Author Topic: Donation Drive for NwN2 Server Upgrades or New Servers (Read 2671 times)

Leanthar · « **on:** May 26, 2006, 10:55:04 AM »

Hello Everybody,

As everybody knows we are gearing up to start the NwN2 conversion of Layonara. One of the major concerns we have is that our servers will not be able to handle NwN2 specifications; they certainly can not at this time. Please understand that we do not have our hands on the product at this time and thusly this is all speculation but we are pretty sure it is accurate. NwN2 will take a lot more memory and likely faster hard drives (at the very least) in order to run the servers, at least for PW’s like Layonara. We have eight servers and as such we need to make sure all of them are running 2GB of memory and have fast hard drives. If we receive enough in donations we may even purchase a new system or two, but the memory and hard drives come first. As such, we need about $5,500 in order to upgrade all of the servers so that they can support Layonara for NwN2. This is a significant amount of money and thusly we need a strong push from the community in order to reach this goal. Whatever we are not able to raise will mean we have less servers and less horsepower to run the modules for the PW. Please take the time to donate. I hope to have all eight servers running at 2GB of RAM with SATA drives. The target date for the server updates is November. It will definitely take a long time to reach this monetary donation but spread the word and please do donate when you can.

This is the link to the donation page: http://www.layonaraonline.com/donate.asp . You can see on that page that you can also send donations via mail if you would like, the name and address is there.

We do not need hardware donations. I have used these servers (including memory and hard drives) for four years and I am sticking with Dell hardware and memory. When running a server farm that serves a community of this size (or larger because we will continue to grow) one must have reliable equipment and the Dell servers have proven to be very reliable.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and spreading the word. Let’s make this a very successful donation drive!

Thak · « **Reply #1 on:** May 26, 2006, 11:30:27 AM »

*sends a nice $50 by paypal* Three months of any other MMO game would cost me that and this one has twice the fun.

SuperMunch · « **Reply #2 on:** May 26, 2006, 11:41:59 AM »

Donated!

I can't donate all I want now, so I'll spread it out over a few months.

Fatherchaos · « **Reply #3 on:** May 26, 2006, 12:23:23 PM »

I'll donate as soon as I have a few odds and ends wrapped up. I was about to ask where to send components until I saw your statement about no hardware donations/sticking with dell. I understand your reasoning on that one, too bad I don't have any new Dell hardware left over.

I hope this plays out well.

Leanthar · « **Reply #4 on:** June 03, 2006, 06:51:11 AM »

Friendly reminder folks. We have a total of three (3) donations made for this drive so far. Three in one week.

NwN2 has some very steep server requirements and we need to upgrade our current servers.

jan · « **Reply #5 on:** June 03, 2006, 07:10:55 AM »

L.
I'd love to donate some ,but i dont have a paypall account .
Could you post a account number onwich i can deposit money from another bank account?

Thanks in advance.
Barion aka Jan

Jan

Leanthar · « **Reply #6 on:** June 03, 2006, 07:28:32 AM »

There is no way I am giving out bank account information--that would be crazy heh.

On the donations page there is an address that anybody can use to mail a check, money order, or any other form of payment.

jan · « **Reply #7 on:** June 03, 2006, 08:00:12 AM »

Thanks ,i'll try that then.
Its the least i can do to show my thanks for all that you guys and galls put into this marvelous world .

jjkolb · « **Reply #8 on:** June 05, 2006, 05:32:25 AM »

Donated for the NWN2 effort and for some back payments long overdue. Thanks again.

Gilrod · « **Reply #9 on:** June 05, 2006, 08:24:24 AM »

Just think, if 110 people give $50, we'll reach that goal overnight!

I'm trying to do my part!

Thanks Leanther!

Fatherchaos · « **Reply #10 on:** June 05, 2006, 01:13:40 PM »

I just setup a reoccuring donation - figured that would be the best possible option on my end. After all, I pay 15$ a month for a game I don't play, 41$ every three months for a game I play occassionaly, so why not 10$ a month for a game I play too much

Hope my donation helps.

Leanthar · « **Reply #11 on:** June 10, 2006, 11:34:18 AM »

We have had a total of six donations so far. From what we understand at this point NwN2 has some very STEEP requirements for PW server farms folks, we need to upgrade memory and hard drives at the very least. Please donate if you want to have a smooth running server farm.

EdTheKet · « **Reply #12 on:** June 10, 2006, 11:54:42 AM »

At the moment, there's 55 countries where Paypal is an option. Please visit https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-approved-signup-countries-outside for a list and click on the link of your country. In most cases, you can then transfer money from your regular bank account to your paypal account, and then onwards to L in order to get us new servers.

Good luck and thanks in advance for donating!

twidget658 · « **Reply #13 on:** June 10, 2006, 12:56:18 PM »

I recommend anyone that has a payment plan coming from PayPal that you check the status. I went to verify that mine was still going, but somehow is had been cancelled. The account did not have any details on the cancellation. It may be something that PayPal does when a certain payment is not touched for a long time.

LynnJuniper · « **Reply #14 on:** June 10, 2006, 01:06:35 PM »

Hmm..I godda get up off my butt and get a job, but I have a graduation party coming. I'll try to donate a bit of whatever I make to here via some kinda check unless I can use my friend's paypal!

Leanthar · « **Reply #15 on:** June 13, 2006, 03:34:18 PM »

Just a quick update folks. We now have $1,910.00 on this drive. Keep up the great work.

We need some pretty serious server upgrades and we are almost 1/2 way there.

Fatherchaos · « **Reply #16 on:** June 13, 2006, 05:15:39 PM »

Have 50$ donation headed to the server tomorrow. Good to hear that you're about half way.

AeonBlues · « **Reply #17 on:** June 13, 2006, 08:53:54 PM »

I was going to donate $10 a month, but I will raise this to $25 until upgrade is made. Oh and it's the middle of the moth allready... Time flies when your having fun *grins* I will make my June donation soon.

Aeon Blues

Stephen_Zuckerman · « **Reply #18 on:** June 13, 2006, 09:00:47 PM »

Are there any in-game or forum-based bonuses given to those who donate more than an hundred? 'Cause I'm getting a job soon, and as soon as my $300 phone bill is paid off, I'll be tithing to Layo.

Dorganath · « **Reply #19 on:** June 13, 2006, 09:06:17 PM »

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Stephen_Zuckerman - 6/13/2006 11:00 PM Are there any in-game or forum-based bonuses given to those who donate more than an hundred? 'Cause I'm getting a job soon, and as soon as my $300 phone bill is paid off, I'll be tithing to Layo.

That would be a violation of the EULA for NWN and would cause very bad things for Layonara's longevity, Leanthar's bank account and various other things.
So no.
But feel tree to tithe!