Planet M.U.L.E.

I'll be on from 2 P.M. Elvis Time (U.S. Central Time) until closing. We need more players! Things get boring with the same little crowd playing over and over again.

Getting new players is a hard task, when any new player is accused of collusion if they use an different playstyle  :-\

Anyway I hope I'm not too offtopic, but since you mentioned a need for more players:
I've been playing for a few months now and I love the game, also love that there is a dedicated playerbase that seems to love it as well, small as it may be.
However my experience with some of the veteran players is that they are rather hostile to newbs such as myself. Examples of this include accusations of collusion simply because I don't play the exact same strategies as the veteran players, as well as being kicked and put on a black list for something as benign as wiggling my character.

My point is, if you don't wanna play with me for any of those reasons, that's fine. But if you're wondering why the playerbase is so small or why it doesn't seem to grow, maybe look at how you deal with people that are just discovering the game.

Your opinion is noted, and not new, as far as the incidents you obliquely refer to are concerned. IMO your response belongs in another discussion, as it is off-topic (player availabilities).

Perhaps you'd care to post your own treatise about different play styles?