For those of you who don't follow the Facebook page, I have listed here the results of the survey, which you can also see by clicking this link.
Age of players[]
Most are 14-24 years old. No surprise there.
How you came across the mod?[]
Unsurprisingly, most players found the mod by searching for a LotR Mod, while the second most common option was that of watching a YouTuber play it. I saw Mevans' creator vote in that poll, though, along with some other rather creative responses...
How people play[]
The majority of people play multiplayer, not surprisingly, followed by singleplayer. However, I'm surprised that creative singleplayer was more popular than private servers. I suppose it just goes to show how many people like to build big structures from the lore, I guess.
How often do people play?[]
Most play several days a week, like me, though many play almost daily. It's good to see that much of the community has a life outside this mod.
Favourite playstyle[]
Interestingly, the favourite playstyle in the mod was exploring -- again, that's what I do most of the time, followed by building and PvE -- this just goes to show how many dedicated builders we have in the community. Interestingly, PvP was not very popular at all.
Mod communities[]
The Facebook page led the pack, followed by the wiki and modded servers. This isn't surprising.
Watching mod development[]
Over a third of people say that they've been following this mod since before Middle-Earth terrain generation was introduced. That goes to show our dedication to the mod.
Favourite Race[]
Good men won, but Elves came close, followed by Dwarves -- likely because the good Men have the greatest diversity in factions and structures. It also shows that there's a clear bias towards playing good, with only 25% of the community choosing to play evil on a regular basis.
Favourite faction[]
Gondor won, which isn't surprising, given the amount of content it features. Next came the High Elves, likely due to the addition of the Rivendell sub-faction. Amongst the Dwarves, Durin's Folk won. The most popular evil faction, interestingly, was Near Harad.
Favourite future faction[]
This was the Red Mountains, followed by the Woodmen and Bree. Not surprising.
Favourite new content[]
Here, I can honestly say I was a little surprised. While new factions sure were popular, at 62% of the votes, they were beaten by improvements to existing factions, taking 64% of the vote. Gameplay mechanics also were popular, taking 58% of the vote, with terrain generation improvements taking 45%. I'm a little disappointed regarding food and drink though... only 20% of the vote? Seriously? I though everyone loves getting drunk!
Middle-Earth Books[]
Obviously, nearly everyone here has read the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. More surprisingly is that nearly two thirds have read the Silimarion.
Books vs movies[]
Clearly, the books win. Ithilion is onto something with his highly accurate lore, I see...
Favourite thing about the mod[]
Since "all" and "everything" were so popular I guess the mod team knows what they're doing! Though lots of others (including myself) praised the mod's amazing terrain generation, the forests, and the hills (here I am going on about forested hills again...)
What do people want?[]
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You've got to be kidding right?! Some of the other options were kinda cool though.
Bought Minecraft to play the mod?[]
Clearly, lots of people do -- in fact, nearly a quarter.
Other fantasy realms[]
Perhaps due to the fact that we have a Star Wars fan here as admin, Star Wars was very popular. However, his other interest -- BIONICLE -- didn't get as much traction. Other poplar options included Game of Thrones, Avatar, and The Elder Scrolls -- I am not surprised.
There are a few other questions left on the poll, but I'll leave it up to you to interpret the results!
See you later,
23:52, September 26, 2017 (UTC)