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Geez, this same old argument seems to crop up at this website every few months or so. Free vs pay for perks/pay...commercial vs non-commercial...whatever...
The underlying sub-text is that there is competiton for players on this website, & the pay for perks/play muds are resented by the certain free mud owner/players because, pick one or all:
- they don't label their muds as play for perks clearly, so it is looked on by the free muds as deception.
- they don't generally allow reviews of their muds to be posted.
- they have a larger playerbase to vote, so they are usually higher ranked, which also causes jealousy.
- As they also generally pay for advertising that supports this website's existence, they are also thought to receive special consideration from the website admins.
Point is, why bother beating the same ol' dead horse?? IRE & Threshold & the like are not going to point out clearly to potental players that they are play for perks, it is bad for business. A player will eventually find out soon enough when they play the game, & if they still choose to play, so be it. TMS is not going to require any "play for perks" labeling as that would be bad for their business. That's what it boils down to...business.
All the wailing & gnashing of teeth is just a waste of time, it's been debated on this forum over & over again, ad nauseum...
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