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I believe they are employing the two most common methods of suppressing a message that you don’t like. The first is to completely ignore it. The second is to drown it in a flood of unrelated messages. In an attempt to thwart both methods, here is the suggestion of an addition to the search engine again, with thee definitions proposed earlier by DonathinFry and others:
1. Non-commercial (free-to-play)
Definition: No in-game benefits in any form can be achieved by paying real money.
2. Commercial
Definition: The gameplay will be affected by paying or not paying real money.
A. Paying real money for in-game things allows you to advance your char in various ways. (free-to-play, pay-for perks)
B. Initial fee, free to play after that (pay-to-access)
C. Monthly fee, but no initial fee (pay-to-play)
D. Initial fee, monthly fee after that (pay-to-access and pay-to-play)
E. Time-based fee, based on time spent logged on to the game (pay-for-time) *)
F. Combinations of A+B, A+C, A+D or A+E
*) (not sure if this model exists among muds)
Examples:
Carrion Fields, 1
Threshold 2A+2B
Achaea 2A
This should effectively cover all business methods used by muds. In case I missed some valid category, it could easily be added. (Feel free to suggest additions to the list). The main idea is to keep the categories clean, well-defined, and easy to understand for the user.
And several of us think this would be a great addition to the site, one that would be very appreciated by most people in search of a new mud to play.
We would also like to hear Synozeer’s opinions on the system proposed.
But from himself, not from the_logos.
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