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Old 08-26-2010, 06:33 AM   #9
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Re: Forum admin's dilemma.

Actually that done happen - I've done it myself, and have seen others do it as well. When a player asks for a specific set of features, you may well know muds that meet their criteria, even if you've not actually played those muds yourself.

To be honest I think it's rather silly that players even need to ask - Top Mud Sites has an extensive mud list, and most of the features players request are quantifiable. In most cases they should be able to put their criteria into the search engine and pull up a list of potential muds, refining their search if it's overly broad or specialised.

I think the problem is twofold:

Firstly, there is no auditing or verification of listings, and as a result entries can sometimes be misleading or even outright false. I'm sure some people would post on the forums rather than doing a search even in the listings were accurate, but at least then they could be directed to the search engine.

Secondly, expectations have shifted over the years, while the listings haven't really kept up. This is the sort of thing where MSSP would really help out, but in my opinion even manually extending the listings would be an improvement.
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