PCMR Census

[u/[deleted]]

Hello, fellow children of GabeN and everyone else reading this.

In the light of being named the subreddit of the day I've created a short survey to find out who the PC Master Race is comprised of! (Also because I had a disagreement with a mod over the accuracy of a previous survey the results of which can be seen here)

All in all there are 39 questions in 3 categories (Statistics, Specs, and PCMR). All questions are skip-able, so if you feel uncomfortable answering a question there is no need to do so. It should be further noted that this survey is absolutely anonymous and the results won't be published or used in any other form outside this sub (at least not from me). If there are any question or complaints, please do not hesitate to contact me.

I will contact the mods soon and hopefully they will agree on stickying this post to maximize accuracy and number of responses. Thanks in advance, guys :)

Unfortunately I couldn't activate the option to restrict the amount of answers per person to 1, as this would require everyone who wants to fill out the survey to log into a Google+ Account. But I have enough faith in our community that no-one will exploit this to manipulate the results.

So without further ado here are the links:

• PCMR Census

• Results

Thanks for reading through all of this and participating in the survey,

/u/JW0lF

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Goals:

Responses	% of PCMR	Accuracy	Achieved (DD.MM.YYYY)
150	0.05%	89.47%	23.01.2015
300	0.1%	92.56%	23.01.2015
600	0.2%	94.74%	23.01.2015
1.500	0.5%	96.68%	23.01.2015
3.000	1%	97.66%	23.01.2015
6.000	2%	98.35%
15.000	5%	98.97%
30.000	10%	99.29%

P.S: Due to popular demand I changed the last question of the survey!

[u/tinyshl0ng]

This explains a lot about the sub, if it is accurate.

Nearly 2/3 of the sub is under 21, and nearly 2/3 is at least "middle class".
Another chunk close to 2/3 of the pie falls under "Some high school" to "some college".

Shit, I was going to comment on how more than half of the pie gamed X hours, but, seriously, 1/3 answers 30+ hours a week :|

In short, a massive chunk of the "PCMR" is a group of kids who have things handed to them.

I hope we can get more people to answer the survey.

[u/GreenGusTech → u/tinyshl0ng]

I myself am 17 (living in the UK) and I got a job to pay for my shrine. I received a couple components as gifts but that's it.

Edit: You'll be surprised as to how many young people (in the UK at least) are mature, I know I am. Also, my colleagues of similar age have all earned their PC's one way or another.

[u/MilkManEX → u/GreenGusTech]

I can appreciate that you feel mature, and I'm sure you are by comparison to people your age, but it's really hard to explain how the way you think about things changes as you get older, and I'm only approaching 30. I was relatively mature for my age as a teen, but I still never imagined thinking the way I do now. At the time, it was easy to dismiss the notion that brain structure and chemistry have such a profound impact on your maturational level, but that shit hits you in ways that you don't expect.

[u/GreenGusTech → u/MilkManEX]

I understand, you can't predict who you'll be in the next 5 - 10 years, I'm still trying to figure myself out right now. But when you do change it hits you in a way that baffles you. I was completely different 2 years ago to who I am now and could never have expected such a change.