Re: Searching for a Sudoku client to put into GNOME-games

["Corey Burger" <corey burger gmail com>]

On 8/25/06, Vincent Povirk <madewokherd+d41d gmail com> wrote:
> Well, I don't think the results from that question ("Which Gnome game
> do you like the best?") will give an accurate picture of which games
> people are actually playing.
>
> Most people probably play more than one game in the package, and this
> question doesn't really account for that fact. The survey would
> neglect a game if it turns out to be played by a lot of people but
> isn't a favorite for most of them. I think such a game should be kept.
>
> Also, I think that there will probably be one game that gets
> significantly more votes than the others (if I had to guess I'd say
> aisleriot or gnomine as those are the ones that correspond to games
> that come with windows..but then it might just be that those are my
> favorites). We now know that the rest of the voting population does
> not favor that game more than any others. So that population isn't
> necessarily (and I think probably won't be) representative of the
> whole group. I think this problem will only compound over 12 games
> such that you just couldn't be sure that the last one is really the
> right one to get rid of.
>
> Since the goal (as I understand it) is to find out which games people
> are playing, the obvious question (to me) is "Which games do you
> play?"

This is, in fact, the exact, question I asked. I got 28 responses.
Again, I have to get home to get the results, but I don't think they
are as non-reflective as Andreas believes they are. Of course, as with
all stats, you have to take with a certain grain of salt.

Corey