*
13/01/2012 at 14:05 Dumdeedum says:
[snipped due to redundancy]
13/01/2012 at 14:50 Chris D says:
I know unemployment is tough and kids are expensive but this still seems like a drastic course of action.
13/01/2012 at 14:53 Meat Circus says:
Arf.
13/01/2012 at 14:06 ShadowBlade says:
I have obliged, Overlords.
13/01/2012 at 14:07 Skeletor68 says:
Survey complete.
13/01/2012 at 14:08 TheApologist says:
I thought we’d already secured your love. Now I feel all insecure.
13/01/2012 at 14:09 DeathHamsterDude says:
Done and done.
Now gimme a biscuit. Shortbread if you have it.
13/01/2012 at 14:10 Wichtel says:
I feel loved now
13/01/2012 at 14:14 Screwie says:
Done!
PS: “20. How much do you spend a year on upgrading your PC?” has no option for less than £100.
13/01/2012 at 14:15 SophieH says:
No option for people who don’t spend money upgrading their PC?
I thought PCs were like consoles only you could play flash games on them. I just buy a new one when the new games don’t work on it anymore. :P
seriously though, there should be a 0-100 option there, I haven’t had a desktop in a while and upgrading laptops scares me since I’m not familiar with the innards. :3
13/01/2012 at 14:21 simoroth says:
I was confused a bit by that one. Since I upgrade with a new computer every few years, don’t particularly upgrade my rigs. I just averaged it.
13/01/2012 at 14:28 iainl says:
Indeed – I spend around £400 every five years or so.
13/01/2012 at 14:50 DickSocrates says:
I spent £70 on upgrading in 2011 and nothing the year before, and nothing the year before that, and nothing the year before that. Yet I am now officially logged as having spent at least £100. :-/
Only enthusiasts spend money every year on upgrades, and by enthusiast I don’t mean people who play games on their PCs a lot, I mean the tier of scary people above that who are always in a state of having just upgraded or looking at the next upgrade. And who don’t consider water cooling silly.
13/01/2012 at 14:59 The Colonel says:
I haven’t upgraded since they stopped upgrading the Xbox 360. Except to get some fancy non-gaming related audio equipment in the PC.
13/01/2012 at 15:51 Reapy says:
Same here, I basically wait until the games I am playing all have to have the resolution and graphics turned down to start playing. THEN a big new release comes out with uber graphics, will push me to that 1500 dollar new PC.
By then everything has usually changed enough that there is no point to upgrading incrementally, about the only thing that gets saved sometimes are hard drives and dvd player.
13/01/2012 at 16:50 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Me too. Of course, I have an iMac which aren’t easily upgradeable. I am thinking of purchasing a new computer, though. A beastie with a bit more ‘oomph’. No hurry, though.
13/01/2012 at 17:28 Jad says:
Agreed. I feel like the question having a floor of £100 annually feeds into the myth that you need to be constantly upgrading your computer to stay on top of things.
Last year I believe the only “upgrade” i performed on my PC was spending $40 on an XBox 360 controller (really good purchase, frankly), the prior year I spent around $100 on a new hard drive, which was as much for non-gaming reasons as gaming, the year before that I think I bought a nice widescreen monitor to watch movies on, and then it was the year before that when I spent $500-$600 upgrading my PC with a good videocard, processor, RAM, etc. That same PC plays all modern games at 1080p at mediumish settings with a decent framerate.
I thought last year would be the year when I would feel the need to finally upgrade, but everything still looks and runs fine for me. Yearly upgrade requirements are definitely a thing of the past, if they ever were true.
13/01/2012 at 14:17 Drake Sigar says:
When it came to favourite genre, I ticked all of them, just because I could.
Also, no Turn-based strategy? Bah!
13/01/2012 at 14:23 Zoomon says:
Where was the option for Real Time Tactics versus Real Time Strategy. Or maybe even Grand Strategy so as not to be so Pedantic.
