M*U*L*E* Questionnaire Results

I had 100 people fill out the questionnaire and here are the results...
If the percentages don't add up right it is because some people did not answer all the questions.

1.) Platform that you play M*U*L*E* on:
  Atari-41%  C64-45%  Nintendo-3%  Emulators-11%

2.) How many years have you been playing M*U*L*E*?
  Less than 5 years-9%, Between 5 and 10 years-25%, more that 10 years-66%

3.) Favorite M*U*L*E* Character:
  Humanoid-18%, Packer-15%, Gollumer-12%, Spheroid-10%, Flapper-7%, Bonzoid-7%, Mechtron-1%

4.) Pet name for the Wampus:
  We had a lot of different names people call the Wampus, 6% just call it Wampus but the rest had other names, here are a few: Billy Bob, Dick Head, Barney, White Light, Chump, Mountain Rat, Turtle, That Damn Thing, Fuzzy, Rumpus, Fn Ahole, Willy the Wonder Wampus, Wile Coyote, Weiner Kick, Bug, Mountain Bastard, Ground Hog, Mountain Wibble, Pichula, Wildwurm, Stupid, Wombat, Wompy, George, Charles, Pac-Man, Humper, Rat, It, Womp-Ass, Blinky, Wampie, Mountie, That Thing!!!, Mr. Jones, Wampy, Rancor, Money, Mountain Wampus, Wimp, Mo, Money, DumbAss, Bob, Dog Breath, Spooky, Hmmmmmmm, Cash Cow, Numb Nut, Steinbeisser, Dave, and finally Cha-Ching.

5.) Favorite M*U*L*E* Color:
  Blue-46%, Green-28%, Red/Orange-15%, Purple-5%

6.) The usual first plot you take: (water,energy,mountains)
  Water-83%, Mountains-6%, Plains-8%

7.) Would you buy the first plot sold:
  Yes-86%, No-8%

8.) What's the most you would pay for a plot of land?
  Less than $1000-26%, More than $1000-42%, Cash on hand or depends-14%

9.) Are you a Crystite person or a Smithore person:
  Crystite person-77%, Smithore person-20%, and 1 person said Food & Energy.

10.) Do you ever use collusion?
  Yes-24%, No-28%, Rarely-32%

11.) Have you ever sold a plot?
  Yes-43%, No-53%

12.) If your friend needed food or energy and it was turn 11, would you sell it to him?
  Yes-28%, No-40%, Depends-27%

13.) If you had ONE wish for a change in the game, it would be...:
  Most people said updated graphics, longer playing time, internet play, and a PC version.

14.) The one thing you hate about M*U*L*E*?
Most people could not find anything to hate, but a few were: Pirates, M*U*L*E*s going crazy, Not enough time, more maps, 4-player limitation, losing, kind of dull playing against the computer, theme song to addictive, to easy to lose a mule when trying to install it, not being able to play it on my PC, the computer AI, and the mean evil spirit of my opponents.

On a side note:
Of the 100 participants, only 8 were female.
Most of the respondents were from the USA (68%) followed by Canada (13%).
I also had 9 people from Germany and one each from: Austria, Israel, Japan, Sweden, Finland, Chile and Switzerland.

I'd like to thank everyone taking the time to fill out the questionnaire.

Last Update: 06/01/2002
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