Duel Academy Survey - April 2016

Hello folks.

We've prepared a series of questions for you to answer. I hope you answer all of the questions sincerely. If you're not sure whether your answer is correct or not, then you can choose to leave the question unanswered, just don't give us wrong answers that you're mostly sure are incorrect.

We'd like to know how you view our progress and plans in DA thus far, and what you think of DA overall


Q1: How would you describe DA Staff members?
Q2: What is the first thing you check when you log-in to DA?
Q3: What are you mostly interested about in DA?
Q4: How did you find out about DA?
Q5: What made you decide to stick with us?
Q6: Have you been harassed by a Staff member before? If yes, who was it?
Q7: What Dueling platforms do you use?
Q8: What do you think of our Tournaments Schedule?
Q9: Do you use the Full-screen Chatbox?
Q10: Do you find communicating with others in DA and making new friends hard to do?
Q11: Do you think our items in the Central Shop are over-priced?
Q12: How long are you planning on staying in DA? And if you're leaving soon, what are the reasons?
Q13: What makes you like a forum? generally speaking.
Q14: Are you part of any other academies?
Q15: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much would you give to DA's Theme/Skin?
Q16:  Do you prefer light or dark skin?
Q17: What do you think of our staff as a whole, do we have too many staffers? or do we need more staffers?
Q18: Do you think our Tournaments are dull and not creative enough?
Q19: How many hours do you spend browsing DA on daily bases?
Q20: Would you support DA if we adapt other games on a serious level? Games such as Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering, or Pokemon for example.
Q21: Aside from dueling, what else do you do in DA when you're bored?
Q22: What is your opinion on the fact that our Ranking system is circuit-dependent?
Q23: Did Dueling Network's fall affect your stay at the Duel Academy?
Q24: Do you like our Ranking-up system? Would you like any other rank-up system?
Q25: Is there something you don't like in/about DA?
Q26: How would you recommend improving DA as a whole from your own perspective.
Q27: What are your thoughts on our Duel Points distribution?
Q28: What do you think of DA's Central Shop? Should we add more stuff? If yes, do you have any ideas what

Last edited by Lux on Tue Apr 12, 2016 7:08 am; edited 1 time in total

Q1: Tbh I barely notice who is staff and who isn't, everyone is somewhat equal. Besides that one idiot claiming he is king when he isn't
Q2: Latest Topics, after that how many people are in chat.
Q3: Talking with others who are able to take in Konami's madness and play their famous childrens card game, Yu-Gi-Oh
Q4: I googled Duel Academy on google because I used to be in one a while ago, found this one, yay.
Q5: Some fun people, mainly to duel CrimsonOverlord though, always fun to duel/chat with him. (Not saying the rest here isn't nice, just felt like giving him a special mention.)
Q6: Not as far as I can remember
Q7: Ygopro (Percy), DevPro. I decided upon ditching DN a while ago.
Q8: Its alright, finding time to duel your opponent (Timezones, life) can be hard at times.
Q9: More than the actual forum tbh
Q10: Nah, there is a chat where you can just talk to people, they don't bite lol. People in general are nice here.
Q11: To be honest I never checked the shop as DP kinda feels useless in general.
Q12: No idea, atleast will be here for a while.
Q13: Great community, activity, presence of a chat box, discussion topics, decent activity atleast
Q14: Not anymore, used to be part of some, don't feel like looking it up.
Q15: 4, it functions but it looks so bland. DA icon is great but it feels so plain in general, maybe something more black would work better, and have more than 3 characters in the header?
Q16: Dark by far
Q17: Feels just right I guess, Usually multiple staff members in chat.
Q18: To be honest, yeah. WCQ is somewhat boring, Asian tournament is fun for change, besides that... nothing that interesting... Maybe something like revisiting old formats (not GOAT but also plant synchro, stuff like that) or alternative banlist/challenges at times would be fun. Only have been here for a month or so I think, so I might be wrong and might have missed them.
Q19: Actual browsing? 1 hour maybe? Usually check it once in a while for activity, and regularly use chat.
Q20: It depends. Yu-Gi-Oh has to have priority ofcourse, but having others could be fun, but if they take too much priority it would suck.
Q21: General banter/talking
Q22: This question represents the emptyness of my soul.
Q23: Activity increased due to no more use of that shitty platform. If focus shifts to DN, I'll probably stop joining tournaments in general tbh.
Q24: The current ranking system... I dunno, I don't really feel it... ranks feel irrelevant in general (atleast on here), and the ranking up isn't exactly a challenge, its just something that happens... Rank up duels/exams can be fun, but they also have their negatives.
Q25: Well, forced usage of DN is gone now, so not really I guess? Ranks feel useless atm, might aswell ditch them how they currently are.
Q26: Eh no idea to be honest, make the ranks and dp feel more relevant? DP just rots away at this point, couldn't care less about my rank.
Q27: Current DP system is useless tbh.
Q28: Yeah, add more as its currently... okay but not interesting.. No idea what though.

