NetHack Poll 2009 results ========================= There were 423 participants answering the poll. The difference between active and former players of NetHack was almost non-existent. They have only been treated separately when explicitly mentioned. The poll has been announced at several different places: UseNet: rec.games.roguelike.nethack rec.games.roguelike.angband rec.games.roguelike.announce rec.games.roguelike.misc IRC: #nethack, #nethack.de #unnethack ##crawl Twitter: http://twitter.com/dingir_bhaak/status/5432011834 DevNull Bragging Board: http://nethack.devnull.net/bragging/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=459 GameFAQs NetHack board: http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=582497&topic=52107332 WikiHack News: http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Template:News Adom Forum: http://www.adom.de/forums/showthread.php?t=9860 Angband forum: http://angband.oook.cz/forum/showthread.php?t=2470 Dwarf Fortress forum: http://www.bay12games.com/forum/index.php?topic=44607.0 Kingdom of Loathing forum: http://forums.kingdomofloathing.com/vb/showthread.php?p=3505975 Temple of Roguelikes: http://www.roguetemple.com/forums/index.php?topic=592.0 dplusplus's blog: http://d.hatena.ne.jp/dplusplus/20091106 BSDForen.de Forum: http://www.bsdforen.de/showthread.php?t=23820 FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=17186027223&topic=34452 It was also mentioned in the MOTD/news section of nethack.alt.org and the NetHack-De homepage. 1. Age ------ 16.78% 71 13-19 22.46% 95 20-24 21.75% 92 25-29 14.89% 63 30-34 9.69% 41 35-39 6.86% 29 40-44 3.07% 13 45-49 2.36% 10 50+ 2.13% 9 n/a 92.67% 392 male (94.7%) 5.20% 22 female ( 5.3%) 2.13% 9 n/a minimum: 13 (3 times) maximum: 65 median: 27 average: 28.12 2. Where do you live? --------------------- By continent: 216 51.06% North America 161 38.06% Europe 24 5.67% Australia 16 3.78% Asia 4 0.95% Latin America 2 0.47% Africa By country: 188 44.44% USA 41 9.69% Germany 29 6.86% UK 28 6.62% Canada 17 4.02% Australia 17 4.02% Finland 15 3.55% France 9 2.13% The Netherlands 8 1.89% Sweden 7 1.65% Japan 7 1.65% Switzerland 7 1.65% New Zealand 6 1.42% Poland 4 0.95% Austria 3 0.71% Spain 3 0.71% Czech Republic 3 0.71% Norway 3 0.71% Italy 2 0.47% Hungary 2 0.47% South Korea 2 0.47% Latvia 2 0.47% South Africa 2 0.47% Portugal 2 0.47% Philippines 16 3.78% others: Argentina, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, India, Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, Malta, Russia, Taiwan, Thailand Players with English as a primary language: 272 (64.3%) (this includes all Canadian players). 3. Local vs server ------------------ 173 40.90% locally 112 26.48% both 86 20.33% server 29 6.86% mostly server 22 5.20% mostly locally 1 0.24% - 4. Tiles vs ASCII ------------------ 286 67.61% ASCII 64 15.13% Tiles 48 11.35% both 14 3.31% mostly ASCII 10 2.36% mostly Tiles 1 0.24% - 5. OS and Devices ------------------ By OS family: 283 44.08% Windows 169 26.32% Linux 63 9.81% Mac OS X 23 3.58% PuTTY 22 3.43% iPhone OS 18 2.80% NAO 12 1.87% Unix 10 1.56% DOS 10 1.56% Nintendo DS 9 1.40% BSD 4 0.62% Android 3 0.47% Psion Series 5mx 3 0.47% AmigaOS 2 0.31% Telnet 2 0.31% Sony PSP 2 0.31% Maemo 2 0.31% OS/2 5 0.78% others: Acorn Archimedes, BeOS, GP2x, Gamecube, Nintendo Wii Note: PuTTY and NAO (nethack.alt.org) got mentioned by so many participants that they had to be included By specific OS/Device: 116 18.07% Linux 111 17.29% Windows 98 15.26% Windows XP 63 9.81% Mac OS X 39 6.07% Windows Vista 23 3.58% PuTTY 21 3.27% Linux (Ubuntu) 18 2.80% NAO 15 2.34% iPhone 14 2.18% Linux (Debian) 14 