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However that would render the listings useless for players. A player who wants to find a mud with original races or an original world would have to actually log on to each mud to find out. Worse still, imagine the player who wants 100 levels or a remort system, but only finds out the mud was lying after they've put dozens of hours into the game and reached the maximum level of 50.
Some people do not want to advertise certain features of their mud, and the fact that we've had this discussion so many times goes to show that - as a result - options such as 'pay-for-perks' will never be added. However there may be some value in having an optional box where each mud owner may choose to write a couple of sentences about their payment model.
But regardless of whether that option is added or not, I strongly believe that the listing data should be accurate. That is why I would rather see the 'pay-for-play' entry removed entirely if no alternative is found - because at least that way it can be made clear to the player that it's up to them to find out such information themselves. Misleading information - or worse still, false information - undermines the value of the listings, and will result in players going elsewhere for their searches.
Things like "extended race selection" and "multi-classing" are indeed audited, although "newbie friendly" is not. The world size can be very hard to prove, but if it looks wrong from the area list the mud owner may be asked to double-check their room count.
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