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Ah. Here's why, TG_Nek.
PK, RPI, or even hack and Slash MUDs aren't affected by RL. P2P's are.
If you lack the cash that month to pay the monthly fee, you can't play, and your character is removed. I know at least one person so far on TMS has admitted that, due to RL circumstances, they can't play on a P2P because of that.
This also applies towards MUDs like Medthievia and Achaea as well. It has been documented many times that it takes an order of magnitude more work, at best, in order to reach the same place someone who has paid has reached. Achaea argues that this is not true, however, it is in Achaea's best interests to argue exactly that - that is why I dismiss Achaea's arguments so quickly. Self-interest and obviously biased statements. Relatively unbiased statements by players in the game proper and players who have left it for various reasons seem to reiterate that statement with Achaea.
To reiterate, the reasoning behind the P2P icon is because it is really the only icon that can really affect you significantly (in a physical way) IRL. The rest can't, to my knowledge. Money is a physical thing. RP isn't. PK isn't. Hack and slash isn't. You can even argue hack and slash or PK to be RP if you want - but it is not a physical thing. Money is. The reasoning for giving all MUDs that offer any sort of in-game benefit for cash an icon is to alert players that it may have a 'RL' affect on them - then, we give MUDs a further slot to define themselves within their 'Info' link. In Achaea's case, pay for credits. In Dragonrealms, pay to play. You get the idea, neh?
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