Donation Drive 2024

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

prastle

@airwalker but it is accurate

prastle

@ all Ty for the sudden 800 in donations. We should have enough cash to last till June. THE REAL ? IS DO WE KEEP THE LADDER? Another 200 bucks

RogerCooper

I have setup a monthly contribution of $10/month.

airwalker

@prastle I would suggest crediting the supporters of the game and make a decision from there. If you find most of the donations come from players that play a particular map the ladder may not be very useful to them.