Every time I decide to qualify a movie on Netflix, a comment on Reddit or a post on Facebook I am forced to choose between two restrictive choices: either agree (or like) or disagree (or dislike) with it.
However, most things in life are not binary and I often find myself neither agreeing/liking nor disagreeing/disliking with something. So I generally just avoid taking a decision and neither upvote nor downvote. But this is a terrible system, because it shuns me out of the conversation. So to avoid feeling left out or isolated I just choose one semi-randomly, even if that's not how I actually feel.
That is why I think a third option would be nice, something along the lines of partial agreement/disagreement or a representation of "meh"

Below is a list of the deltas awarded in this post.
Please note that a change of view is not necessarily a reversal, and that OP awarding a delta doesn't mean the conversation has ended.
For a full explanation of the delta system, see here.

Deltas from OP Rod7z

• 1 delta from OP to FatherBrownstone for "You shouldn't give me a delta if I haven't changed your view. On most subs, even a person who didn't make a post can get an idea of about how many saw it. You get a feel for it. You can look at the n..."
  
• 1 delta from OP to Glamdivasparkle for "[Quote] OP is a lot more likely to see a response to them than a "I see your point but disagree" click. Furthermore, leaving a comment actually encourages interaction, either with the OP or another p..."
  
• 1 delta from OP to oreo844 for "I find the concept of a third option intriguing, however I do not believe a middle of the road option would be a substantial one for the same reasons as the arguments others have made. Instead, I thin..."
  

Deltas from Other Users

• None yet. ​

P.S. I'm fairly new to Reddit, so please tell me if this belongs in a different subreddit.

It's time for the result of our latest survey! And it had 7252 participant! So thank you everyone that took time to answer those questions.
You should be able to see the answer if you go there : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1KfHOyWHQTyFEEeAYvCZRxBc3_ZGZxJn6ZUztiwMdVjE/edit

Community section :

What country are you from?

Country	U.S.A.	Germany	India	Australia	Canada	U.K.	Bazil	France	Spain	Sweden
Percentage	33.1 %	7.4%	5.4%	5%	4.8%	4.4%	3.1%	3.1%	2.1%	1.7%

Is nice to see that we have users from all around the world, even if nearly 50% are from English speaking countries.
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How old are you?

The average age of a /OnePiece user is 23.62 years old. We have roughtly 10% of users that are underaged, and 10% that are 30 years old or more.
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Gender

Gender	Male	Female	Other
Percentage	88.6%	8.9%	2.5%

There is no surprise there.
For the others, we have some Gender Fluids, transgenders, Bigenders, quite a lot of Non-binary, a Loli, a Furry, and nearly a 100 Oden (You wish), as well as some rude people, but I won't put up what they said.

Manga or Anime?

Both	Manga Only	Anime Only
49.8%	46.2%	4%

No real surprise here either. Considering the subreddit has a lot of spoilers and is focussed around the chapter release, it's obvious there are only a few Anime Only people here. So thank you for Sticking Around, even if it the best place to avoid spoilers.

For approximately how long have you been following One Piece?

1 Year or less	2 years	3 years	4 years	5 years	6 years	7 years	8 years	9 years	10 years or more
8.7%	6.2%	6.8%	6.1%	8.1%	7.1%	6.7%	7.1%	4.6%	38.5%

Nearly 40% of our users have followed the series for 10 years or more. (To give an idea, this mean they followed the series since Before the timeskip, as chapter 597 was released at the end of August 2010).
For the rest, we have roughly the same number of new readers that stays with the series. So it's quite good to bring new blood and not have a decrease of new readers.

Where does One Piece rank on your list of favorite manga?

N°1	Top 3	Top 5	Top 10	Bellow Top 10
70.1%	21.6%	5%	2.6%	0.6%

Well, you are in /OnePiece after all. So it's kinda obvious the manga is either your favorite or in your top 3.
If it isn't your number 1, what series are better than One Piece for you?

Do you own One Piece Merchandise?

No	Manga Volumes	Figurines	Clothes	Poster	DVD/Blu-ray
44.2%	33.1%	24.5%	18.4%	17.2%	6.3%

Those are some good numbers I would say, 55.8% of users have some merchandise and are probably supporting the series (depending on where you bought those)
For the OTHERS answers given, some good ones are : autograph from dub VA of brook, Alvida pre devilfruit bodypillow, Chopper teddy bear, Sountracks, Custom made and 3D printed Keychain, Databook.

Subreddit Section :

Do you visit OnePiece mostly on mobile or on desktop?

Mobile or Apps	Both	Desktop
50.6%	29.5%	19.9%

If you are using desktop, are you using the old version of reddit? Or the redesign?

Redesign	Old version
63.3%	36.7%

It seems like most users are using Mobile and Apps, as well as the redesign on desktop, so it's probably time to pay more attention to that than to the old version, this way we can get banners/flair for users that are on the new version of reddit.

How often do you make : a submission on OnePiece?/Comment?/read the rules?

Submission :

Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often (Daily)
67.1%	24.7%	5.6%	1.6%	1%

Comments :

Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often (Daily)
41.2%	32.7%	17.6%	6.7%	1.8%

Check the rules :

Never	Rarely	Sometimes	Often	Very often (Daily)
49.1%	17.1%	13.7%	8%	12%

This really shows that there are a lot of lurkers on the subreddit. Most of you won't ever post or comment on the subreddit. With 8% of users creating submission and 25% commenting.
As for the rules, there isn't any surprise since nearly every post respect the rules. (Only 1/5 of the post needs to be removed), so thank you to all of those that read them.

Content you enjoy the MOST/the LEAST.

Content you enjoy the most :

Theories/Discussion	Fanart	Polls	Cosplay	Merchandise	Youtube Video	Media (Photo and Video)
89.6%	47.9%	19.7%	16.7%	14.4%	14.1%	11.7%

So without surprise, people in this subreddit enjoy the Theories/discussions the most out of every type of post, it's then followed by the Fanarts.
Which is good since like 75% of posts made are Discussion (50% total)/Fanarts (25% total).
Content you enjoy the least:

Youtuber Video	Merchandise	Cosplay	Media	Fanart	Polls	Theories/Discussion
36.7%	35.1%	31%	15.7%	15.3%	6.9%	4.2%

Here there aren't any content that most users enjoy the least, but it still seems like users don't want to see that much Merchandise or Cosplay post. (Youtuber video are very rare)
Also, a quick reminder, Discussion/Theories are mostly found by sorting by New. This is where you will see all of them, as it's hard for them to show up on the front page of the subreddit (but if it shows up on Hot, then it's a very good one).

Do you only use the subreddit for the Spoiler and Chapter Discussion thread?

No	Yes
63.4%	36.6%

It's nice to see that roughly 2/3 of the users are here for more than just the Spoilers and Chapter discussion. But there is still a huge part that only use the subreddit for that.

Do you want the spoilers gone from this subreddit?

No	Yes
86.7%	13.3%

Rate your overall experience on OnePiece.

Here it's seems that out of 10, the Overall Experience on /OnePiece is 8.35
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One Piece related questions :

Who is your favorite Straw Hat?

Luffy	Zoro	Nami	Usopp	Sanji	Chopper	Robin	Franky	Brook	Jinbe
34.8%	29.1%	1.3%	6%	10.1%	1.8%	6.5%	2.4%	5.4%	2.6%

Who is your least favorite Straw Hat?

Luffy	Zoro	Nami	Usopp	Sanji	Chopper	Robin	Franky	Brook	Jinbe
0.8%	3.3%	10.6%	15%	6.5%	21.3%	4%	19.2%	8.3%	11.1%

As it was expected, Luffy is the Favorite Straw Hat for a lot of peopel, he's also the Straw Hat with the fewest "Least Favorite". After him Zoro is second favorite, followed by Sanji, Robin, Usopp, Brook, with the other Straw Hat having very few votes (and Nami having the Least "Favorite" Straw Hat.)
After that, it seems like Chopper, Usopp, and Franky are the one people like the least out of the Straw Hat.
I know it was a hard question for some of you, but the result are still interesting to know.

Which Strawhat has the saddest backstory?

Robin	Brook	Sanji	Chopper	Nami	Other
50.9%	25%	9.3%	7.1%	5.8%	1.9%

The Straw Hats with the saddest backstory is Robin! Followed by Brook, then Sanji, Chopper and Nami.

What is your favorite Yonko crew?

Red Hair	Whitebeard	Big Mom	Beast	Blackbeard
34.7%	31.1%	14%	10.6%	9.5%

So the favorite Emperor's crew are the Red Hair Pirate! Which is very impressive since we haven't seen much of them. I guess Oda better delivers when it come to see them in action after Wano.

Who is your favorite Admiral?

Garp	Aokiji	Fujitora	Kirazu	Akainu	Sengoku	Green Bull
28.4%	28.2%	20.8%	15.8%	4.7%	1.7%	0.5%

While Garp was only a Vice Admiral, he was put in the poll, and he won it! Whitout him, it's Aokiji that is the favorite, followed by Fujitora.
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Who is your favorite Supernova (outside the Straw Hat)

Law	Kid	Bonney	Urouge	Bege	X Drake	Hawkins	Apoo	Killer
63.5%	12.4%	5.5%	4.5%	4.3%	4%	2.8%	1.7%	1.3%

Who else than the character that nearly managed to defeat Luffy in the 5 popularity poll? Law is the Favorite Supernova outside of the Straw Hat!

Which is your favourite canon arc in One Piece?

The Favorite Canon Story arc are (You could vote for more than 1) :

Position	Story arc	Result
N°1	Enies Lobby	43.3%
N°2	Marineford	39.8%
N°3	Wano	30.2%
N°4	Water 7	23.3%
N°5	Impel Down	19.6%

Which is your least favourite canon arc in One Piece?

The Least Favorite Canon Story arc are (You could vote for more than 1) :

Position	Story arc	Result
N°1	Long Ring Long Land Arc	37.2%
N°2	Fishmen Island	16.9%
N°3	Syrup Village	15.8%
N°4	Thriller Bark	10.1%
N°5	Punk Hazard	9.7%

Favorite Cover Story?

Position	Cover Story	Result
N°1	Enel's Great Space Operations	24%
N°2	From the Decks of the World : "The 500.000.000 Man Arc"	11%
N°3	The Stories of the Self-Proclaimed Straw Hat Grand Fleet	10.7%
N°4	Ace's Great Blackbeard Search	9.8%
N°5	Straw Hat's Separation Seria	9.6%

Character Design in One Piece :

Do you like the female character designs in One Piece?

Yes	No	I have no opinion.
63%	19%	18%

Do you like the male character designs in One Piece?

Yes	No	I have no opinion.
89.6%	0.9%	9.5%

It's true that Oda isn't the best when it comes to Female character design. However it seems like the majority of users don't have a problem with that.

Are fight a determining factor for your enjoyment of the series/arc?

Yes	No
52.6%	47.4%

Now this is rather surprising I must say. What do ou thing about this?

What is/are your (absolute) favourite aspect(s) of One Piece?

From the result we have, it seems like the World-Building is the favorite part of One Piece (With 88.6% of voters choosing this).
It's followed by The Adventure (69%), The characterization (54.4%), the Inter-character relationship (49.4%), the Action (36%) and the Art Style (26.2%).
And those result are obvious. Some of the most upvoted chapters of this subreddit are when we have huge world building moment, like 907 (Shanks talks to the Elders), or 957 (ULTIMATE).

Post-Timeskip is?

On Par with Pre-TS	Better than Pre-TS	Worse than Pre-TS
59.8%	28.2%	12%

This question is one of the most asked. With a lot of vocal voices saying that post TS is worse than Pre-TS.
It's different for sure, but now we know how the community feels about that.

If you could eat a Devil Fruit, what type would you want?

Paramecia	Zoan	Logia
28.9%	8.6%	62.5%

Most people could choose to eat a Logia, and it seems like becoming a Furry is the lesser choice in this subreddit.

The Final Antagonist of One Piece will be :

With 48.5% it's Blackbeard!
Really? That is surprising for me since it's obvious that Oda will make the SH fight against the World Government after they find the One Piece. And I honestly don't see Blackbeard being the final Antagonist because of that.
So people who voted for this, what was your reasoning for it?

What is One Piece Biggest Flaw?

Some of the biggest flaws mentionned are :

• The Pacing
  
• The Lack of characters' death outside of Flashback
  
• The Anime.
  

Which are all fair flaws to the series.

Random Questions about the Series :

As of Wano, is Jimbei stronger than Zoro?

Yes	No	Yes but Zoro will be stronger soon
9.8%	60.3	29.9%

I guess people really want Zoro to always be the second strongest no matter what... I expected this result, but I was still disappointed...

Was Zoro as strong as Luffy just after the timeskip?

Yes	No
31.5%	68.5%

I... Really? 31.5% said yes?

Will Sanji get laid by the end of the story?

Yes	No
49.6%	50.4%

Nearly the perfect split, and it's easy to see why it's very divisive. (Also shows that every vote counts).

Will Usopp be part of the 1 Billion Club by the end of the story?

Yes	No
76.4%	23.6%

The Straw Hats will go to Laugh Tales :

Before fighting the WG	After Fighting the WG
71.1%	28.9%

It's been hinted at a lot that the SH will go to Laugh Tales before taking on the WG. So for me it feels rather strange to have more than 1/4 voting for them reaching the final island after.

Who will be the one to defeat Kaido? (So give the last hit)

With 66.3% of the votes the one who will give the last hit to Kaido is : Luffy!
Followed by 11.5% with someone else (that isn't Law/Kid/Zoro/Big Mom/Scabbard/Admiral) and 11% by one of the Scabbard.
Zoro received 6.4% of the votes.

Who will be the first SH to realize their dream?

Luffy	Zoro	Nami	Usopp	Sanji	Chopper	Robin	Franky	Brook	Jinbe
16.2%	12.5%	3.2%	32.7%	7.8%	1.8%	15%	6.8%	2.8%	1.2%

Most users believe that Usopp will be the first one to realize his dream!
I also think the same as it's the easiest Dream to realize really. I could bet you it will happen in Elbaf.
After that, we have Luffy and Robin, and it make sense since their dreams are linked. Both can be done once they reach Laugh Tales.

How many members will the crew have at the end? (With Luffy)

And most people want 11 members total in the crew! (With 28.6%), 27.5% wants 12 members, wile 19.8% want the crew to be complete right now with Jinbe.

Who do you think wins in a 1v1 : An Emperor or an Admiral?

Yonko	Admiral
92.3%	7.7%

If you are active on the subreddit, you know it's one of the question that creates the most discussion/arguments about.
So it's nice to know the overall opinion of the subreddit on this question (Doesn't mean it's always correct mind you).

Is Mihawk emperor's level?

Yes	No
57.7%	42.3%

Also a very divisive question on this subreddit.

Is Aokiji emperor's level?

Yes	No
38.3%	61.7%

Is Akainu emperor's level?

Yes	No
66.2%	33.8%

So they fight for 10 days in a very close battle. With Akainu winning in the end, but after a long and hard fight. And one is Emperor's level while the other isn't?
Really? I find that hard to understand.

If Oden was alive would he be stronger than Mihawk

Yes	No
63.7%	36.3%

How strong was Oden at the time of his death?

The strongest	Top 3	Top 5	Top 10	Top 20	< Top 20
1.4%	15.4%	32.5%	37.5%	11.9%	1.4%

I like Oden, but sometimes I feel like people are overestimating him.

