EclecticGuru:
Of course, I was the only person who didn't have "realistic medieval setting" as his last priority, so I imagine my motivations and interests are esoteric and probably pedantic.
Well, that depends on the reasons for the votes. For instance, I care a lot about the realistic medieval setting, enough so that I'm a good way through compiling a list of real-world languages from the area written into the ArM5 structure for languages. I also have a complete list of the raptors in and around medieval Europe in the hopes of writing an article if I can ever find that kind of time. However, I'm also perfectly happy playing Ars Magica in a totally different setting, such as Harn. I've also thought it would be interesting to play in the 2000s. Since I can enjoy things just as much in a different setting, I placed that 6th.