2.18% Windows 7 10 1.56% Nintendo DS 8 1.25% MS-DOS 7 1.09% iPod OS 6 0.93% Windows 98 6 0.93% Windows CE 6 0.93% Windows 2000 5 0.78% Unix (various) 5 0.78% OpenBSD 4 0.62% Linux (Kubuntu) 4 0.62% Android 3 0.47% Linux (Gentoo) 3 0.47% AmigaOS 3 0.47% NetBSD 3 0.47% Linux (Arch) 3 0.47% Psion Series 5mx 2 0.31% Unix (HP-UX) 2 0.31% Sony PSP 2 0.31% DosBox 2 0.31% Linux (Fedora) 2 0.31% Unix (Solaris) 2 0.31% Unix 2 0.31% Telnet 2 0.31% Linux (SUSE) 2 0.31% Maemo 2 0.31% Linux (Slackware) 2 0.31% OS/2 12 1.87% others: Acorn Archimedes, BeOS, FreeBSD, GP2x, Gamecube, Linux (Mandriva), Linux (Mint), Nintendo Wii, Unix (SVR4), Windows 95, Windows ME, Windows NT 6. Where did you get your copy of NetHack from? ----------------------------------------------- 246 60.15% www.nethack.org 71 17.36% unix repository 21 5.13% the internet 14 3.42% iPhone App Store 11 2.69% variants developer site 9 2.20% self-compiled 6 1.47% official site + patches 6 1.47% nethack.alt.org 3 0.73% MacPorts 3 0.73% port developer site 3 0.73% magazine cd 3 0.73% compiled from source 3 0.73% friend 2 0.49% Fink 2 0.49% android market 2 0.49% http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/Menucolors 4 0.98% others: boyfriend, brother, nethack.devnull.net, telnet 7. Do you play a patched NetHack or variants of NetHack? -------------------------------------------------------- 247 58.39% no 176 41.61% yes Specific answers of those saying yes: 65 30.52% Slash'Em 33 15.49% SporkHack 29 13.62% somehow patched version 18 8.45% menucolors 15 7.04% UnNetHack 9 4.23% Vulture's Eye 6 2.82% hp monitor patch 6 2.82% dump patch 5 2.35% statuscolors 5 2.35% variants 3 1.41% interface patches 3 1.41% NetHack-De 3 1.41% Falcon's Eye 2 0.94% color alchemy patch 2 0.94% Vulture's Claw 1 0.47% heck level patch 1 0.47% biodiversity patch 1 0.47% NetHack+ 1 0.47% enhanced artifacts patch 1 0.47% old versions 1 0.47% "while helpless" 1 0.47% GruntHack 1 0.47% devnull's nethack 1 0.47% interhack 8. Which other Roguelikes have you ever played? ----------------------------------------------- 137 13.62% Crawl 119 11.83% none 112 11.13% ADOM 109 10.83% Angband 78 7.75% Rogue 50 4.97% DoomRL 37 3.68% Dwarf Fortress 31 3.08% Moria 30 2.98% Hack 25 2.49% TOME 20 1.99% Larn 20 1.99% ZAngband 15 1.49% IVAN 12 1.19% Omega 12 1.19% *bands 11 1.09% POWDER 10 0.99% ZAPM 9 0.89% various 9 0.89% Incursion 9 0.89% Elona 7 0.70% Castle of the Winds 7 0.70% Spelunky 7 0.70% Shiren the Wanderer 7 0.70% Ragnarok 5 0.50% Diablo I 5 0.50% GearHead 1 5 0.50% DiabloRL 4 0.40% Steamband 4 0.40% MAngband 4 0.40% Alphaman 4 0.40% Diablo II 3 0.30% AliensRL 3 0.30% Frozen Depths 3 0.30% Prospector 3 0.30% Dungeon Hack 3 0.30% FAAngband 3 0.30% CastlevaniaRL 3 0.30% UnReal World 2 0.20% Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2 0.20% NPPAngband 2 0.20% Dweller 2 0.20% DnD 2 0.20% Unreal World 2 0.20% HellBand 2 0.20% Berserk! 2 0.20% Liberal Crime Squad 2 0.20% GearHead 2 2 0.20% Hengband 2 0.20% Privateer: ASCII Sector 49 4.93% others: 10rogue, Advent, Anathema RL, Avanor, BRogue, Bash, CalcRogue, Caves of Thor, Chocobo\'s Dungeon, Crossfire, CthAngband, DaJAngband, Deep Dungeon, Don Kneller's hack, Dungeon of Doom, Dungeonminder, Dwarf, Dwarf Fortress Rogue, Fatal Labyrinth, FuryBand, Fushigi no Dungeon, Gruesome, Izuna, Legedermain, Medina at Nescafib, Mission Thunderbolt, OAngband, PMD, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 1, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 2, PyRo, Quickband, SAngband, Sangband, Slash'Em, Super Rogue, TomeNET, Tower of Azari, Transcendence, Triangle Wizard, ULarn, UnAngband, Urban