Who is stronger between Shanks and Mihawk?

Shanks	Mihawk
85.6%%	14.4%

This is also one of the question creating the most arguments on this subreddit, after all Mihawk is the World Strongest Swordman. But Shanks is an Emperor and became one after losing his arm.

Is Kaido stronger now that 20 years ago?

Yes, he's stronger	Same level	Weaker
64.5%	26.3	9.2%

Had Ace survived, would Wano be liberated by now?

Yes	No
17.9%	82.1%

Could the Marines take on ALL the Yonko at the same time ?

Yes	Yes in Marineford only	No	2 at the same time	3 at the same time
2.4%	3.3%	68.6%	23%	2.7%

This question is also linked to how you see the Emperor vs Admiral. So depending on which side you are on, you are more likely to pick Yes or No.

Which character do you want focus on next?

Rank	Character	%
N°1	Vegapunk	24.7%
N°2	Dragon	18.8%
N°3	Shanks	14.6%

All very good choices, and all of them are character we have known for a long time without really knowing.

Will Blackbeard find the One Piece before Luffy?

Yes	No
18.7%	81.3%

How strong is Monkey D. Dragon?

The strongest	Top 3	Top 5	Top 10	< Top 10
3%	18.8%	31.8%	37.5%	8.9%

Here, most people seems to think that Luffy's father, Garp's son is part of the strongest characters of the series. Oda better respond to our expectations then.
As for his Bounty : Well, 31.6% think it will be more than 6 Billions and 28.1% think it will be between 5-6 billions.
That remind me, I once made a poll asking people what Sabo's bounty would be (since we knew it was getting revealed in a magazine soon). So maybe I will do the same for Dragon? That could be nice.

Who is currently the strongest Emperor?

Kaido	Shanks	Blackbeard	Big Mom
43.1%	26.4%	26.3%	4.2%

I wonder if the recent chapters made people change their perception on this...

What are the fights you would want to see?

Fight	%
Blackbeard vs Shanks	55.5%
Garp vs Rocks	54.9%
Garp vs Roger	54.8%
Mihawk vs Shanks	52.6%
Akainu vs Aokiji	44.6%

How long do you think One Piece has left? (At a rate of 40 chapters a year)

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As you can see, most people think One Piece has at least 5 years left to go on. We will know Oda is terrible with respecting his own objectives. And this is good. The more One Piece the better.

On a scale from Spandam to Whitebeard/Roger, How strong is Im?

For this question, it seems like most people put Im at the same level as Whitebeard/Roger with 28.6% voting Im being there.
I honestly don't know how strong I want Im to be.

What arcs, after Wano, do you want?

The arcs people want the most are :

Arc	%
Elbaf	79.8%
Laugh Tales	68.6%
Vegapunk	67.5%
The Final War	66.3%
Red Hair Pirates	38.2%

So arcs teased for years (Elbaf/Laugh Tales/Final War) and about character that people want to see (Vegapunk/Red Hair pirates).

How is Blackbeard able to use multiples Devil Fruits?

Reason	%
More than 1 soul	29.5%
Weird Body	29.7%
Yami Yami	35.2%
Other	5.6%

It's one of those question were people have very different opinion about. And right now there isn't really a major concensus in the fandom, even if the theory about it being related to the Yami Yami is more popular.
In the Other catergory, there was the Cerberus Devil Fruit option, Blackbeard being a Triplet, him being actually 2+ kids in a trenchcoat, him being a failed Vegapunk experiment, having several stomachs him being pregnant (Stop reading fanfiction), him putting the power inside his rings, being a great guy and him being a cunt.

Haki is :

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Overall, People like Haki in the series, with a 4.38 out of 5!

How many arcs are left after Wano?

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Here, it seems like the answer for the community would be 4-5 arcs left. Which would then make (base don the How long One Piece has left), like a year per arc on average.

The final war of One Piece will be :

Reason	%
SH+RA vs WG+Marines vs BB	50.8%
SH+RA vs WG+Marines	37.6%
SH vs RA vs WG	6.8%
Other	4.8%

I just don't see Blackbeard being in the final war, as my opinion is that he will be dealt with before it. For the other answers, there was Straw Hats vs Blackbeard Pirates, Family of D vs vs im sama, Total civil war in marines, Straw Hat vs Shanks, Straw hat vs Pound, Zoro vs World Goverment, Dugongs vs buggy.

Will Luffy die at the end of One Piece?

Will Luffy die?	%
Yes	28%
No	72%

An ending were Luffy died wouldn't be a good ending for me. He needs to survive and go on more adventures.

Are Shakky and Rayleigh Mihawk's parent?

Answer	%
Yes	10.2%
No	89.9%

Will the crew still be together at the end of the series?

Answer	%

Yes, they will keep going on adventure together.| 57.6% o, they will move on, like the Roger Pirates| 42.4%
Like with Luffy living, I want the Crew to stay together, and sail together for many more adventures. I could see them taking breaks from time to time, but them staying together would be the best ending for me.

Can the Red Line be destroyed with Ancient Weapons?

Answer	%
Yes	91.9%
No	8.1%

What is the biggest mystery left to be revealed?

The most common answers were : The Void Century, the Will of D, Im, The One Piece, Joy Boy, Luffy's mother and Who is Pandaman?

What is the One Piece?

Here, there was plenty of : "No idea", The friends we made along the way, a Devil Fruit, Knowledge, Uranus, History, a book, my mom.

What sort of Devil Fruit do you want to see in the story?

The most common answer was : Water Logia! Followed by Wind Logia and people wanting more mythical Zoans.

What is the craziest theory you believe?

Here are a few of them :

• Shanks is a Celestial Dragon
• That Vegapunk is going to flip a switch in the Pacifista programming to fight the marines at the end.
• Luffy's mom was a celestial dragon
• Devil fruits are all artificial from the void century
• That Finland doesn't exist
• Zoro is going to get Rodger's disease
• D's were the original Celestial Dragons
• Weevil was made by Vegapunk using Whitebeard's cells and then was discarded until Bakkin picked him up
• One of the Roger Pirates (probably Scopper Gaban) is on Laugh Tale waiting for whoever finds it, sort of like how Crocus and Rayleigh seem to be positioned to monitor rookie pirates
• Onigashima is an Oarz like skeleton and Big Mom is gonna bring it to life.
• The different races came from other planets/moons
• Tama is a Kurozomi
• Ussop is a descendant of Mont Blanc Nolan
• Luffy hatched from an egg.
• The fish that bit Shanks's arm off was Joyboy's pet
• Bon chan is Kin'emon's son
• Oda no longer draws the manga
• bonney and ace having a child
• That Perospero is going to help kill Big Mom.
• Dragon being former Admiral

What are your favorites?
And here it is, the 500K survey! Took me far too long to make, as I underestimated the time needed to sort the answer and create this post. Like damn.
I hope you enjoyed it. The anwers for the Survey Saga will be up next in some time.

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EDIT: MAJOR UPDATE AT BOTTOM
Welcome to the "Speculations" mega thread for the device possibly upcoming in the Oculus Quest line-up. This thread will be a compilation of leaks, speculation & rumors updated as new information comes out.
Let's have some fun and go over some of the leaks, rumors, speculation all upcoming before Facebook Connect, we'll have a full mega thread going during Connect, but this should be a great thread for remembrance afterward.
Facebook Connect is happening September 16th at 10 AM PST, more information can be found here.
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Leaks
In March, Facebook’s public Developer Documentation website started displaying a new device called ‘Del Mar’, with a ‘First Access’ program for developers.
In May, we got the speculated specs, based off the May Bloomberg Report (Original Paywall Link)
• “at least 90Hz” refresh rate
• 10% to 15% smaller than the current Quest
• around 20% lighter
• “the removal of the fabric from the sides and replacing it with more plastic”
• “changing the materials used in the straps to be more elastic than the rubber and velcro currently used”
• “a redesigned controller that is more comfortable and fixes a problem with the existing controller”
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On top of that, the "Jedi Controller" drivers leaked, which are now assumed to be V3 Touch Controllers for the upcoming device.
The IMUs seem significantly improved & the reference to a 60Hz (vs 30hz) also seems to imply improved tracking.
It's also said to perhaps have improved haptics & analog finger sensing instead of binary/digital.
Now as of more recent months, we had the below leaks.
Render (1), (2)
Walking Cat seems to believe the device is called "Quest 2", unfortunately since then, his twitter has been taken down.
Real-life pre-release model photos
Possible IPD Adjustment
From these photos and details we can discern that:

• there will likely be at least one white model of Quest in the future.
• The camera positions and angles have been changed slightly. This might be to improve tracking coverage overhead.
• The tracking ring has become somewhat larger and has been angled backward, presumably so they face the cameras better at all times.
• The thumb-area has widened significantly & the capacitive thumb-area seems to have returned from the original CV1 touch controllers.
• The HMD seems to have become smaller in terms of depth. This could perhaps mean a severe decrease in weight; balancing the headset more.
• The head strap is similar to that of the Oculus Go.
• It appears there are two microphone holes on the bottom of the headset. This implies the headset might have stereo microphones. Getting two over getting one decent microphone might also mean the two microphones have better recording quality than the original Quest?

Further features speculation based on firmware digging (thanks Reggy04 from the VR Discord for quite a few of these), as well as other sources, all linked.
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• Cross-device app sharing
• Graphic options like antialiasing and "High Quality Panel Rendering"
• A reference to a beta software feature called "Avalanche"
• The return of the brightness slider
• Something about a desktop broadcast feature
• An option to uninstall home environments (maybe that's possible already, wasn't sure)
• Accessibility options like changing the font size:
• Voice commands triggered by the phrase "Hey Facebook":
• An "intrusion alert" that warns you when someone enters your guardian space:
• A feature that allows you to connect your iPhone and receive notifications in VR:
• Options for a laser pointer (Infinite Office related?)
• Something about a "magic portal"
• Passthrough filters with multiple options like "HD" or "superRes"
• A feature that lets you add your sofa to your playspace (GIF)
• Something about "High-quality VR layers for rendering panels"
• 3D Whiteboard Model
• Passthrough Keyboard
• Keyboard Tracking Opt-In / Keyboard Tracking / Texture 1 / Texture 2
• Fitness Tracker
• Instant Replay
• Adding to guardian
• Battery Pack ("Extended Battery Installed")
• Casting Via Web Browser
• Infinite Office
• Multi User Support
• Oculus Gallery Multiplayer
• Oculus Cloud Storage
• New Touch Controller Diagram
• Talks of Eye Tracking

Additional Sources: 1/2/3/4
Headset Codenames
We've seen a few codenames going around at this point, Reggy04 provided this screenshot that shows the following new codenames.

• Oculus Del Mar - HOLLYWOOD
• Oculus Seacliff - SEACLIFF

Pricing Rumors
So far, the most prevalent pricing we've seen is 299 for 64gb, and 399 for 256GB
These were shown by a Walmart page for Point Reyes with a release date of September 16 and a Target price leak with a street date of October 13th
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Speculation
What is this headset?
Speculation so far is this headset is a Quest S or Quest 2
OR
This is a flat-out cheaper-to-manufacture, small upgrade to the Oculus Quest to keep up with demand and to iterate the design slowly.
Again, This is all speculation, nothing is confirmed or set in stone.
What do you think this is and what we'll see at FB Connect? Let's talk!
Rather chat live? Join us on the VR Discord
EDIT: MAJOR UPDATE - Leaked Videos.
6GB of RAM, XR2 Platform, "almost 4k display" (nearly 2k per eye) Source
I am mirroring all the videos in case they get pulled down.
Mirrors: Oculus Hand Tracking , Oculus Casting, Health and Safety, Quest 2 Instructions, Inside the Upgrade

