[Brody]

I'm not sure I buy the logic of your argument based on the tiny sampling of MUD players we've got communicating so far in this thread. My educated guess would be that there are lots of players with issues about this kind of thing if they see a MUD advertised as free, start playing, and then get hit with gotchas like "It's free, but you can't play past Level 10 unless you pay." In which case, maybe they gripe on channels. Or maybe they vent on the game's forums before quitting. And maybe, just maybe, they'd complain somewhere like TMS or TMC.

However, my bet is that most would just move on and find something different (or, worse, give up on MUDs entirely because they're worried about getting ripped off).

So, I'd suggest we've got a silent majority around out there somewhere in the community that hasn't been heard. For that reason, I support the text box/check approach to categorizing. More information isn't bad.