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Conclusions derived from logs as well as anecdotal evidence gathered by surveying a random sampling of new players.
Of those who come to our MUD through TMS, the majority are people either new to MUDs, dissatisfied with their old MUD, or actively searching for a new MUD for some other reason (e.g., old MUD closed). Many noticed our new banner ad on TMS, but did not come until convinced by word-of-mouth. Very few, if any, came through our site by way of a voting gateway.
Based on my observations and experimentations, it has been most effective to target the demographics of dissatisfied players, and those new to MUDding. This is most likely why TMC is able to generate the amount of banner traffic that it does. Its services are catered quite specifically towards those demographics with which MUD-related advertising is most effective.
Your data does not support that conclusion. Your conclusion relies on the implicit unsupported assumption, that the traffic you're gaining from TMS comes by way of the voting gateways of other MUDs.
As for your numerous attempts to imply that you are benefitting other members of the list by bribing players to vote, let me be the first of those members to say that it's quite insulting. Unless you've been running a net loss of players since becoming a member of the list, your listing has caused a net loss to the rest of the members. We're all here competing for players, no big bad secret there, but I draw the line when someone finds a way to further devalue the system and then tries to tell me that it's good for me everyone else.
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