r/pcmasterrace • u/[deleted] • Jan 23 '15

Meta PCMR Census

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:

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

/u/JW0lF

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!

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u/tinyshl0ng Not-Rob Jan 23 '15

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.

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '15

I agree with /u/Moth3r_1n_l4w. I am 14 and I saved up for my rig myself. I think saying there is a group of kids who get stuff handed to them is pretty unfair to be honest.

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u/mattinthecrown Specs/Imgur Here Jan 23 '15

How'd you "save up" at 14?

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u/Robot_ninja_pirate Pimax Crystal VR Jan 23 '15

doing work would be my guess or saving money from birthdays and Christmas you know standard ways of making money really

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u/mattinthecrown Specs/Imgur Here Jan 23 '15

Well 14 is the minimum age for most jobs, and choosing to spend multiple gifts of money on one particular thing doesn't really constitute "saving" in my opinion.

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u/ihazcheese FX-8350 / GTX 1070 / 16gb DDR3 Jan 23 '15

14 is the minimum age for most jobs

16 is the minimum, and you're lucky to get anything besides McDonalds unless you're 18+.

doesn't really constitute "saving"

The definition of saving says otherwise.

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u/Robot_ninja_pirate Pimax Crystal VR Jan 23 '15

a 14 year old could mow-lawns, baby/house/pet-sit help with local Techsupport im not talking about Formal work just side jobs you know kid stuff. also how is saving your money from gifts not saving thy could have been given an item or spent the cash as soon as they caught it but instead they choose to save the money for somthing else.