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Old 06-05-2005, 05:36 PM   #138
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If your idea of 'enjoying the pub' is to sit around sipping water, then sure, you can do that for free.

But it would be misleading for the pub to attract customers with adverts like "enjoy as many free drinks as you want, all day every day", purely on the basis that you could drink tap water.

This is particularly misleading for muds where many of the features can only be purchased with cash, because the majority of muds are completely free to the players; that is to say, every aspect of gameplay is unlocked without money.

It's for this reason that I find the chess analogy more fitting - most people entering a "free chess tournament" wouldn't expect to have to pay extra if they wanted to be allowed to use their bishops. As Auseklis (who claims to be an immortal on an IRE game) readily admits, credits are necessary in order to compete in the PvP aspects of the game - much like bishops would be needed in order to compete in a competitive game of chess.

Only by implication. But either way, it's clear that there are many things which cannot be earned without credits. And it's clear that the only way to systematically earn credits is with real-life money.
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