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Old 09-11-2007, 12:17 AM   #403
shadowfyr
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Re: What does "Free" Mean?

To quote Jonnathan Archer (I know, people hated Enterprise), "A compromise is that which all sides dislike equally." lol Seriously though, I am really fuzzy on the logic in implying that limiting options to two, which arbitrarilly drop some muds in the wrong category by default, is beneficial in the goal of providing *clarity*. Mind you, some of the proposals may go too far and any search system would need to imho, *not* use a mere text box to search for terms. Its one reason I dislike the idea of "plus an added box, where they can clarify". Sounds good, but it lends itself precisely to the abuse people are complaining about. Not having one though leads to silly arguments about how, "Well, my mud it 15% less pay to play that his, so why do I get stuck in the 'pay to play' category?" Umm.. Because being 15% less of something doesn't change the basic fact that you *are* that thing. The only real acception I think applies is things like the sale of T-Shirt, Key Chains, etc., since that is a means to encourage donations, not a bribe for content (if it is the later, then, as I stated, someone is going to talk about it, and that *will* result in the same sort of response as any other abuse to the system).
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