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I've stayed out of this up to now, but this particular quote here just couldn't be let go with one comment. I happen to agree with Ytrewtsu in that this sort of thing does not really stop the practice at all. You simply shift it to a global reward for getting people to vote. The end result is the same. Your players will perceive a reward for voting and thus feel compelled to do so. It's been my experience that the offering of ANY kind of incentive for action results in that action being performed. In the case of employment, the incentive is a paycheck. It's really no different here. The incentive is that the entire mud gets X reward for voting, so they flock here and do just that. If there are indeed muds who are violating the letter of these rules, they should be kicked off. As zealously as the Diku license is defended, I see no reason why TMS rules shouldn't get equal zealousness.
As for the whole debate about P2P, I personally don't like the idea of paying for a mud. Especially if they also charge for the software I need to collect AND assess a monthly subscription. If that makes me a software pirate, as was hinted at pages ago, so be it. I fail to see how that could be so though. I'd be all for P2P muds simply being open about it. Would solve everything. Stick a $ in the ranking list.
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