Well! Here we are again. Everyone is sitting around this internet campfire, anxiously awaiting another Hawk story. Some of you are making S'mores. Others have crammed a stick into a hotdog and are now roasting it. I "Cope" with life and have a fat dip in. The only person I don't see is Hawk. Wait. There he is, and he keeps sticking his fingers into the fire to, "make sure it's still hot." I wonder if there is still a need to detail how mentally deficient or completely oblivious Hawk is? I strongly encourage you to read my previous stories if you have not been formally introduced to Hawk. I suspect you will continue to read anyways, so I offer you this: Hawk is the type of guy that gets into a spelling argument with his tattoo artist and walks out proud of his two-inch sized font forehead tattoo that reads "No Regerts."
We were in beautiful Iraq, a charming vacation destination for thousands of Americans. The vacation was all inclusive. The local women dressed like Pac-Man ghosts or ninjas, and countryside smelled like raw sewage and regret. Most of the locals were very hospitable, but some of the locals had a very strong desire to shout, "Praise Allah" while simultaneously trying to kill us. I am not bothered by much. Every human is entitled to their beliefs. We are also entitled to our own opinions. For example, I don't personally feel "man-dresses" and flip-flops are suitable combat attire, but who am I too judge? The only time I have an issue with people is when they are actively trying to kill me. I don't know why, but it really pisses me off. That and grape jelly.
We worked out of two different locations during this deployment. The majority of my Battalion worked out of a medium-sized Forward Operating Base (FOB), but we also operated out of a smaller FOB. We typically stayed at this other location for about ten days, and would rotate with another Platoon. The location was not horrible, but I personally hated the transient lifestyle. We lived out of our ruck-sacks, and had to find ways to occupy our time when we were not conducting raids or other missions. We didn't have the luxuries we had at "home." There were no gaming systems or large televisions. We simply had find ways to occupy ourselves.
Football was the game of choice for a couple weeks, then it got blacklisted. It had nothing to do with the ball being pigskin either. It was mostly due to poor mission analysis. Football was one of the few things we could all do and actually enjoyed, until it was too dark to play. We had a brilliant and genius idea. We fucking "own the night" with our Night Vision Goggle (NVGs), so why don't we rent it for a couple hours to finish the game? Game on Garth! We thought of everything. We drenched that infidel ball in Infrared (IR) chemlight (Glow Stick) juice. The depth perception problem was immediately evident. House took a fucking laser beam pass to the to the face. Two black eyes builds character though.
We can work through it though. His NVGs were still Fully Mission Capable (FMC), and we all realized that we needed to be a bit quicker. The fourth play from scrimmage was undoubtedly the best, and worst football play in the history of Iraq football. Fuck punting. We were going for it. It would have been easy to confuse Tony, our quarterback for Michael Vick from the shotgun. Tony was a Michael Vick with NVGs, and without the dog fighting felony. Tony evaded numerous rushers and then superbly delivered a fifty yard completion to Ryan. It was beautiful to watch, until it wasn't. NVG's are great, but they don't offer the same Field of View (FOV) your eye-nuggets offer. Ryan thought he was all alone and started a leisurely stroll to the end-zone. The he got fucking nuked from the top and bottom, in fucking reverse directions. Sure, Ryan broke a finger and required "some" stitches. Oh and they broke three sets of NVGs in one play, but damn that was a glorious fucking hit. It was first-and-ten, but our Platoon Sergeant was less than happy. Game off Wayne!
We were now bored again. There was another unit on the FOB with us, but they were not fans of us. The only real interaction we had was when their full-bird Colonel told us to, "stay the fuck away from his Soldiers." I don't know if one of the other Platoons ruined it for us, but the guy was just a complete prick to us.
We did our best to keep our reverse schedule, but it was just so boring during the evenings we were not working. The majority of us resorted to playing Spades or Echure, and others read. Hawk and a handful of others would take nightly showers and then seemed to vanish. "Knowledge is power" and I knew Hawk was utterly powerless. I knew better than to ever let that retarded bird spread his wings and fly solo. I didn't see any reason to worry though. The other people Hawk was with were far smarter than Hawk woud ever be. Furthermore, with football now off the table, there was really no way for anyone to get in trouble at this FOB.
Imagine Hawk in a cattle chute. If I put a box labeled "commonsense" on the opposite end, Hawk would never fucking find it. In a place he literally has no option but to find it, he would NOT FIND IT. EVER. However, if I had a box labeled "worst decision ever" and dropped it in the ocean, Hawk would fucking somehow stumble upon the lost city of Atlantis. I had never really got my ass chewed before I became Hawk's leader, but that trend went out the window when I inherited him.
We lived on the second floor, and my bunk was closest to the door that rotation. Thankfully too. I was woken up when I heard, "I want to talk to one of your leaders." I didn't know "who" was in trouble, but I had Hawk so I knew it was best to simply put my shoes on and assume I was in trouble by proxy. I didn't even wait to see if I would get to sit on the Green Army Weenie, I just spit in my hand and readied my o-ring for maximal insertion. It was too early for the sun to even be out, and I was already willingly walking to my execution. My how things had changed so quickly.
I walk outside and I see five Soldiers, one Hawk, and a fucking pissed of Colonel (COL).
COL: Are you their leader?
OP: I am one of them. How can I help you Sir?
COL: Do you know where I caught them?
This is where I would typically say something stupid, but this guy didn't look happy, and I didn't want to give him a reason to wake up someone who "may" have gave a shit as to why he was irate.
OP: No Sir. I don't.
COL: Above MY SHOWER?
I was now pissed. There was a large shower tent in the middle of large open courtyard. One half was male and the other was female. These fucking morons were spying on naked females? I want to kill them for listening to Hawk. Well, I assumed it was a Hawk idea. Like Hawk's brain, I was putting the cart before the horse. I assume it was Hawk, but I had questions.
OP: How in the fuck did you guys get on top the shower tent?
I was working myself into a frenzy. My brain does not operate like normal people brains. I was pretty pissed considering they violated the privacy of the beautiful ladies at the FOB, but I was actually more pissed they got on top of a fucking tent. They seemingly forgot everything about military tactics and got caught; that was the foremost reason for my anger. The spying on deployment 1's (binary thingy) was second. Considerably a far worse offense, but second at the point in time.
COL: NO. Not the shower tent. On my personal shower.
What? This guy was so special, he had a personal shower. What, he was too good to use the pallet floored showers like the rest of us? So maybe the Romanians (We think anyways) occasionally shit on the pallets and waffle-stomped the poop through the pallets, but the water pressure was phenomenal.
OP: You have a personal shower Sir, and they were on top?
COL: YES. I caught them in my water tank.
Well, back to being puzzled. I don't judge. I personally don't care if penis gazing is your hobby, but there are five of you? Why don't you just unleash your hogs and stare at each others? Anyways, how in the fuck did they all fit into the water tank? What the fuck did they do when they got inside? My god, my brain was running wild with unsightly pictures.
OP: My apologies Sir, but how did they all fit into your water tank?
COL: Come with my Sergeant; so you understand what I am talking about.
OP: You mother fuckers can wait for me in, the front-leaning-rest (Push-up position).
I still wasn't certain I entirely cared, but I thought this would may demonstrate that I showed concern about his fucking one-person shower. COL Prick then lead me around the side of the building and showed me his water tank. It was fucking huge. It was one of the typical hard plastic tanks, but the entire top had been cut off. God knows why, not like it was ever dusty in Iraq, but the top was no-more. It all made sense now. They weren't gay; they were chilling in a makeshift hot tub! Well, the gayness thing is up in the air, but I guess they were too loud while he was showering!?! I apologized profusely, but COL Prick had me locked up at the position of attention for at least ten minutes just dressing me down. I was a "really poor leader, and you're not going to go anywhere in the Army." Jokes on him, they haven't kicked me out yet.
COL: This is why nobody likes "cool guys." Words, words, words. You'd better do something about this, words, words, words. My penis is too small to shower with the big boys, words, words, words. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY SIGHT.
I returned to the Soldiers, whom were still all in the front-leaning-rest. I screamed, "GET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING. I DON'T WANT TO GO TO JAIL AFTER PEOPLE SEE ME SMOKE THE FUCKING LIFE FROM YOUR BODY. NOW FUCKING RUN." They fucking scurry, and I stroll to the other side of the building. Out of sight and out of mind.
(I will use "Group" unless Hawk is the person talking. Too many useless names otherwise.)
OP: That fucking dickhead has his own fucking shower! What the fuck?
GROUP: I know right?
OP: What the fuck were you guys thinking? I would expect this from at least one of you, but I won't point elbows. (I then just fucking stare at Hawk.)
GROUP: We didn't think anyone used it. We had never seen anyone go into the room, and the room looked empty. We saw the water tank on top, and just figured we would check it out.
OP: How the fuck did you even get up there?
GROUP: You can walk to it if you exit any second floor window on our building. Well, the courtyard side.
OP: So you guys just sneak out and hang out in this guys shower water?
GROUP: Yes, but we seriously thought nobody used it. We would not have used it otherwise.
OP:You fucking dip-shits think this was just a randomly placed unused water tank? You fucking idiots just stand in this guys shower water for hours?
HAWK: No. We are not dumb Sergeant. We sit on MRE (Meal Ready to Eat) boxes.
OP: HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON?
GROUP: (LaughteGiggles) Every night!?!
OP: We have been here for five days now! NO FUCKING MORE! I will fucking kill you if I get yelled at again over this. The only thing that makes me smile is the fact that he is showering with your ball funk.
Hawk: I have some excellent news then Sergeant
OP: Really? Whats Hawk?
Hawk: (Smirk) We made a promise that, "nobody pisses in the hot tub"...
OP: This is why your mother should have swallowed you Hawk. Why the fuck would that make me happy?
Hawk: (Laughing) Because I broke that rule every night. Most nights more than once!
GROUP: What the fuck Hawk! We have been lounging in your piss? What the fuck dude!
Hawk: I know. (Smiles.) I lied to you though! Cheer up Sergeant. I peed on him for you!
For the record, Hawk did not find the hot tub. He just peed in it, a lot. I don't think any of us paid attention because they came back from wet and with towels. I merely assumed they went to the showers. I suppose I should have kept better track of time. Also, I apologize if this was not as funny as the other Hawk tales. I realized it when I reread it, but it was certainly funny being on-the-ground and witnessing it. Can't laugh at them all I suppose. Remember, next week, "Hawk Walks Home: In Iraq." I don't think it is feasibly possible to not make that one funny. Lastly, some of my stories are a result of me being in the military, but not military. Those stories and others will/are posted at FuckeryUniveristy. I am not ever going to compete with this page, but I do need a place to post other stories and have little fear they will be taken down. The mod may be a huge prick, but at least I know the guy. Man...huge prick!
Cheers!

For quite a while I'm now using youtube-dl to backup my youtube playlists. But without a good UI it was always a chore to actually watch a video (thats no longer available on youtube), so I decided to write some kind of web UI for a folder full of videos.
If you want a live demo, I copied a few random videos together and spun up a instance on my server: https://ytdl-viewer-demo.mikescher.com You can download (or read the whole README) on github: https://github.com/Mikescheyoutube-dl-viewer
youtube-dl-viewer displays videos from one or many directories and optionally (!) shows metadata from the youtube-dl .info.json files (but you can also use it without youtube-dl, as long as it can find video files it works). It also tries to generate thumbnails and a few "preview-frames" for those fancy mouse-hover previews. And if you run it on a server with ffmpeg installed it can transcode your videos (even live with enough cpu power) to stream them in your browser.
There are (at least for me) currently two use cases:
(1) You can copy the binary in the directory with your videos (it's self-contained) together with a batch file that starts youtube-dl-viewer. This way you can plug a external drive with videos into you pc, run the batch, and get a nice view of all the video files on there.
(2) You can run youtube-dl-viewer on your server (where also the video files are / are being synced to) and access the webpage from anywhere.
Because I tend to waste too much time on hobby projects for reasons there are now a lot more options/switches/gimmicks - but they should all be explained in the github README.
 
I mostly developed this for me, and it's now (finally) at a point where I'm happy with it and use it quite often. But still in the spirit of open-source I thought I would share it, also if someone wants something and writes a pull request I would be happy to look at it :)
( x-posted to selfhosted )

Hi all,

It’s time for the results!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to respond - we had over 1,750 responses, which is great! These insights wouldn’t be possible without your time and support.

As always, neither myself nor this survey are associated with Intelligent Systems or Nintendo in any way. Please direct feedback about the game itself to the official channels.

Now let’s get into it!
 
^{Previous Survey Results:
April_2020_State_of_the_Game_Survey}

~ Demographics ~

53.8% began playing FE:H in February 2017, with 20.0% more joining during the first year of the game. 12.0% of respondents joined during the second year, 8.7% joined during the third, and 4.0% joined during the fourth year (the last ~7 months).

The age range breakdown of respondents is as follows:

• (2.6%) 12 – 15 years old
• (15.0 %) 16 – 18 years old
• (23.4 %) 19 – 21 years old
• (21.8 %) 22 – 24 years old
• (25.8 %) 25 – 30 years old
• (8.2 %) 31 – 40 years old
• (1.0 %) 40+ years old

75.8% of respondents identified as Male, 18.4% as Female, and 3.0% as Non-binary.

24.6% of respondents have never missed a daily login, while a further 38.8% have missed less than a month’s worth of logins, 11.7% missed 1-2 months, 9.9% missed 3-6 months, 5.8% missed 7-12 months, and 4.7% missed over a year’s worth.

33.5% report being F2P, while 28.7% have spent less than $100, 18.3% spent between $100 - $499, 7.3% spent between $500 - $999, and 8.7% have spent over $1000.

46.6% last spent money on FE:H during the fourth year of the game (the last 3 months), while 6.6% last spent money during the third year of the game, 5.8% last spent during the second year of the game, and 5.1% last spent money during the first year of the game.

~ Summoning ~

“Which of the following banners have you used orbs on at least once?”

• (86.8%) A New Future (CYL 4)
• (60.2%) Overseas Memories (3H Summer)
• (59.8%) Dark Burdens (Fallen Heroes)
• (57.9%) Legendary Heroes: Edelgard
• (55.2%) Legendary Heroes: Corrin
• (53.1%) Book IV Mid: Mirabilis and More
• (52.9%) Hero Fest
• (52.2%) Pirate’s Pride
• (44.5%) Mythic Heroes: Hel
• (44.2%) Mythic Heroes: Mila
• (43.7%) Bridal Beloveds
• (39.6%) Summer Passing (Sacred Stones Summer (mostly))
• (37.5%) Legendary Heroes: Seliph
• (31.1%) Light and Shadow (New Mystery)

“Which of the following banners did you use the most orbs on?”

• (44.8%) A New Future (CYL 4)
• (8.6%) Overseas Memories (3H Summer)
• (5.9%) Legendary Heroes: Corrin
• (5.8%) Dark Burdens (Fallen Heroes)
• (5.5%) Pirate’s Pride
• (4.9%) Legendary Heroes: Edelgard
• (4.5%) Hero Fest
• (3.5%) Mythic Heroes: Hel
• (3.0%) Bridal Beloveds
• (2.8%) Book IV Mid: Mirabilis and More
• (2.5%) Summer Passing (Sacred Stones Summer (mostly))
• (2.5%) Legendary Heroes: Seliph
• (2.3%) Mythic Heroes: Mila
• (1.7%) Light and Shadow (New Mystery)

“What was your favorite banner?”

• (37.4%) A New Future (CYL 4)
• (10.9%) Dark Burdens (Fallen Heroes)
• (8.9%) Pirate’s Pride
• (8.5%) Overseas Memories (3H Summer)
• (5.7%) Hero Fest
• (5.4%) Legendary Heroes: Corrin
• (3.3%) Legendary Heroes: Edelgard
• (2.9%) Legendary Heroes: Seliph
• (2.6%) Book IV Mid: Mirabilis and More
• (2.6%) Bridal Beloveds
• (2.5%) Summer Passing (Sacred Stones Summer (mostly))
• (2.3%) Light and Shadow (New Mystery)
• (1.5%) Mythic Heroes: Hel
• (1.4%) Mythic Heroes: Mila

“Did you spend money specifically to summon on any of the banners below?”

• (17.6%) A New Future (CYL 4)
• (10.3%) Overseas Memories (3H Summer)
• (8.9%) Legendary Heroes: Corrin
• (6.8%) Dark Burdens (Fallen Heroes)
• (6.6%) Pirate’s Pride
• (6.5%) Legendary Heroes: Edelgard
• (5.8%) Hero Fest
• (5.1%) Bridal Beloveds
• (4.9%) Mythic Heroes: Hel
• (4.8%) Book IV Mid: Mirabilis and More
• (4.8%) Mythic Heroes: Mila
• (4.8%) Summer Passing (Sacred Stones Summer (mostly))
• (3.4%) Light and Shadow (New Mystery)
• (3.3%) Legendary Heroes: Seliph

~ Summoning Mechanics ~

33.7% spent orbs on the Hero Fest banner AFTER Intelligent Systems announced how they would be compensating players for the Hero Fest banner glitch, compared to 61.7% who did not.

30.5% say that knowing about the compensation for the Hero Fest banner glitch caused them to spend more orbs on the banner than they would have otherwise, compared to 41.5% who say it did not. 28.0% did not spend orbs on the Hero Fest banner.

34.3% feel positively or very positively about the quality of 4* focuses on regular banners, compared to 26.9% who feel negatively or very negatively.

69.7% feel positively or very positively about the quality of 4* focuses on seasonal banners, compared to 7.8% who feel negatively or very negatively.

53.8% report that the system guaranteeing a free 5* after 40 summons generally makes them summon more, while 5.4% report that it generally makes them summon less and 36.1% report no change in their summoning habits on New Heroes banners.

“If all New Heroes Banners used the permanent 40-summons-for-a-guaranteed-5* system that CYL4 used, how would your orb-spending habits on New Heroes banners change?”

• (1.8%) I would spend fewer orbs than I did before
• (22.3%) I would spend the same amount of orbs I usually do
• (10.3%) I would spend more orbs than I did before
• (62.2%) My spending would depend more on the Heroes offered

~ Choose Your Legends IV ~

“Which CYL4 Brave Heroes have you summoned, whether from the guaranteed choice banner or the regular banner?”

• (78.0%) Dimitri
• (73.4%) Claude
• (65.7%) Edelgard
• (56.6%) Lysithea

Of the summoning milestones on the CYL4 banner:

• (20.2%) did not reach any of these summoning milestones
• (79.7%) reached 40 summons
• (41.0%) reached 80 summons
• (19.8%) reached 120 summons
• (11.1%) reached 160 summons

45.7% say that the free 5* hero at 40, 80, 120 and 160 summons caused them to spend more on CYL4 than they would have otherwise, while 50.3% say it did not.

22.8% say that the potential use of a new Brave Hero in future F2P Guides for content such as Hero Battles influenced their Brave Heroes summons, compared to 74.0% who say it did not.

