My Idea to Keep the Server Up

[choklo]

I completely agree. This server is great and I'd come here first. That being said, some people are going to try other games and other emulaters-they say so at least. I've got the day off tomorrow and I'll probably start a toon on peq just to satisfy my addiction.

Oh, I just donated $25 via paypal. It took one minute.

[SVentura]

Rather than say you would be down to donate the money just go ahead and donate the money. The server doesn't wait for disasters to strike in order to need money to pay them bills.

Of course if you're putting down less than you can afford to lose then...what have you got to lose?

~Olly~
32 Druid

[Fraud]

Another big concern is right now is a prime time to have the servers up, we will be seeing an influx of new players after the article from TTH and if they see the servers are down, they might say pass and never even think to come back.

We might miss out on a lot of new players.

[Isildur]

Problem is SVentura, some people are willing to make relatively LARGE donations, but don't want to blindly do it. If they know it will go directly towards DDoS protection (or whatever is required), and will help bring the server back up, then they will donate larger figures because they WANT IT NOW(sh). I'm sure you can understand this.

[Goobles]

I remember a time when we had a DDoS protected server. Or at least a message that DDoS was incoming.

[mrgoochio]

What if they use all your donations on "DDoS mitigation" hardware/services and its simply not enough and fails? There goes all your hundreds of dollars on what you thought was a promised solution. An Angry P99 Mob INC

[KingKoopa]

i would donate 100 bucks and like somone said before me 500..if the server was up this week

[predator160]

Originally Posted by choklo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Personally I wish they would tell us at least an idea how much they need. Somebody could then make an EQ exp bar that needs to be filled up to satisfy the cost. I'd love that and surely donate.

i like this EQ exp bar idea...i would definitely donate to see a DING! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[bionicbadger]

they can't say, because there is no guarantee and it depends on the resources of the DDoSer and how many bots they have available. DDoS can be huge and take out on-line poker sites that have millions of dollars at their disposal. Your donations can't stand up to that. You do the best you can with the money you have.

[SVentura]

Any money donated will help server stability. I can understand not wanting to donate blindly, but the idea was to not donate more than you can afford to lose. If you love the server and are vocal and proactive about donating to solve the problem then just go ahead and donate. If you have doubts about the GMs using your money for something OTHER than server stability then maybe you should rethink donating in general?

Waiting until after the fact is just trying to make yourself look better. You think people weren't hungry and homeless in Haiti BEFORE the earthquake?

~Olly~