Request: Player TYpes Survey

[Scavenger]

I have no idea if this is on the level, a scam, spam, or something else, but I thought I'd pass it along. I mean, who wouldn't want a $15 Amazon gift certificate?

• From: R.L.M.vanMeurs@uvt.nl
  Subject: Request: Player TYpes Survey
  Date: May 3, 2007 10:42:08 AM CDT
  To: barren@barrenrealmsmud.com
  
  Dear MUD administrator of Barren Realms,
  
  In advance I apologize for this maybe unwanted mail. This is a one time only mailing, however, with a humble request to contribute to my research.
  
  I am researching MUD playing styles in the tradition of Richard Bartle's theory for Tilburg University in the Netherlands. I am currently running a survey that tries to validate or either correct his theory. I got your email-address from www.mudconnect.com to request your help in this. I would kindly ask you to notify your player base on my research, asking
  them to take part in the survey. It will only take about 10 minutes and might get rewarded with a $15,- gift certificate for amazon.com. To do so you could use the specified text below or your own.
  
  The input of any MUD user is invaluable for the research and the results might be very interesting to you and your MUD as well. So please take the survey yourself as well. You can indicate if you want to receive a summary of the results or the full resulting article. It could be useful for your own MUD. Many thanks in advance.
  
  http://www.rofv.nl/survey
  
  Richard van Meurs,
  Tilburg university
  
  Proposed Text:
  "Are you always trying to achieve the highest status on a MUD or do you rather find out everything there is to know about the MUD world? Are you trying to make friends among your fellow players or do you rather slice their throats and make them feel miserable?" What do people consider fun and rewarding when they are playing their MUD and in what
  way do these behaviours relate to their character traits in real life.
  
  This survey is part of my research in Leisure Studies at Tilburg University, the Netherlands. As I am a MUD administrator myself (after playing extensively for several years), I am very much interested in the results. Your contribution to this research is extremely valuable and it will only take about 10 minutes of your time to complete the survey. Of course everything you submit will be handled anonymously and with care and will only be used to draw general conclusions about playing styles for my research.
  
  At the end of the survey you can indicate if you want to receive a summary of the results or a full copy of the resulting article. In addition to this, you might be rewarded with a gift certificate for amazon.com of $ 15,-. More information about this will be at the end of the survey. You can find the survey by visiting:
  
  www.rofv.nl/survey
  
  Thanks in advance for your cooperation and time.
  
  Richard van Meurs