“If you could only get ONE of the new Brave Heroes, which one would you choose?”

• (36.8%) Dimitri
• (28.9%) Edelgard
• (22.9%) Claude
• (7.8%) Lysithea

“Which Brave Hero do you believe is the overall strongest?”

• (60.7%) Edelgard
• (21.9%) Dimitri
• (7.9%) Claude
• (1.2%) Lysithea

“Which Brave Hero do you believe is the overall weakest?”

• (61.2%) Lysithea
• (13.7%) Claude
• (7.0%) Dimitri
• (1.7%) Edelgard

“Which Brave Hero do you believe has the best art?”

• (32.9%) Claude
• (27.3%) Dimitri
• (20.1%) Lysithea
• (13.3%) Edelgard

“Which set of Brave Heroes is your favorite overall?”

• (24.2%) 1st CYL (Ike, Lucina, Lyn, Roy)
• (19.4%) 2nd CYL (Ephraim, Celica, Hector, Veronica)
• (11.2%) 3rd CYL (Alm, Camilla, Eliwood, Micaiah)
• (39.9%) 4th CYL (Claude, Dimitri, Edelgard, Lysithea)

23.6% feel positively or very positively about the addition of Jorge as the CYL4 GHB hero, compared to 33.0% who feel negatively or very negatively.

86.3% believe CYL5 should add further protections against vote botting, compared to 4.4% who do not.

70.1% believe CYL5 should require Nintendo Account sign-in to vote, compared to 12.6% who do not.

~ Feh Pass and Resplendent Heroes ~

41.2% feel negatively about the addition of the Feh Pass (down 15.8% from the last survey), compared to 11.6% who feel positively (up 1.5% from the last survey). 46.1% are neutral (up 14.3% from the last survey).

40.2% have purchased the Feh Pass, compared to 59.8% who have not. This is a 9.5% increase compared to the last survey, following a 6.7% increase before that.

Of those who have subscribed to Feh Pass, 17.4% have purchased Resplendent Heroes separately (up 12.9% from the last survey), compared to 82.6% who have not.

“Which Resplendent Hero has your favorite art?”

• (13.4%) Cordelia
• (12.8%) Eliwood
• (8.7%) Eirika
• (8.4%) Olwen
• (7.5%) Sophia
• (7.3%) Minerva
• (6.0%) Azura
• (5.7%) Lyn
• (5.2%) Ike
• (4.1%) Sanaki
• (4.0%) Roy
• (3.7%) M!Robin
• (2.3%) Hector
• (1.6%) Linde
• (1.3%) Alm

“Which Resplendent outfit theme is your favorite?”

• (16.3%) Muspell
• (15.0%) Askr
• (14.8%) Nifl
• (11.5%) Embla
• (11.5%) Hel
• (10.3%) Ljosalfheimr

~ Miscellaneous ~

15.8% feel positively about the introduction of Harmonized Heroes, compared to 31.3% who feel negatively.

29.5% have a Harmonized Hero, compared to 70.1% who do not.

14.6% feel positively or very positively about the Resonant Battles game mode, compared to 51.5% who feel negatively or very negatively.

4.6% say that the Resonant Battles game mode influenced them to pull for Harmonized Heroes, compared to 94.5% who say it has not.

34.8% believe the new Arena maps are better than the maps they replaced, while 7.4% believe they are worse, and 36.7% believe they are about the same.

“How often do you use Auto Dispatch in Aether Raids?”

• (34.3%) All of them, always
• (0.2%) All of them, in Light Season
• (3.6%) All of them, in Astra season
• (24.3%) Only sometimes
• (37.6%) I never use it

“IV Mango” is the preferred term for Trait Fruit according to 32.2% of respondents, followed by “IVcado” at 28.9%, “Fruit” at 7.6%, and “Dragonfruit” at 6.6%. The remaining 24.7% prefer to just call them Trait Fruit.

39.3% say they will use their first Trait Fruits on a Heroic Grails unit, while 32.9% say they will use them on a Summonable unit, and 1.3% say they will use them on an Askr unit.

58.7% prefer Stat Boosts for Legendary Heroes, compared to 26.3% who prefer Pair-Up.

56.5% generally prefer Regular Duo Heroes, compared to 8.8% who prefer Harmonized Duo Heroes.

1.8% say that the update that raised the minimum hardware/software required to play the game affected their ability to play FE:H, compared to 95.8% who say it did not.

~ Recurring Miscellaneous ~

“Which game do you want a New Heroes banner from the most?”

• (26.0%) Three Houses (-1.9%)
• (9.7%) Radiant Dawn (+0.5%)
• (7.7%) Sacred Stones (+0.2%)
• (7.5%) Awakening (-3.1%)
• (6.4%) Genealogy of the Holy War (-1.3%)
• (6.1%) Path of Radiance (-0.9%)
• (6.0%) Gaiden / Shadows of Valentia (+2.7%)
• (5.9%) TMS #FE (+1.9%)
• (5.4%) Blazing Blade (+1.3%)
• (5.0%) Fates (+1.0%)
• (4.2%) Thracia 776 (+0.8%)
• (2.4%) Binding Blade (+0.6%)
• (0.8%) Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light / Shadow Dragon (-1.0%)
• (0.8%) Mystery of the Emblem / New Mystery of the Emblem (-1.1%)

“How much do you care about your rank in the following modes?”

• (2.90/5.00 average) Arena
• (2.82/5.00 average) Aether Raids
• (2.48/5.00 average) PvE game modes with player ranking boards
• (1.82/5.00 average) Arena Assault

“How have recent changes to FE:H changed your opinion on the game as a whole?”

• (39.3%) My opinion was positive and has stayed positive
• (5.7%) My opinion used to be negative, but has turned positive
• (40.1%) Neutral
• (9.9%) My opinion used to be positive, but has turned negative
• (5.1%) My opinion was negative and has stayed negative

~ Intelligent Systems Approval Ratings ~

The approval ratings are calculated by the proportion of Approve responses compared to the number of both Approve and Disapprove responses.

Percent who approve of the way Intelligent Systems is handling:

• 74.6% - The addition of new heroes / characters to the game (+11.9)
• 69.4% - The gacha mechanics and summoning banners (+5.5)
• 59.2% - The story/plot (+9.4)
• 85.2% - Unranked PvE game modes (Hero Battles, Forging Bonds, Tactics Drills, Lost Lore, Hall of Forms) (-1.2)
• 50.7% - Ranked PvE game modes (Voting Gauntlets, Tempest Trials, Grand Conquest, Allegiance Battles, Rokkr Sieges, Mjolnir's Strike) (-2.6)
• 34.6% - Arena (-6.2)
• 48.0% - Arena Assault (+6.7)
• 45.8% - Aether Raids (+12.7)

40.5% believe Intelligent Systems cares about its Free to Play userbase (up 10.1% from the last survey), while 34.7% do not. This continues the upward trend from the previous survey, bringing us to 8.8% down from where we were before the February drop).

42.9% approve of the way Intelligent Systems is handling Fire Emblem: Heroes as a whole (up 14.8% from the last survey), while 16.9% disapprove. This continues the upward trend from the previous survey, bringing us to only 2.5% down from where we were before the February drop).

A NOTE ABOUT METHODOLOGY: The overall approval ratings question above has traditionally been the exact percent of Approve responses, as a proportion with both Neutral and Disapprove responses. Note that this is different than the way approval is calculated for individual modes (the proportion of Approve responses compared to the number of both Approve and Disapprove responses), where Neutral responses are excluded. The difference in calculation has continued this way in order to maintain comparability with previous survey results.
For comparisons sake, the overall approval rating trend going by raw Approval percentage over the last 4 surveys is: 50.6% (Dec) -> 22.9% (Feb) -> 28.1% (Apr) -> 42.9% (Sept)
Whereas the overall approval rating trend going by proportion of Approve/Disapprove with the Neutrals excluded over the last 4 surveys is: 82.2% (Dec) -> 41.0% (Feb) -> 51.3% (Apr) -> 71.7% (Sept).

~ Bonus Questions ~

“Who is your Favorite Hero added since the last survey?”

• Dimitri (Brave) is the winner, followed by Edelgard (Brave), then Claude (Brave).
• Full results here: [Graph]

“Who is your Most Wanted Hero added since the last survey?”

• Tibarn (Pirate) is the winner, followed by Corrin (F, Legendary), then Micaiah (Duo, Bridal).
• Full results here: [Graph].

“What would be the best Harmonized Hero (a pair of two heroes from different games) and why?”:

Rather than selecting a subset of responses this time, the link below is to a google sheet of almost all unique responses. I cleaned it up a little bit to remove “idk” type answers, duplicates, and partial string duplicates, so don’t worry if you don’t see your exact response in it.

[Full Responses].

~ Feedback ~

As always, I received lots of great feedback, both in your survey responses and in the thread itself. A heartfelt thank you to all participants for your encouragements and criticisms - these surveys wouldn’t be where they are without your feedback. But it’s not all serious; feedback messages also included:

• #FloofMomGang #GiveLeoAGoodFuckingAltForOnce #NowiRefineWhen #TelliusNewHeroesPlz #ElinciaResplendentWhen #JusticeForDedue #PleaseRemoveLChromInstysIAmBeggingYouICantLiveLikeThisAnymore
• “There once was a CYL4 banner / That hit my orbs hard like a hammer / The very next day / FloomMom Duo came our way / Now I'm stuck bartering with a loan planner”
• “bonk, go to survey jail”
• “Am I also allowed to put in "Norne and Azura" for a Harmonized Hero pair? No reason.”
• “Brace yourself. Winter (armours) are coming!” “Brave Hector's refine has made me so very happy with it's inclusion. Go shove your bow up your butt Legendary Chrom.”
• “Give me villager alts or give me death”
• “I expect the next survey to come with +12 to attack, null follow up, and special cooldown reduction.”
• “The true best Harmonized Hero would be Azura and Roy since it would make me uninstall the game and never want to play a gacha ever again”
• “My headcanon for the dream storyline is that the evil fairies have the Summoner off picking up pebbles that look like orbs. Fredrickson would be proud.”
• “Where's the most wanted unit to add to the game question so I can shout my want for Seteth into the void?”
• “I no longer dab, for Legendary Seliph has finally appeared.”
• And greetings from Argentina, the Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, the UK, Vietnam, the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, Toronto, and St. Louis, as well as from many fictional locations!

And some personal/meta comments:

• “Any chance we end up seeing another Super Serious Survey in the not-so-distant future?” -> I could not believe it’s been over a year since the last one! We’ll have to do one soon!
• “Feels like the end of an era, not having to count all my five stars” -> I know, right? I may have it return in a side survey for the most hardcore of respondents at some point, since some people are asking about it and it would be good to get data on it every once in a while.
• “I was looking through your Nornes skills and saw you haven't given her live for bounty yet! It's the best skill for her, what are you doing!?” -> I am a fraud :( I have given her Live for Honor though :P
• “What do you hope for in FEH?” -> Norne alt, Resplendent Jaffar, and Shamir
• Multiple people mentioned that they had returned after a long break and were surprised to see Norne instead of Azura! Welcome back!
• I also missed a bunch of other possible Trait Fruit nicknames, which I knew would inevitably happen. Sorry!

Note: Please don’t ask me to feature your feedback comment; it’s the only guaranteed way to not have your comment added!

Finally, the suggestion to have separate options for serious vs non-serious feedback was a good idea, I’ll try that out on the next survey!

~ Closing Remarks ~

If you missed out on responding to this survey when it was available, consider subscribing to FEHSurveys. This subreddit serves as a place to organize FE:H-related surveys, make new releases more visible, and make it easier for users to see when surveys are active.

Thanks again to everyone who participated! I hope you find the results interesting, and if there’s anything else you think can be discovered from the data, let me know and I’ll do my best to oblige!
 
 
Weekly/Important Megathreads:
Weekly Discussion Megathread
Tempest Trials+: Dancing Affinity Megathread
Forging Bonds: Beyond Blood Rebout Megathread
Limited Hero Battles Megathread

It is that time once more, folks.
Links to previous posts at the end, links to full length blog reviews are all in one comment.
Man Plus by Frederik Pohl

• Plot: A normal human could not survive on Mars... our only option? Cyborgs!
• Page Count: 183
• Award: 1976 Nebula
• Worth a read: No... but consider it for a laugh.
• Primary Driver: (?????????)
• Bechdel Test: Pass... but a real weak pass.
• Technobabble: Frequent.
• Review: Imagine if you took subplots from a trashy romance, a political thriller, a horror flick, and a space travel story... and forgot to put in the main plot. Starts decently, spirals wildly out of control with astounding speed. Almost worth reading to experience the hilarious concluding deus ex machina. This one is probably in the "so bad it's good category" - but sweet skittles is it bad. Also, turn on safe search if you look this book up.

Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm

• Plot: After a pandemic causes infertility (and every other apocalypse hits), the only way for humans to survive is through cloning. But are they really human?
• Page Count: 251
• Award: 1977 Hugo and 1977 Locus
• Worth a read: No
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: Moderate.
• Review: Disappointing and disjointed. There are a lot of messages here that just get blended together to nothingness. Cumbersome writing, uncompelling characters, bland dystopia, and just a dull story. Odd choices on where to discuss science at length and where to just skip over it. First third was its own story originally, and is the best part.

Doctor Rat by William Kotzwinkle

• Plot: There is no joy like dying to advance science, at least according to Doctor Rat.
• Page Count: 243
• Award: 1977 World Fantasy Award
• Worth a read: No... but worth a glance at a chapter or two.
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: N/A
• Technobabble: Frequent descriptions of animal experiments.
• Review: This book is truly horrifying to read. It's about the gruesome nature of animal testing - and cruelty to animals in general - and is chock full of graphic animal gore. It's the child of The Jungle and Animal Farm but without subtext. Consider checking it out to read a couple of chapters - the grotesque fascination wears thin. Some might consider the unambiguous use of Nazi imagery for animal testing to be a step or three too far.

Gateway by Frederik Pohl

• Plot: The Heechee left behind technology so advanced that we cannot understand it; that doesn't stop us from using it to get rich or die trying.
• Page Count: 313
• Award: 1977 Nebula, 1978 Hugo, and 1978 Locus SF
• Worth a read: Yes. Very yes.
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: Low-Moderate.
• Review: Really good. Cleverly bounces between the story as it unfolds and therapy sessions afterwards - we know that our hero survives, but something terrible has happened. A bit too Freudian. Still, excellent job of making a complex protagonist, interesting world, compelling story. Wanting to know what went wrong kept me reading - and it pays off.

The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien

• Plot: Turns out Middle Earth had other jewelry too.
• Page Count: 386
• Award: 1978 Locus Fantasy Award
• Worth a read: Yes.
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: N/A.
• Review: This is epic fantasy in its purest form; it is myth and legend, at times obtuse, but absolutely riveting. Tolkien's world is fully immersive. Had the physical book to follow the story, the audiobook for pronunciation, and laptop for family trees. Absolutely worth it - even as a casual LoTR fan.

Our Lady of Darkness by Fritz Leiber

• Plot: Something sinister is haunting Franz Westen, and dealing with it involves unearthing answers that might be best left buried.
• Page Count: 183
• Award: World Fantasy Award 1978
• Worth a read: Yes
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: Moderate.
• Review: This is a horror story. Atmosphere is excellent. Book begins with some truly unsettling images and world building. The narrative itself is slow and frequently self-indulgent, but atmosphere stays on point. A qualified recommendation; but some scenes from this will stick with me for quite a while.

Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre

• Plot: Long after the end of the world as we know it, Snake wanders the world, healing those she meets to the best of her abilities.
• Page Count: 288
• Award: 1978 Nebula, 1979 Hugo, and 1979 Locus
• Worth a read: Yes
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: Minimal to moderate.
• Review: Less-is-more world building with good execution. A lot of interesting tidbits to keep you wondering what the rules are, who the people are, and so on. Story itself can be slow and stakes are consistently low. "I'm going to a place, surprise! something comes up, I will go to another place along the way." Characters are well written though not particularly complex.

Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen by Michael Moorcock

• Plot: In an alternate timeline, Queen Elizabeth I rules over the vast empire of Albion and must do her best to manage a corrupt and twisted court.
• Page Count: 368
• Award: 1979 World Fantasy Award
• Worth a read: Absolutely No.
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: None.
• Review: This book is remarkable in that it combines shockingly dull and lengthy exposition with some truly awful and problematic ideas about sex. A whole lot of parallel world court intrigue that just does not matter at all. The actual plot starts developing halfway or later into the book - and is not interesting. The title addressing Gloriana's inability to orgasm is a big ol' red flag. A deeply unpleasant read. Really awful.

The Fountains of Paradise by Arthur C. Clarke

• Plot: Humans have built many marvels, but nothing can compete with a space elevator.
• Page Count: 317
• Award: 1980 Hugo and 1979 Nebula
• Worth a read: Yes
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Fail
• Technobabble: High.
• Review: Overall enjoyable. Main narrative is about the space elevator, secondary is about an equally ambitious ancient building project - woven together in interesting ways. The science and vision offered are interesting, though characters are not and tension is infrequent. Marred somewhat by some truly bizarre (and underdeveloped) side plots and unnecessary epilogue.

The Riddle-Master Trilogy by Patricia A. McKillip

• Plot: All the wizards left behind were riddles, and the only one who might be able to solve them is the biggest riddle of all.
• Page Count: 578 (Full Trilogy)
• Award: Harpist in the Wind (Book 3): 1980 Locus Fantasy
• Worth a read: Yes
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: Fantasy Babble: Minimal.
• Review: It's an epic fantasy trilogy. It's a good one. Kinda loved it. Heroes and villains are complex, magic is interesting and coherent. Excellent characters. Cool development of powers, though it is far more power sprint than power crawl. Pacing can be odd; a few long pauses followed by frenetic scenes. Very well written. A satisfying read.

Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn

• Plot: The Southerners picked the wrong keep to invade; Ryke will do everything he can to get it back.
• Page Count: 240
• Award: World Fantasy Award 1980
• Worth a read: No
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: Fantasy Babble: Minimal.
• Review: The sweet, sweet taste of subpar writing. World building: "You people from the hot South are not used to how cold it is here up North!" Character Development: "You mean... I don't just need to indiscriminately murder people?!" and "You mean... women can fight too?!" Writing Quality (Verbatim): "He thought it might have ben a room in Tornor. The room was hot. He went to the window to open the shutters. They stuck. He had to force the latch. At last one opened."

Titan by John Varley

• Plot: The intrepid crew of the Ringmaster crash in alien territory and must figure out how to survive.
• Page Count: 309
• Award: 1980 Locus SF
• Worth a read: No
• Primary Driver: (Plot, World, or Character)
• Bechdel Test: Pass
• Technobabble: Minimal to moderate.
• Review: It is hard to find such a dumb book that takes itself so seriously. Some legitimately interesting exploration bits not enough to redeem this one. Extremely juvenile. Raises interesting questions and offers insultingly insipid answers. There are elements that are quite good - particularly some crisp dialogue - but it's just not worth it.

If you haven’t seen the others:

• Vol 1: 1950s
• Vol 2: 1960s
• Vol 3: 1970s Part 1

Any questions or comments? Fire away!
A truly massive thank you to u/gremdel for mailing me a bunch of books! People like you are what make this endeavor worth the effort.
I’ve been using this spreadsheet, as well as a couple others that kind Redditors have sent. So a huge thanks to u/velzerat and u/BaltSHOWPLACE
At the request of a number of you, I’ve written up extended reviews of everything and made a blog for them. I’ve included the links with the posts for individual books. I try to put up new reviews as fast as I read them. Take a look in the comments for that link!
The Bechdel Test is a simple question: do two named female characters converse about something other than a man. Whether or not a book passes is not a condemnation so much as an observation; it provides an easy binary marker. Seems like a good way to see how writing has evolved over the years. At the suggestion of some folks, I’m loosening it to non-male identified characters to better capture some of the ways that science fiction tackles sex and gender. For a better explanation of why it’s useful, check out this comment from u/Gemmabeta

Hello, here’s another round of Esamir Rework reviews. I’ll also cover the Indar base changes, the storm, vehicle balance changes and new infantry gear. I’m not going to touch on outfit resource changes here, since this post is long enough already. I’d like to give shoutouts to aln-isolator , [NWYT]Praefectus, the pilots of [SACA] and everyone else who helped give feedback.
Here’s the image gallery. This time around the bases listed in the document match the order in which they appear in the gallery. https://imgur.com/a/5pd5VFj
Esamir has a new skybox which is much less bright. I can now see vehicle weapon tracers when shooting. This is a long asked for change.
Andvari: 3 points now, 12 min cap with 2 points, 4 mins with 3 points. Consider adjusting the timers.
Ymir: No changes to terrain that I can see. It’s a 12 minute cap with two points owned, and 4 minutes with 3 points. Might consider reducing those slightly.
Apex Genetics has had its wall adjusted somewhat, as well as the rocks surrounding the triple stack. There are now more routes for infantry to enter the base.
Aurora Materials: Sunderer garage and surrounding terrain seem to have been lowered slightly. Also, there’s now a rock at the end of the garage, which reduces the possible angles the bus inside can be shelled from. The slope between the crescent building and the road has had some paths added for infantry. Overall, good changes. However, there’s still one issue here, and that’s the possibility of shelling the triple stack balcony from the ridge NW of the base. Additional purple spikes from the cluster behind the spawn room could be positioned to block this firing angle.
Eastwake Harborage: Point has received a new structure above it. It’s now on the bottom floor of a triple stack that has an expanded balcony around its second floor. This gives point holders a lot of additional cover, but the problems with this base still exist. There’s still a ridiculous distance between spawn room and the point with minimal cover from vehicles/bolters/LAs- a literal Death Valley. The area immediately around point is still extremely harasser friendly and could use some props to obstruct harasser movement. In its current position, the teleporter room is useless since infantry leaving it must still advance through Death Valley. Sundy positions are a bit sketchy, too. Fortunately, I’ve had a long discussion and now believe this base could be fixed with a couple tweaks. Consider replacing the AI turret outside the spawn room with an AV gun. This would discourage excessively aggressive vehicles from camping Death Valley. Likewise, replacing the light vehicle pull with an MBT pull gives defenders a bit more potential firepower, and increases the area attacking vehicles must cover to protect their own vulnerable spawns. This base would also benefit from the moving of primary teleporter room to a point higher up the hill and closer to the point, as shown by squad waypoint in this image: https://i.imgur.com/TuEee9F.png. A second teleporter here at hearts waypoint https://i.imgur.com/JUbXklc.png gives defenders another route into the point without going through Death Valley. At these two locations sunderer garages could be built to create safer spawn points for attackers.https://i.imgur.com/QWblfz4.png https://i.imgur.com/w4HR05n.png
Echo valley: Rocks have been added on the exterior side of the vehicle terminal to give it some cover. However, they aren’t close enough to each other to prevent me from driving through with a Kobalt bus, nor is there anything stopping me from hacking the terminal or using a GSD to get through the shield and then start driving around the base. Placement of a couple rocks in very specific spots would stop this. Secondly, a crate has been placed between bridges to give infantry another path into the point building. It’s a cool concept, but it needs some form of obstruction to prevent me from driving harassers or possibly larger vehicles onto the two bridges and blasting point directly. Thirdly, consider some form of sight blockers on the west wall to reduce the potential for LAs to spawn camp.
Excavion DS-01E: Cover has been placed over both tunnels, which is an excellent change. MBT pulls have been added to this base, though they could stand to be moved slightly closer to the spawn room to deter attackers from hacking them and flooding the base with AI vehicles. A point is located in a long narrow building near the eastern tunnel exit. B is in a triple stack on the south side. C is located immediately west of the drill site. Capture timer is 4 minutes with two points and 1 minute with all 3.
This base is mostly fine, but could do with some small tweaks for increased cover. At A point the point holders have few options for cover inside. There are two small smokestack structures (pictures in gallery) that could be replaced with actual buildings to provide more cover from aircraft for players moving around inside the base. Timers could probably be increased slightly. Overall though it’s in a decent state.
Genudine Gardens: Some props have been added throughout the base that’ll prevent harassers from turboing around like maniacs, but the gigantic hole in the wall in one corner needs to be closed off somewhat to prevent vehicle entry or at least make it more difficult. This base would be fine if that hole were sealed or obstructed better.
Grey Heron: Additional cover has been placed on the side of the staircase leading from spawn to B/C point. The secondary route for defenders has been fleshed out- the door now is high enough to get under, and there is a hole in the floor that allows defenders to drop down to the lower level. Cover has been added on the B side of this base.
For improvements, I still think a roof is needed over the stairs from defender spawn to the lower level. A wall alone won’t stop tanks from shelling it. C could use a bit of cover, but I’m concerned that adding too much will turn it into a fortress. You can enter this base with harassers, so some bollards should be added to each entrance to prevent that.
Jaegers’ fist: Sunderer garage has been added, and the trench has been improved. This base has some odd issues from an infantry perspective, namely that attackers and defenders have the exact same routes to the point, as shown in the gallery. I have no ideas for how this could be improved. I still believe the point needs some kind of roof to block HESH spam and A2G, preferably a solid one to deter LAs from doing C4 bombing.
BL-4 Recovery and Vidar Observation Post both have spawn rooms and light vehicle terminals. This is a pretty good change, allowing closer vehicle pulls and a shorter sundy reinforcement distance for attacks on the surrounding facilities.
Jord Amp Station: More cover has been added around C point. This is a good change, but doesn’t change the fact that A is still inside the station.
Mani Lake: This one has undergone the most terrain edits, and consequently has become a lot less vehicle friendly. The two trenches leading into the base have had barricades installed, allowing infantry to move through but not vehicles. The hills surrounding the base have had their exterior faces steepened significantly, preventing treaded vehicles from driving up them. This change is excellent, but needs a bit of tuning. The Western Ridge’s southern tip has a shallow enough slope that tanks can still drive up it. On the large mountain to the West on the far side of the road, there’s a small protrusion that should also be levelled. Once these two spots are taken care of, this base will be fine. Overall, the changes are very good here.
Mattherson’s Triumph: The Sunderer NDZ has been reduced in radius, which allows the defenders to deploy inside the south tower for a safer position. This is a good change. The ridgeline to the NE has had its northern face steepened significantly, preventing tanks from driving up that side. However, the SW face has become easier to traverse, so the ridge is still usable for bombardment of the catwalks and A point. If this goes live in this state, it’s not a total disaster since tanks driving up that will be very exposed to AV fire from the tower, but it still could stand to be addressed. Likewise, there’s still a nice spur sticking out of the north end from the NW ridge that allows tanks to easily shell defender spawn and A point. The fix here is simple- flatten the spur completely.
A point needs additional work. At minimum, the windows on each tower in the room where A point/SCU would normally go should be sealed off to reduce the angles point holders must watch. There’s very little cover on the ground, especially when you consider all the angles A can be shot at from. I believe the point could be enclosed in the same type of building used at Chimney Rock’s point on Amerish. The bridges are a mixed bag. They’re identical copies with one rotated 180 degrees, which means that crate placement favors the attackers on B side and the defenders on the C side. Picking one crate pattern for all 4 bridge ends is one possible fix. I’m still not sold on the idea of both points being on bridges. They’re very exposed to A2G spam and bolters. Overall, at the very least the terrain edits are a nice start, and the sunderer NDZ change is very welcome.
Nott Communications: This base is now entirely underground. Attackers enter by overloading a shielded gate, and then drop down into an amp station interior. These gravity lifts are one way, but please consider adding an up lift to replace one of the drop pads. A point is in the position where A points usually are in amp stations. B and C are in the room where SCU would be normally positioned. At the end of this room where the tunnels and back door would normally be is a one-way teleporter, which is the only way for anyone to get out of this base right now. Defenders spawn underground and there’s a one-way shield leading to where the vehicle bay normally is. To improve this base, I’d make the one-way shield a two way shield, and reverse one of the grav lifts. I could not test the cap timer since I did not feel like ghost capping half a continent.
Pale Canyon: Some cover has been adjusted by the big yellow tanks on the SE side. A new route has been placed through the rocks at the NW corner of the base. This is an interesting change, but I don’t know how that’ll play out on live since currently I can park a bus inside the base at the same location.
The Rink: The ground texture at A point is now ice, so it’s actually an ice rink. Too bad you don’t slide around here.
Saerro Listening Post: Trees added to A point to break LOS between attacking vehicles and the tower. The wall between A and B has had some new gaps placed in it to allow infantry to get in. Interesting changes for sure, but I don’t know how they’ll play out.
The Traverse: The bridge has been resurrected, although it’s in a heavily damaged state. It’s now an infantry only playground, unless you’re a bold harasser or magrider driver. Because the storm was here, I really couldn’t stick around and take a long look at this. Lastly, the bottom of the pit has been raised a bit and paths to the bottom have been defined more clearly.
There also have been some changes to roads around the continent, but nothing major.
Indar:
TI Alloys: The removal of the bridge is a failure to understand why TI Alloys is such a difficult base to attack. On live servers, TI currently suffers from horrific sunderer placement options which combine with its central location to create a base that’s easy to defend. From the North, attackers must park their bus and attack up a hill through narrow ravines into entrenched defenders backed up by AI harassers, sunderers, ANTs, lightnings and even occasional MBTs. From the South, attackers have two bus spots: One is placed to the south-east, below the point. The other is placed directly south of the spawn room on the far side of the road. Both of these options are suboptimal- on the south east spawn the bus can easily be sniped by vehicles shelling from the Crown, driving down from the Crown, or by vehicles streaming out of the vehicle pull. The south bus on the far side of the road is also not ideal, since infantry have to cross the road and deal with a flood of vehicles as well as an angry AI turret. The only decent spawn location is at the end of the rock bridge, since that one’s reasonably safe from enemy vehicles and doesn’t involve attacking from the low ground. However, this position’s impeded by the fact that attackers from the north inevitably gravitate to the eastern side of the base since that’s safer from the defenders, forcing a three way that never ends. The result is a base that can’t be broken except by routers.
The removal of the rock bridge changes none of this, but instead creates more problems. The safe sundy position on the bridge is gone entirely. Further, the bridge’s removal allows tanks to bombard Ti from the Crown once more, since it served as a line-of-sight blocker. The new attacker foot path to the north east is extremely vulnerable to bombardment from the Crown.
As far as the base interior goes, a new wall has been added to the interior of the point room structure. This might give attackers a better chance to get to the point, but at the same time it might make things easier for the defenders should they conduct an organized push since there are fewer angles to set up a crossfire from.
So how can Ti be improved? I’d start by bringing the bridge back, or at least a small section of it to allow for a safe sunderer position at the east side. For the south, consider a tunnel leading under the road. This allows infantry to get to the base safely. I’d also consider adding in more props to restrict the passage of vehicles through the spawn room area to the northern side of the base. Removing the Kobalt bus fiesta there will make it easier for attackers to push in from the north. Lastly, if the bridge is not restored, consider creating a rock wall at the north east section of crown to prevent tanks from raining hell on anyone fighting at Ti.
Crown: The removal of D point is honestly a good thing. It wasn’t fun for anyone to attack since it’s open ground and below a cliff which enables C4 spam against vehicles and requires attackers push against entrenched infantry. Since Crown becomes a three point again, now the base cannot be stuck in a perpetual stalemate. I’m not a fan of where A point was moved to, either. I think if the rock bridge were kept then Crown would be mostly fine. With the three non-vehicle points it has on live. The issue with A being on that southern bridge is that if the attackers set up sunderers to control B, then they get A almost for free and can contest C as well. B point has been moved farther towards the center of the mountain and the tunnel system lengthened a bit, and a lot of cover has been removed at the initial entrance room that exists on live.The extra tunnel into B is an interesting idea and gives a better chance of an attack from the North succeeding, but at the same time it’s just another tunnel choke point to for aoe spam to create nasty farms. C is also problematic if it’s supposed to be the easy point for defenders to contest. It’s a fair distance from the tower, and it’s also open ground which is prime for A2G farming. I’d suggest moving this one into one of the nearby buildings if A must stay in the position it’s at on PTS. I’m not convinced the base needed any point position changes apart from the removal of D point. The current point layout on PTS favors an attack from the SE very heavily, and attacks from the East or North are far more difficult. While old A was very close to the tower, at least it provided a convenient point for attacks from the East. None of the changes really address the problem of poor bus location options, and with the current terrain there really aren’t many good potential spawn options. At most some garages could be added.
Ceres Hydroponics: Defenders now have a slightly shorter path to the point when pushing from the NE side of the base. The point itself has much less cover. I’m not going to make judgements on this without seeing how it plays out.
The Esamir storm: I’m not sure what this thing is supposed to do. The entire point of the game is large scale battles, yet this thing rolls around the map destroying the biggest fights. There’s nowhere safe from it. Sunderers will get destroyed even if put in garages. When outdoors infantry can be instagibbed by lightning for staying outside too long, and even when indoors their shielding takes frequent chip damage from environmental effects. The shield damage consistently drops players down about 150 shield points that constantly recharge, but this is enough to start messing with TTKs. For example, a commissioner can consistently OHK players. Since the shield damage is not synchronized across all players, it’s possible to be forced into gunfights where you have no hope of winning not because you were in a bad spot or outplayed, but simply because the game decided it’s your time to die. This applies doubly for lightning bolts which will randomly strike you down. There’s a text warning, of course, but random OHK mechanics really shouldn’t be a thing. You cannot use steel rain in the storm.
For vehicles this is obnoxious too. Ground vehicles lose most of their mobility, which will punish new players with poorly certed vehicles even more. Aircraft are even worse off, losing most of their vertical thrust. At times I felt like even afterburning upward was barely enough to keep the aircraft airborne. Vehicles kept in the storm for too long will simply be instagibbed, which cripples sunderers as spawns. The storm also destroys base turrets and terminals.
There are counters to the storm, though. Infantry can deploy lightning rods bought with merit that allow them to fight outside, but it doesn’t stop shield chip damage, and can equip an insulated armor suit at the cost of flak armor, nanoweave, or shield capacitor. This suit slot appears to be bugged and doesn’t actually reduce the chip damage taken by your shields. Carapace seems to be immune to this chip damage. Vehicles can equip insulated armor in the defense slot. This mitigates the performance hit to vehicles, reduces the damage taken by lightning, and prevents the storm from instagibbing your vehicle. Now, this is less of a problem in the first place for aircraft and tanks, but it screws over sunderers. Sunderers are already fragile enough even with deployment shield equipped, but forcing spawn buses to use this module and rely on their low hull HP is a very bad idea when paired with random lightning strikes and the severe lack of garages Esamir has.
With all that out of the way, the question I have to ask is why is the storm designed like this? It seems like a band-aid fix for zerging and actively punishes trying to create large fights. It cripples the vehicle game, negatively affects the infantry game, creates inconsistent TTKs, and only adds frustrating game mechanics. If the center of the map ends up with stalemates, it’ll circle around there endlessly preventing any kind of progress through the pile of three point bases. Why this, when there’s a lot more interesting concepts that could be used? For example, maybe the storm could reduce the rate at which players can spawn at a base/sunderers/routers. Maybe it could jam radaprevent Q spotting. Consider reducing shield chip damage to 50 shields instead of 150 to reduce TTK variance. There’s a lot more interesting ways it could change the game without being the anti-fun mechanic that it’s currently set up as.
Infantry gear:
Lightning grenade: Cool, you can launch a targeted lightning strike when in the storm. More instagibs is what the game needed.
Lightning rod: This temporarily redirects lightning strikes near you. This is a solution to an obnoxious problem that doesn’t need to exist.
Condensate grenade: Reduces movement speed and ROF by 20% for six seconds. This is a terrible idea in an FPS game. This doesn’t create interesting gameplay situations. Instead of being outplayed, players hit by this just lose since the game’s punishing them for playing. Keep this in RPGs and RTS games. Now, we do have status grenades already, but do we need one that’s as powerful as this one is?
BEC grenade: Similar to Condensate Grenades, this is a horrible addition to the game. Anything that hurts player mobility/damage output is a bad idea.
Neutralizer Device: Campaign reward that allows players to acquire abandoned vehicles, and apparently strip ability energy from players too. I like the idea of vehicle acquisition, but I don’t know if we’ll ever see the second use of this tool.
Abandoned vehicles: Around the continent are the hulks of abandoned tanks, sunderers and aircraft. They come with a special ability that I haven’t really tested, HEAT cannons and the first generation ES top gun. For the sake of loadout parity for all 3 abandoned MBTs I’d like to suggest the Prowler get a Gatekeeper instead of the Vulcan.
Vehicle changes: Havoc missiles: Are these things still necessary, with the liberator nerfs? These things seem redundant now, and they’ll punish rep gal balls unnecessarily hard while valkyries with rep monkeys can probably still dodge these things easily.
Phalanx AA turret range increase: This doesn’t fix any of the problems with the current AA setup. Instead, it’s going to just annoy A2A players who are flying along at high altitude and getting plinked by base AA guns, which is the reason the things got their range capped to begin with! Honestly I think these things should be replaced by weapons like Bastion CIWS guns. Those things are nasty at close range but their damage output falls off heavily at range.
Liberator: -500 HP and ESF nosegun resist from 85 to 80. While the liberator needed some changes regarding its durability and repair tanking in particular, this change spectacularly misses the mark on many levels. This change skews ESF vs Liberator combat too far in favor of ESFs. When paired with air locks this brings down the TTK to incredibly fast levels (around 9 seconds, which isn’t even enough for three dalton shots) In this post, mystoganofedolas https://www.reddit.com/Planetside/comments/ivjg8t/rock_paper_scissor_balance/ explains in great detail the liberator issues- it’s a blatant hard counter to ground vehicles, and gets brutally hard countered by ESFs on PTS. Hard counter mechanics are terrible in an FPS game. In this sort of rock-paper-scissors gameplay, things boil down less to individual ability and more towards who has an exact counter to something, which is extremely boring. There’s no skill in using A2A missiles, just as there’s minimal skill in hovering over tanks and daltoning them. In this post here https://www.reddit.com/Planetside/comments/ivsssx/did_some_basic_math_regarding_the_upcoming/, taltharius demonstrates that -500 HP barely changes anything in the case of liberators eating multiple AP shells before hitting fire suppression and flying off. Skilled gunnery should be rewarded, and sloppy flying should be punished.
So how can this be improved? Consider reducing vulnerability to ESF noseguns slightly. Adjusting Liberator resistance against tank shells, light anti-vehicle, gatling guns, and infantry rockets will increase the damage libs take from ground fire and punish poor flying/reward skilled aim. Possibly consider increasing MBT main gun elevation angles slightly, to reduce the ability of liberators to hover over tanks with minimal counterplay.
Harasser: Nanite cost to 300. Oh boy this one misses the mark completely. The problem with harassers has never really been cost related, but rather one that got introduced with CAI. The harasser itself is not overpowered and its efficiency in combat drops off hard at higher levels of gameplay. Only when harasser numbers become overwhelming (3 or more harassers vs 1 MBT) do the harassers stand a chance of defeating the best tank crews, and even then the tank usually can take 2-3 harassers with it. Harasser vs tank gameplay is extremely boring and very binary. If the harasser has a CQ AV gun it’s forced to fight at point blank which means I delete it easily. If it uses halberd or ES long range AV we both enter a boring poke fight where neither one does significant damage to the other. Even if the harasser opens up with rear hits the MBT still has an overwhelming advantage in firepower and hit points. With tanks, the problem since CAI has been poor muzzle velocity of HEAT shells which makes hitting difficult and what most players will have equipped, pathetic Basilisk DPS against everything (Kobalt kills stock harassers 4 seconds faster), Skyguards being helpless against every ground vehicle, and the Viper not having the accuracy to deal with small moving fast targets. Small changes to these three weapons will reduce harasser vs tank complaints.
Harasser vs Harasser is broken, for a different reason. Harassers have a weakness to gatling guns, which means that the Vulcan and Aphelion rip through harassers while the Mjolnir specializes in fighting heavy vehicles. In practice, this means that for low/average skilled car crews, vulcans are disproportionately powerful since less skilled players won’t know to keep outside minimum damage range. At higher levels an Aphelion car is very hard to fight. Toning back harasser weaknesses to gatling guns might improve this situation, but at the same time it might nerf the Aphelion too much. At the very least this’d probably reduce vulcan whine somewhat.
Overall, I have mixed impressions. The base changes are mostly for the better, but the storm, infantry gear, and vehicle changes are mostly bad or miss the mark completely.

