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Post by DM mdwagner on Sept 17, 2008 17:15:25 GMT -5
I can donate the $!
I will write it off on my taxes if I elect to itemize my deductions.
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Post by DEV Jlf2n on Sept 17, 2008 17:18:48 GMT -5
I can donate the $! I will write it off on my taxes if I elect to itemize my deductions. heh
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Post by liege on Sept 17, 2008 18:27:38 GMT -5
Id be happy to Donate...all the way from England
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Post by lorgin2003 on Sept 17, 2008 20:13:35 GMT -5
i'm in the same boat as ming. i'd love to donate, but as they say, you can't get blood from a stone. if my financial situation improves, i'll be happy so send some money for a lag free server.
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Post by Jadeite Feyern on Sept 18, 2008 4:15:50 GMT -5
I can donate, no problem. My money hasn't been eaten by the global crisis yet ;D However I have doubts that receiving reward of anykind (god forbid equipment) makes the game loose some taste. There would be people equal and more equal because they would receive "something" in return at least in game. I'd rather take www.giantitp.com paper version comics or rewards like that. Otherwise it's going to look rather bad to me. I hate donated servers that give in-game rewards
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Post by DEV Jlf2n on Sept 18, 2008 7:45:33 GMT -5
Yeah we will scrap the rewards idea. Ideally yes the people who pay for the server should be rewarded for providing us with a place to play but I think we all can agree that a lag free server is enough.
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Post by Shiek2005 on Sept 18, 2008 9:36:17 GMT -5
While i don't want to sound like a total ass, especially since i only just arrived yesterday, i have to vote NO on the matter. Personally if i have to pay to play on an NWN2 server i'ld just quit and move on elsewhere, there are alot of other PW Servers out there that aren't trying to get cash out of it's players...a donation every now and than imo is fine (afterall...an upgrade to the computer thats hosting the server isn't such a bad idea, more RAM and a faster Processor always helps) but a monthly donation? nah.
Cheers!
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Post by DEV Jlf2n on Sept 18, 2008 9:46:00 GMT -5
Personally if i have to pay to play on an NWN2 server I'd just quit and move on elsewhere, there are alot of other PW Servers out there that aren't trying to get cash out of it's players... I have no idea how you came to this conclusion. It hasn't been stated anywhere that it would be required. Trust me I don't need to scam people for money. But if people enjoy the PW and want to see it continue they are going to have to help me pay for it. $130 to $190 bucks a month to rent a server will require a monthly donation from at least some willing souls though. And yes there are lots of PWs that don't need a donation. a lot of these PWs also have zero players online and sparsely detailed areas with little to do. They can get away with hosting it on a personal PC. Unfortunately, we cannot. Other server like Shores of Haldun are lucky in the fact that the main Admins have access to incredible servers, something we don't.
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Post by Jadeite Feyern on Sept 18, 2008 12:01:09 GMT -5
I think that what you should do is to make a bit more marketing out there over the internet, to make the server more reknown. Like e.g. finding one of those Top 100 mmorpg sites or something? The guys from theforgottenrealm.ca do it and they have a second server already, though comparing them to us, they are way behind. More players would mean more money, more money = better server, but are you guys ready with those DM's you have to accommodate them?
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Post by Shiek2005 on Sept 18, 2008 12:20:00 GMT -5
Personally if i have to pay to play on an NWN2 server I'd just quit and move on elsewhere, there are alot of other PW Servers out there that aren't trying to get cash out of it's players... I have no idea how you came to this conclusion. It hasn't been stated anywhere that it would be required. Trust me I don't need to scam people for money. But if people enjoy the PW and want to see it continue they are going to have to help me pay for it. $130 to $190 bucks a month to rent a server will require a monthly donation from at least some willing souls though. And yes there are lots of PWs that don't need a donation. a lot of these PWs also have zero players online and sparsely detailed areas with little to do. They can get away with hosting it on a personal PC. Unfortunately, we cannot. Other server like Shores of Haldun are lucky in the fact that the main Admins have access to incredible servers, something we don't. I'm no expert on the matter so i won't try to act like one, but won't a good computer and above average internet connection be enough?
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Post by DEV Jlf2n on Sept 18, 2008 12:55:35 GMT -5
I'm no expert on the matter so i won't try to act like one, but won't a good computer and above average Internet connection be enough? Not a chance bud, unless its a power house PC, and most importantly on a T1 or better connection. We already tried it and it was a disaster. If more than 10 people logged on it was unplayable. So I have no idea how other PWs make it work. I spent almost two months researching how to make an area that runs well in a PW setting when I first got started. I have spoken with several PW admins from some of the larger worlds and so far ours is a much more optimized PW. Some I have spoke with have half the areas we do, but are almost twice the size in mb's.
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Post by DEV Jlf2n on Sept 18, 2008 12:57:06 GMT -5
I think that what you should do is to make a bit more marketing out there over the internet, to make the server more reknown. Like e.g. finding one of those Top 100 mmorpg sites or something? The guys from theforgottenrealm.ca do it and they have a second server already, though comparing them to us, they are way behind. More players would mean more money, more money = better server, but are you guys ready with those DM's you have to accommodate them? So this is how they do it! I have always wondered how they were able to pull so many people. Not to knock their PW or anything but man they sure pull in a large crowd. We need to be all over this.
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Post by Shiek2005 on Sept 18, 2008 18:44:18 GMT -5
I'm no expert on the matter so i won't try to act like one, but won't a good computer and above average Internet connection be enough? Not a chance bud, unless its a power house PC, and most importantly on a T1 or better connection. We already tried it and it was a disaster. If more than 10 people logged on it was unplayable. So I have no idea how other PWs make it work. I spent almost two months researching how to make an area that runs well in a PW setting when I first got started. I have spoken with several PW admins from some of the larger worlds and so far ours is a much more optimized PW. Some I have spoke with have half the areas we do, but are almost twice the size in mb's. Guess we should go thank Obsidian for the wonderful job they did...i know NWN is a 6+ year old game, but a PW could be hosted decently on a good cable connection, T1 helped but not to the point that it was a requirement. But anyways, even if i wanted to i couldn't donate...cash is scarce enough as it is for me.
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Post by vaden on Sept 20, 2008 17:21:43 GMT -5
Maybe we should pressure Hasbro to fund a server that we can play on.
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Post by borton on Sept 20, 2008 20:17:11 GMT -5
so u think we can get a few sponsors for the like the people who created BG ? to keep the server operational
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