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By claiming that "every" MUD is pay-for-perks, you bring your own credibility into question. Especially when you later ask why RPIs are brought into it. RPIs are MUDs and hence by claiming "every MUD" that includes RPIs.
I didn't claim Viagra MUDs (pay-for-perks) are unethical. I agree with the statement that Viagra MUDs claiming to be
"free" is unethical because they're not really pay-for-perks, they're pay-to-succeed. Commercial MUDs are perfectly legitimate as far as I'm concerned, though I have to note that I've yet to see a commercial MUD that was of a quality comparible to the best free hobbyist MUDs out there. Why people play them is beyond me, but it's their time and/or money to waste. But then again, people are content playing 100% stock MUDs for years on end. Some don't know there's better out there. Some just don't care. Like I said, it's their (and your) time and/or money to waste. Aside from routinely checking them out when I sweep through the TMS 100 listing every year or two, they won't see me there unless they dramatically improve the quality of their games, something they're unlikely to do (and even if they did, they've got a long way to go to catch up to the best honestly-free MUDs).
Jason
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