Originally, I was leaning against doing an obligatory post-OSCP Reddit post because I didn’t want to come across as another “look at me - I passed OSCP!!” cringeworthy OSCP Oscar speech, but I decided to go ahead and do one because my experience was perhaps a little unique and answers the much-asked question “can I do OSCP without experience?”.
A quick background to add context…
I’m 31 years old and my employment history is a mixture of sales, graphics, and media-related job roles. I felt discontented for a long time earning (barely) living wage in job roles I had little passion for. Anyway, to cut a long story short, I decided to quit my latest sales job in November last year (2019) to pursue a career in cybersecurity/infosec. I didn’t know what ‘TCP’ or ‘UDP’ was, and I’d never heard of ‘Kali’ or how to run a VM, but I was convinced that this would be the career path for me.
Anyway, I went through Security+ and C|EH from November to March and, just as I was going to start applying for Security Analyst type job roles, our friendly neighbourhood Coronavirus came along and shut down the economy. Even though I had no intention of doing OSCP for another year or two, I thought it was a better option than twiddling my thumbs for a few months, so I decided to sign up for PWK labs and have a crack at it.
Fast-forwarding to yesterday, after a few brutal months and an incredible experience, I finally got the OSCP “you have successfully completed” email.
Apologies in advance for the essay but I just want to go through my journey for those of you that might be in a similar position to the one I was in - limited/zero IT experience and feeling intimidated by the dreaded OSCP mountain.
My journey…
In the weeks leading up to the wait to start my 60 days PWK material and labs, I went through The Cyber Mentor’s Practical Ethical Hacking Udemy course and then went on a Hack the Box rampage, so, by the time my lab time started, I felt like I was in a pretty decent position.
Unfortunately, because I was a naïve idiot, I tackled the labs straight away and went through the PWK PDF casually on the side. This was a big mistake and something I would definitely change in hindsight because it cost me 5 easy points on the exam (I thought I could smash through the PDF exercises during the last week of labs but this didn’t prove to be enough time).
In 60 days I ended up rooting around 40 machines - I didn’t bother going for the networks because it didn’t apply to the exam and, although valuable real-world experience, I didn’t want to get distracted and flood my brain with even more information when it wasn’t going to be relevant for my mission.
One big thing that I did get right was note-taking. I can’t express enough how valuable it is to take detailed notes and build your own cheat sheet library. After every machine I rooted, I did a walkthrough on OneNote and added any new tools/commands to my cheat sheet library. This not only saves precious time in the exam, but it helps you build your own knowledge instead of relying on other people’s cheat sheets without really understanding what you’re doing.
After my 60 days had finished, I spent 1 month on TJ Null’s OSCP Hack the Box list and IppSec’s video walkthroughs. I also can’t stress enough how valuable this learning methodology is. My only regret is that I rushed through it. I’d already booked my exam 30 days after lab time, so I ended up jumping through walkthroughs when I got stuck on boxes instead of exhausting all options. This was another naïve idiot mistake on my behalf and something I would do differently in hindsight. There’s a difference between “trying harder” and “trying harder, but in a smart way”. I was putting 10+ hours in every day but I wasn’t always being efficient with my time. I’d definitely recommend seeking hints and tips on boxes but only after you’ve exhausted all options first, something which I didn’t always do.
Anyway, my first exam attempt came around towards the end of July. Was I ready? No, but I had delusional confidence in myself that has paid off for me more often than not, so I was hoping it would pay off for me again.
My first exam was brutal. I sat in my chair for a total of 23 hours and 15 minutes, with only 3 short 5-minute breaks to get food to snack on. My VPN was shut down after 24 hours and I had a total of 65 points, which I’d been stuck on for the last 8 hours of my exam. I got the BO, root on one of the 20-point machines, root on the 10-point machine, and user on the other 20-point machine. I just couldn’t get root on that last machine.
I was pretty devastated because I’d put my heart and soul into Sec+, C|EH, and OSCP for 7 straight months and I wanted it bad. But my delusional confidence wasn’t enough.
After listening to depressing Taylor Swift songs for a few days (joke), I decided to book another exam in, 4 weeks after my first attempt.
This time around, I decided to go through Tib3rius’s Linux and Windows Privilege Escalation courses (they were great) and go back over some of the HTB machines. I honestly felt at this point that there wasn’t much more study material that I could go through.
2nd exam came up and it was an almost minute-for-minute repeat of the first exam. BO done, 20 point rooted, 10 point rooted, but could only get user on the other 20 point. 65 points again. This time I ended up listening to Taylor Swift + Lana Del Rey.
I was pretty adamant that I could do this and that I was very close, so I sent Off-Sec an email explaining my situation and they were kind enough to allow me another exam attempt without waiting 8 weeks - I booked another exam in 2 weeks after my second attempt.
This time, my preparation was entirely mental. In both my prior exams, I was sat on my chair for over 23 hours because I was flapping around aimlessly like a headless chicken, desperately firing off exploits that I knew wouldn’t work on the other 20-point machine. So, I went into the 3rd exam determined to go at a slow and steady pace, and not let the 24-hour timeframe pressure me into a wild goose chase.
Miraculously, it seemed to work. After 14 hours, I’d done the BO, rooted both 20-point machines, rooted the 10-point machine, and got user on the 25-point machine. 85-ish points in total.
The point of this story is to get across to people that you need to try simpler, not harder. I perhaps failed my first exam because I’d not gone through Tib3rius’s Priv Esc courses, but I failed on my 2nd 100% due to mentality. There was no skill-level difference between my 2nd exam and 3rd exam.
I’ll finish off with my recommended learning methodology and exam tips (for people with limited/zero IT experience):
. The Cyber Mentor Practical Ethical Hacking Udemy course (usually on offer at $14.99-ish)
. Tib3rius’s Linux and Windows Privilege Escalation course (usually on offer at $12.99 each)
. Try Hack Me OSCP Learning Path (I would recommend doing this before HTB - it is $10 for 30 days)
. PWK labs (I personally don’t feel more than 60 days are required - unless you work full-time)
. TJ Null’s OSCP Hack the Box list ($10 for retired HTB machines - very worth it)
. You should be ready for the exam
Exam tips:
. Become proficient with Nmap but use an enumeration tool like nmapAutomator for the exam
. You will need to understand what bash and Python scripts are doing (you don’t need to be able to write them from scratch)
. Don’t be tempted to use a fancy BO methodology for the exam, stick with PWK’s methodology - it works (some of the others don’t)
. Play around with various reverse shell payloads - sometimes a bash one-liner won’t work so you need to go with Python. Sometimes Bash, Python, and netcat won’t work, so you need to understand what alternatives you can use in that scenario
. Get into the habit of reading service manuals. In all 3 of my exams, I came up against machines that had services I’d never even heard of. Fortunately, I’d got into the habit reading service manuals, otherwise, I would have skipped over the services and got lost down a rabbit hole
. Get into the habit of exploiting conventional services in unconventional ways. Just because an SUID binary isn’t on Gtfobins, it doesn’t mean that you can’t exploit the SUID binary in an unconventional way. Again, get into the habit of reading manuals to understand what services do
. Become familiar with Burp Suite. Many exploits won’t work in the way you might expect them to, but they will work if you run them through Burp. Or, at the very least, you’ll be able to understand why they’re not working. This issue came up in my last exam and I would have been completely lost if it weren’t for Burp
. Take breaks if you get frustrated - this is said over and over again by people on this subreddit and it’s an absolute must. The 20 point machine that I couldn’t root after 8 hours on my 2nd exam was on my 3rd exam (thanks Off-Sec - I know you tried to fu*k me with that), but I was able to root it within 1 hour on my 3rd exam, simply because my mindset was different at the time.
. Trust your gut - by doing PWK and HTB machines, you should develop a gut feeling of when you are in a rabbit hole and when you’re on the right track. I ended up rooting over 100 machines before the exam (albeit with plenty of hints and tips) and it helped me develop a good gut feeling. I can’t explain why but there were times in my last exam where I knew I was in the right area even though I wasn’t able to enumerate the specific service version. This feeling simply came from experience. I’m sure many of you watch IppSec’s videos and wonder “how the hell does he know to do X or Y?”. I used to wonder this all the time but after going through dozens of machines, I finally got it. It comes down to experience. Try to do as many machines as you can before the exam to build that gut feeling, and trust it in the exam.
. Embrace failure - this is perhaps the most important thing that I can say. OSCP is a difficult journey and many people fail multiple times before passing. And you know what? That’s okay. It’s okay to fail. It’s how you react to failure that counts. I’m not particularly smart but I embrace failure and I know deep down that I will keep trying until I pass. I was prepared to take the OSCP exam 1000 times if I had to, I was never going to let the exam beat me. I suggest you approach it with the same mentality and not let silly pride prevent you from having a go at it.
One last thing! Join a solid Discord community. This journey has been amazing since day one and a big reason behind that is the amazing online community. I was very active in an HTB community and ended up talking to several people who were going through OSCP at the same time as me. This was honestly such a massive help to me because I didn’t know what the hell I was doing when I first started!
Sorry for the massive rant - I just see so many people on here treating OSCP like an unsurmountable mountain. It’s not. You can do it!

