I'm not going to vote on this topic since I feel that none of the available answers adequately reflect my position; in fact, I feel that the entire poll is very heavily biased. Consider that, for the question "should pay-for-play muds be segregated in some way (i.e: a $ symbol)", five of the seven responses are "yes", one is "I don't care" and the other is just stupid.
My vote is a simple "no".
On average, I spend between £30 and £60 ($50-$100?) on games per month, on a wide variety of subjects - god games, FPSs, strategy, etc. Why? Because I want to be entertained and I understand, as a fellow software-type-person, that entertaining someone costs money. If something is entertaining, I'm more than willing to pay for it.
So when we come to muds, whether or not something is pay-for-play is just simply not important - whether it is entertaining is paramount.
Kas.
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