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Past Poll Results

Poll Archive What is the most worthless QBASIC command?
Total Votes: 21

11	LET (52.4%)
1	REM (4.8%)
3	BEEP (14.3%)
2	GOTO (9.5%)
2	WHILE/WEND (9.5%)
1	SLEEP (4.8%)
1	SHELL (4.8%)

Favorite QB graphics library?
Total Votes: 59

15	DirectQB (25.4%)
8	Future Library (13.6%)
2	Dash (3.4%)
12	RelLib (20.3%)
2	CosmoX (3.4%)
2	Blast! (3.4%)
4	GSLib (6.8%)
9	UGL (15.3%)
5	Other (8.5%)

What's your favorite QB forum?
Total Votes: 58

5	QB45 (8.6%)
3	QBasic.com (5.2%)
16	QBasic News (27.6%)
2	BASIC Network (3.4%)
7	QBasic.tk (12.1%)
11	NeoBasic (19%)
8	Pete's QB Site (13.8%)
6	Other (10.3%)

How long have you used QB?
Total Votes: 75

14	Less than 1 year (18.7%)
4	1 year (5.3%)
15	2-3 years (20%)
5	4-5 years (6.7%)
14	6-7 years (18.7%)
13	8-10 years (17.3%)
5	11-15 years (6.7%)
5	15+ years (6.7%)

What was your first big QB project?
Total Votes: 76

9	Arcade game (11.8%)
4	Strategy game (5.3%)
4	Platform game (5.3%)
2	Puzzle game (2.6%)
25	RPG (32.9%)
7	Text Adventure (9.2%)
6	Utility program (7.9%)
12	Fake OS (15.8%)
7	Other (9.2%)

Have you programmed in FreeBasic yet?
Total Votes: 19

8	Yes (42.1%)
11	No (57.9%)

At what age did you start programming in QB?
Total Votes: 34

0	Less than 6 (0%)
7	6-10 years (20.6%)
14	11-13 years (41.2%)
8	14-17 years (23.5%)
3	17-20 years (8.8%)
1	21-25 years (2.9%)
0	26-35 years (0%)
1	35+ years (2.9%)

What is your favorite part of QB Express?
Total Votes: 23

10	Tutorials (43.5%)
3	Articles / Editorials (13%)
5	News Briefs (21.7%)
2	Gallery (8.7%)
1	Blast From The Past (4.3%)
0	Competition (0%)
2	Comics (8.7%)
0	Other (0%)

Best QB shooter?
Total Votes: 46

14	Monospace (30.4%)
1	MoonCrap 99 (2.2%)
1	Dynamic: Colonization of Jupiter (2.2%)
1	Rocket Fuel Mayhem (2.2%)
2	Shell Shock (4.3%)
3	Star Wrek (6.5%)
3	Space Warp (6.5%)
14	Frantic Journey (30.4%)
2	Missing In Space (4.3%)
5	Other (10.9%)

How did you first learn QBasic?
Total Votes: 135

21	In a class (15.6%)
31	From a book (23%)
21	An online tutorial (15.6%)
9	From a friend / mentor (6.7%)
19	The QB Help File (14.1%)
26	From looking at code (19.3%)
7	Other (5.2%)

What is the most overrated QB game?
Total Votes: 47

7	Bob Saget Killer 2000 (14.9%)
2	Dark Ages I (4.3%)
3	The Game (Tsugumo) (6.4%)
3	FoX (6.4%)
4	Elysian Fields (8.5%)
2	Lianne In The Dark Crown (4.3%)
1	Legend of Lith II (2.1%)
5	Hack-Man 3 (10.6%)
10	Mini-RPG 2/3 (21.3%)
10	Dark Woods 2 (21.3%)