I have no idea how to start something like this, but here goes nothing. Sorry in advance for the wall of text.
Also, I apologize for going through this dirty laundry (literally), but that’s where my trans-questioning started. I had a bit of an ugly break-up. Basically, I cited COVID-19 as a reason I wouldn’t be able to see her. I did have legitimate concerns with COVID-19, but was really looking to get out of a toxic relationship. Radio silence for 2 months, I thought I was out of the woods. Until I went to an event at our former employer (where we met), and she saw me on their insta-live. She texted me about it, and we went back and forth for a bit. I sent a final text saying that I was done and did not want to go back through this again. Silence.
Then my Dad comes to my room, and says (your ex) is at the door, what is this about? He is holding a bag that she gave him, and I can see the lingerie, dress, and heels that she bought me a while back in there. Mortified I go to talk to her. She drove almost 2 hours to out me and go through the same dramatic break-up convo we already had. When I asked her about the bag, she denied intentionally outing me, saying that the lingerie was at the bottom of the bag, and claimed that “she would never tell anybody”. I don’t believe her. My father and sister both said the lingerie was at the top of the bag.
When my family asked me about it, I told them I bought it for her, and to forget it ever happened. I do not think that my family knows, I threw out everything as soon as I could, but the heels were size 12, and my ex was 5ft tall.
I am not outed as far as I know, but the threat of being outed made me consider whether my desire to cross dress was more than just cross dressing. Earlier in our relationship, I asked my ex to buy me some lingerie/female clothing after kind of coming out to her about my “fetish”. She bought the clothes for me, and I got to dress up once or twice. Which was great! It was the first time I had gotten to actually cross dress.
For as long as I can remember I had a secret desire to be a girl. But that’s all it was, a secret desire. I attributed it as a fetish when I started watching porn. Imagining myself as the girl, trying to find body swap and gender transformation porn. Yeah, it’s what turned me on, but it’s just a fetish, right. I didn’t want to actually be a girl. I like my current life. I don’t want anything to change that drastically. I don’t want to come out of the closet when I don’t know what closet I’m even in. But her almost forcing me out made me re-examine some of these preconceived notions of my gender.
If I could magically become or have been born a girl while living roughly the same life I had, I would. I like wearing girls clothing, and can’t wait to move out of my parents house so I can buy female clothes and start cross dressing more. I want to grow my hair out and braid it, I want to learn how to do my makeup.
I don’t want to come out of fucking nowhere and be like, I think I am actually a girl. Especially after living my first 21 years as a fairly masculine cis-male. I feel like people wouldn’t believe me. I feel like an imposter even going through this sub-reddit. I didn’t even consider that I could be actually trans until a few weeks ago. I don’t feel like I belong.
I am just kind of stressed and feel like I can’t talk to anyone about it without coming out and being forced into a category. I don’t want to transition, but I am definitely not the cis-man I thought I was.
TLDR; Ex almost forced me out of the closet. But, I don’t really know what that closet is. Am I trans? Am I just a cross dresser? What the fuck am I? I just wanted to ramble on about my new found trans-questioning.
Thank you for reading this if you did. If no one reads this, Thank you to the void of reddit, it just feels good to type out my thoughts.

Hey everyone!
We are excited to share the results of the 2020 Wreddit Census. 8,837 users took the time to submit their answers and we have been able to find some interesting statistics. Thank you to those who took the time to submit your response.
If you want to use the data yourself to draw your own findings or analysis, here is a link to the data as promised. There are some tabs on the bottom that look at specific factors that we found interesting.

1. Demographics

Gender

Gender	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Male	90.9%	91.4%	-0.5%	0.54% decrease
Female	6.0%	6.3%	-0.3%	4.7% decrease
Non-Binary	2%	1.5%	+0.5%	33.3% increase
Prefer not to Say	0.7	0.6%	+0.1%	16.6% increase

Ethnicity

Ethnicity	2020	2019	Change +/-
White	78.6%	N/A	N/A
Hispanic/Latino	9.9%	N/A	N/A
Asian	7.4%	N/A	N/A
Black/African-American	4.7%	N/A	N/A
Middle Eastern/North African	1.3%	N/A	N/A
American Indian or Alaskan Native	1.2%	N/A	N/A
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.4%	N/A	N/A
Other	1.9%	N/A	N/A
Prefer not to say	1%	N/A	N/A

Age

Average Age	2020	2019	Change +/-
Age	28.9	N/A	N/A

The vast majority of users are in their late 20s and 30s.
Residence

Country do you reside in?

Country	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
United States	59.9%	60.9%	-1.0%	1.64% decrease
UK	13.8%	13.2%	+0.6%	4.5% increase
Canada	7%	6.7%	+0.3%	4.47% increase
Australia	3.7%	4.2%	-0.5%	11.9% decrease

Note: all other countries under 2%
Living Situation (for users 25 and older)

Household	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Married and live with my spouse	28%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I live alone	20%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I am not married but I live with a significant other	18%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I live with my parents	16%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I live with Roommates	13%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I live in a multigenerational setting	5%	N/A	N/A	N/A

NOTE: We have a large number of teens and early 20 year olds on this sub. As a result, we felt it was best to eliminate everyone under the age of 25 for this measure as it would skew the data heavily due to the number of kids and college students.
Income Level USD (for non-married and non-living with significant other) (for users 25 and older)

Income	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Income	$49,850/year	N/A	N/A	N/A

NOTE: We have a large number of teens and early 20 year olds on this sub. As a result, we felt it was best to eliminate everyone under the age of 25 for this measure as it would skew the data heavily due to the number of kids and college students.

2. Watching Habits

How long have you watched wrestling?

Years	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Years	17 years	N/A	N/A	N/A

What Cable TV/Streaming Services that you have?

Service	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Netflix	72.3%	84.4%	-12.1	14.3% decrease
Amazon Prime	56.5%	57.4%	-0.9	1.5% decrease
Disney Plus	39.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Paid TV service	32.1%	45%	-12.9	28.6% decrease
Hulu	34.1%	41%	-6.9	16.8% decrease
HBO Max	13.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
none	10%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Youtube TV	7.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sling TV	3.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Hours of wrestling watched each week

Hours per Week	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Hours	4.06	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do you regularly watch Monday Night Raw?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
No, I don't watch Raw regularly, but I do try to keep up with storylines and news	54.3%	49.3%	+5	10.1% increase
No. I don't watch or follow Raw	17.5%	8.9%	+8.6	96.6% increase
Yes I watch it weekly	16.1%	27.8%	-11.7	42.08% decrease
Yes I occasionally watch it	12%	13.9%	-1.9	13.6% decrease

How do you watch Raw (This question was ONLY asked of the respondents that said they watched Raw in some capacity)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
I watch it LIVE through my cable TV provider	33.9%	45.6%	-11.7	25.65% decrease
Through an unpaid stream or video website	22.9%	24.6%	-1.7	6.9% decrease
I watch it LATER through DVR or OnDemand with my cable TV provider	13.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LIVE through a stand alone paid streaming service (like Sling TV or Youtube TV)	12%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LATER on DVR or OnDemand through a stand alone paid streaming service (like Sling TV or Youtube TV)	8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I only watch highlights, clips, or "streamables"	5.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it some other way not listed here	3.5%	16.6%	-13.1%	N/A
I wait a month and watch it on the WWE Network	0.7%	0.3%	+0.4	133% increase

Note: More options were added this year, so the comparisons to 2019 may be flawed
Do you regularly watch Smackdown?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
No, I don't watch Smackdown regularly, but I do try to keep up with storylines and news	53.1%	41.5%	+11.6	27.9% increase
No. I don't watch or follow Smackdown	18.6%	8.3%	+10.3	124.1% increase
Yes I watch it weekly	14.3%	31%	-16.7	53.9% decrease
Yes I occasionally watch it	14%	19.2%	-5.2	27.1% decrease

How do you watch Smackdown? (This question was ONLY asked of the respondents that said they watched Smackdown in some capacity)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
I watch it LIVE through my cable TV provider	35.3%	42.5%	-7.2	16.9% decrease
Through an unpaid stream or video website	22.2%	25.8%	-5.6	21.7% decrease
I watch it LATER through DVR or OnDemand with my cable TV provider	15.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LIVE through a stand alone paid streaming service (like Sling TV or Youtube TV)	8.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LATER on DVR or OnDemand through a stand alone paid streaming service (like Sling TV or Youtube TV)	7.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I only watch highlights, clips, or "streamables"	5.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it some other way not listed here	4.3%	18.1	-13.7	75.7% decrease
I wait a month and watch it on the WWE Network	0.8%	0.3%	+0.5	166.6% increase

Note: More options were added this year, so the comparisons to 2019 may be flawed
Do you regularly watch WWE Main Roster PPVs?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Yes I regularly watch them live	27%	44%	-17	38.6% decrease
Yes I sometimes watch them live but sometimes I watch them later	23.7%	24.7%	-1	4% decrease
Yes but I watch them later, not live	12.8%	12.1%	+0.7	5.8% increase
No I do not watch them regularly but I try to keep up with storylines	25.3%	15%	+10.3	68.7% increase
No I do not watch them regularly	11.1%	4.2%	6.9	164.3% increase

How do you watch WWE Main Roster PPVs? (This question was ONLY asked of the respondents that said they watched Main Roster PPVs in some capacity)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Through their personal WWE Network streaming service	62.2%	69%	-6.8	9.9% decrease
Through an unpaid stream	21.2%	15.5%	+5.7%	36.8% increase
Through a friend’s WWE Network streaming service	9.1%	8.6%	+0.5%	5.8% increase
I only watch highlights, clips, or "streamables"	2.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch is some other way not listed here	2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it through my cable provider	1.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I live in a country that doesn't have the WWE Network streaming accounts, but I have one through a VPN or other loophole	0.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do you regularly watch the NXT weekly TV (non-UK)?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
No. I don't watch NXT regularly, but I do keep up with news and storylines	42.9%	35%	+7.9	22.6% increase
No. I don't watch or follow NXT	19%	25.1%	-6.1	24.3% decrease
Yes, but I watch it later. Not as it airs	18.7%	17.6%	+1.1	6.3% increase
Yes I occasionally watch it as it airs, but sometimes I watch it later	10.5%	13.2%	-2.7	20.5 decrease
Yes I regularly watch it every week as it airs	8.8%	9.2%	-0.4	4.3% decrease

How do you watch NXT weekly TV (This is ONLY asked of respondents that say they watched NXT Weekly TV in some capacity)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
I watch it through an unpaid stream or video website	22.3%	11.1%	+11.2	101% increase
I wait and watch it when it's available on the WWE network	20.1%	72%	-51.9	72.1% decrease
I watch it LIVE through my cable TV provider	19%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LATER through DVR or OnDemand with my cable TV provider	13.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LATER through a stand alone paid streaming service (like Sling TV or Youtube TV)	9.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LIVE through a stand alone paid streaming service (like Sling TV or Youtube TV)	8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I only watch highlights, clips, or "streamables"	4.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch is some other way not listed here	3.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do you regularly watch NXT UK?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
No. I don't watch or follow NXT UK	73.4%	60.6%	+12.8	21.1% increase
No. I don't watch NXT UK regularly, but I do keep up with news and storylines	21.6%	26.6%	+5.0	18.8% increase
Yes, but I watch it later. Not as it airs	3.2%	7.1%	*-3.9%	55% decrease
Yes I occasionally watch it as it airs, but sometimes I watch it later	1.2%	3.4%	-2.2	64.7% decrease
Yes I regularly watch it every week as it airs	0.7%	2.3%	-1.6	69.6% decrease