Warfare: The Escape, Valhalla, WarpRogue, Wumpus, XBand, Xenocide, various console games Number of played Roguelikes per person (excluding NetHack): 119 28.13% 0 103 24.35% 1 74 17.49% 2 40 9.46% 3 35 8.27% 4 18 4.26% 5 9 2.13% 6 7 1.65% 7 7 1.65% 8 3 0.71% 9 2 0.47% 10 3 0.71% 11 1 0.24% 12 1 0.24% 13 1 0.24% 22 9. Where did you learn about NetHack? ------------------------------------- 59 13.95% don't remember 55 13.00% friend 33 7.80% internet 28 6.62% school/high school/college/university 20 4.73% usenet 19 4.49% other website 17 4.02% internet forum 16 3.78% family 15 3.55% computer magazine 11 2.60% linux repository 11 2.60% Kingdom of Loathing 10 2.36% googled 9 2.13% software collection 7 1.65% gaming website 7 1.65% userfriendly.org 7 1.65% - 7 1.65% wikipedia 6 1.42% BBS 6 1.42% Word of mouth 6 1.42% repository 5 1.18% IRC 5 1.18% slashdot 4 0.95% Home of the Underdogs 3 0.71% TV Tropes Wiki 2 0.47% Dwarf Fortress 2 0.47% husband 2 0.47% boyfriend 2 0.47% geeks 2 0.47% work 2 0.47% Order of the Stick 2 0.47% RogueBasin 43 10.17% somehow different 10. When did you learn about NetHack? ------------------------------------- 14 3.31% don't remember 18 4.26% years ago 3 0.71% several years ago 4 0.95% a few years ago 10 2.36% - 16 3.78% 2009 31 7.33% 2008 31 7.33% 2007 28 6.62% 2006 24 5.67% 2005 18 4.26% 2004 19 4.49% 2003 11 2.60% 2002 13 3.07% 2001 14 3.31% 2000 24 5.67% 1999 15 3.55% 1998 14 3.31% 1997 8 1.89% 1996 13 3.07% 1995 5 1.18% 1994 9 2.13% 1993 14 3.31% 1992 10 2.36% 1991 13 3.07% 1990 17 4.02% 1989 8 1.89% 1988 11 2.60% 1987 2 0.47% 1986 1 0.24% 1985 3 0.71% 1984 1 0.24% 1983 1 0.24% 1982 Note: Obviously some people answered when they first learnt about Hack and not NetHack 11. How often did you win NetHack? (If never, you may specify your best game.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 207 48.94% Never 14 3.31% - 36 8.51% 1 22 5.20% 2 20 4.73% 3 12 2.84% 4 11 2.60% 5 8 1.89% 6 5 1.18% 7 4 0.95% 8 1 0.24% 9 8 1.89% 10 2 0.47% 11 3 0.71% 12 4 0.95% 13 3 0.71% 14 2 0.47% 15 1 0.24% 16 4 0.95% 18 21 4.96% 20+ Some answered in percent of played games: 1 0.24% 100% 1 0.24% 90% 2 0.47% 80% 1 0.24% 66% 3 0.71% 50% 1 0.24% 40% 1 0.24% 35% 2 0.47% 33% 4 0.95% 25% 5 1.18% 20% 2 0.47% 15% 6 1.42% 10% 2 0.47% 5% 1 0.24% 3% 1 0.24% 2% 1 0.24% 1% 12. To what extent do you use spoiler for playing NetHack? ---------------------------------------------------------- 117 27.66% using spoilers extensively 62 14.66% fully spoilered 54 12.77% somewhat spoilered 26 6.15% never 25 5.91% yes 24 5.67% have memorized all spoilers they want 19 4.49% all the time 16 3.78% using spoilers frequently 15 3.55% - 12 2.84% only for price/item/monster identification 11 2.60% try to avoid using spoilers 11 2.60% spoilered by source diving 9 2.13% using spoilers occasionally 9 2.13% using spoilers rarely 5 1.18% game is impossible without spoilers 4 0.95% using spoilers too often 3 0.71% using spoilers in specific occasions (sokoban, wishing) 1 0.24% writing his/her own spoilers 13. If you no longer play NetHack regularly, why and when did you quit? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 320 75.65% active players 103 24.35% quit Detailed answers (multiple answers were given): 244 54.71% still playing 42 9.42% still playing occasionally 27 6.05% other roguelike 21 4.71% have not quit, just on a break 19 4.26% game got boring 18 4.04% lack of time 16 3.59% still playing, but used to play more 14 3.14% have completely mastered the game, it poses no challenge anymore 10 2.24% game is considered won and finished after ascension 8 1.79% no particular reason stated 7 1.57% never played regularly, only tried it 5 1.12% other games 5 1.12% the development of the game has stalled 3 0.67% spoilers are needed to win 3 0.67% game is too hard 3 0.67% game is too complicated 1 0.22% lost a gehennom game due to trickery Note: Only about 40 people have stated when they quit NetHack and the data was so uniformly distributed that it didn't show any significant information 14. If you take part in the NetHack DevNull tournament: where did you hear about it? