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Old 10-09-2002, 07:04 PM   #67
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So the mud owner should not be able to profit from their own work, but the players should?

But they've not earned their bonuses within the game - they've earned them through putting time and effort into something outside of the game. That time and effort has benefitted the game, certainly - but how is that any different from someone putting their time and effort into earning money at work, then giving that money to the mud owner for advertising? We have:

Scenario 1: Mr X spends 10 hours of his time working outside of the mud (creating some webpage stuff for the mud) which helps promote the mud (the website looks better) and thus gets an in-game reward for it, and:

Scenario 2: Mr Y spends 10 hours of his time working outside of the mud (flipping burgers) which helps promote the mud (he gives the money he earns to the mud owner who spends it on advertising banners) and thus gets an in-game reward for it.

What it is that makes scenario 1 okay, but scenario 2 cheesy?

I'm not talking about a voting system, just about pure website hits. The players give the mud-related website hits, and the banner on the mud-related website directs potential new players to the mud.

I know some people who have built their own (real life) homes, but most people buy them. Do you think that is fair? I know some people who pay large amounts of money to study at expensive language schools, and thus learn faster than those who try to learn from watching TV and the like - do you think that is fair? I know many people who build their own computers from parts, despite the fact that most people pay extra to have them pre-built and pre-installed - do you think that is fair? Money and time are both commodities, and they have different value to different people. You think it's unfair that some "rich jerk" can just come in any buy the advantages - but there are other people who think it's unfair that some "slack student" or "unemployed bum" can shoot ahead just because they can spend all their free time playing the mud. I don't like the idea of having to pay in order to compete with other players - but equally, I don't like the idea of having to have no social life in order to compete with other players.

I'm not talking about giving you a University Diploma - I'm talking about letting you pay extra for a better (and faster) education. Or do you think it's unfair that rich people can go to private school?
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