How do you watch NXT UK? (ONLY asked of people that say they watch NXT UK)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
watch using their WWE Networks streaming service	68.6%	78.8%	-10.2	12.9% decrease
use unpaid streaming	11.4%	8.8%	+2.6	29.5% increase
Through my cable/TV provider (some countries have NXT UK air on their cable package)	8%	1.1%	+6.9	627.3% increase
I only watch highlights, clips, or "streamables"	4.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
use another friend’s WWE network account	4.2%	6.5%	-2.3	35.4% decrease
I watch it some other way not listed here	2.9%	3.6%	-0.7	19.4% decrease

Do you regularly watch NXT Takeovers?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Yes, I regularly watch them live	28.8%	44.2%	-15.4	34.8% decrease
No I don’t watch them regularly but I keep up with storylines	20.2%	9.4%	+10.8	114.9% increase
Yes, I occasionally watch them live but sometimes I watch them later	19.1%	20.1%	-1.0	5% decrease
Yes, but I watch them later	16.6%	14.8%	+1.8	12.2% increase
No I don’t watch them regularly	15.2%	11.5%	+3.7	32.2% increase

When you watch NXT Takeovers, how do you watch them? (ONLY asked to people that said they watched NXT Takeover)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Through their personal WWE Network streaming service	60%	68.7%	-8.7	12.7% decrease
Through an unpaid stream	23%	15.9%	+7.1	44.7% increase
Through a friend’s WWE Network streaming service	9.4%	9.1%	+0.3	3.3% increase
I watch is some other way not listed here	3.3%	3.3%	No Change	No Change
I only watch highlights, clips, or "streamables"	2.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it through my cable provider	1.1%	1.0%	+0.1	10% increase
I live in a country that doesn't have the WWE Network streaming accounts, but I have one through a VPN or other loophole	0.5%	0.6%	-0.1	16.7% decrease

Do you regularly watch 205 Live?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
No. I don't watch or follow 205 Live	81.5%	67.7%	+13.8	20.4% increase
No. I don't watch 205 Live regularly, but I do keep up with news and storylines	14.9%	22.7%	-7.8	34.4% decrease
Yes, but I watch it later. Not as it airs	2.1%	4.9%	-2.8	57.1% decrease
Yes I occasionally watch it as it airs, but sometimes I watch it later	0.9%	3%	-2.1	70% decrease
Yes I regularly watch it every week as it airs	0.7%	1.7%	-1.0	58.8% decrease

When you watch 205 Live, how do you watch it? (ONLY asked for people that said they watched 205 Live)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
watch using their WWE Networks streaming service	73.7%	74.7%	-1.0	1.3% decrease
use unpaid streaming service	11.3%	10.7%	+0.6	5.6% increase
use another friend’s WWE network account	5.3%	5.5%	-0.2	3.6% decrease
I only watch highlights, clips, or "streamables"	5%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch is some other way not listed here	3.8%	4.9%	-1.1	22.4% decrease
Through my cable/TV provider (some countries have NXT UK air on their cable package)	0.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do you regularly watch AEW Dynamite?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Yes. I regularly watch it every week as it airs	28%	N/A	N/A	N/A
No. I don't watch them regularly, but I do keep up with storylines and news	27.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yes. I occasionally watch them as they air, but sometimes I watch them later	16.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yes. but I watch them later, not as they are airing.	16.2%	N/A	N/A	N/A
No I don't watch or follow AEW Dynamite	12%	N/A	N/A	N/A

When you watch AEW Dynamite, how do you usually watch it? (ONLY asked for people that said they watched Dynamite)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
I watch it LIVE through my TV provider	28.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it through an unpaid stream	*25.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LIVE through a stand alone paid streaming service (Like AEW Plus or Sling TV)	20.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LATER via DVR or OnDemand through my TV provider	10.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it LATER via DVR or OnDemand though a paid streaming service (Like AEW Plus or Sling TV)	8.3%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it some other way not listed here	3.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I only watch highlights, clip, and "streamables"	3.3	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do you regularly watch AEW PPVs?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Yes, I regularly watch them live	31.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
No I don’t watch them regularly but I keep up with storylines	24.1%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yes, but I watch them later	15.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
No I don’t watch them regularly	14.6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Yes, I occasionally watch them live but sometimes I watch them later	14%	N/A	N/A	N/A

When you watch AEW PPVs, how do you usually watch it? (ONLY asked for people that said they watched AEW PPVs)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
I watch through an unpaid stream	43.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I pay for the PPVs through BR Live	21.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I pay for the PPVs through FITE TV	17.3%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I pay for the PPVs through my cable provider	6.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it some other way not listed here	6.4%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I only watch highlights, clips, and "streamables	4.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do you regularly watch New Japan Pro Wrestling?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
No, I do not watch them regularly	39.1%	39.6%	-0.5	1.3% decrease
No, I don’t watch them regularly, but I keep up with storylines and news	27.7%	29.8%	-2.1	7% decrease
Yes, but I watch them later, not as they’re airing	15.9%	13.9%	+2.0	14.4% increase
Yes, I occasionally watch them live, but I usually watch them later	11.5%	11.8%	-0.3	2.5% decrease
Yes, I regularly watch NJPW shows live.	5.8%	4.9%	+0.9	18.4% increase

When you watch NJPW, how do you usually watch it (ONLY asked to the people that said they watched NJPW)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Through their personally NJPWWorld subscription.	55.4%	48.1%	+7.3	15.2% increase
Through an unpaid stream	27.1%	27.1%	No Change	No Change
I only watch highlights, clips, or "Streamables"	5.8%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I use a friend's NJPW World Streaming Service subscription	5.7%	N/A	N/A	N/A
I watch it some other way not listed here.	3.2%	7.8%	-4.6	59% decrease
I watch LIVE shows through my cable provider IN JAPAN	0.3	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do you regularly watch Ring of Honor weekly TV?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
No. I don't watch or follow Ring of Honor	84.6%	74.2%	+10.4	14% increase
No. I don't watch Ring of Honor TV regularly, but I do keep up with storylines and news.	12.1%	20.5%	-8.4	41% decrease
I occasionally watch it	2.7%	4.1%	-1.4	34.1% decrease
I regularly watch it.	0.6%	1.2%	-0.6	50% decrease

How do you watch Ring of Honor? (ONLY asked to the people that said they regularly watch it)

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
Through my TV provider	42.1%	33.7%	+8.4	24.9% increase
Through Fite.tv	16.8%	22.6%	-5.8	25.7% decrease
On the ROH website	13%	15.7%	-2.7	17.2% decrease
through an illegal stream	10.3%	12.4%	-2.1	16.9% decrease
Some other way not listed	6.5%	12.9%	-6.4	50% decrease
Through my cable TV provider's legitimate stream	5.8%	2.7%	+3.1	114.8% increase
I only watch highlights, clips, or "streamables"	5.5%	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do you regularly watch Impact Wrestling?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
No I do not regularly follow it	71.7%	68.6%	+3.1	4.5% increase
No I do not regualrly follow it, but I keep up with news and storylines.	20.4%	22.2%	-1.8	8.1% decrease
Yes I occasionally watch it	5.7%	6.8%	-1.1	16.2% decrease
Yes I watch it weekly.	2.3%	2.3%	no change	no change

How do you watch Impact Wrestling?

Response	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
I watch it on Twitch	37%	49.9%	-12.9	25.9% decrease
Through cable provider	29.2%	20.4%	+8.8	43.1% increase
through an illegal stream	14.1%	14.2%	-0.1	0.7% decrease
some other way listed	7.8%	13.4%	-5.6	41.8% decrease
I only watch highlights, clips or "Streamables"	6%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Through my cable provider's legitimate stream	5.8%	2%	+3.8	190% increase

Top TEN Most Watched Wrestling Promotions/Shows

Rank	Promotion/Show	2019 Rank	Rank Change +/-	% of users watching 2020	% of users watching 2019
#1	AEW Dynamite	N/A	N/A	64%	N/A
#2	NXT	#3	+1	46.1%	56%
#3	WWE Monday Night Raw	#2	-1	40.3%	61.8%
#4	WWE Smackdown Live	#1	-3	38.4%	66.4%
#5	New Japan Pro Wrestling	#4	-1	30.4%	32.3%
#6	AEW Dark	N/A	N/A	28.7%	N/A
#7	NWA Powerrrr	N/A	N/A	8.9%	N/A
#8	Impact	#8	no change	7.5%	8.6
#9	STARDOM	#12	+3	5.6%	4.4%
#10	Game Changer Wrestling	#29	+19	4.8%	0.6%

Note: 10.8% selected NONE

3. Online Habits

Is Wreddit your most frequent source of news related to wrestling?

• 85.6% YES
• 14.4% No

Where do you go for wrestling news? (asked of people that DON’T have Wreddit as their #1 source)

• 32.8% - A news site that focuses exclusively on wrestling news
• 23.5% - Twitter
• 17.2% - A paid subscriber newsletter
• 8.3% - Another user-based wrestling forum
• 3.8% - A more general sports-based news site
• 2.2% - Facebook
• 2% - Chat Applications like Discord or Skype
• 1.9% - /woo/ or other imageboard
• 1.6% - Instagram

If you didn’t use Wreddit for your news, where do you think you would go? (asked of people that DO have Wreddit as their #1 news source)

• 32% - Twitter
• 25.3% - a news site that focuses exclusively on wrestling
• 14.5% - I wouldn't go out of my way to look up wrestling news
• 7.1% - a paid subscriber newsletter
• 7% - Another user-based wrestling forum
• 3.6% - A more general sports-based news site
• 3.4% - Instagram
• 2.8% - Facebook
• 2.6% /woo/ or other imageboard
• 1.8% Chat applications like Discord or Skype

Are you a Subscriber to Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter?

Responses	2020	2019	Change +/-
No, I’m not interested in subscribing	65.4%	65.4%	No Change
No, but I might subscribe in the future	17.9%	20.1%	+2.2
No, but I have subscribed before	7.4%	6.6%	+0.8
Yes I’m a regular subscriber	4.9%	5.2%	-0.3
No, I don't know what that is	3.8%	1.9	+1.9
Yes, but I’m a fairly new subscriber	0.5%	0.8%	-0.3

News sites visited regularly

• 56% - NONE
• 17.1% - F4WOnline
• 16.6% PWInsider
• 9.6% Fightful
• 9.1% 411Mania
• 7.9% WrestlingInc
• 7% WrestleZone
• 6.8% Ringside News
• 6.6% ProWrestling Sheet
• 6% PWTorch
• 5% ProWrestling.Net
• 3.1% SEScoops

4. Subscription Services

Which Streaming subscription services do you pay for?

Streaming Service	2020	2019	Change +/-	Percent Change
WWE Network	46.3%	64%	-17.7	27.7% decrease
NONE	38.4%	26.3%	+12.1	46% increase
NJPWWorld	19.9%	19.4%	+0.5	2.6% increase
AEW Plus	5.9%	N/A	N/A	N/A
Fite Network	2.6%	2.1%	+0.5	23.8% increase
IWTV	2.4%	0.1%	+2.3	2300% increase
StardomWorld	2%	2.2%	-0.2	9% increase

Everything else is less than 2%.
Which WWE Network programming do you watch regularly? (only asked of respondents with a WWE Network subscription)

Programming	2020
Live or recent PPVs	87%
Old PPVs	65%
24 documentary series	56%
NXT	54%
Undertaker: The Last Ride	40%
Old WCW PPVs	37%
Old ECW PPVs	34%
Table for 3	32%
WWE 365	32%
Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions	30%
RAW/SD episodes (classic or recent)	29%
Ridealong	21%
WWE Ruthless Aggression	21%
Chronicle	21%
WCW Nitro	21%
Monday Night War	20%
Edge & Christian Show	19%

Breaking Ground13% WWE Untold|12% WWE: The Day Of|12% NXT UK|10% The Best of WWE|9% World's Collide|8% UUDD Plays|7% WWE Story Time|7% WWE Photoshoot|7%
In the last year, have you paid for a non-AEW PPV, iPPV, or other non-subscription based show?

Responses	2020	2019	Change +/-
NO	86.9%	N/A	N/A
YES	13.1%	N/A	N/A

Do you plan to purchase ANY PPV or iPPV non-subscription based show within the next year?

Responses	2020	2019	Change +/-
NO	58.3%	57.2%	+1.1
YES	41.7%	42.8%	-1.1

You said you have no plans to purchase an upcoming non-subscription based PPV. Do you have plans to take advantage of an unpaid stream of one? (This was ONLY asked to the people that said they have no interest in purchasing a PPV in the next year)

Responses	2020	2019	Change +/-
NO	50.8%	55.1%	-4.3
YES	49.2%	44.9%	+4.3

Do you listen to Podcasts?

Responses	2020	2019	Change +/-
YES	64.9%	67%	-2.1
NO	35.1%	33%	+2.1

Top 10 Podcasts

• 1- Talk is Jericho - 42%
• 2- AEW Unrestricted - 25.2%
• 3 - Cultaholic - 20.3%
• 4 - The Steve Austin Show - 19%
• 5 - The New Day: Feel the Power - 16.4%
• 6 - Edge and CHristian's Pod of Awesomeness - 16.2%
• 7 - Wrestling with Wregret - 16.2%
• 8 - Wrestling Observer Radio - 16.2%
• 9 - Jim Cornette Experience - 15.2%
• 10 - Byan and Vinny - 14.3%

Note: 12.5% of respondents pay for extra content on Patreon for at least one podcast

5. Spending Habits

How much do you spend on Merch in a year?

• Average annual spend on merch: $51.84

Have you attended a wrestling show in the last 12 months?

• 35.2% Yes
• 64.8% No

Note: average number of shows attended per year is 3 (for those who have attended at least 1)

6. Bonus Round

Who is your favorite wrestler?

Ranking	Wrestler	Votes
1	Kenny Omega	695
2	Orange Cassidy	558
3	Adam Page	488
4	Keith Lee	357
5	AJ Styles	351
6	Jon Moxley	345
7	Chris Jericho	338
8	Asuka	291
9	Daniel Bryan	284
10	Bray Wyatt	208
11	Adam Cole	205
12	Kazuchika Okada	193
13	Drew McIntyre	163
14	Kevin Owens	157
15	Seth Rollins	153
16	Aleister Black	139
17	Hiromu Takahashi	138
18	Tetsuya Naito	127
19	Sasha Banks	121
20	Io Shirai	92

Full list of /SquaredCircle's favorite wrestlers here
When you watch wrestling, who do you watch it with? Select all that apply.

Response	2020
I regularly watch wrestling alone	68%
I regularly watch wrestling alone, but discuss it live with others on a chat application or forum	32%
I regularly watch wrestling with a friend or group of friends in-person	21%
I regularly watch wrestling with a sibling (or siblings)	7%
I regularly watch wrestling with a parent(s) or guardian(s)	5%
I regularly watch wrestling with my child (or children)	4%
I regularly watch wrestling with other family members	10%
I watch wrestling with my dog (or cat)	17%

How have your viewing habits changed due to/during the Coronavirus pandemic? Select all that apply.

Response	2020
I have been watching new promotions	10%
I have been watching more of the promotions I already watch	21%
I have been learning about new wrestlers or wrestling characters that I enjoy	17%
I have been watching wrestling in the same way as before	40%
I have been watching less wrestling during the Coronavirus pandemic	33%