I'm not sure what you mean, or how much of EqEmu will be affected. Forgive me for being stupid, but the system for donating appears to be a bit complicated and directed towards individuals?
Anyways, I managed to find Doodman's donor section and saw just a few donors in the listing. So few, I felt a little ashamed; There's what, around a dozen donors after all this time?
If this is the case, I don't see where donations will solve this, as it seems you need some steady income in order to keep all this going.
I saw this post in the morning and expected to see the comments here swamping in , by the time I got back from work - more reason to believe donor help will not work.
What comes next, may not be 100% correct, and will not be very appealing to many, but it's a start and might set things rolling again.
I'm taking for granted EqEmu Forums, Login server, (what else?) are closely related.
- One simple, donation button which will be available on this forum and every other site that belongs to EqEmu.
- An option to donate with something other than Pay Pal ( I like many others are "anti-PayPal and anti- Ebay", thus have no account there). A credit-card option would be very helpful.
- Give something back to the donors for their effort. For example, If i donated 10.00. I get all the assistance I want on the forums even if its "Do I have to have Titanium?" 20 times. maybe have some special "Donor" forums.
The donor thing could come in levels, maybe if we can get people to commit 10-20 dollars a month (which would be a lot better than one lump-sum donation). they would be able to have stuff like a "preffered server".
I could almost guarantee you, if you made donor forums - income would pick up.
-Maybe open up a bank account for EqEmu where Doodman, FNW , and whoever else, has access and can view transactions. That way, money can be transfered from donors better, and a server space can be paid for.
I'm willing to pay, probably could arrange for someone else to send you money via PayPal, but I want to see Eqemu always around, not just for another month. I want to commit a hassle-free, monthly payment to you guys which as far as i'm concerned, can stop on the day I die.
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