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 275 65.01% n/a 37 8.75% rec.games.roguelike.nethack 15 3.55% wikihack 13 3.07% #nethack 9 2.13% don't remember 8 1.89% slashdot 7 1.65% usenet 7 1.65% never heard about it 7 1.65% IRC 7 1.65% nethack.alt.org 5 1.18% #nethack.de 4 0.95% dwarf fortress forums 3 0.71% friend 3 0.71% gamefaqs 3 0.71% there's a tournament? 3 0.71% googling for nethack 3 0.71% something awful forum 3 0.71% @Play 2 0.47% internet 9 2.13% others: #unnethack, Clan EIT, Facebook, boyfriend, geeks, mud, twitter, wikipedia, xkcd forums 15. Did you ever recommend NetHack to someone? ---------------------------------------------- 312 73.76% yes 60 14.18% no 51 12.06% yes, but unsuccessfully 16. Which computer game other than NetHack did you play most in the last three months (August, September, October)? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 52 8.37% none 34 5.48% Crawl 22 3.54% Dwarf Fortress 14 2.25% Kingdom of Loathing 14 2.25% various 13 2.09% Team Fortress 2 12 1.93% Civilization IV 12 1.93% World of Warcraft 10 1.61% Diablo II 9 1.45% Starcraft 9 1.45% Dragon Age: Origins 8 1.29% Fallout 3 7 1.13% Torchlight 6 0.97% Solitaire 5 0.81% Spelunky 5 0.81% flash games 5 0.81% Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 5 0.81% ADOM 5 0.81% Angband 5 0.81% Desktop Tower Defense 5 0.81% Battle for Wesnoth 5 0.81% Borderlands 4 0.64% DoomRL 4 0.64% Tetris 4 0.64% Heroes of Might and Magic 4 0.64% Warcraft 3 4 0.64% Mount&Blade 3 0.48% Heroes of Newerth 3 0.48% Left 4 Dead 3 0.48% OpenTTD 3 0.48% X3: Terran Conflict 3 0.48% Mass Effect 3 0.48% Warcraft III - Defense of the Ancients 3 0.48% Guitar Hero 2 0.32% FreeCiv 2 0.32% Magic III 2 0.32% Halo 3 2 0.32% Call of Duty 2 0.32% Sudoku 2 0.32% Half-Life 2 0.32% Slash'Em 2 0.32% Oblivion 2 0.32% League of Legends 2 0.32% Evil Genius 2 0.32% Doom 2 0.32% Fallout 2 2 0.32% EVE Online 2 0.32% Civilization III 2 0.32% Chess 2 0.32% The Ur-Quan Masters 2 0.32% Gothic 2 0.32% Europa Universalis III 2 0.32% Neverwinter Nights 2 0.32% Fallout 1 2 0.32% Freecell 2 0.32% RuneScape 2 0.32% Sword of the Stars 2 0.32% Railroad Tycoon 3 2 0.32% X-COM: Enemy Unknown 2 0.32% Deus Ex 2 0.32% Civilization 2 0.32% Elona 2 0.32% Baldur's Gate 2 0.32% Grand Theft Auto IV 2 0.32% World of Goo 2 0.32% Uncharted 2 2 0.32% Guild Wars 252 40.58% others: A Tale in the Desert (MMO), A few fps games, Ace Combat 6, Achaea, Age of Wonders, Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic, Aion, Allegiance, Allied General, Amju, Anarchy Online, And Yet It Moves, Anno 1404, Anno 1701, Anstoß 3, Arcanum, Arma 2, Audiosurf, Avernum 5, Baldur's Gate 1, Baldur's Gate 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Battle Forge, Battlefield: Bad Company, Ben There, Dan That!, Bioshock, BlazBlue, Brainteasers of the Ubuntu Repository, Breath of Fire IV, Brutal Legend, Bubblez, Caesar III, Call of Duty 2, Call of Duty World at War (Nazi Zombies), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Cave Story, Champions Online, Championship Manager, Chessmaster, Chrono Trigger, City of Heroes, Civilization II, Clonk, CoC: Tiberian Sun, Commander