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Anitra · 01-12-2006, 05:38 PM

Belakai @ Jan. 12 2006,09:39
The non-profit muds will fit in very nicely with the non-commercial category. The dividing line would be whether or not you get any in-game benefits for RL money.
Selling t-shirts and mousepads on the Website is fine. So is accepting donations to pay for the server, as long as it doesn’t affect the gameplay in any way.
Selling beefed up Swords-of-doom or practice points in the game is not.

Since there still seems to be some confusion here, allow me to sum up the proposition such as it stands:

1. The listed muds get divided in two main categories; Commercial and Non-commercial.
(A game is commercial if you need to pay to play it after an initial free trial period, or if you can buy any type of in-game benefits, otherwise not).

2. Within the Commercial category there are 3 sub-categories, based on the business idea:
A. Pay-to-play
(You have to pay an initial or periodic fee to play the game, after a free trial period)
B. Pay-for-perks
(You may play for free, but can buy different in-game benefits to advance your character for real money)
C. Both pay-to-play and pay-for-perks
(You need to pay both to access the game and to get in-game benefits to advance your character)

There should be a different colour code for the two main categories, and then you could attach the letter A, B or C to the commercial ones.

It should be up to the Mudowners to list their game in the correct category. After that, the members of the lists should be relied on to report any irregularities to the List Admin. No policing would be required by the List Admin, except possibly to review some dubious cases. Mud owners listing their games in the wrong category should first get a warning, and a week’s time to correct their input. If they fail to comply, they should be removed from both the list and database, until they are willing to adhere to the rules.

The search engine should also provide lists of both commercial and non-commercial muds, not just of the pay-to-play ones like it does now. It should also provide lists of the three commercial categories.

01-12-2006, 05:38 PM	#76
Anitra Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 123	Belakai @ Jan. 12 2006,09:39 The non-profit muds will fit in very nicely with the non-commercial category. The dividing line would be whether or not you get any in-game benefits for RL money. Selling t-shirts and mousepads on the Website is fine. So is accepting donations to pay for the server, as long as it doesn’t affect the gameplay in any way. Selling beefed up Swords-of-doom or practice points in the game is not. Since there still seems to be some confusion here, allow me to sum up the proposition such as it stands: 1. The listed muds get divided in two main categories; Commercial and Non-commercial. (A game is commercial if you need to pay to play it after an initial free trial period, or if you can buy any type of in-game benefits, otherwise not). 2. Within the Commercial category there are 3 sub-categories, based on the business idea: A. Pay-to-play (You have to pay an initial or periodic fee to play the game, after a free trial period) B. Pay-for-perks (You may play for free, but can buy different in-game benefits to advance your character for real money) C. Both pay-to-play and pay-for-perks (You need to pay both to access the game and to get in-game benefits to advance your character) There should be a different colour code for the two main categories, and then you could attach the letter A, B or C to the commercial ones. It should be up to the Mudowners to list their game in the correct category. After that, the members of the lists should be relied on to report any irregularities to the List Admin. No policing would be required by the List Admin, except possibly to review some dubious cases. Mud owners listing their games in the wrong category should first get a warning, and a week’s time to correct their input. If they fail to comply, they should be removed from both the list and database, until they are willing to adhere to the rules. The search engine should also provide lists of both commercial and non-commercial muds, not just of the pay-to-play ones like it does now. It should also provide lists of the three commercial categories.