While I agree that the "It's free to play so we should have no expectations" crap is a terrible excuse and people should stop using it, to assume this project is profitable enough to be a business is absurd.
First off I'm pretty sure that Rogean hosts more servers than just P99/R99. I believe PEQ is also hosted by Rogean. When I was a GM on BoTA I know he offered to host that server for Akk as well. There's likely others. Then there's the login server as a whole which I believe he has a part, if not the primary role, in hosting. This forum/site. The EQEmu forum/wiki etc (I believe he also hosts. If not KLS does). etc etc etc
People forget there's a lot more being paid for than P99/R99. Yes there are ass tons of people here that donate. Some that feel compelled to do it almost weekly/monthly. I donated as well a couple times back when I was on PEQ, when I was more financially stable irl. I can't speak for the project's finances, but I'd venture a guess that even with all that plus adsense etc I highly doubt the server/project is making any profit at all. At absolute best it's breaking even.
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