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Valg · 02-15-2006, 01:26 PM

Not if there were reasonable standards. For example, we list Carrion Fields as a ROM derivative, because we are, no matter how little original ROM code survives. If we advertised ourselves as "Original codebase" or "SMAUG", we'd be lying, and I don't expect the community at TMS to tolerate that.

A number of years ago, we had to list our game as "Mostly original" areas, because we had a few stock leftovers. Instead of lying about it, we took the time to cut or replace all of those areas so that we had a world where every area was written for CF. Then, after it was done, we changed out setting so that the listing stayed accurate.

If someone claims "Our MUD is the greatest!", that's clearly a subjective statement, and you're free to make that judgement for yourself. But "IRE games accept optional fees which impact gameplay" is not a subjective statement.

TMS bills itself as a "one stop MUD resource". Why not allow a browsing player to know what kind of commercial model your game uses?

02-15-2006, 01:26 PM	#45
Valg Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Home MUD: Carrion Fields Posts: 643	Not if there were reasonable standards. For example, we list Carrion Fields as a ROM derivative, because we are, no matter how little original ROM code survives. If we advertised ourselves as "Original codebase" or "SMAUG", we'd be lying, and I don't expect the community at TMS to tolerate that. A number of years ago, we had to list our game as "Mostly original" areas, because we had a few stock leftovers. Instead of lying about it, we took the time to cut or replace all of those areas so that we had a world where every area was written for CF. Then, after it was done, we changed out setting so that the listing stayed accurate. If someone claims "Our MUD is the greatest!", that's clearly a subjective statement, and you're free to make that judgement for yourself. But "IRE games accept optional fees which impact gameplay" is not a subjective statement. TMS bills itself as a "one stop MUD resource". Why not allow a browsing player to know what kind of commercial model your game uses?