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Sacac · 12-30-2005, 08:36 PM

In response to the_logos’ post

“Why should MUDs that contribute relatively little get screen space in favor of MUDs that contribute much more to TMS? This site is effectively a traffic exchange, and it's not fair to ask the MUDs that contribute a lot to subsidize the MUDs that don't. It lessens the value of TMS overall by reducing the impetus for the MUDs that support the site to send traffic here. Keep in mind that the top 10 MUDs send more traffic than MUDs 11-100 combined.”

“As most mud creators will tell you, when designing and developing a mud, many features will force you to choose between "improving the overall game" and "being popular with the majority of the player base".”

As Kavir told us before, and the_logos brought to mind, the two ideas, Should we “Improve the overall game(I mean the website in this post)” and “Be popular with the majority of the player base?” I would go with the second thought, but doesn’t every mud pay the same amount of money to be listed? If that is so, everyone should get equal exposure. Just common sense, or make people pay different prices, which is just as unfair.

Two lists would accomplish this, IMHO. Why? It would separate the two biggest groups from each other, PtP and Free. I actually propose three lists though, P2P, free, and a combined list. That way, if you care, you can pick P2P or free. We can have the site automagickally load with a combined list, with the clickable words, Free and Commercial, on either side of the title. When you click them they show you the same page with a new list.

12-30-2005, 08:36 PM	#71
Sacac New Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 23	In response to the_logos’ post “Why should MUDs that contribute relatively little get screen space in favor of MUDs that contribute much more to TMS? This site is effectively a traffic exchange, and it's not fair to ask the MUDs that contribute a lot to subsidize the MUDs that don't. It lessens the value of TMS overall by reducing the impetus for the MUDs that support the site to send traffic here. Keep in mind that the top 10 MUDs send more traffic than MUDs 11-100 combined.” “As most mud creators will tell you, when designing and developing a mud, many features will force you to choose between "improving the overall game" and "being popular with the majority of the player base".” As Kavir told us before, and the_logos brought to mind, the two ideas, Should we “Improve the overall game(I mean the website in this post)” and “Be popular with the majority of the player base?” I would go with the second thought, but doesn’t every mud pay the same amount of money to be listed? If that is so, everyone should get equal exposure. Just common sense, or make people pay different prices, which is just as unfair. Two lists would accomplish this, IMHO. Why? It would separate the two biggest groups from each other, PtP and Free. I actually propose three lists though, P2P, free, and a combined list. That way, if you care, you can pick P2P or free. We can have the site automagickally load with a combined list, with the clickable words, Free and Commercial, on either side of the title. When you click them they show you the same page with a new list.