EQEmu losing hosting - Page 2

Richardo · #1 05-03-2007, 12:17 PM

How about for the mean time, get a virtual server. It's cheap and should work as a temporary solution for the mean time... I have a dedicated 100mbit box in Chicago but it's windows and i'm quite sure the developers want to keep the LoginServer as private as possible!

Angelox · #2 05-03-2007, 12:41 PM

Don't worry about how much you donate, If you look at the history, very few people have even donated at all, I think we already broke the donation record with what we have done.
I really appreciate you all helping out with what you can. I know Doodman works long hours and is always pressed for time. He'll get here and post also.

Rocko · #3 05-03-2007, 10:23 PM

Just a thought, but when people start donating money consistently, it might be a good idea to post reciepts and whatnot about where the money is going. Not so much to please those who donated, but when people see this they will be more likely to help out. I've seen other emu servers ask for donations and then just take off with the money and shut their server down and close their forums. Not to say that that will happen here as I'm sure you're all reasonable people that are working towards a common goal, so 100$ wouldnt be enough money for you to throw it all away. Sorry if somebody else posted this idea but i was too tired to read all the replies =P

Just my 2cp,
Rocksteady

Whuppee · #4 05-03-2007, 11:50 PM

Wow. Glad I decided to check the forums today rather than waiting a few more. I'll get around ~$16 off to you guys within the next 24 hours. (heh, rather pay you guys the normal subscription fee than SOE)

Though unnecessary (hell, I'll sign in to do so once a month).. I seem to recall someone telling me that paypal offered a subscription payment feature. If so, that'd certainly aid consistent payments/donations.

I really couldn't care less about perks. If they'll help pull in donations, and if they're as harmless as special titles/etc... why not? But if they'd take much any effort whatsoever to implement.. I'd much rather see that effort invested in the emu.

Here's hoping our efforts will be sufficient to keep this running.

EmanonCow · #5 05-04-2007, 01:39 AM

If you guys can use the lowest end hosting solution (99$/month), that is only 5$ per month from 20 people.

**GeorgeS** · #6 05-04-2007, 12:51 PM

Of course I cannot claim to understand why the server has such high demands of the loginserver, but anyway, what bandwidth is needed?

On my home DSL I am getting 6mbit up , 0.75mbit down, and that even can host a handfull of players if I so wanted to run a server. What exactly does the loginserver require for the number of players that use it? - would a 1mbit upload connection work well enough?

I'm downloading Abyss Web Server X1 2.4 now and it supports MySQL and a host of other things for (Mac/Intel/Linux/XP/Vista) etc..

I'm going to set it up tonight on my server and will try to get a message board going - a long and overdue thing for my site.

GeorgeS

Angelox · #7 05-04-2007, 10:44 PM

The first thing that needs to be done is some form of communication needs to be established between you, the donors and them, the owners.
What you all did this week by donating to this project is becoming a rare thing on the internet - it just goes to show you really care about EqEmu (be it 1.00 or 100.00).
I think the biggest problem with donations at EqEmu is the method that's used via Sourceforge. I still do not fully understand why it all has to be like that.
I don't think I've ever "internet-donated" to anything before. If we "tilted" Doodmans paypal but were supposed to "tilt" FNW too, that's no problem, next month we'll tilt FNW's paypal.
But we (or at least me) would like to know what's going on, or even if this helps.
We are trying, and we hope you are too.
We want to feel like we're part of this too?
Right now I feel like there's a group of us that really like this whole scene , and love browsing the forums, chatting, helping each other out , and fiddling with our servers - but someone in a black cloak is standing by the wall with "the plug" in their hand, counting down the days to pull it out, putting an end to it all.

techguy84 · #8 05-05-2007, 03:38 AM

I think that the paypal via SF was just a easy way to do things. Now that the project is going to be driven more so by donations then before, there may be a need for a better donation system. As long as the money goes where it is supposed to thats fine by me. Well, time to jump over to SF and put in a little bit to help out.

mgellan · #9 05-09-2007, 02:16 AM

Hey guys:

I kicked in $20, hope it helps. Any chance we could get a status update?

Also, I run a dedicated P4 3.2Ghz 1GB RAM Linux box with SUSE 10.2 on which I'm running EqEmu (WintersHaven, only up when I'm playing around with the db and testing, or playing with friends) in a Debian text based VM - if you're desperate I'm happy to help, although obviously you don't know sh** about me

Thought I'd offer tho.

Good luck!

Regards,
Mg

fnemo · #10 05-09-2007, 03:27 AM

If needed, I can share the project (web, svn and so on) on the shared hosting service I owned for free.

Latency with International are fine and the plateform is far enough to support this kind of project.

Regards,
fnemo.

gernblan · #11 05-09-2007, 10:37 AM

You're right, Matt. FNW posting "we're ok for now but need to figure out some stuff to be ok long term" is basically what I was after, and all that's really needed to be said at this point.

vales · #12 05-12-2007, 05:18 AM

Wewt!

You guys are back! I was a bit concerned when everything was down last night. Are you guys settled in at the new host, or is this still temporary?

fnemo · #13 05-13-2007, 05:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fnemo

If needed, I can share the project (web, svn and so on) on the shared hosting service I owned for free.

Latency with International are fine and the plateform is far enough to support this kind of project.

Regards,
fnemo.

this message seems to be without any interest from your.
My hosting service is a real service. No a simple computer behind an adsl.

Angelox · #14 05-13-2007, 09:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fnemo

this message seems to be without any interest from your.
My hosting service is a real service. No a simple computer behind an adsl.

This thread is not about donating hosting space, it's about donating money - read the original post.

Quote:

Doodman said:
"If you are interested in offering other assistance, please contact myself or FatherNitWit via PM"

#15 05-14-2007, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fnemo

this message seems to be without any interest from your.
My hosting service is a real service. No a simple computer behind an adsl.

There was offerers from at least 5 people for Boxes, No offense to you, but its a trust issue, anyone who hosts it would have access to everything, login server, forums, peoples user names and passwords.

This is one of the reasons this type of assistance wasnt taken from people thats aren't well known.