Call Of Duty Tops "Relationship Killing" Poll, Women Ignored
Newspaper reporter: "Hey, I just found these poll results about video games."
Newspaper editor: "Nobody cares."
Newspaper reporter: "No, it proves games are evil."
Newspaper editor: "Really? Go with it."
Newspaper reporter: "I dunno...the numbers are pretty flimsy..."
Newspaper editor: "I said go with it."
Yet another newspaper has found a way to question the gamer lifestyle; it's The Daily Mail and as noted by PCR, the paper cited a report by One Poll that "clearly" shows how games wreck relationships. The numbers are really super incriminating: about 5% of gamers admit that their hobby cost them a relationship, and about half of women say they're "jealous" of the time their partners spend gaming. It also says that 1 in 10 men have admitted to choosing a game over sex. These results were statistically strong enough to prompt a spokesperson to say:
"It seems like a games console often means there are three people in a relationship. It's a bit sad if the virtual world is taking precendence over the real world."
And the top relationship busting game? Call of Duty. It's followed by Football Manager (what?) and Grand Theft Auto. Now, I'm sorry, I'm all for learning more about a particular group or culture or whatever, especially if you're not exactly "in-the-know." But are you kidding me? Did anyone else see those numbers? Hey, do this- replace games with sports. Go right ahead. Let me know the percentage of avid sports fans who admit to relationship troubles due to a football game.
Better yet, take any hobby on planet earth and drop it into the poll, and see if the numbers aren't higher. What we enjoy doing by ourselves can have a negative impact on anything we do with other people; it's called logic and...well, math (i.e., amount of time in any given day). As for the bit about "half the women" upset at their partner's playing...yeah, well, no offense to the ladies, but about 90% of them can find a way to be upset with any hobby at any time.
And this is nationwide news, people. That quote and those results. Yaaaay.
Tags: call of duty, video games, relationships, games industry
12/10/2010 10:32:48 AM Ben Dutka
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Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:02:57 AM
With the wife, did some chores and Christmas shopping, went out for dinner (just the two of us), came home and (skip ahead skip ahead), then watched The Mentalist together, then she went to bed. (She gets up 2 hours earlier than me for work)
And guess what? As Ben said, without moderation or discipline, any hobby can become a sort of addiction and take precedence over the things that really matter. Heck, my mother still complains that she loses time with my dad to the Raptors and Blue Jays. She even used to joke about how he should just go ahead and marry Roy Halladay. (my favorite ball player, too, actually) lol
I dunno, it just doesn't make sense why anyone would try to survey about video games specifically. What was their hypothesis? And how did they get to the point where they decided to research that?
If you ask me, this is the sort of thing that springs up from someone setting out to prove games are bad without a fair scientific motive in mind, and they often skip many steps in the scientific method...
I could go on about many more issues here, but the simple fact of the matter is, this type of study is just so incredibly porous that you have to WANT the conclusion to be true in order to accept such a conclusion.
Fane1024
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 3:27:37 PM
Highlander
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 4:09:40 PM
Besides this is the daily Mail in the UK, their readership delights in stories that paint video games as evil, that's what they think already and they just want to have it confirmed for them.
And as we all know, when you are writing the questions for a Poll, the way you ask your questions will very much shape the answers. So if you have an agenda for your poll, you can generally achieve the desired result.
NiteKrawler
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 8:22:10 PM
slugga_status
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 10:59:44 AM
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We could make a poll about women and shopping and how that effects relationships and the results would be similar. Gaming keeps some out of trouble as well. Iono guess the world we live in the uninformed will attempt to trash anything when they have nothing to do or story to write about..
swapnilgyani
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:09:53 AM
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Nynja
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:27:03 AM
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That crap irritates me, almost as much as worthless spammers.
Last edited by Nynja on 12/10/2010 11:27:36 AM
Nynja
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:22:54 PM
Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:01:51 PM
coverton341
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:47:12 AM
SvenMD
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:43:00 PM
Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:04:02 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:51:50 AM
coverton341
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:53:35 AM
GuyverLT
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:59:14 PM
Nynja
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 3:18:51 PM
coverton341
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:45:58 AM
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Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:58:15 AM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 11:52:58 AM
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CH1N00K
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:00:26 PM
BTNwarrior
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:03:01 PM
Jawknee
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:21:40 PM
Nynja
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:25:21 PM
Hezzron
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:53:00 PM
Jawknee
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:17:26 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:29:02 PM
Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:08:12 PM
Jawknee
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:26:30 PM
Nynja
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 3:33:31 PM
BTNwarrior
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:02:18 PM
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Jawknee
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:22:56 PM
Highlander
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:40:14 PM
BTNwarrior
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:56:48 PM
coverton341
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:14:46 PM
slugga_status
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:20:58 PM
Highlander
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:33:03 PM
Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:33:52 PM
coverton341
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:38:10 PM
Um, excuse me?
Highlander
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:38:18 PM
BTNwarrior
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:01:19 PM
Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:19:35 PM
Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:34:30 PM
It's more like big-people tag though. lol! Just shooting a gun is pretty meh for me. (Of course, I've only shot a hunting rifle of my uncles. We don't have guns like they do in America.)
Jawknee
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:28:19 PM
Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 3:03:13 PM
Highlander
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 12:37:29 PM
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BTW Football Manager is a soccer team management game, think Franchise mode in Madden, on steroids but based on soccer, not American Football.
The Daily Mail is a British daily newspaper, a so called tabloid, and is well known for sensationalizing this kind of thing in the guise of reporting for the public good...and not well known as a great source of actual news. Their readership is older and more conservative, and more Conservative, and this kind of story plays well with them.
Last edited by Highlander on 12/10/2010 12:40:26 PM
Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:21:27 PM
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FM23
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:57:27 PM
Amazingskillz
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:51:33 PM
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Jawknee
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:30:24 PM
Highlander
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:37:26 PM
Fane1024
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 3:35:39 PM
Highlander
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 4:10:39 PM
Nynja
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 3:30:46 PM
FM23
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 1:55:56 PM
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Underdog15
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:12:14 PM
trust me.
And it sneaks up on you! Before you know, you're her man-slave with no way out!
But that's the way it is and has been for centuries. I would just accept it and figure out where the benefits of such a senario are.
What? What are the benefits? Hell if I tell you! I worked too damn hard to figure it out, and I still don't have it all figured out! Damn, man, you gotta EARN that wisdom! lol
Last edited by Underdog15 on 12/10/2010 2:13:52 PM
Jawknee
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:27:12 PM
MMKM
Monday, December 13, 2010 @ 11:20:00 AM
Amazingskillz
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 2:21:48 PM
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Lawless SXE
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 5:23:34 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 6:35:28 PM
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swapnilgyani
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 7:48:31 PM
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EvilKen
Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 8:10:50 PM
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Last edited by EvilKen on 12/10/2010 8:13:36 PM
NoSmokingBandit
Saturday, December 11, 2010 @ 9:44:10 PM
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Thats not to say there are less idiots on the internet, not at all. But its much easier to find the good, intelligent fellows (Ben, Arnold) and ignore the rest.
MMKM
Monday, December 13, 2010 @ 11:24:03 AM
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I don't trust polls. They can make people answer the way they want to get the results they want. But I'm surprised they haven't inserted a "but think of the children!" yet.
M Carlisle
Friday, December 17, 2010 @ 9:57:27 AM
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Underdog15
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Friday, December 10, 2010 @ 10:53:38 AM
And it shows....
These folks clearly have no idea how to interpret polls nor how to properly conduct and select an appropriate sample.
Now that you mention it... what was the sample? And why study video games only?