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Old 04-16-2006, 10:28 PM   #58
Threshold
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Threshold will become famous soon enough
If that is true, then perhaps you run an excellent mud.

But that does not make you a professional, nor does it mean your mud is professionally run.

Why does the difference matter to people? Because it would be very easy for something significant to happen in your life (career, social, or otherwise) that would cause your mud to be an extremely low priority. A professionally run mud where the owner(s) depend upon it for their livelihood is far less subject to that kind of risk.

There are many other reasons that the majority of gamers prefer a professionally run game to a hobby one, but the specifics of that are really not the issue here. This is a list for a specific type of game - a type that many gamers happen to prefer. You don't have to like it, but it is still valuable to many gamers.
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