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silvarilon · 11-16-2010, 08:14 PM

I'm in favor of MSSP (even though my MUD doesn't have it...)

Although mud designers can still cheat, it's a very different thing to doctor the statistics to the usual "over-estimating" - average number of players? We had fifty last week. That sounds good! - easy to do, even without bad intentions. MSSP is therefore likely going to give much better results.

I'm not sure how to best handle muds that don't have MSSP. For things like "genre" that would be set by the mud admin, you can just let them fill it on webpage. For things like player numbers, I'd be inclined to not let them fill it in. MSSP or nothing. Anyone can still search for their MUD in the directory, but their mud wouldn't show up if someone searches for, e.g. "muds with over 20 average players"

If the admins want their mud to have that information, they can implement MSSP. If that sounds harsh, remember that I'm one of the admins without it

11-16-2010, 08:14 PM	#3
silvarilon Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 144	Re: The Art of Seach - Categorization of MU*s I'm in favor of MSSP (even though my MUD doesn't have it...) Although mud designers can still cheat, it's a very different thing to doctor the statistics to the usual "over-estimating" - average number of players? We had fifty last week. That sounds good! - easy to do, even without bad intentions. MSSP is therefore likely going to give much better results. I'm not sure how to best handle muds that don't have MSSP. For things like "genre" that would be set by the mud admin, you can just let them fill it on webpage. For things like player numbers, I'd be inclined to not let them fill it in. MSSP or nothing. Anyone can still search for their MUD in the directory, but their mud wouldn't show up if someone searches for, e.g. "muds with over 20 average players" If the admins want their mud to have that information, they can implement MSSP. If that sounds harsh, remember that I'm one of the admins without it