Most devastating QB site shut down?
Total Votes: 49

4	QBasic: The Magazine (1999) (8.2%)
1	QBT50 (1999) (2%)
3	QuickBASIC RPGs (2000) (6.1%)
7	Pete's QB Site (2000) (14.3%)
1	Enhanced Creations (2000) (2%)
5	NeoZones Productions (2001) (10.2%)
7	QB45.com (2002) (14.3%)
6	Darkness Ethereal (2002) (12.2%)
9	QBasic News (2005) (18.4%)
6	Other (12.2%)

What browser are you using right now?
Total Votes: 83

30	Internet Explorer (36.1%)
39	FireFox (47%)
2	Netscape (2.4%)
3	Opera (3.6%)
2	Safari (2.4%)
7	Other (8.4%)

How often do you code in FB?
Total Votes: 47

8	Every day (17%)
14	Several times a week (29.8%)
1	Once a week (2.1%)
2	Several times a month (4.3%)
2	A few times per month (4.3%)
6	Once or twice ever (12.8%)
14	Never (29.8%)

Favorite finished FB game?
Total Votes: 47

0	ArKade (0%)
3	Battle Pong (6.4%)
1	Bounce (2.1%)
19	The Griffon Legend (40.4%)
7	Poxie (14.9%)
4	Quest For Opa Opa (8.5%)
1	Red Jumpy Ball (2.1%)
3	Rambo vs. Kitty Cat (6.4%)
0	Sokoban FB (0%)
9	Other (19.1%)

What is the most deserving QB Express Site of the Month?
Total Votes: 42

6	Phat Code (#8) (14.3%)
10	JacobPalm.dk (#9) (23.8%)
1	The Basic Network (#10) (2.4%)
8	QB45.com (#11) (19%)
4	Data Components (#12) (9.5%)
5	AAP Official Projects Squad (#13) (11.9%)
4	ASCII-World (#14) (9.5%)
4	Syn9's Hideout (#15) (9.5%)

Favorite past QB magazine?
Total Votes: 25

2	BASIX Fanzine (8%)
8	QBasic: The Magazine (32%)
4	QB Acclerator (QBXL) (16%)
0	QB Chronicles (0%)
3	QB Cult Magazine (12%)
3	QB On Acid (12%)
5	QB Times (20%)

Greatest QB developer? (more info)
Total Votes: 79

9	Hamster Republic (Wandering Hamster, SpitWar, RPG, Cowbobs) (11.4%)
5	Pieslice Productions (MUX, TerraScape) (6.3%)
3	Bulma Produktions (Suds Skins 1 & 2, Johnny Abbot\'s Sex Adventures) (3.8%)	$<b>Bulma Produktions</b> <small>(Suds Skins 1 & 2, Johnny Abbot\'s Sex Adventures)</small> - 3 votes (3.8%)$
0	CMC (DarkPhear) (0%)
2	TopGun Software (Space Commando 1&2) (2.5%)
24	Typosoft (Ped Xing\'s Quest, Sumo, SuperSumo 1&2) (30.4%)	$<b>Typosoft</b> <small>(Ped Xing\'s Quest, Sumo, SuperSumo 1&2)</small> - 24 votes (30.4%)$
1	Shattered Realm Productions (TWIGZ Engine, The Great Escape) (1.3%)
4	Hyper Anime (BAkuen SakuRu, Kunio Kun) (5.1%)
2	Aleksander Trojanowski (ATTE series) (2.5%)
29	RelSoft & Adigun Polack (Frantic Journey) (36.7%)

