[Molly]

I disagree, even though my own Mud belongs to the small category No money accepted in any form, which presumably would benefit from a 2-box system.

Having a search option that puts over 80% of all Muds in the same category is not helpful for a player in search of a new Mud, even with the additional text box. It is just as useless as the present situation where most commercial Muds represent themselves as 'Free to play'.

The 4 options are very precise and explicit, and will help narrow down the searches. Adding a Textbox to that, gives the Mudowner a chance to further describe their system, and covers all bases.

EDIT:
Doing a search myself, I'd go for either the first option Payment required to play?, the second Payment / Donations accepted, not rewarded in-game, or the last one No Payment / Donations accepted, period.. I am not against paying for a good product. What I dislike is the concept of paying to get advantages over other players. To me a Mud is a skill game.

However, the pay-for-perks system is obviously a very popular one, which means that a lot of people would choose that option instead.