This post will list the various mid-game polls for the People’s Champion Tournament, in the order in which they were created.
To participate in these polls, you must be a member of the PCT Fans group. (Just click the link to review the honor system for players and sign up; in addition to mid-games polls you will also be registered to vote for the matchups starting in March.)
- How many of the competing games were unknown to you before the tournament?
- What kinds of games do you plan to play during the “quiet play” period?
- How many of the competing games had you played (for at least five minutes) before the tournament?
- What is your general preference regarding the length of games?
- What are the reasons (if any) that you prefer shorter games over longer?
- What are the reasons (if any) that you prefer longer games over shorter?
- How many games have you played during the “quiet play” period? (closed)
- Which matchups do you think are the most interesting in Division 1?
- Which matchups do you think are the most interesting in Division 2?
- Is A Dark Room really “interactive fiction” by your personal definition?
- The kind of IF that I would most like to play this weekend is a work that is…
- From among competing games, have you played at least one new game from an author whose work you already liked?
- From among competing games, have you played at least one new game from an author whose work you had never tried before?
- From among competing games, have you been pleasantly surprised by at least one new game?
- With just one week left before matches begin, how many games have you played during the “quiet play” period? (closed)
- Which matchups do you think are the most interesting in Division 3?
- Which matchups do you think are the most interesting in Division 4?
- Do you have an IFDB account?
- If you have an account, do you use it to record that you’ve played games (with the “I’ve played it” checkbox)?
- If you have an IFDB account, do you use it to rate games that you’ve played?
- Which game(s) in this segment had you already played before the tournament?
- Which game(s) in this segment have you played since the start of the tournament (including the “Quiet Play” period)?
- Which game(s) in this segment do you still intend to play before the end of the segment on Saturday March 22nd? (closed)
- For matches in which I have voted, in most cases I have…
- The shortest time that I have spent with an uncompleted game is…
- For how many games that you have played in this segment have you made use of hints?
- For how many games that you have played in this segment have you consulted a walkthrough?
- Compared to the last segment, I’m finding that making decisions for these matches is…
- By which method(s) do you most often learn about new IF that you decide to try?
- Have you ever created or edited an IFDB entry?
- Have you ever added a tag to a game on IFDB?
- Have you ever created a new tag on IFDB?
- By what standards do you tend to judge a given game?
- When casting your vote, which of the following factors most affect your decision?
- From the following (slightly edited) list of the most commonly-applied genres on IFDB, my favorites are…
- Have you tried the new experimental “similar games” feature on IFDB?
- How did you first become interested in interactive fiction?
- In what context did you first learn about in interactive fiction?
- Were you first interested in IF in general or a specific work of IF?
- Which matchups do you think are the most interesting in Round 2 across Divisions 1 and 2?
- For games that you had not played before their nomination for the tournament, what are the reasons you had not played them?
- For competing games that have pleasantly surprised me, at least one of them…