[the_logos]

Nonsense. There should be as little difference as is financially possible between how a hobbyist treats players and how a commercial enterprise treats players (note that whether the players are paying or not is a bit irrelevant. Facebook is free to the user but I guarantee you that Mark Zuckerberg - its CEO - cares a lot about the experience he delivers to his users).

Why should there be so little difference? Because in the end your players have to pay to play one way or another. They have limited time and they have chosen to spend their free time on your MUD rather than the bazillion other options they have for spending their free time. An admin who doesn't respect that is a bad admin.

--matt