Greatest QB developer? (more info)
Total Votes: 84

30	DarkDread / Darkness Ethereal (Mysterious Song, Secret Of Cooey, In The Nocturne, Dark Crown, Legend of Lith, Mattress Warrior) (35.7%)
3	Eric Carr (SpinBall) (3.6%)
2	focus ZERO (Monkey Blast!) (2.4%)
16	J.B. (Sonic Xtreme) (19%)
4	Master Creating (Shadow Of Power, Diamond Fighter IV) (4.8%)
0	M \ K Productions (Pieces 1&2, Bob Saget Killer 2000, Fury) (0%)	$<b>M \ K Productions</b> <small>(Pieces 1&2, Bob Saget Killer 2000, Fury)</small> - 0 votes (0%)$
14	Na_th_an (Jill The Goddess, Lala Prologue, Oytkator\'s Plans) (16.7%)	$<b>Na_th_an</b> <small>(Jill The Goddess, Lala Prologue, Oytkator\'s Plans)</small> - 14 votes (16.7%)$
3	Pantera55 (Elysian Fields) (3.6%)
3	Pasco (Groov Buggies, France \'98 World Cup Soccer) (3.6%)	$<b>Pasco</b> <small>(Groov Buggies, France \'98 World Cup Soccer)</small> - 3 votes (3.6%)$
7	Sasha Vukelich (Dynamic - The Colonization of Jupiter) (8.3%)

Greatest QB developer? (more info)
Total Votes: 53

11	Piptol (Ghini Run, Squealer TNT, Kingdoms) (20.8%)
4	Future Software (BomberZone, Zelda Clone, Cobra, Space Invaders) (7.5%)
8	Jocke The Beast (Dark Woods 1&2, Mirkwood) (15.1%)
10	Lachie Dazdarian (Detective Academy, Ball Blazing Fantasy, Rocket Fuel Mayhem, Dark Quest, Another World Memory) (18.9%)
3	Mark Hall (ARC Legacy) (5.7%)
0	Oren Bartal (Super Stack, Ultimate Super Stack) (0%)
9	syn9 (ZeroG) (17%)
3	Stefan Hendriks (Arrakis) (5.7%)
2	Terry Cavanagh (The Hunt, Black Hole) (3.8%)
3	WisdomDude (Hack-Man 2&3, Cyber Chick) (5.7%)

Greatest QB developer? (more info)
Total Votes: 157

34	BINARYmagic (Alien Terror, Anaconda) (21.7%)
2	BjM Software (DreamScape) (1.3%)
19	Danny Gump (Mystical Journey, Super Mario World Clone) (12.1%)
4	Jason Gould / The_Brain (Puz, Peanut Patrol 2) (2.5%)
30	JAWS V Soft (Mini RPG series) (19.1%)
2	Mike Snyder (Lunatix, Lexter 1&2) (1.3%)
17	Nekrophidius (Wrath Of Sona, Two Lords) (10.8%)
22	PHAT Kids (Kids of Karendow Chapter 1, PHAT Professional Burglar) (14%)
13	SV Reanimator (PromZone, Cyclone) (8.3%)
14	TMB (Percussor, Around The World, The Little Pixie 2, The Adventures) (8.9%)

Greatest QB developer of all time?
Total Votes: 29

12	Angelo Mottola (WetSpot 1&2) (41.4%)
3	Delta Code (Larry The Dinosaur, Unofficial Tournament) (10.3%)
2	Jace Masula (CODELINK, StarQuest) (6.9%)
1	Kevin Reems (Stick Fighters Brawl 1&2) (3.4%)
4	Michael Hoopman (Dark Ages) (13.8%)
3	Milo Sedlacek (MonoSpace) (10.3%)
1	Nick London / NutzBoy (Peanut Patrol) (3.4%)
0	SonicBlue Productions (SB\'s Bricks) (0%)	$<b>SonicBlue Productions</b> <small>(SB\'s Bricks)</small> - 0 votes (0%)$
0	StarsDev (The Terror) (0%)
3	Tsugumo (Untitled, TheGame) (10.3%)

Old Poll Results

These are the results of some really old surveys that Pete's QB Site conducted.... They have been replaced by the new poll you see above.

Survey Results for 1.15.00 - 2.15.00

Comments: I think that these results pretty much reflect the general views of the QB community. I wish I could have known what games people had in mind when they selected the 'other' option, though.

