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Jazuela · 05-05-2009, 08:45 AM

The vast majority of muds don't pay their builders at all. Simutronics (the company that owns DragonRealms and GemStone IV) only pay their "in-house" people a regular wage in their St. Louis Headquarters - their off-site "game masters" get a very small check monthly or quarterly (or something like that) check that might amount to the cost of their monthly DSL service. Not sure what the other pay to play games provide their builders, but most MUDs aren't pay to play. The pay to play *text* mud is a -very- tiny collection of games among the thousands of free muds that comprise the already-limited text mud niche. When I was head builder for a pay to play, I got to play for free. That was my "pay." I was fine with that, I enjoyed building and I enjoyed playing, it was a hobby and I had a paying job.

05-05-2009, 08:45 AM	#2
Jazuela Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: New England Posts: 849	Re: mud builders make enough money?? The vast majority of muds don't pay their builders at all. Simutronics (the company that owns DragonRealms and GemStone IV) only pay their "in-house" people a regular wage in their St. Louis Headquarters - their off-site "game masters" get a very small check monthly or quarterly (or something like that) check that might amount to the cost of their monthly DSL service. Not sure what the other pay to play games provide their builders, but most MUDs aren't pay to play. The pay to play text mud is a -very- tiny collection of games among the thousands of free muds that comprise the already-limited text mud niche. When I was head builder for a pay to play, I got to play for free. That was my "pay." I was fine with that, I enjoyed building and I enjoyed playing, it was a hobby and I had a paying job.