What are P99's Finances?

[I Felt Nostalgic]

Originally Posted by DinoTriz2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've never been incompetent in my life.

Then why are you on your 3rd account that I know about and I've only been here since January... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[loramin]

Originally Posted by DinoTriz2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm using Rackspace. They aren't the cheapest, but they're solid.

I probably have around 300 websites hosted with me?

It's been a while. I could probably get cheaper with Liquid Web or something but changing hosting providers is like pulling teeth.

I've never been incompetent in my life.

I'm leaning towards:

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

way underselling your company by calling it "little"

But it really depends on what "300 websites" means. 300 single pages used for affiliate links or whatnot should not cost that much, but 300 fully distinct sites each with their own back-end (using non-trivial amounts of CPU/memory/disk) might cost something like that ... though I certainly wouldn't call such a host "little".

[Izmael]

Power / bandwidth costs are probably under $50 / mo. EQEmu is relatively lightweight.

Hardware cost probably a few k USD back then, who knows what it runs on, though.

[Wall O Lead]

Pair of tin cans attached by a string > Teamspeak

[Artaenc]

Originally Posted by Beldan4 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ok I just had a interesting conversation in teamspeak with someone about how much it costs to keep these servers up. I am trying to get a little verification here.

Is there anyone that can give a list as to how much each month it costs just to keep this running?
Is it possible for whoever's in charge to tell us how much they get in donations each month to keep this running?
Everyone seems to be of the opinion that everyone else is donating so they don't have to, which means nobody is. I know that ASKING for money might get them in trouble, but is there any reason they can't tell what % of each month's goal they meet each month for basic upkeep?

The only thing you need to know is donating as much as you can spare will only help if you're playing on this server. If you happen to win the lotto make sure to give in the millions [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[YendorLootmonkey]

I was told that Red server runs off a Raspberry Pi Rogean has sitting as a conversation piece on top of the toilet in his guest bathroom, but I am not certain that's true.

[indiscriminate_hater]

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

I was told that Red server runs off a Raspberry Pi Rogean has sitting as a conversation piece on top of the toilet in his guest bathroom, but I am not certain that's true.

I heard it is situated in a waterproof glass bulb in the toilet itself

[Champion_Standing]

I doubt donations cover the cost of the server, Papa Rogean doing this out of the goodness of his heart and his own pocket for our benefit.

[feniin]

It's weird that you would believe anything that Dino says, Loramin.