I also wasn’t aware that Indie Games were a genre.
13/01/2012 at 14:23 scoopsy says:
Yeah, no love for other forms of strategy, just RTS eh? What about an option for those of us who like strategy games without repetitive-stress injuries?
13/01/2012 at 14:29 Jorum says:
No wonder no-one thinks there’s a market for TBS if no-one ever asks.
13/01/2012 at 14:37 Smashbox says:
That thing this guy said!
13/01/2012 at 14:37 ObiDamnKenobi says:
Yes! RPS hates strategy! RTS is the only one you can be bothered to include? pah! I’d like to add that I enjoy:
Turn based strategy
Turn based tactics
Turn based squad based tactics
Grand strategy
Empire management
Turn based space strategy
Space based tactics
Tactical space based 4x squad empire management
etc..
13/01/2012 at 14:59 bglamb says:
This question was very frustrating. My favourite genre is Strategy, but I really hate RTS games.
I had to put RPG.
13/01/2012 at 15:06 diamondmx says:
Think yourselves lucky it wasn’t
* FPS (remake from RTS)
* FPS (remake from RPG)
* FPS (remake from driving)
* FPS (remake from puzzle)
* FPS (remake from adventure)
* WoW (Freemium)
* iPhone games
13/01/2012 at 15:48 RaveTurned says:
No option for thinly disguised spreadsheets either. Disappoint.
13/01/2012 at 14:18 Bluerps says:
Wouldn’t Horace defend us against the monster? I always thought he liked eating humanity…
Anyway, did the survey. Hope that helps.
13/01/2012 at 14:19 Zoomon says:
I have contributed and therefore have allowed the marketing side of RPS to better sell their ad space to potential advertisers!
13/01/2012 at 14:23 Quinnbeast says:
“It’s so important that I am asking you do it immediately, no matter how important whatever else you might be doing on the internet actually is.”
It’s a shame that – at the time – I was driving Funnel’ through a Beta island with a full load of high end Corp minerals, and went right into a bunch of NPCs. You can’t blame me for that one, Jim.
13/01/2012 at 14:47 The Colonel says:
I was writing an essay on Agamben’s critique of human rights. Unfortunately it’s supposed to be 5000 words, due in on Monday and I’ve not done half the reading yet. Distract me some more RPS!
13/01/2012 at 14:23 thegooseking says:
I have a problem with the wording of “15. When buying a game, has DRM (Digital Rights Management) ever influenced your buying decision?”
No, but it has when not buying a game.
As it is, it makes it sound like it’s prepared for the possibility that there are people out there who will only buy a game if it has DRM. Which would be weird.
13/01/2012 at 14:29 sneetch says:
I think the wording is fine, if the presence of DRM has prevented you buying a game then it has influenced your buying decision: the decision in that case being a “no”.
13/01/2012 at 14:35 thegooseking says:
But “if the presence of DRM has prevented you buying a game” then it is, by definition, not “when buying a game” as the question begins.
13/01/2012 at 14:40 Chris D says:
Wait, if we’re only including times when you actually bought the game then surely nothing can influence your buying decision because you’re always destined to buy it.
13/01/2012 at 15:52 RaveTurned says:
So to avoid pedantry it should start something like: “15. When considering buying a game…”. But you know what they mean you scallywags. :P
13/01/2012 at 14:24 Buemba says:
Why was each question repeated twice?
Why was each question repeated twice?
13/01/2012 at 14:24 The Infamous Woodchuck says:
theres no impulse anymore jim, only gamestop
13/01/2012 at 14:25 Jim Rossignol says:
Bah, stupid changes in stuff.
13/01/2012 at 14:33 The Infamous Woodchuck says:
i thoroughly agree with you on that, i mean gamestop? cmon, impulse is clearly a better name. sure GS bought it but atleast they keep the name and the logo.
13/01/2012 at 14:40 Hodge says:
Also, Desura was missing from that list.