Sorry 'bout the question 22. 

Our rank-up system is Circuit.

I have only been here for a couple of days, so any questions that I can't answer will be answered with "N/A".

Q1: How would you describe DA Staff members?
N/A

Q2: What is the first thing you check when you log-in to DA?
Chat and latest posts

Q3: What are you mostly interested about in DA?
I'm interested in the DA Circuit.  It's definitely a more interesting way of ranking up than taking a test and it helps as an improvement benchmark.

Q4: How did you find out about DA?
DA is affiliated with North Duel Academy, but since the latter is becoming a general gaming forum, I decided to join one of the affiliated academies for a pure Yu-Gi-Oh forum.

Q5: What made you decide to stick with us?
N/A

Q6: Have you been harassed by a Staff member before? If yes, who was it?
No

Q7: What Dueling platforms do you use?
DevPro, YGOPro Percy, and DN, though I prefer the former two.

Q8: What do you think of our Tournaments Schedule?
I haven't seen a schedule.  I could just be missing it (which happens often for me).

Q9: Do you use the Full-screen Chatbox?
Yes

Q10: Do you find communicating with others in DA and making new friends hard to do?
No harder than I usually find it.  (I'm the type of person who has difficulty initiating conversations.)

Q11: Do you think our items in the Central Shop are over-priced?
Doesn't really matter to me.  Nothing in the shop really interests me, except for maybe the custom rank since it allows for a bit more personalization.  I'm okay with the custom rank price.

Q12: How long are you planning on staying in DA? And if you're leaving soon, what are the reasons?
Not sure.  I plan on sticking around for a while, though.

Q13: What makes you like a forum? generally speaking.
Not sure.  I don't normally join forums.  NA was my first one.  This is my second.

Q14: Are you part of any other academies?
Sort of.  I'm still a part of NA, though since it's becoming a gaming forum and the dorms were abolished, I don't think it will be an academy once the reimaging is finished.

Q15: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much would you give to DA's Theme/Skin?
3.14159 (that's all I know of pi).  It's a bit plain, but it looks nice.

Q16:  Do you prefer light or dark skin?
I'm more of a fan of darker colors.

Q17: What do you think of our staff as a whole, do we have too many staffers? or do we need more staffers?
N/A

Q18: Do you think our Tournaments are dull and not creative enough?
N/A

Q19: How many hours do you spend browsing DA on daily bases?
Not often.  Most of my time on DA is spent in the chat while I'm doing other things.

Q20: Would you support DA if we adapt other games on a serious level? Games such as Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering, or Pokemon for example.
Yes, but depending on how the other games were adapted, I would potentially want to also join another academy for just Yu-Gi-Oh.  (Ex:  If the Yu-Gi-Oh section of DA was no longer an academy, I would join another one, but still be a part of DA.)

Q21: Aside from dueling, what else do you do in DA when you're bored?
So far, just the chat.

Q22: "Our rank-up system is Circuit."
As I stated in Q3, I find the Circuit to be an interesting way to rank up.

Q23: Did Dueling Network's fall affect your stay at the Duel Academy?
No, because I joined after the fact.

Q24: Do you like our Ranking-up system? Would you like any other rank-up system?
As I stated in Q3 and Q22, yes I like the rank-up system.

Q25: Is there something you don't like in/about DA?
N/A

Q26: How would you recommend improving DA as a whole from your own perspective.
N/A

Q27: What are your thoughts on our Duel Points distribution?
N/A

Q28: What do you think of DA's Central Shop? Should we add more stuff? If yes, do you have any ideas?
(See Q11)  No, I don't have any ideas for more stuff to be added.

To clear up two things;

1.) Yes, there IS monthly tournament schedule. We host one every weekend


2.) Our rank-up system is Circuit itself.  