Survey Results for 12.15.99 - 1.15.00

Comments: It looks like there are a lot of new people starting QB, and a lot less veterans to the language. This could be a good sign, because QB could survive for another five years if new users continue to start programming in QB.

When my site went down in November, so did the surveys for October to November and November to December.

Survey Results for 9.15.99 - 10.15.99

Comments:Wetspot II won, followed closely by Hack-Man 2/3. Dark Ages also did well.

Survey Results for 8.15.99 - 9.15.99

Comments:A tough question to answer, but 70% of the people who voted decided that the QB community would be around for five more years.

Survey Results for 7.15.99 - 8.15.99

Comments:I can tell that someone cheated on this survey. I assume that Screen 13 would have come in first, and screen 12 in second, and then either 7 or 0, then 9.

Survey Results for 6.15.99 - 7.15.99

Comments: See the two big spikes? One is 'Files with full reviews', the other, 'unique, qbasic related stuff'. They did the best. I'll leave the rest up to you to figure out.

Survey Results for 5.15.99 - 6.15.99

Comments: Wetspot II and Hack Man 2 both did very well. Dark Ages I didn't do that bad either.

Survey Results for 4.3.99 - 5.15.99

Comments: DirectQB won by a landslide. That's just about it.

Surveys have gone from Weekly to Monthly. Monthly surveys will get more votes, giving better and broader results. It's better having one every thirty days than every seven. From now on, surveys will go from the fifteenth of a month to the fifteenth. The April one will last a few extra days until the fifteenth of May.

Survey Results for 3.27.99 - 4.3.99

Comments: TMJ and DA ][ did the best, and a lot of people wanted to vote for other RPGs, and the rest got only a few votes.

Survey Results for 3.20.99 - 3.27.99

Comments: Neozones won out by a huge margin, with QB:Tm in second. Surprisingly, my site did farily well!

Survey Results for 3.14.99 - 3.20.99

Comments: As you can see, Unique QBASIC Related Stuff won over, with Frequent Updates as a far-off second. Maybe Unique QBASIC Related Stuff was too broad a category...

Sorry... Freeyellow deleted Survey results from 2/14/99 to 3/13/99 In their crash. After this date, I switched to Quizlets.

Survey Results for 2.7.99 - 2.13.99
What is your favorite QBASIC graphics library? (Blast!, Dash or DirectQB?)

Name	Favorite Graphics Library
Vamooshka	DirectQB
Rusty Charley	DirectQB
Anonymous	DirectQB
Ryan Limbag	Dash
Terminator_Z	DirectQB
Psicotiq	DirectQB
Tevesh Szat	Dash
DarkDread	Blast! and DirectQB
19Day	"...it all depends on the project you're wanting to make..."
LordQB	Blast!
DigitalDude	DirectQB
The_Brain	DirectQB
Nekrophidius	Dash
SEAV	DirectQB
Tarak	DirectQB
Pete	Dash & Blast!

Total

## Of People	Favorite Graphics Library
16 People Polled	Dash: 3 DirectQB: 10 Blast!: 2 Depends: 1

Survey Results for 1.31.99 - 2.6.99
What is your favorite finished QBASIC RPG and your favorite unfinished one?

Name	Favorite Finished QBRPG	Favorite Unfinished QBRPG
Tarak	Dark Ages I	VADL
Mr Brains	Dark Ages I	Syraphage
leroy	Dark Ages I	Wrath of Sona
1000101	Dark Crown	Senseless Violence
QueueBASIC	Maddog Williams	QueueBASIC's RPG
Akujin	MiniRPG 3	Dark Ages ][
Anthracks	Dark Ages I	Reign of Annihilation
Scyre	Hellpit #1	Hellpit #4
Dae Breaker	Dark Ages I	The Game
Sugaray	Dark Crown	The Game
Pete	Dark Ages I	Dark Ages ][

Total

## Of People	Favorite Finished QBRPG	Favorite Unfinished QBRPG
11 People Polled	Dark Ages I: 6 Dark Crown: 2 Maddog Williams: 1 Mini RPG 3: 1 Hellpit I: 1	Dark Ages ][: 2 The Game: 2 VADL: 1 Syraphage: 1 Wrath of Sona: 1 Senseless Violence: 1 QueueBASIC's RPG: 1 Hellpit #4: 1 Reign of Anhillation: 1

Survey Results for 1/24/99 - 1/30/99
What is the stupidest QBASIC command?

