One of the things that constantly comes up in discussion of the RPG industry, especially with regards to its future, is the Wizards of the Coast market research survey of 2000. Whenever I see this pop up in such conversations, I’m compelled to point out how unreliable this particular study is and then need to explain why. Frankly, I’m tired of having to type the same thing over and over so I’m going to summarize the issues here so they can merely be referenced in the future.