13/01/2012 at 14:56 Ignorant Texan says:
So was Amazon.
13/01/2012 at 19:53 Skabooga says:
The game is not over yet, Scottie. All power to the thrusters!
13/01/2012 at 14:25 afflictiv says:
I answered to the best of my ability, although these strange foreign symbols next to the income/spending questions baffle me greatly.
13/01/2012 at 14:35 Screamer says:
I too where baffled, but overcame it by a mathematical equations, estimations and random clicking!
13/01/2012 at 14:27 mrwout says:
I have now procured your love, yey.
13/01/2012 at 14:27 Chibithor says:
I’ve no clue what’s my household income, might you consider adding an option for that sometime?
Also, GreenManGaming might be a good addition to the digital distribution question.
13/01/2012 at 14:48 Telzis says:
I checked “Other” on that question because a good deal of my “purchased” games this year came from the Humble Bundles, so that would have been a good option too, I think. (or bundles in general)
13/01/2012 at 14:56 bear912 says:
Yes, Green Man would be good to add. I didn’t notice that Green Man was missing from that list. Also Desura, as I mentioned further down.
13/01/2012 at 16:35 milkmansrevenge says:
Another vote for adding Green Man Gaming to the list of digital content thingies. Pretty sure I bought Magicka from there!
13/01/2012 at 14:27 TormDK says:
And thus we appease the monster!
Now, where’s that complementary gnome for punting?
13/01/2012 at 14:28 fr0y0 says:
Yea, cool, catch me right as I got laid off my job last month. Now I had to check “unemployed.” You… damned… British… people… things.
13/01/2012 at 14:29 tenseiga says:
Done! now lets see some of that loving *dims lights*
13/01/2012 at 14:30 Squire says:
“Now you can create your own surveys for FREE”
My life now has meaning.
13/01/2012 at 14:31 Freud says:
I completed the survey and I think I won something:
“Now you can create your own surveys for FREE.”
In your face, my non-survey friends.
13/01/2012 at 14:34 thegooseking says:
Reply fail.
13/01/2012 at 14:50 Lambchops says:
Given the number of daily reply fails it’s unlikely that they’ll get anything of statistical value out of this survey!
13/01/2012 at 15:09 diamondmx says:
Another question:
Should we fix our somewhat crap reply system?
Yes [ ]
Hell Yes [ ]
13/01/2012 at 15:20 thegooseking says:
I think the option to quote other posts, which automatically sticks that post in blockquote tags and sets the comment to reply to that thread would be good.
I’m sure the majority of my reply fails have been copying and pasting someone else’s post for quoting purposes, and forgetting that that’s not actually enough to make it register as a reply.
13/01/2012 at 14:35 FreezerBag says:
For the question “Which Digital Distribution services do you use to buy games?” perhaps you should have included Amazon? Just a thought for next year.
13/01/2012 at 15:19 Llewyn says:
There’s a whole world outside the US*, and Amazon don’t supply digital downloads to it.
*Well, technically only about 97% of one, but…
13/01/2012 at 14:35 Stellar Duck says:
Done and done.
I wonder, will you post some sort of summary of the results? Or perhaps some reflections on your readership?
13/01/2012 at 14:37 engion3 says:
I did it but I didn’t like it.
13/01/2012 at 14:38 Kefren says:
Q1: Gender. Gender?
Sex, dear sirs. I have sex.
http://karldrinkwater.blogspot.com/2011/08/sex-versus-gender.html
13/01/2012 at 14:49 The Colonel says:
Stop rubbing our noses in it!
13/01/2012 at 15:08 Blackcompany says:
You can do that and still have time for things like Skyrim?
.
Truly sir, you are the Man.
13/01/2012 at 15:10 diamondmx says:
@blackcompany Multitasking + mounted in-bed HDTV.
13/01/2012 at 15:15 Kefren says:
You filthy-minded cads! Far too busy with games for cracky-smacky-poom-poom.
