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Leanthar

Donations for Monthly Expenses
« on: June 28, 2006, 07:20:39 pm »
Hi folks,
  I know this is a free gamebut the bills are starting to pile up for the hosting and the bandwidth costs of the game servers. This does not have anything to do with the server upgrade drive, it has to do with monthly donations. Right now I am about $275-$350 short on donations every month. This needs to turn around soon. Please, if you can make a monthly donation then please do so. The cost is about $4000 per year to me after the current (and past history) monthly donations. This is starting to hurt my bank account. I was hoping with the larger number of players that more donations would come in, that has not been the case.
  Clearly some of you are doing your share and more and I thank you very much. It is because of your donationsthat the world is here and continues to be here.
 

Fatherchaos

Re: Donations for Monthly Expenses
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2006, 11:02:47 am »
odd question mate, can the reoccuring donations be increased? I've setup for the 10$ monthly, but I wouldn't mind increasing this to 15 or 20 to help on my part.

On another note . . . have you ever looked into sponsorship? Some hosting companies may be willing to give you the bandwidth and the closet you need for a fair exchange. Just a thought . . .
 

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Re: Donations for Monthly Expenses
« Reply #2 on: June 29, 2006, 11:16:08 am »
You can have multilple $10 subscriptions if you want to give more per month.  That's one way.
 

Leanthar

Re: Donations for Monthly Expenses
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2006, 07:29:51 am »
*bump*
 

Talan Va'lash

Re: Donations for Monthly Expenses
« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2006, 01:02:12 am »
*bumpity bump*
 

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    Re: Donations for Monthly Expenses
    « Reply #5 on: November 24, 2006, 02:58:36 am »
    Another bump.

    Just wanting to say also that the $10 donation is awfully nifty. I mean think about it. It's hard to imagine $10 will really hurt most of us, and while it really doesn't even seem like enough to be worth the effort, just think if even 10 people did it. Thats $100 a month to help keep this world running. And while I'm sure all of you know, it doesn't hurt to repeat whats been said.

    This game is completely non-profit. Leanthar himself will never see a dime from any of the donations made, nor can he legaly. Anything and everything donated would go directly into improving some aspect of the world, ultametly(sp?) for your own benifit. Whether it's improving the servers, updating the forums, bringing in help that could possibly be beyond what the content team could manage, ect. Leanthar has done this for a long time and I'm sure he will put every effort into continueing to do it but you never know. The future of this world and the realazation of the collective dreams of all the players to have ever come and gone, could potentially rest with that small donation you started up. That little bit just might be enough to keep this world going strong for years to come.

    So comon. Lets help him out and show him just how much his dream, this world, this game we all share with each other, lets show him just how much of an impact it has made on us and encourage him to continue to pursue his dreams for Layonara. Just remember that this world depends on the contributions, of all forms, by not only Leanthar, but every single one of us.