My Idea to Keep the Server Up

[choklo]

We have over 3000 people registered to this forum. I'd guess at least half of them are playing the emulater. If we all contributed a mere $10 tomorrow, we'd have more than enough money to buy DDOS attack prevention equipment. You know this type of thing won't go away anytime soon. There will be countless angry, banned, copycats, antisocial (etc.) people out there that will want to do this again.
I'm personally donating $25 tonight. It's more then worth it to keep our game up. How long are you willing to let the server stay down due to some sad nerd, who is keeping us all from the game we love?

Anyone disagree?

[VincentVolaju]

Even though I am only like level 9, I wouldn't mind donating to the server if in fact donating would fix the problem. But really, how is there anyway to tell how much this "DDOS prevention equipment" would cost, and if it would even really work or not?

[VincentVolaju]

Yeah it be nice if a dev. could comment on this and let us know if this is even an option for them.

[url0st]

Yes dev response would be awesome. If this is a nominal amount for this size of a community we should get donations going asap.

[choklo]

I have a ton of respect and gratitude to the devs for doing the project, but I fear that they are reluctant to give us monetary numbers. I think the whole idea of discussing money in detail is a touchy subject.

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.

[url0st]

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

I have a ton of respect and gratitude to the devs for doing the project, but I fear that they are reluctant to give us monetary numbers. I think the whole idea of discussing money in detail is a touchy subject.

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 can understand, if it is the case, the devs not wanting to give a number for the standard donations, but this is more like an emergency fundraiser!

[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.]

[Treehorn]

Answer seems simple, allow a one-time option to buy plat or gear for whatever price ($10-$40?), or even just a cool-looking item to serve as a status symbol (rawr I'm better than you), or something fun like a rod with ten charges of turn your target into a Froglok. Incentivize.

[VincentVolaju]

I think even they were to even just say like, "Hey, were not gona ask for money but yes it is possible if enough people donate we could get some kind of anti-ddos thing and the servers would be up again" I think even if they just said something like that, without giving a #, people would still donate. I would if I knew it would bring the servers back up and prevent this from happening again.

[url0st]

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

Answer seems simple, allow a one-time option to buy plat or gear for whatever price ($10-$40?), or even just a cool-looking item to serve as a status symbol (rawr I'm better than you), or something fun like a rod with ten charges of turn your target into a Froglok. Incentivize.

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

I think even they were to even just say like, "Hey, were not gona ask for money but yes it is possible if enough people donate we could get some kind of anti-ddos thing and the servers would be up again" I think even if they just said something like that, without giving a #, people would still donate. I would if I knew it would bring the servers back up and prevent this from happening again.

No exchanging real life money for items, your playing this for free, if you want that to continue you may have to donate.

I agree a number isn't neccessary, just an idea that if we reached number x servers would work again, or if its not a problem that can be resolved quickly by cash.