13/01/2012 at 15:55 Blackcompany says:
Fus Ro Dah, baby. Fus Ro Dah.
13/01/2012 at 16:01 RaveTurned says:
Perhaps they’re more interested in social identity than physiology? The options would need tweaking of course, and should include the option of a text field (whatever happened to Disapora anyway?).
13/01/2012 at 16:13 Kefren says:
@RaveTurned: possibly, but as you say, the current answer options don’t support that. It would be much more complicated to measure that for RPS readers. “I’m 80% masculine and 20% feminine, except on Fridays.”
13/01/2012 at 16:27 molten_tofu says:
Haha I was totally going to post this complaint, but I think I used up my gender / sex outrage quota on the great Bioshock Infinite boob fiasco of 2011.
13/01/2012 at 17:21 Kefren says:
@molten_tofu: I am happy to pick up the stick for you, sir, most happy, until your quota is refreshed. I also think that tofu and tempeh are wonderful inventions and will have some later on this evening with my pipe.
13/01/2012 at 17:28 Lamb Chop says:
But sex is too titillating! …Am I allowed to use that word?
13/01/2012 at 18:37 Kefren says:
@Lamb Chop: We will have people standing by with smelling salts.
13/01/2012 at 14:39 aircool says:
Where the emplyment option for retired? :smugness:
13/01/2012 at 15:08 ZamFear says:
That would be “Unemployed.” ;)
13/01/2012 at 15:52 HothMonster says:
That really doesn’t cover it, he needs an option for “unemployed and old.”
/zing
13/01/2012 at 14:39 Blackcompany says:
I never did ask: Is is the Paper, or the Rock, that beats Shotgun? Just wanted to clarify.
13/01/2012 at 14:44 Chris D says:
Shotgun beats everything, surely.
13/01/2012 at 14:48 Blackcompany says:
Sort of…blows away…game balance, then, doesn’t it? Or can you only unlock Shotgun at higher levels, maybe? Hopefully its not a pay-for addon.
13/01/2012 at 14:54 sneetch says:
Rock beats Shotgun but only if you’re in Stealth and your opponent is unaware.
13/01/2012 at 15:00 engion3 says:
So it’s assumed you get ammo for the shotgun?
13/01/2012 at 15:01 Meat Circus says:
Shotgun beats everything, but has a 30-minute cooldown.
13/01/2012 at 15:02 The Colonel says:
You could potentially leave your rock in the barrel of the shotgun the night before. In any case, shotguns don’t do much damage to rocks unless they’re limestone or something.
13/01/2012 at 15:09 Blackcompany says:
So if Keiron is sneaking up on Adam and John, Keiron should pick Rock? I think I get it now.
13/01/2012 at 15:14 Milky1985 says:
Couldn’t you break the shotgun by jamming the rocks in the barrel?
13/01/2012 at 16:32 roryok says:
Paper Covers Rock, so Shotgun Must blast through paper, which only leaves Rock to dent barrel in Shotgun.
Doy.
13/01/2012 at 16:33 molten_tofu says:
You only get the shotgun if you pre-order.
13/01/2012 at 14:42 zeroskill says:
√ No Problem
13/01/2012 at 14:53 Lambchops says:
While I was filling in your oh so important survey I neglected to press the button preventing the big nuclear reactor over there for going into meltdown. I can only conclude that the RPS hivemind are Bond style villains and that somewhere Alec is stroking a Persian cat whilst laughing manically.
13/01/2012 at 15:57 Blackcompany says:
Comment of the day. Can we vote on that? Does it even exist? If so, and we can, this has my vote for that.
13/01/2012 at 14:54 bear912 says:
You might wish to add Desura to the list of digital distributors at some point. I haven’t purchased anything from them yet, but I could see it happening in the next year…
13/01/2012 at 14:56 magnus says:
All done, now where’s my RPS biro then?
