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Threshold · 08-19-2008, 01:30 AM

Good point. You are spot on Valg, and I agree completely.

Another example: Imagine someone was playing a free game for years, and loved it. Then the admins started selling merchandise, and strangely enough the people who bought a lot of merchandise got more attention from the admins and other favorable treatment.

The people who don't like this would feel like the game was not moving forward. They may prefer the game stay pure hobbyist. But the people who were buying the merchandise would think that this was an improvement to the game, as it was making it more commercialized and thus more stable. Some people would rather their favorite game be more of a commercial operation, and since selling merchandise makes a game a commercial operation (just like commercial, professional web comics - many of which get ALL their very significant revenue from merchandise sales), they would be very excited by this development.

It all comes down to opinion, really.

08-19-2008, 01:30 AM	#23
Threshold Legend Join Date: Apr 2002 Home MUD: Threshold RPG Posts: 1,260	Re: MUD Players' Bill of Rights Good point. You are spot on Valg, and I agree completely. Another example: Imagine someone was playing a free game for years, and loved it. Then the admins started selling merchandise, and strangely enough the people who bought a lot of merchandise got more attention from the admins and other favorable treatment. The people who don't like this would feel like the game was not moving forward. They may prefer the game stay pure hobbyist. But the people who were buying the merchandise would think that this was an improvement to the game, as it was making it more commercialized and thus more stable. Some people would rather their favorite game be more of a commercial operation, and since selling merchandise makes a game a commercial operation (just like commercial, professional web comics - many of which get ALL their very significant revenue from merchandise sales), they would be very excited by this development. It all comes down to opinion, really.