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DonathinFrye · 01-07-2006, 06:05 PM

It isn't moot at all. Free MUDs require someone to pay for hosting. There is no profit involved. The money some Pay-for-Perk MUDs make off of their system create a fairly large amount of profit. Instance; Matt is currently looking to hire an artist willing to relocate, and then pay them for full-time work on a new MUD project. Vryce on Midievia has used money from the MUD to help him buy homes, nice cars, and other such things. These truths, while not bad, do indeed go far beyond using credits to merely make the money to keep the MUD running. If credits disappeared, there would certainly be less profit to pay staff, buy extreme amounts of advertising/etc... however, the MUD would still bring in enough from donations, I gather, to survive.

You cannot compare an owner of a non-commercial MUD paying for hosting to be the same thing as a Pay-for-Perk owner using credits to keep the MUD alive. The purpose of credits go much further, and are far more capitalistic.

01-07-2006, 06:05 PM	#209
DonathinFrye Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Name: Donathin Frye Location: Columbus, OH Home MUD: Optional Realities Home MUD: Atonement RPI Home MUD: Project Redshift Posts: 510	It isn't moot at all. Free MUDs require someone to pay for hosting. There is no profit involved. The money some Pay-for-Perk MUDs make off of their system create a fairly large amount of profit. Instance; Matt is currently looking to hire an artist willing to relocate, and then pay them for full-time work on a new MUD project. Vryce on Midievia has used money from the MUD to help him buy homes, nice cars, and other such things. These truths, while not bad, do indeed go far beyond using credits to merely make the money to keep the MUD running. If credits disappeared, there would certainly be less profit to pay staff, buy extreme amounts of advertising/etc... however, the MUD would still bring in enough from donations, I gather, to survive. You cannot compare an owner of a non-commercial MUD paying for hosting to be the same thing as a Pay-for-Perk owner using credits to keep the MUD alive. The purpose of credits go much further, and are far more capitalistic.