13/01/2012 at 15:05 warthog2k says:
23. If you watch films at home, do you watch?
Doesn’t include a “Broadcast VOD” option (like Virgin Media’s Filmflex / Movies On Demand)
Presume “Download” technically includes Sky Push VOD / iPlayer / OTT Streaming?
13/01/2012 at 17:30 Lamb Chop says:
I counted ‘download’ for netflix, hulu, and every other streaming service that replaces a tv for those of us who only want to pay for one really big monitor.
13/01/2012 at 15:10 Ross Angus says:
Is the monster who controls the internet Horace?
13/01/2012 at 15:10 ADinVA says:
Sure we’re in the minority but is there no love for a Mac user running Windows in Bootcamp other than “Other” for what kind of PC do you own?
13/01/2012 at 17:00 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Apparently so. But why you’d want to distinguish ‘mac users who use bootcamp’ and ‘mac users who don’t use bootcamp’ is beyond me.
13/01/2012 at 15:13 ichbinspikeface says:
i done it!
13/01/2012 at 15:25 Kong says:
The survey assumes that everyone buys digital already. I will, as soon as I can purchase steam coupons in real stores. itunes does it, a shame that itunes is total crap and I will never buy apple products.
I refuse to put my account/credit card info in too many places of cyberspace. Maybe my bank offers paypal service…gotta check it out.
RPS all the best for 2012. Coffee, cigarette and RPS in the morning, that is how I like to start my day. Cheers folks and thank you for your fantastic work. Rock on.
13/01/2012 at 15:38 ain says:
You forgot fighting games in the genre list.
Stop killing esports!
13/01/2012 at 15:44 HothMonster says:
I had to guess at the money stuff. I never weigh my money and have no idea how money pounds it is. I guess I should buy a little scale. How many grams of money should I spend on my scale do you think?
13/01/2012 at 16:26 roryok says:
paper or metal?
13/01/2012 at 16:55 HothMonster says:
Debit
13/01/2012 at 15:45 0Lezz0 says:
Done… and first comment…
13/01/2012 at 15:47 Tuggy Tug says:
Done
13/01/2012 at 15:48 JerreyRough says:
I spy with my little eye a reference to Monty Python’s Flying Circus and the poor “It’s” guy. Amirite?
13/01/2012 at 15:58 Magga says:
I love answering questions!
Also, I wonder if results will be made public.
13/01/2012 at 16:03 eclipse mattaru says:
You don’t care about our physical location? I think it could be an interesting factor, considering, for instance, how many digital distribution sites have huge issues in terms of region locking.
For instance, I buy mainly from Steam and Gamersgate not just because I prefer to, but mainly because they’re the less problematic in that regard. D2D is a *very* distant third, and all the others range from “ridiculously minute catalogue” (Impulse) to “downright non-existant” (OnLive, GWFL).
13/01/2012 at 16:04 Alexander Norris says:
Where’s the question asking if Alec, Jim and John are rubbish because they never come to the Social Club? :P
13/01/2012 at 16:06 Spiny says:
Shame upun you all :)
13/01/2012 at 16:08 FriendlyFire says:
The discrimination against PSP and PS Vita is most appaling really. I’m sure the 4 or 5 people who own either (hello!) of these felt very much wounded.
… Not that I’ve actually taken the device out of its drawer for the past two years or so, just thought I’d point it out.
13/01/2012 at 17:50 Melliflue says:
I was thinking the same. I have a PC and a PSP but nothing else from that list. I wondered if the PSP is really dead, if it is not worth including in that list :(
13/01/2012 at 16:10 mazzratazz says:
The only missing option for me was on the “How do you watch movies at home” question. I very rarely watch DVDs and download, never watch Blu-Rays, but I still watch movies almost every night. I never run out of things to watch because with digital tv there are just an endless number of interesting movies, if you’re willing to look for them.
I suppose that’s not really interesting for advertising purposes though (which is what I guess that question is relevant for).
