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Old 08-01-2010, 09:32 AM   #51
scandum
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Re: The "Health," of Muds

I complained about this several years ago when commercial MUDs were pouring thousands of dollars into the MUD community, cannibalizing on the steadily dwindling player base. At one point TMC displayed three large banners and several side banners on each forum page, after which I dubbed it TIC (The IRE Connector) and made fun of the sponsors till I got banned.

Nowadays MUD discussion has moved to other sites and TMC (I assume due to traffic loss) lowered its banner price significantly.

It's however well possible that advertising outside the community is not cost effective (nor is advertising within the community in the long run for that matter), in which case the genre is pretty much doomed.
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