194 answers on this first questionnaire. How old are you? ---------------- Mean: 23.1856 Std dev: 4.42306 15- 1.03% 20 10.82% 25 9.28% 30 2.06% 35+ 1.03% 16 3.09% 21 12.37% 26 4.12% 31 1.03% 17 1.03% 22 12.37% 27 5.15% 32 1.03% 18 3.09% 23 13.40% 28 1.03% 33 1.55% 19 5.15% 24 8.25% 29 1.03% 34 2.06% 49% of Mume population is in [20, 23]. What is your sex? ----------------- 5.67% Female 94.33% Male What is your marrital status? ----------------------------- 10.82% Married 89.18% Single What is your profession? ------------------------ 2.06% Unemployed 3.09% Other 24.74% Employed 70.10% Student In what country do you live in? ------------------------------- 0.52% Mexico 0.52% Oman 1.55% Italy 4.64% UK 0.52% Germany 0.52% Portugal 1.55% Switzerland 7.22% Norway 0.52% Australia 1.03% Czech 2.06% Canada 20.62% Sweden 0.52% Iceland 1.03% Russia 3.09% Estonia 47.94% USA 0.52% Singapore 1.03% Denmark 4.64% Finland When did you start playing Mume? -------------------------------- Mean: Mid November 1993 (which is more or less Mume current half-life) Variance: 12.29 monthes. By trimester: 92-1 4.12% 93-1 7.73% 94-1 7.22% 95-1 7.73% 92-2 3.61% 93-2 7.73% 94-2 4.64% 95-2 4.12% 92-3 5.67% 93-3 5.15% 94-3 7.73% 95-3 4.12% 92-4 7.73% 93-4 8.76% 94-4 11.34% Oct95 2.58% By year: 92 21.13% 93 29.37% 94 30.93% 95 18.55p% How did you hear about Mume? ---------------------------- 2.05% Magazine 3.59% WEB 6.67% Another Mud 8.21% Newsgroup 16.41% Other 63.08% Friend How many characters do you own currently? ----------------------------------------- Mean: 4.31959 Std dev: 2.71895 Mume database owns currently 3915 characters, which gives an estimation of Mume global population of 906 players. Do you own an Ainur? -------------------- 36.08% yes 63.92% no How many 'darkie' characters do you own? ---------------------------------------- Mean: 1.51031 (Implies 2.44849 'whities') Std dev: 1.47222 30.41% of Mume players own no darkie. For those who at least own one: Mean: 2.17037 Std dev: 1.29695 How many 'legend' characters (level 21+) do you own? ---------------------------------------------------- Mean: 1.56186 Std dev: 1.77287 32.99% of Mume players own no legend. For those who at least own one: Mean: 2.16429 Std dev: 1.74688 What is the highest mortal level you reached? --------------------------------------------- Mean: 26.4794 Std dev: 9.04753 How many hours do you spend on Mume weekly? ------------------------------------------- Mean: 20.8608 Std dev: 16.4807 (Pretty high) 8.76% of the population spend 3 hours or less on Mume weekly. Considering them retired from the game (or board readers), the estimation of Mume active population comes to 827 players (Their mean playing time is then 22.6836). Opinion about Mume game system? ------------------------------- 2.06% Bad (0) 9.28% Correct (1) 52.06% Good (2) 36.60% Excellent (3) On these values (^): Mean: 2.23196 (Good) Std dev: 0.698163 Opinion about Mume management? ------------------------------ 11.34% Bad (0) 23.20% Correct (1) 51.03% Good (2) 14.43% Excellent (3) On these values (^): Mean: 1.68557 (Correct-Good) Std dev: 0.855002 From where do you play? ----------------------- 2.06% Other 5.67% Office 8.25% School 41.75% University 42.27% Home What Operating system do you use? --------------------------------- 1.03% WinNT 2.06% OS2 3.61% VMS 5.15% Win95 6.19% Other 7.22% XWindows 7.73% MacOS 8.76% Win3.x 19.59% MSDOS 38.66% Unix-like What client do you use? ----------------------- 6.70% Powwow 8.76% Other 19.59% Tintin 22.68% Cancan 42.27% None Thanks to all.