[cratylus]

matt/sarapis/the_logos wrote:
I actually have not looked at your advertising. In previous postings,
my use of the general "you" and specific "you" in responding to
posts might have made it seem like I was accusing you of some
sort of violation of law.

I'm not that interested in the extent to which IRE ads might be misleading.
I honestly don't care that much about your company to check that.

And we are not talking about other online games. We are talking
specifically about muds, of which many codebases have traditions
that inform the use of the word "free" with them.

Expressed over and over in threads like
these is the opinion that "free" in the context of muds means to people
something that is not always what you mean by it. My position is that this
opinion, in the context of muds specifically, is reasonable.

In my example, both Darker Realms and Dollar Realms are "free",
even though it's patently obvious there is a clear difference between
the two muds and their relationship with their players' money.

It is my assertion that "free" is therefore insufficiently descriptive,
and more specific details on a mud's payment policies are a
good idea both on advertisements and listings.

I don't see what's so awful about that.

-Crat