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So you run a mud, and you have some great, creative builders. Everything is perfect, right? Well, not always.

1) What techniques do you use to properly and effectively channel the creativity of builders so it stays within a common vision?

2) What do you do when a builder makes something really great and extremely creative that simply does not fit with the theme or style of your MUD?

3) If you have a great builder that you really want to keep, but you can tell they are feeling stifled creatively, what can you do to remedy the problem? Do you simply have to part ways at that point?

I have never had to deal with these types of problems (yet - although I have been personally guilty of #2 and had to just scrap it or alter it heavily), but I have often worried about these types of issues and wondered what I would do if they arose. I have heard of many MUDs wrestling with such problems, and was curious what effective strategies people have used.