This is a lot of questions...

You don't have to answer all of them

Lux wrote:

To clear up two things;

1.) Yes, there IS monthly tournament schedule. We host one every weekend


2.) Our rank-up system is Circuit itself.  

Cool, cool. Thanks. 

Q1: How would you describe DA Staff members?
A1 : in a word .. cool
Q2: What is the first thing you check when you log-in to DA?
A2: notifications
Q3: What are you mostly interested about in DA?
A3: the similarity to the anime  
Q4: How did you find out about DA?
A4: looking for a replacement for DN (this was before it died I didn't like the people) 
Q5: What made you decide to stick with us?
A5: the competitive feel of DN but smaller (i'm that dweb who sits in the back)
Q6: Have you been harassed by a Staff member before? If yes, who was it?
A6: you make bad jokes at times but nothing that counts as 'harasassed'
Q7: What Dueling platforms do you use?
A7: nowadays just YGOpro
Q8: What do you think of our Tournaments Schedule?
A8: i don't try tournaments (way out of my league) 
Q9: Do you use the Full-screen Chatbox?
A9: if i knew how
Q10: Do you find communicating with others in DA and making new friends hard to do?
A10: easier then other place (again, that dweb)
Q11: Do you think our items in the Central Shop are over-priced?
A11: i never look in the shop
Q12: How long are you planning on staying in DA? And if you're leaving soon, what are the reasons?
A12: i think im staying 
Q13: What makes you like a forum? generally speaking.
A13: i don't know
Q14: Are you part of any other academies?
A14: no
Q15: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much would you give to DA's Theme/Skin?
A15: 6/10
Q16:  Do you prefer light or dark skin?
A16: none preferred but with a choice i pick light
Q17: What do you think of our staff as a whole, do we have too many staffers? or do we need more staffers?
A17: i think it's fine
Q18: Do you think our Tournaments are dull and not creative enough?
A19: i like the ideas but they are still out of my reach... a noobs tournament maybe
Q19: How many hours do you spend browsing DA on daily bases?
A19: i don't know what day is it #thatdweb (not a real hashtag)
Q20: Would you support DA if we adapt other games on a serious level? Games such as Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering, or Pokemon for example.
A20: id rather you wouldn't but i'll still be here if you do
Q21: Aside from dueling, what else do you do in DA when you're bored?
A21: polting to beat metaphys (no i refuse to spell his name right)
Q22: What is your opinion on the fact that our Ranking system is circuit-dependent?
A22: don't care 
Q23: Did Dueling Network's fall affect your stay at the Duel Academy?
A23: it did till i found YGO
Q24: Do you like our Ranking-up system? Would you like any other rank-up system?
A24: still don't care
Q25: Is there something you don't like in/about DA?
A25: not really
Q26: How would you recommend improving DA as a whole from your own perspective.
A27: i would like to learn more about yu-gi-oh (seeing as i am a noob0
Q27: What are your thoughts on our Duel Points distribution?
A27: i don't use the shop
Q28: What do you think of DA's Central Shop? Should we add more stuff? If yes, do you have any ideas what
A28: i don't use that shop

Just another note...

No, if we adapt other games on serious level we'll still have yugioh as primary/one of the primary dueling games.

Q1: How would you describe DA Staff members?
They was good when i was admin now most of them are lame ;/

Q2: What is the first thing you check when you log-in to DA?
Chatbox

Q3: What are you mostly interested about in DA?
trolling

Q4: How did you find out about DA?
KCVDS

Q5: What made you decide to stick with us?
Decent amount of competition at the time

Q6: Have you been harassed by a Staff member before? If yes, who was it?
No but i harass members back when i was staff

Q7: What Dueling platforms do you use?
KCVDS, YVD and DMG

Q8: What do you think of our Tournaments Schedule?
idk what that is

Q9: Do you use the Full-screen Chatbox?
lol no

Q10: Do you find communicating with others in DA and making new friends hard to do?
lol wtf is this boy meets world

Q11: Do you think our items in the Central Shop are over-priced?
not overpriced just really stoopid ;/

Q12: How long are you planning on staying in DA? And if you're leaving soon, what are the reasons?
until anzo finally retires which looks like never ;/

Q13: What makes you like a forum? generally speaking.
catfishes

Q14: Are you part of any other academies?
eww lol not like any of this is real

Q15: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much would you give to DA's Theme/Skin?
racism is bad

