To Vtmoon, awesome! As soon as I can round up another person, I'll get you running as soon as possible. Thanks in advance for any help, I think I've already coerced as many of my friends to help as I can lol!

And to Aquajag, it would just be starting from the Arcade so only six levels and one of those little checkpoints in between. The reason why I didn't go with the missions is because some of the people I am having do it are noobs so they would have to play for a while before they got to the mission I would want them to run, and I don't think they would have the attention span for that (even though Spiral Knights is pretty sweet).

As for recording software, I have been suggesting the free trial version of Camtasia. It is a really great program (a simplified Adobe After Effects). The project files can get quite massive unfortunately though (like 35 gigs after an hour of play time) because it doesn't compress the data as it records but just dumps it into one big file. After you publish the movie though, the final file is "normal" sized, and you can delete everything after you give me the finished product. You can also use whatever other program you prefer, but many of the other free ones seem to have a recording limit of about 2 gigs due to the file formats which doesn't give much time for playing. If you want to check it out, here is the link to Camtasia: http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html

Fehzor: You are totally right. I just run it this way to try to give some consistency to the project as the last three levels before Moorcraft Manor will then be the same for everyone. Personally, I would love if I could make all six levels identical just so that whatever happens can't just be written off as differences in the levels, but the Clockwork rotates so I don't think there are really too many places were there are a number of identical(ish) levels, and even fewer of them that would be in reach of everyone regardless of skill or time already spent playing. That's why I decided for the route I mentioned.

It would be awesome if I could pair you with someone you don't know (although I understand why people might not get excited about that). But if you run it with someone you know and is really high level, and you two go through it at lightning speed (even with the danger rooms)... as long as you keep up the narrating, it should be fine. Actually, it would probably mean less coding for me lol! Not that that is really something I should be promoting lol! In fact, the first run of the experiment was with someone who was a total noob and someone with four star+ gear, and the four star+ gear guy made short work of almost everything, but I still got AMAZING data.

Maybe you and Vtmoon could run it? I don't know what level (s)he is or if you are even in the same timezones. Or if you know of other people who would like to do it, that's cool too.

P.S. I am surprised and impressed that I've gotten feedback so quickly. I figured I'd get hit by trolls and griefers or pushed down the message board, but you guys rock. Definitely CE, crowns, and materials in it for all of you. Although you guys are probably elite enough that it would be like a drop in the ocean lol!

Yeah, I haven't stated the research topic. There is no deceit, and I am not trying to trick anyone, but if I state my hypothesis directly, there is a good chance that people will consciously or unconsciously try to change the data. What I can say is that I am looking at something very basic and (potentially) very wide-spread and "normal". I'm just curious about how it works. Sorry for the planned vagueness.

Anyway, I will be in SPK tomorrow at 2pm (as I mentioned) in Haven 1 Arcade near the Moorcraft Manor gate, but I will be collecting data for probably weeks from now so don't think that it just has to be tomorrow if that doesn't work for you. In fact, as long as you follow the research plan, I don't even have to be there if you would rather just do it at a time that fits best for you.

And to reply to Aquajag: Yeah, I would like two people to simultaneously run the gate together without using the chat or any verbal communication techniques (and just to be anally retentive because I really want my project to turn out right... with both parties recording their screen and their own narration of what is happening in the game). The narration comes almost naturally. I would really like it to just be two people who aren't talking to each other and that's all in the instance at that time.

Oh, and this should be obvious, but you shouldn't be in earshot of the other participant while you are running the study.

And just because I can't say it enough, thank you very much to anyone who helps. You are definitely saving me here, and I will share my findings with anyone interested.