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I understand that the system that I and some others have suggested has less detail. I think "confuses" is the wrong word though, because I don't think you create confusion by being concise and accurate. Look again at the first choice:

[ ] Money accepted in some form (payment, donations, sale of merchandise).

Anyone who reads that can already see from the choice that it is very inclusive. It is both obvious and explicitly stated that this includes payments, donations, and merchandise sales. So people already know this includes a lot of different things. That is where the text box or the MUD's web site comes into play to get the final details.

Because those extra options do not "reveal" extra information. They actually cloud the issue and introduce enormous room for misinterpretation (either deliberate or accidental), misunderstandings, or out right lying.

Those 4 options give MUDs that sell merchandise an ENORMOUS loophole. It allows them to claim they do not accept payment or donations, but they do. Selling merchandise is accepting payment.

Furthermore, this whole issue of rewarded or not-rewarded in game is a total nightmare. Who is going to define exactly what "rewarding in game" really means? I already proved there are a ton of different ways this can be interpreted. Creating specific search options for it creates a much higher implication of truth and accuracy than what people simply write in their mud description. Therefore, there is no logical or reasonable way to have check boxes that differentiate between games that "reward in game" or not.


And a lot of people DON'T view those things differently. But the larger point is, the multiple options don't serve ANYONE, because they simply create confusion and wiggle room. Further, they cloud the REAL issue, which is a player being able to distinguish between games that absolutely never take money for any reason, and those who do.

I think you create a weird implication when you speak of being "lumped together" with pay for perks muds as if you're being tossed into a pit with lepers. You aren't being "lumped together" with them any more than you are "lumped together" with them by being listed on TMS. When you make comments like that, it implies a more personal motive than simply wanting to give players useful information.