Keen, Continuum, Counter Strike, Crusader Kings, DCS Black Shark, DDO, DaJAngband, Daimonin, Day of the Tentacle, Dead Rising, Dead Space, DiRT, Diablo I, Diablo II LoD, Discworld MUD, Disgaea DS, Doom 3 - The Dark Mod, Dragons Online, Drakensang, Dreams of Divine Lands, Duke Nukem 3D (both in DosEMU), Dungeons, Dungeons & Dragons: Online, Earthbound (emulated SNES RPG), East India Company, Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, Elite III, Empire Deluxe, Europa Universalis II, Evony, Exile, F-Zero (GBA), FAAngband, FATE, Facebook Apps, Fall from Heaven II, Far Cry, FarmVille, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy saga (from VIIth), Fltron @ fltron.com, Football Manager 2010, Front Mission, FuryBand, GROW, Gamehouse.com online games, Geheimakte Tunguska, GemCraft Zero, Goban, Godfather Blackhand Edition (Wii), Gran Turismo, Grand Theft Auto Vice City , Greatest Battles of Ancient Rome, Grid, Guitly Gear X2 Accent Core Plus, Gundam RTS, Half Life 2 episode 2, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Halo 3: ODST, Hammerfight, Hearts, Hedgewars, HellMOO, Hengband, Hordes of Orcs, IVAN, Icewind Dale, Iji, Incursion, Interactive fiction, Islands of Myth, Jagged Alliance 2 version 1.13, Killing Floor, King of Dragon Pass, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, Knights of the Old Republic, Kongregate.com, Left 4 Dead 2, Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time, Little Big Planet (PS3), Madden NFL 09 (PS3), Mafia Wars, Mahjong, Mario Kart, Mario Wii, MechWarrior 4, Mechwarrior 4, Megaman Legends 2, Metal Gear: Portable Ops, Metroid Prime, Minecraft, Moria, Morrowind, N. http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/, NPPAngband, Neverwinter Nights 2, Nexus War, OGame, Objective Tarot, October, Okami, OpenArena, OpenLieroX, Overlord, POWDER, Pac-Man, Paint by numbers, Pax Imperia, Peggle, Peggle Nights, Perfect World International, Plants vs Zombies, Portal, Psychonauts, Quake 3 Arena, Quake Live, Rhythm Heaven for Nintendo DS, Risen, Rock Band 2 (Xbox 360), Rome Total War, STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl, Saints Row 2, Sauerbraten, Scarface (Wii), Scrabble, Secret of Monkey Island SE, Settlers 4, Settlers II, Shaiya, Sharkey's 3D Pool, Shintolin, Shot Online (online Golf simulation), Silent Hill 2 or Marathon, Sim City 4, Sims 2, Sims 3, Sins of a Solar Empire, SketchFighter 4000 Alpha, Skulltag, Skyrates, Slaves to Armok 2: Dwarf Fortress, Sokoban, Soul Caliber 4, Space Hack, Spider, Spider Solitaire, Spore, Spore Galactic Adventures, Spring 1944, Spring Balanced Annihilation, Stalker Call of Pripyat, Stalker SHOC, Star Control II, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Stars!, Strat-O-Matic Baseball, Street Fighter 4, Super Mario 64, Super Mario Cube Root, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Kart, Super Metroid, System Shock 2, Tales of Eternia, Tales of Monkey Island, Tales of Phantasia, Test Drive Unlimited, Texas Hold'em, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii), The Oregon Trail, The Sims 3, The Whispered World, The Witcher, Thief 2, Titan Quest, Tontoko Family, Trackmania, Travian only, Trials HD, Trine, Tropico, Ultima Online, UnReal World, Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament 99, Urban Dead, UrbanTerror, V for Victory, Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Warcraft 2, Warlords III, Widelands, Windows Solitaire, Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D, Worms, X3: Reunion, XBox, Xskat, ZAngband, Zuma, Zuma's Revenge, chess, different chess games, emulated super Nintendo games, inFAMOUS