Support DaC

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 2:45 pm

[Community -> Update]

We're on a new host, <a href="http://www.sorcerers.net">Sorcerer's Place</a>, as most of you are aware. This means that the server is faster and more responsive, we have more space to host files, everyone can access the site, and, in general, the world is a better place.
 
 It also means that I have to pay each month to keep the site running. This is something I've agreed (though wasn't expecting a few months ago) to do, so I can't complain - much. However, there are a few new things on the site that you can do to help out.
 
 <li>Whilst it's not working yet, we're considering having a small pop-up advert displaying once every eight hours. Pop-ups bring in three times the revenue of a normal advert, although only if they're allowed to fully load. Otherwise they generate $0. So, the first thing you can do to help keep this site running is let any advert displayed load completely before shutting it down in disgust.
 
 <li><a href="https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business= ... =1">Donate to DaC</a>. There is a paypal button right below the picture of the week, and soon there will be one at the top of the forums. The button goes straight to our host's paypal account, marked as donations for Duck and Cover: neither myself nor any of the other staff has access to this money. Donations can be anonymous, or you can PM any one of the staff to let us know you've donated. Making a donation is the best thing you can do to help DaC, although it is completely optional - DaC will remain open to anyone and everyone, regardless of any donations you may or may not have made. If you do want to donate, you could make it a small, regular donation (monthly, every two months, or whatever you want to do) or a one-off payment: it's up to you. Any form of money recieved is a great help.
 
 Duck and Cover has a bright future. For a bunch of random people thrown together to try and pull the site out of its coma, everyone on the new staff has done pretty well, in my opinion, and things are only going to get better. Every month, our traffic increases. DarkUnderlord is putting a lot of work into a site redesign that will stun everyone into awed silence when it's unveiled (hopefully by the end of this year). The logo design and caption contests have not been forgotten and are all being incorporated. King of Creation and myself have been going through nearly every page on the site, updating URLs and stylesheets, installing scripts and making sure they work on the new host and with the new URL.
 
 That's all for now. Back to flaming Rex.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:28 pm

Do we get a special status or a candy if we donate?

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 4:42 pm

I can make a sitcky somewhere with a list of people who have donated and want to be named, sure. And I'm sure we could come up with a special rank/rank image if you really want it.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 5:06 pm

I was just kidding, I'm already famous enough.

Mr. Teatime · Post by **Mr. Teatime** » Thu Oct 21, 2004 9:44 pm

A few people have been asking how much the server costs each month, and I don't see a reason why it shouldn't be public: the maximum I'll be paying is $50/month, though that's not taking into account advertising revenue (which is never that much). It's reasonable considering what we're getting in return.

RPGCodex had a similar situation with donations. What happened, if I remember correctly, was that they got about 4 months' worth of donations in one go that meant the server was completely funded by donations for a few months, which, if we raised a similar amount, would be what would happen with DaC as well.

T-900 · Post by **T-900** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:53 am

*ponders*

I need status now... I need some kind of elevation to mark me.. i just realised what an influx of idiots we're going to have invading once bethesda do something with Fallout 3 and start making announcements.

*sits on the floor sobbing into his hands at the thought of drowing in a sea of framing leotards...*

Spazmo · Post by **Spazmo** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:56 am

Irony of above post... crippling!

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:18 am

Spazmo, keep cool. There will be more, and they will only get dumber as the months go by.

I'll chip in, since it's PayPal. I don't have a credit card.

Ernesto · Post by **Ernesto** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 4:23 am

Good job with the deal with sorcerers.net. When it comes to AD&D games, that site's one of the fucking best.

I have no money.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:58 am

I have no credit card.

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:00 am

Pay with sex?

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:49 am

susan can pay with rimjobs...

Post by **Taluntain** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 11:49 am

No credit card? No problem, so that's not an excuse. I accept donations via mail or bank account transfer. See http://www.sorcerers.net/Main/helping_sp.php#bank for details.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 1:48 pm

Taluntain wrote:No credit card? No problem, so that's not an excuse. I accept donations via mail or bank account transfer.

Damn.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 2:29 pm

I accept donations too.

LlamaGod · Post by **LlamaGod** » Fri Oct 22, 2004 3:12 pm

My payment is ME not kicking YOUR ASS

:2tuff2care:

Ozrat · Post by **Ozrat** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:29 am

Taluntain wrote:No credit card? No problem, so that's not an excuse. I accept donations via mail or bank account transfer. See http://www.sorcerers.net/Main/helping_sp.php#bank for details.

Okay, who's the genius who gave this dude a DaC Admin rank?

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 4:48 am

Uh, he's probably a domain owner?

Post by **King of Creation** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:19 am

Taluntain is our lovely host.

Ozrat · Post by **Ozrat** » Sat Oct 23, 2004 5:21 am

Ban him.