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The Icon Bar: Games: OMG, that's Mii!
 
  OMG, that's Mii!
  monkeyson2 (10:45 27/7/2007)
  Phlamethrower (10:48 27/7/2007)
    monkeyson2 (10:53 27/7/2007)
      ksattic (16:37 27/7/2007)
        Phlamethrower (17:01 27/7/2007)
        monkeyson2 (17:17 27/7/2007)
          tribbles (21:52 27/7/2007)
 
Phil Mellor Message #103636, posted by monkeyson2 at 10:45, 27/7/2007
monkeyson2Please don't let them make me be a monkey butler

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http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/07/neilsen-wii-own.html

No, really. That Mii looks identical to mine.

*does investigation*

"Me", from the Wired games blog:



Me, from The Icon Bar's Wii channels article):



Hey, it *is* me!
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Jeffrey Lee Message #103637, posted by Phlamethrower at 10:48, 27/7/2007, in reply to message #103636
PhlamethrowerHot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot stuff

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"Nintendo steals your soul" shocker tongue
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Phil Mellor Message #103638, posted by monkeyson2 at 10:53, 27/7/2007, in reply to message #103637
monkeyson2Please don't let them make me be a monkey butler

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Identity stealing cockmonkeys. tongue
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Simon Wilson Message #103639, posted by ksattic at 16:37, 27/7/2007, in reply to message #103638
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Finally, an avatar!

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It looks like they stole the picture, changed the captions, and then resized it. The text on their version of the image looks too perfect - no graininess. Plus, why would they be asking a user-base of mostly young kids what their family income is? Do they even ask any question that are location-specific (i.e. USA/dollar) anyway?
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Jeffrey Lee Message #103642, posted by Phlamethrower at 17:01, 27/7/2007, in reply to message #103639
PhlamethrowerHot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot stuff

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True, that. The font for the voting options is different - look at the a's and e's. (The shadow is different too, but since I don't own a Wii I can't check whether that's due to a software update or something). And there's the fact that the distribution of results in the pie chart thing is 50:50, whereas their report says it should be more in favour of $100K+ (assuming the pie chart thing actually works?)
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Phil Mellor Message #103643, posted by monkeyson2 at 17:17, 27/7/2007, in reply to message #103639
monkeyson2Please don't let them make me be a monkey butler

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It looks like they stole the picture, changed the captions, and then resized it. The text on their version of the image looks too perfect - no graininess.
Yes. It's definitely the same picture - even the lens distortion in the corners.

Plus, why would they be asking a user-base of mostly young kids what their family income is?
Mostly young kids? Oi! The whole point about Wii is that it appeals to everybody - kids, young professionals, old dears, etc.

Do they even ask any question that are location-specific (i.e. USA/dollar) anyway?
Yes. Some questions are per country (or at least you only see the results for your country), some are global.

And there's the fact that the distribution of results in the pie chart thing is 50:50, whereas their report says it should be more in favour of $100K+ (assuming the pie chart thing actually works?)
You're looking at the voting/prediction screen, not the results.

The results screen looks like this:

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Jason Tribbeck Message #103645, posted by tribbles at 21:52, 27/7/2007, in reply to message #103643
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Anyone going to comment on the blog? smile
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