For people using QBASIC to write there game are you counting the size of the EXE for the standalone file (with BRUN45 bundled in the exe) or are you having people require BRUN45.EXE separately?
I could add so much more if it's the latter haha!
Well rules are there to be broken, but I'd prefer it if you bundled the brun just to make it easier for people downloading your game. Unless you specifically let them know in the description and give them a place to download it from. I suspect you'll get more downloads and plays if you make it a single bundled EXE.