Q16: Do you prefer light or dark skin?
i love dark skin woman

Q17: What do you think of our staff as a whole, do we have too many staffers? or do we need more staffers?
ya all post the same

Q18: Do you think our Tournaments are dull and not creative enough?
tourneys been dull since 2014

Q19: How many hours do you spend browsing DA on daily bases?
10-20 seconds maybe 1 min

Q20: Would you support DA if we adapt other games on a serious level? Games such as Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering, or Pokemon for example.
Ew lol who got the time for all that shit

Q21: Aside from dueling, what else do you do in DA when you're bored?
talk about porn

Q22: What is your opinion on the fact that our Ranking system is circuit-dependent?
idk havnt payed attention since i been admin

Q23: Did Dueling Network's fall affect your stay at the Duel Academy?
Nah thats what they get for constantly hackin kcvds ;d

Q24: Do you like our Ranking-up system? Would you like any other rank-up system?
not really

Q25: Is there something you don't like in/about DA?
lack of bitches

Q26: How would you recommend improving DA as a whole from your own perspective.
add a porn section

Q27: What are your thoughts on our Duel Points distribution?
not like its real currency :l

Q28: What do you think of DA's Central Shop? Should we add more stuff? If yes, do you have any ideas what
premium brazzers acc

Took some from Nuran cuz I agree and they're fucking hilarious.

ALSO WHY THE FUCK IS THE TEXT SO BIG IT LOOKS BAD

Q1: How would you describe DA Staff members?
When I was around last they seemed pretty cool. Currently I don't know who the fuck is who.

Q2: What is the first thing you check when you log-in to DA?
Erryting

Q3: What are you mostly interested about in DA?
Dunno

Q4: How did you find out about DA?
KCVDS/DAD

Q5: What made you decide to stick with us?
DK, DAD, and KCVDS are dead. DA is the last old home.

Q6: Have you been harassed by a Staff member before? If yes, who was it?
Anzo, Turtle ;D

Q7: What Dueling platforms do you use?
None.

Q8: What do you think of our Tournaments Schedule?
idk what that is

Q9: Do you use the Full-screen Chatbox?
lol no

Q10: Do you find communicating with others in DA and making new friends hard to do?
Bro it's the internet. Friends aren't hard to make on the net.

Q11: Do you think our items in the Central Shop are over-priced?
idc

Q12: How long are you planning on staying in DA? And if you're leaving soon, what are the reasons?
I'll get bored again. Leave for a bit then come back and post a bit then poof again.

Q13: What makes you like a forum? generally speaking.
Fun people.

Q14: Are you part of any other academies?
Those exist?

Q15: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much would you give to DA's Theme/Skin?
racism is bad

Q16:  Do you prefer light or dark skin?
Dark

Q17: What do you think of our staff as a whole, do we have too many staffers? or do we need more staffers?
I really don't care as long as they ain't shit.

Q18: Do you think our Tournaments are dull and not creative enough?
Game has been dull so... no comment.

Q19: How many hours do you spend browsing DA on daily bases?
15 mins. Or whenever my email vibrates my phone telling me someone posted in a topic.

Q20: Would you support DA if we adapt other games on a serious level? Games such as Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering, or Pokemon for example.
Maybe Pokemon and CS:GO/Warframe.

Q21: Aside from dueling, what else do you do in DA when you're bored?
talk about porn

Q22: What is your opinion on the fact that our Ranking system is circuit-dependent?
idk havnt payed attention since i been mod

Q23: Did Dueling Network's fall affect your stay at the Duel Academy?
Nah thats what they get for constantly hackin kcvds ;d <--- I can't add to that. Fuck Nuran xD

Q24: Do you like our Ranking-up system? Would you like any other rank-up system?
not really to both.

Q25: Is there something you don't like in/about DA?
Dude people online are weird.

Q26: How would you recommend improving DA as a whole from your own perspective.
I don't want my eyes to burn. The white is strong with this forum.

Q27: What are your thoughts on our Duel Points distribution?
I don't care about spending it so whatever lol.

Q28: What do you think of DA's Central Shop? Should we add more stuff? If yes, do you have any ideas what
You can. Won't buy shit but others might.

