[MUD-Dev] Re: [Meta] New poll

[Wes Connell]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Eli Stevens wrote:

> I was polling, and the question below caught my eye.
> 
> > Have you ever bought something in a MUD using RL money?
> >
> > No, and I never would. You need to earn that stuff in-game.
> > No, and I never would, that's cheating.
> > No, and I never would. Its only a game.
> > No, but I might if I thought it would make the game a lot more fun.
> > I'm thinking about it, but haven't yet.
> > Only a couple times, and I'm not sure I'd do it again.
> > Yes, but only when I didn't feel I was getting an unfair advantage.
> > Yes, because it was tooo tough to get that stuff in-game.
> > Yes, and it makes the game a lot more fun.
> > Sure, lots of times
> 
> I am not sure, but I do not think that any one of the answers addresses MUDs
> like Achaea.  Might there be room for a "Yes, it was supported by the
> business model"?
> 
> The last two seem to apply, but for me there seems to be an air of "Yes, but
> it was against the rules" to them.  *shrug*

I also wanted to see another option. 

"No, but I know someone who did and I used the *stuff* they bought."

A friend of mine spent of good amount of money on UO a year ago. Being the
nice guy I am I help him sort and use all of his nice new toys.

Wes!
wconnell at skotos.net




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