In a message dated 3/19/2001 7:12:22 PM Central Standard Time,
7jss1@... writes:

How old are you?
13
Are you male or female?
male
How long have you been playing Everquest?
from August 2000 to March 2001, dont have the energy to think about it more
Is Everquest the first on-line roleplaying game you've played?
Nope
Why did you start playing Everquest?
Friends

Avatar questions

What level, race, class, gender is your main avatar?
18 gnome necro male
Do you have secondary avatars?
2 more chars but not really secondaries, never use em

What levels, races, classes, genders are your secondary avatars?
9 high elf wizzie male and 15 wood elf bard male
Why did you choose the classes you did for your avatars?
I wanted to try 'em out
Do you play on a PvP server?
nope
Are you in a guild?
Yup
For what reasons are you in a guild (or alternatively for what
reasons are you not in a guild)?
Friends from my old guild are in it
Do you attend guild events?
I try, i went to last week's
Do you plan to ahead of time to attend guild events?
Nope
Do you normally group with

1) People you meet that session
2) People you knew prior to playing Everquest
3) People you met through Everquest
4) Guildmate you found in your area
5) Other (please specify)
I group with anyone
Have your grouping patterns changed as you've gained experience at
the game? How so?
I try not to group with people above my level or too far below my level

Time questions

How many hours a week (on average) do you play Everquest?
a week? ummm 21 hours or so
How many hours do you play each session?
bah about 2 hours tops
How do you normally spend your time in Norrath?
Selling, tinkering (master tinkerer! booyah!)
Are you on a constant quest to level or do you take time off from
gaining experience while playing?
LOTSA time off, 240 hours and spent 230 of em selling and tinkering
What do you do when you take time off from the mobs?
tinker, sell
While trying to level do you ever take time out to help others?
uhh....not really
If yes (to the previous question), in what ways?

Did you know the other avatars prior to helping them?

Can you give any reasons why you chose to help others?

Have you ever died helping others (outside of a group situation)?

Calls for help

Do you ever help newbies?
nope
If yes (to the previous question), how do you help newbies?

Can you give any reasons why you helped them?

Were you helped as a newbie? (This does not include help from friends
you met prior to playing)
nope
If yes (to the previous question), how were you helped?

Do you respond to the /yell command?
i try
Does your respose to a plea for help depend on any factors? What are
those factors?
if they're annoying or not
Are you more likely to help members of a specific race? gender?
class? Why?
nope
Was there any time in your avatars life when you were more likely to
help others?
nope
If yes (to the previous question), what brought about the difference
in game play?

Why do you think that people help others in Everquest?
conscience
Comments? Further thoughts?