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I still believe the "Top MUD" list should be broken up into more-regulated categories because ultimately, it's useless to potential players for finding quality (most of the "top MUDs" are of the same type, and most of the MUDs listed blatantly lie about their nature). Instead, it's just a listing of popularity based upon how pathetically fanatical the playerbase is or how creatively unethical or ahead-of-the-rules some of the MUDs out there can be.
I realize that the traffic is the incentive for TMS's format, but it really is a useless feature for introducing people to MUDs that probably does more to hurt the MUDding community than help it since it doesn't reward quality, something that would go a lot further in helping every MUD (ok, the total crap out there is probably beyond hope, but if you make it easier for quality to compete with quantity, you cause/inspire both to improve).
Make one of the categories, "most fanatical playerbase" if you like. That'll probably preserve the Top 20 as they are now. But it'd be nice if there was something a bit useful about the TMS page too.
Take care,
Jason
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