Donation Drive 2024

odor

@prastle said in Donation Drive 2024:

I would like to again request that any donations include a note with your user name

hi all, couldn't include user name in the paypal platform. donated $200. thaks for all your work

ice1

maybe give the job to someone who does give a shit? less then 2 months to raise 1400 ugh

sounds like we are paying way too much on bots where people with little help can host for themselves

wel it was a good ride

beelee

@prastle Hi pras

Triplea a little light in the land of plenty ? Say it isn't so

I will link this to A&A.org. I did back in October too but ... Actually i'll ping the League guys this time too. Didn't last time. That's all they use so ...

So when is the shutdown date if no more dough comes in ?

beelee

Ah ... just saw first post. I will go let the league guys know now

AdamF

Just donated. Any reason we shouldnt consider a small monthly fee to play? Some may find this unpopular, but I think the juice is worth the squeeze

beelee

@adamf awesome !

Yea you can currently set it up to donate every month. Like 5 bucks is a 60 yearly spot, yea the math isn't a revelation but

I don't like anything that forces me to do something to play personally.

The all Volunteer Force is better than conscription imo

AdamF

@beelee Not untrue, but also "many hands make light work". A small fee for all shares the burden.

beelee

@adamf also true, but as this is a small community, the fewer the hurdles to participate, the better imo.

ice1

make big donators mods

as it is now u can donate 200 dollars and get banned the next day because some mod is in a bad mood.

also they are invested in the game thus a protentional good mod to keep the lobby clean and full

NGMC

I tried to donate. When I clicked create account and donate... it did nothing

AdamF

@beelee Right now the biggest hurdle seems to be too many want to play, but not enough want to pay. A small community paying will help ensure survival of the community. Perhaps we can do a "suggested monthly donation of X" with people having to opt out if they dont wish to donate.

airwalker

I have had several people willing to donate to me to create a website for the Revised Player Chart that I have created, and I am asking them all to redirect to TripleA. Upon my brief research when planning the site, I am very concerned with the current costs mentioned for hosting. I don't know who is in charge of this or how long contracts are but I would highly suggest looking into alternate providers. Also, I personally run 3 bots on my linux server at home. I can help anyone setup regular bots for the lobby if they have a decent enough system and stable internet. The community should be able to handle the bots IMO, saving a large expense.

prastle

@airwalker I am fine with anyone trying a new ladder... The old version i paid myself out of pocket three years ago and runs on go daddy. I am sure cheaper alts are available if others want to maintain it

prastle

sadly I no longer have time for triplea other than what I do. Simply put the ladder cost 300 for three years and calculated itself through a prog i purchased myself. I then built the website myself etc to try and replace the old one. I never expected 0 support other than revised.

prastle

So with all that being said ... I would be happy if anyone took over the ladder and paid for it themselves

airwalker

@prastle Hi prastle, I'm more concerned with the monthly expenses as a whole. I am totally unwilling to accept donations for a website ladder while the game itself is at risk of being buried. If costs could be reduced to a more manageable monthly level, I would be much less concerned.

prastle

costs here are very manageable.

prastle

@airwalker the simple truth is our
users apparently cant afford 2000 a year divided by whatever? lol

airwalker

@prastle This statement upon logging into lobby : DONATIONS CRITICAL! WE ARE OUT OF MONEY ON FEB 29 does not inspire confidence in said respect.

prastle

@airwalker I did not print nor add that to the lobby