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Threshold, May 08 2006,18:27
That's a very cheap shot and pure flamebait, (typical of the poster, regrettably).
Nowhere did I or anyone else pretend that the players on free Muds are 'superior' to those on commercial Muds. It is the goals, philosophy and policy of the Administrators that are different.
There are people who think that money should not buy you any advantages in a competitive game. In fact they see that as the very definition of a 'fair game'. (And yes, these people do exist and are not even uncommon, even if you cannot get the notion into your own head). People who have the opposite opinion naturally exist too. I wouldn't even try to make a guess about the proportion between the two types. However, it would be a rather natural assumption that the second type is more common in commercial muds, because that is the environment they'd primarily choose.
But what we really are talking about is the EXPECTATIONS from the players. It's very simple, really. A bit like Pavlov's dogs.
If you feed the dog a large, juicy bone every time a bell rings, or even if it just sees its mates getting fed at the signal, naturally it will be expecting it, and start salivating already when the bell rings. If the dog never gets anything connected to the signal there will be no salivation.
Likewise, if it is made totally clear in the policy from the start that nobody will ever get any in game benefits from money, and if this policy is upheld strictly from the beginning to the end, without any exceptions, there will also be no expectations.
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