[KaVir]

Well you're always going to encounter the occasional claims of "special treatment", regardless of whether or not cash is involved (the imms help their friends, the owner helps his girlfriend, the admin boost their own characters, etc), but for listing categorises I think it's important to stick to the unambigious verifiable facts - and the four-choice solution does exactly that.

The advantage of separating the last two options (not accepted vs not rewarded) is that the player is kept aware of whether or not money is involved. The third option is effectively saying "The official stance of this mud is that payments and donations have no effect within the game - but they do accept payment and/or donations, and there's no way to verify what unofficial impact it may have on the relationship between players and staff".