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Oh I most certainly want to go there.

First, not a single active MUD on this site has a "nice fat advertising budget." The few MUDs listed here that might (like Runescape) do not maintain an active presence here.

Second, I wish Runescape did have an active presence here. Why? Because they would send an enormous amount of traffic to this site, and that would benefit ALL OF US. The top 10 MUDs already send the enormous majority of traffic to the site - traffic that benefits all the other games on the list. And they can make whatever claims they want about their game, and it doesn't bother me a bit. Who cares how they advertise or promote their game? People who focus on stuff like that have their priorities TOTALLY out of whack.

Third, your post just seethes jealousy. Your comments about "nice fat advertising budgets" and "raking in the bucks" are just gross. What is your problem with other people being successful and being able to make a living at making games? There is nothing stopping you from doing the same thing. In fact, your chances of success would be higher if you would support the hobby rather than sniping at the people who succeed and trying to drag them down.

Fourth, what you continue to do is exactly what keeps our hobby sublimated into such a niche. You, Valg, and others are so focused on your own specific, personal interests that you cannot see how everyone benefits when the whole hobby benefits. Do you ever read articles where Blizzard trashes Valve, or trashes their STEAM distribution model? Heck no. They are all part of the same industry, and they know that they both benefit from each other doing well. So they support each other. They don't trash each other. Yes, they compete. But they do so by trying to make the best game possible - not by going around to gaming sites and trying to make them change policies to suit their own personal interests.