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Protoss · 01-12-2006, 01:42 PM

Well after reading this thread and getting bored with it around page 23 or so, I thought I'd chime in and add my 2 cents worth of babble.

I am Your Average Mud Player. I like to play MUDs; I have been playing MUDs for 7-8 years or so now. I always use TMS as a resource to find new MUDs to play.

Whenever I find a MUD that adveritses itself as a free to play MUD, I expect nothing more than being able to play that MUD without having to pay any sort of fee for an unlimited amount of time. Now if that same MUD also had some sort of system that allowed you to purchase credits to power-up your characters, I would still have to consider the MUD as free to play because it is an option, not a requirement. Though I will add that I would probably not play such a MUD for long because they playing field is not exactly equal (and I've quit the IRE games because of said reason).

Whether you like it or not, IRE is within their rights to advertise their games as free to play. I would support an idea like Valg's to label MUDs as commercial and non-commercial, but how about a simpler idea? If pay-to-play is one of the phrases available in the features section of a MUD listing, why not just add the phrase pay-for-perks and force all games (like IRE games) to add that to their features list?

I also wanted to respond to Kavirs' comments.

Yes you could, but you would eventually be forced to play. You have taken meaning of free to play out of context. Just because a game offers a free trial does not make it free to play.

Furthermore if you wanted to create an account on Gemstone and use their free trial you would have to give them a credit card number. You could not keep creating free accounts on Gemstone without them eventually realizing what you were up to.

01-12-2006, 01:42 PM	#348
Protoss New Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 18	Well after reading this thread and getting bored with it around page 23 or so, I thought I'd chime in and add my 2 cents worth of babble. I am Your Average Mud Player. I like to play MUDs; I have been playing MUDs for 7-8 years or so now. I always use TMS as a resource to find new MUDs to play. Whenever I find a MUD that adveritses itself as a free to play MUD, I expect nothing more than being able to play that MUD without having to pay any sort of fee for an unlimited amount of time. Now if that same MUD also had some sort of system that allowed you to purchase credits to power-up your characters, I would still have to consider the MUD as free to play because it is an option, not a requirement. Though I will add that I would probably not play such a MUD for long because they playing field is not exactly equal (and I've quit the IRE games because of said reason). Whether you like it or not, IRE is within their rights to advertise their games as free to play. I would support an idea like Valg's to label MUDs as commercial and non-commercial, but how about a simpler idea? If pay-to-play is one of the phrases available in the features section of a MUD listing, why not just add the phrase pay-for-perks and force all games (like IRE games) to add that to their features list? I also wanted to respond to Kavirs' comments. Yes you could, but you would eventually be forced to play. You have taken meaning of free to play out of context. Just because a game offers a free trial does not make it free to play. Furthermore if you wanted to create an account on Gemstone and use their free trial you would have to give them a credit card number. You could not keep creating free accounts on Gemstone without them eventually realizing what you were up to.