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Server costs and donations - Dumb_Dog - Dec 18, 2010
wombraider should be able to donate a couple million easy
Server costs and donations - WombRaider - Dec 18, 2010
sorry bro i dont do charity
Server costs and donations - Rostov - Dec 19, 2010
Frankster Wrote:WombRaider Wrote:have an announcement cycle through chat every 10 minutes. no one has a clue you're this poor since none of them come to these forums
I honestly thought DF was filthy rich living a la 50 cents in a huge mansion with girls everywhere in bikinis. He did get a golden wrench after all.
I thought that too since DF >DID< marry a Las Vegas showgirl.
Server costs and donations - glouch - Dec 19, 2010
yeah, and there are pics to prove it
Server costs and donations - Drunken F00l - Dec 19, 2010
Ya, a bunch of people donated the day of the christmas update. Big updates always bring in donations. Don't know why.
Server costs and donations - Butane - Dec 20, 2010
sent in donation also check your pm,
Server costs and donations - -LMA- - Dec 21, 2010
Hmm i didn't know the server costs weren't being met. I don't see a problem with a subscription service of 5 bucks a month for your favorite server. 15 bucks a month could and would cover all sourceop servers for that month.
Also if it really comes down to it, i don't think it would be a bad idea to just leave the most populated servers up.
If you could include a way for people to do maybe 50 bucks for a year, that would be cool as well.
I think it's just because of so many people buying keys, hats, unusuals, new update items for this one game that nobody thinks to donate to the servers now unfortunately.....
Server costs and donations - LtDan - Dec 21, 2010
DF,
I just donated for the second time since I started playing on these servers. Last time was in August 09, and since I never "lost" my donator status I just didn't think to donate again. Happened to see your post today and figured it would be time for me to donate again.
Here are my suggestions on how to close the gap on the donation front:
1. Make it so that donator status is tied to how much money you have donated. Don't make it too expensive (i.e. $30 for 12 months or so), but let the donator status "expire" after a while to encourage people to donate again.
2. Display messages on the servers making people aware that they CAN donate. Nothing obnoxious, just something at the start of each round that says "Keep these servers online by donating at ..." or something unobtrusive like that. Have that message pop up every 10 minutes or so during gameplay if you think it might help.
3. Maybe there are additional benefits that paying members can enjoy, I am not sure what the software offers in that regard. Nothing that gives donators a huge benefit, but something that motivates people to donate beyond the reserved slot.
If you can get 20 people a month to give $30 for a year "membership", you have most of what you need to keep this going. That shouldn't be too hard, given that I have received the message that all 32 slots in a game were used by donators.
The most important thing it to make the "donator" status expire after the money donated has been "used up" - I think $30 per year would be fair ...
My two cents, I hope you'll find a way to keep this going - I enjoy these servers tremendously.
Lt. Dan
Server costs and donations - WombRaider - Dec 21, 2010
are you able to see who donated how much?
Server costs and donations - Drunken F00l - Dec 21, 2010
Yes, I can, but I wouldn't disclose it.