Name	Stupidest Command
WonderMonkey	LET, DO...LOOP
MicroTrip	LET
Anthracks	LET or "line numbers in general cause"
Collin	LET
Wafn	WHILE/WEND
Grand Scimitar Studios	SCREEN
QueueBASIC	REM
Tek	REM / ', LET, Line numbers/labels
Glenn	DECLARE
The_Specialist	SLEEP
MA SNART	GOTO
Psicotiq	IF...THEN
1000101	FREEFILE, RUN, OPEN, LET
Nekrophidius	BEEP
Danny Gump	LET, REM, LIST
Martin	SHELL, END
DrumNark	LET
ViperStrike	BEEP, SOUND
B-Czar	BEEP, WRITE
Arkaine6	WRITE
Tevesh Szat	CALL ABSOLUTE
pr�digy	SHARED
White Shadow	BEEP
MagnaUnum	DIM
Pete	LET, BEEP

Total

## Of People	Stupidest Command
25 People Polled	LET: 5.41 BEEP: 3 REM: 1.66 WHILE...WEND: 1 SCREEN: 1 DECLARE: 1 SLEEP: 1 GOTO: 1 IF...THEN: 1 WRITE: 1 CALL ABSOLUTE: 1 SHARED: 1 DIM: 1 Line Numbers or Labels: .88 DO...LOOP: .5 SHELL: .5 END: .5 SOUND: .5 LIST: .33 FREEFILE: .25 RUN: .25 OPEN: .25

Survey Results for 1/17/99 - 1/23/99
What is your favorite QBASIC graphics editor?

Name	Favorite Graphics Editor
Tarak	n!Media v0.5
Terminator_Z	Paint Shop Pro
B-Czar	PP256
The Brain	SpriteShop, Sprite 2.0 and PP256
Nekrophidius	PP256
Jeremy Hammond	Tim Truman's SPRITE
Tevesh Szat	"PP256 or some shite that I code"
Microtrip	n!Media and QB Draw by Lior Zur
QueueBASIC	n!Media
Ryan Limbag	PP256 and Tim Truman's Sprite 2
Psicotiq	Paintshop Pro and 3d Studio Max R2
Tek	n!Media
Pete	SpriteShop and n!Media

Total

## Of People	Text Color
13 People Polled	n!Media: 4.0 PP256: 3.33 Paint Shop Pro: 1.5 Tim Truman's Sprite 2: 1.33 Sprite Shop: .88 Tevesh Szat's "Shite": .5 Lior Zur's QB Draw: .5 3D Studio Max: .5

Survey Results for 1/10/99 - 1/16/99
What colors do you use for your text and background in QBASIC?

Name	Text Color	Background Color
Grand Scimitar Studios	White	Blue
Tek	White	Blue
Wafn	Bright Green	Black
SEAV	White	Gray
Vamooshka	White	Blue
Nathan	Black	White
Tarak	White	Blue
Pete	White	Blue
Danny Gump	8 color gradient	256 color image
Armada60	White	Black
Terminator_Z	White	Blue
Barret	White	Blue

Total

## Of People	Text Color	Background Color
12 People Polled	White: 9 Black: 1 Bright Green: 1 8 Color Gradient: 1	Blue: 6 Black: 1 Gray: 1 White: 1 256 Color Image: 1

We have been having surveys since January 10, 1999

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