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I guess I just had a misconception of the purpose of this board then. When I discovered it I thought it to be an open forum for MUDs in general. A place to see different games available, learn some basics, give designers a place to change it up and share thoughts and experiences. Instead, there seems to be more of Im better than you or I can believe your Mud does that.....
In my opinion, people are not idiots. If they dont want to pay for a game, they wont. At least in the case of my game its no big secret that its P2P. I wouldnt care how it got signfied that its P2P. If somebody wants to play a free game, I dont think it makes a difference if BIG (which my game is not all that big) games are listed as #1 because they wont play them and continue down the list to the games that got bumped down a few notches. As for the games that are listed in 81-100 range, if they truly care to utilize the ranking system to stay on the boards for advertizing reasons it only takes 2 daily voters to achieve a <50 ranking.
On a side note, this battle seems to heat up so much sometimes I believe many of those in the arguments are causing more damage to their ability to recruit new players through their words of hate that they lose to being a rank below a P2P game.
In short, I believe players will just as quickly join a free game with our without P2Ps being ranked among them if that is what they are looking for. If paying for a game doesnt matter to a player then the the ranking system wouldnt hinge on this matter anyway.
I will not post again on this topic, but I will read your thoughts and concerns. I just wanted what others though and to give my own opinion without trying to start a big argument on the whole thing. This a great tool for Mud players for many reasons other than the ranking system.
And I rest my conversation on this topic.
A player,
Jerry
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