13/01/2012 at 17:22 ObiDamnKenobi says:
I only watch streaming (netflix or amazon VOD), but I took that as “download”.. Not sure that’s correct though?
13/01/2012 at 16:12 Darko Drako says:
You should have had “stay at home dad” as an employment option. I don’t like to think of myself as unemployed!
13/01/2012 at 16:14 InternetBatman says:
I watch all my movies on Netflix streaming, but I wasn’t sure how to answer the movie question.
13/01/2012 at 16:17 molten_tofu says:
WHY NO ATARI OPTION ON QUESTION 5? OUTRAGE! What happens when someone wants to advertise “Modern Bowling: Black Light Wednesday Glow Bowling Special Edition”? WHAT THEN?
Anyways, are you fine gentlemen going to release the results? Speaking of question 5, I’m super curious about what percentage of people chose “None of the above”.
13/01/2012 at 16:17 roryok says:
“14. When buying a game, has RPS ever influenced your buying decision?”
I think this needs more options than “yes” and “no”.
“yes”
“no”
“hell yes”
“Most certainly”
“Nothing has greater sway over my life than RPS. I live and breath it. Look at my RPS tattoo”
“I read RPS and then do the opposite of what they recommend, because I’m a knob”
“Of course it does. It has influence over all of my decisions. Everything I read does, even graffiti. Cause and effect blah blah blah snooze”
“!!! truly recommend buy free health webs now!!!”
13/01/2012 at 16:18 Muzman says:
No statistical differentiation for you, international audience :[
13/01/2012 at 16:38 Ham Solo says:
NUOHMYGAAWD!! I did it…
13/01/2012 at 16:39 deadly.by.design says:
Wow. Estimating to answer my income in pounds, rather than dollars, made me feel poor.
13/01/2012 at 20:53 Gramarye says:
Whoops. I forgot to do that. I guess since the RPS survey will soon overwrite reality, I’ll soon be much better off!
13/01/2012 at 17:02 Gasmask Hero says:
Shit, I’m now in the 36-50 age group.
Spend ages in the 18-35 category, everything’s fine, it’s all peaches ‘n; cream and then you look away for a moment then BANG…you’re in a demographic with people who get turned on by the Daily Mail. Also, advertisers don’t care about you anymore.
13/01/2012 at 17:06 jrodman says:
Incidentally; I own a mac not a pc. Well.. I don’t even own it. Work owns this mac. I play games on it, even booting it to windows!
13/01/2012 at 17:08 Stense says:
I have been surveyed.
This does count as community service right?
13/01/2012 at 17:45 liquidsoap89 says:
I noticed the PSP wasn’t present in the list of consoles owned. Well… It’s either that or I’m more than one kind of dumb.
13/01/2012 at 17:57 JackDandy says:
Filled it!
13/01/2012 at 18:02 Raiyan 1.0 says:
We want to see the results!
13/01/2012 at 18:02 antrodax says:
I wanted to help filling that…
This is the perfect spot for my first comment. I love the idea of being a dirty liar and the ethical issues that arose in my mind when I misguide someone by any means, but RPS deserved more than that for the joyful time i spent daily in the website.
So…
I answered “NO” about having commented in RPS threads. ¡HA! ¡I’M COMMENTING NOW!
13/01/2012 at 18:05 Syra says:
I love you guys, never change. That is alI.
13/01/2012 at 18:07 Ninja Dodo says:
Since there wasn’t a comment box: Are you planning on including alternative payment options for subscribing/donations? It’s just that I’m considering closing down my PayPal account and RPS is currently one of the few reasons not to.
13/01/2012 at 18:09 Burning Man says:
I… don’t know what sense my answers will make, considering that I don’t live in UK/Europe. Oh well. Filled.
13/01/2012 at 18:14 Rhin says:
The survey got unexpectedly hard towards the end
13/01/2012 at 20:09 Skabooga says:
“You are walking through a desert when you come across a tortoise. You flip the tortoise on its back. The tortoise lays there, struggling to right itself under the hot desert sun . . .”
