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Spoke · 01-07-2006, 10:19 PM

What does profit have to do with anything? please do not turn this "discussion" into morph of Medievia thread.

The point is, KaViR and you are saying that it does not matter if a particular player may be able to play for free for 5 years, it does not matter if they can max all their skills without spending a dime, what "really" matters is the fact that someone, somewhere, at some point in time, has to be buying credits for that person to be able to access them.

Now, along this lines, the persons argument is valid, every game has then someone, doing a monetary investment somewhere. Most games with a fairly large player base have a donation button, yet they are free. But see, for those players to be able to enjoy their game for free, someone, somewhere, at some point in time, has to sign up in pay-pal, send a few dollars just to keep the game running. And, what if nobody contributed? what if every single player decided they would adhere to your logic and play for free the game that is meant to be for free, with no monetary investment from their part? well, the game would probably have to be moved to a smaller server, something the admin would be able to afford by himself, if he/she is even willing to do it.

Nobody is comparing owners of non/commercial MUDs, because, it is pointless for the discussion. Nobody, not here, not you, not KaViR, goes and monitors the spending of the MUD owners who receive donations for their games, at best I would guess IRE in the US would start checking around if these people do not declare these funds in their tax report, but other than that, nobody here actually knows if all or any of the money "donated" to the "free" MUD admins is actually going there.

I am not saying any of them is not honest or that they are stealing money donated to them, but as you can see, I can only say it because I am a trustful person, not because I can, by any mean, know it for sure.

01-07-2006, 10:19 PM	#211
Spoke Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 101	What does profit have to do with anything? please do not turn this "discussion" into morph of Medievia thread. The point is, KaViR and you are saying that it does not matter if a particular player may be able to play for free for 5 years, it does not matter if they can max all their skills without spending a dime, what "really" matters is the fact that someone, somewhere, at some point in time, has to be buying credits for that person to be able to access them. Now, along this lines, the persons argument is valid, every game has then someone, doing a monetary investment somewhere. Most games with a fairly large player base have a donation button, yet they are free. But see, for those players to be able to enjoy their game for free, someone, somewhere, at some point in time, has to sign up in pay-pal, send a few dollars just to keep the game running. And, what if nobody contributed? what if every single player decided they would adhere to your logic and play for free the game that is meant to be for free, with no monetary investment from their part? well, the game would probably have to be moved to a smaller server, something the admin would be able to afford by himself, if he/she is even willing to do it. Nobody is comparing owners of non/commercial MUDs, because, it is pointless for the discussion. Nobody, not here, not you, not KaViR, goes and monitors the spending of the MUD owners who receive donations for their games, at best I would guess IRE in the US would start checking around if these people do not declare these funds in their tax report, but other than that, nobody here actually knows if all or any of the money "donated" to the "free" MUD admins is actually going there. I am not saying any of them is not honest or that they are stealing money donated to them, but as you can see, I can only say it because I am a trustful person, not because I can, by any mean, know it for sure.