Re: Looking for something maybe very specific
TMS has four roleplaying categories: "None", "Accepted", "Encouraged" and "Mandatory". These are generally considered to be synonymous with the TMC categories of "Non-Roleplaying Mud", "Roleplaying is Accepted", "Roleplaying is Encouraged" and "Roleplaying is Enforced" respectively. Likewise, they also match up with the MSSP roleplaying categories of "None", "Accepted", "Encouraged" and "Enforced".
I'm not sure if the difference between "None" and "Accepted" has ever been clearly defined, but most people seem to view "Mandatory" as the stick (you're required to roleplay, or at the very least are not permitted to disrupt the roleplaying of others with OOC behaviour) and "Encouraged" as the carrot (you don't have to roleplay, but you earn rewards for doing so, and/or the mud offers features specifically designed to promote roleplaying activities).
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