13/01/2012 at 21:44 Phantoon says:
I AM NOT A ROBOT
14/01/2012 at 00:00 Donjo says:
Tortoise? What’s that?
13/01/2012 at 19:23 The Tupper says:
It would be extremely embarrassing if the survey results come in and it’s actually only about five of us who do all the punning.
13/01/2012 at 20:10 michaelar says:
“How many games do you purchase in a year” tops out at only “21 or more”. If only. I’m sure the advertisers would be interested in knowing that some of us buy more than 50 or even 100, given the digital sales these days.
13/01/2012 at 21:28 foda500orama says:
My english is too shitty for me to participate in pun threads :-(
14/01/2012 at 02:12 The Tupper says:
As a native english-speaker I can assure you that the pun threads are superfaecally anusing but are genitally shit.
13/01/2012 at 21:45 Phantoon says:
Anyone else unable to remember how they came across RPS?
I think it may have been linked on Slashdot, back when I cared about Slashdot.
14/01/2012 at 02:19 The Tupper says:
I liked the oldie-gamey reviews in PCG magazine (they made me chuckle) and wondered why John Walker wasn’t used more within the magazine, then I found out that my fave PCG magazine writers had mostly come here. That was about September 2010, I think.
13/01/2012 at 21:49 Craig Stern says:
FYI: I fully expect to see a news post at some point in the future with a demographic breakdown of who contributes to pun threads on RPS.
13/01/2012 at 22:35 PoulWrist says:
It says it’s closed.
13/01/2012 at 22:42 cairbre says:
I went to do it but it said it was cloed :-(
14/01/2012 at 00:52 thjdm says:
Any chance we can peek at the questions now?
14/01/2012 at 01:59 derbefrier says:
uhhh survey closed? oh well maybe next time. guess all the impuntant people already filled it out huh…
14/01/2012 at 03:40 El_Emmental says:
I expected more silly questions.
I guess that’s actually a needed paperwork, not just a funny interactive metagame made in the middle of the afternoon.
Speaking of surveys and ads, can we know if displaying the ads is already giving molecular amount of dosh, or if we need to actually click the thing, or it’s some kind of super-secret information hidden in a chest at the bottom of RPS castle ?
14/01/2012 at 04:34 Rand says:
“This survey is currently closed. Please contact the author of this survey for further assistance.”
Survey wasn’t up for very long :(
Alas my opinions will never be heard. *cries*
14/01/2012 at 09:06 Edgar the Peaceful says:
My voice must be heard – Damn you!
14/01/2012 at 10:40 bill says:
I wish to make my opinions heard!!!!! Why didn’t you wait for me?!?! Do you think we are all on UK time?
So, I shall guess the questions, and provide my answers anyway:
1 – No.
2 – Sometimes.
3 – 3
4 – Amiga
5 – Only when my wife isn’t at home
6 – Do you really think you are that influential?
7 – Yes.
8 – What is a SSD?
9 – None of the above
10 – Custard Cremes
11 – Never
12 – Jedi Knight
14 – Why is there no 13?
15 – Karen Gillen
16 – No thanks
PS/
-More game diaries.
-Less Hardware news.
-Less posts saying “i haven’t tried it but i read about it somewhere”
-More posts saying “i’ve tried it and you should/shouldn’t”
-Fix the spam/comments thing
-Auto-schedule a few posts for sunday for those of us who need something to read that day.
-A news feed for proper posts/articles/important news and without all the “re-reporting news from other sites” would be good. IE: a long-form only feed.
-Try to get rid of some of the twitter/reddit/whatever buttons of the front page and put them only on the actual posts.
16/01/2012 at 02:58 Squirrelking says:
Hmm, just saw this post. Is this the first time I’m dissapointed I couldn’t answer a survey? Why yes, I think it is.