1. I would describe the DA staff members as a friendly group of people.
2. The first thing that I would check when I log-in to DA would be the notifications folder.
3. I am mostly interested in learning how to use pendulum cards.
4. I have been a member of DA for a really long time.
5. I had decided to stay on this site so I can become a great duelist.
6. I have not been harassed by a staff member.
7. I have been using the dueling network platform.
8. I think that the tournament schedule is perfect for me.
9. I do not use the full screen chat box.
10. It is not a hard time for me to find new friends.
11. I don't think that the items at the shop are over priced.
12. I am staying on this site for a long time.
13. What makes me like a form is that I have to be here a lot.
14. I am not apart of any other academies.
15. I would give the theme a 10 out of 10.
16. I prefer the light skin.
17. I think you need more staffers.
18. I don't think the tournaments are dull.
19. I have spent a whole hour on this site.
20. I would definitely support DA.
21. I practice my dueling skills in my room.
22. The dueling network's fall did not affect my stay at duel academy.
23. ??
24. I love the ranking up system. I don't want another ranking up system.
25. There is nothing that I don't like about DA.
26. I wouldn't change the DA website.
27. The duel points are perfect for distributing.
28. I think that the central shop is perfect.

If anyone else wants to complete thes survey, please do in next couple days. I'll close this one friday.

Can staffs do this?

Yea staffers can also do it.

Q1: How would you describe DA Staff members?
Regular.  Unsexy.  Could be worse.

Q2: What is the first thing you check when you log-in to DA?
Bitch my inbox of pron.  Usually the daily topics.  Seeing if any header sticks out

Q3: What are you mostly interested about in DA?
The structure.  The popularity.  

Q4: How did you find out about DA?
From other yugioh forums, lol

Q5: What made you decide to stick with us?
Well my sexiness stuck to something.  :/

Q6: Have you been harassed by a Staff member before? If yes, who was it?
Myself.  *Deep gazing into mirror*

Q7: What Dueling platforms do you use?
DN

Q8: What do you think of our Tournaments Schedule?
Very active compared to others

Q9: Do you use the Full-screen Chatbox?
Whenever I am engulfed in the chatting.  about 5%

Q10: Do you find communicating with others in DA and making new friends hard to do?
Na.  I'm pretty easy to get along with

Q11: Do you think our items in the Central Shop are over-priced?
I have yet to buy a single item.  ...*shrug*  

Q12: How long are you planning on staying in DA? And if you're leaving soon, what are the reasons?
Yarn will always stay.  Whether you want him or not.

Q13: What makes you like a forum? generally speaking.
The easy environment and interface

Q14: Are you part of any other academies?
I was

Q15: On a scale of 1 to 10, how much would you give to DA's Theme/Skin?
5.  It's average

Q16:  Do you prefer light or dark skin?  I always prefer dark.

Q17: What do you think of our staff as a whole, do we have too many staffers? or do we need more staffers?
It is still fine.  Every role has its purpose.  It's just if the people actually do them.

Q18: Do you think our Tournaments are dull and not creative enough?
Ehhh, na.  They're cool.

Q19: How many hours do you spend browsing DA on daily bases?
.25

Q20: Would you support DA if we adapt other games on a serious level? Games such as Hearthstone, Magic the Gathering, or Pokemon for example.
Nooooo

Q21: Aside from dueling, what else do you do in DA when you're bored?
twerk

Q22: What is your opinion on the fact that our Ranking system is circuit-dependent?
It is very different and takes a lot of work, which is great because not everyone has that time.  I myself, prefer a collection rating, like badges or titles, but that's just me.

Q23: Did Dueling Network's fall affect your stay at the Duel Academy?
Kinda.  I can't duel as easily.

Q24: Do you like our Ranking-up system? Would you like any other rank-up system?
...As stated

Q25: Is there something you don't like in/about DA?
The style of this questionnaire.  A lack of a Yarn Dorm

Q26: How would you recommend improving DA as a whole from your own perspective.
HAVING A YARN DORM

Q27: What are your thoughts on our Duel Points distribution?
I feel like I don't know what that is

Q28: What do you think of DA's Central Shop? Should we add more stuff? If yes, do you have any ideas what
If I did, I would have commented on the post *shrug*

Yarn Tethers wrote:

Q21: Aside from dueling, what else do you do in DA when you're bored?
twerk

I laughed my ass off lol

That was quite serious for Yarn standards

A'right, time's up!

Thanks to everyone who posted in this survey! 

We'll continue to do our best to improve DA.