I've been reading, and posting on, several threads where it comes down to a face-off between the realistic "want to watch my nails grow" crowd and the no patience "insta-gratification" crowd. 
There has already been a poll regarding the balance people want between realism/simulation and gameism (as it was termed) here - http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3635 and the result was fairly conclusive that the majority wanted a balance, leaning a little toward realism perhaps.
This poll is to ask a different question however... I'm curious as to what people would choose from the following, in certain situations -
1. Forced Realism.
2. Choice.
3. Forced Convenience.
To give an example, there is a thread just now discussing loading/unloading times at space stations, again with the nail-growers and the pew-pews locking horns (in a friendly sort of way of course). The nail-growers want realistic (to a degree) delays to simulate the loading and unloading of cargo. During this time (until the future "walkabout expansion") you'd be free/forced to check bulletin boards, send messages, make a cup of tea, etc. The pew-pewers want to dock, sell, buy, take off with no appreciable delay.
There is the possibility where the nail growers could have delays, while the pew-pewers don't. I.e. Choice. Would choice spoil it for either side? Would the realists be annoyed that others were skipping something they deemed important? Would the gameists be annoyed at having to wait for a realist to emerge from a station he had chased him to? Or would people be happy to allow both sides to have their preferred option?
This would apply to other such delays too, such as repairing your ship, etc.
There has already been a poll regarding the balance people want between realism/simulation and gameism (as it was termed) here - http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=3635 and the result was fairly conclusive that the majority wanted a balance, leaning a little toward realism perhaps.
This poll is to ask a different question however... I'm curious as to what people would choose from the following, in certain situations -
1. Forced Realism.
2. Choice.
3. Forced Convenience.
To give an example, there is a thread just now discussing loading/unloading times at space stations, again with the nail-growers and the pew-pews locking horns (in a friendly sort of way of course). The nail-growers want realistic (to a degree) delays to simulate the loading and unloading of cargo. During this time (until the future "walkabout expansion") you'd be free/forced to check bulletin boards, send messages, make a cup of tea, etc. The pew-pewers want to dock, sell, buy, take off with no appreciable delay.
There is the possibility where the nail growers could have delays, while the pew-pewers don't. I.e. Choice. Would choice spoil it for either side? Would the realists be annoyed that others were skipping something they deemed important? Would the gameists be annoyed at having to wait for a realist to emerge from a station he had chased him to? Or would people be happy to allow both sides to have their preferred option?
This would apply to other such delays too, such as repairing your ship, etc.