My Idea to Keep the Server Up

[Eastwood]

I think the scary thing about accepting large donations is also the potential lawsuits that could come from SOE.

What if we pitched in thousands to protect and keep the server up only to see a lawsuit hit the server days later and waste all our money?

[url0st]

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

I think the scary thing about accepting large donations is also the potential lawsuits that could come from SOE.

What if we pitched in thousands to protect and keep the server up only to see a lawsuit hit the server days later and waste all our money?

were not paying to access the content tho, we would be donating to protect the content.

[choklo]

That's a good question. I think the important thing to do is:
1) to verify that donations can help them fix the problem.
2) to NOT donate more than you can afford to lose.

I doubt sony is going to care about donations, especially when we only have about 2-3k people playing. I'm no lawyer though.

[stormlord]

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

I think the scary thing about accepting large donations is also the potential lawsuits that could come from SOE.

What if we pitched in thousands to protect and keep the server up only to see a lawsuit hit the server days later and waste all our money?

One thing is for sure, they're aware of us. The toptenhammer article writer spoke with Smed about it and Smed voiced his thoughts. They know. The question is whether they feel threatened by all this or not. I hope not.

I for one have played on live servers for a long time. Current EQ is a different game compared to what we have here on project1999. I don't think we threaten them for that reason. It's Apples and Oranges. Now, PEQ is another matter. That's supposed to be just like live. That's more risky.

[Fraud]

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

...Unless of course money cant fix our problem.

Hahahahahaha, money not fixing problems.

[harojaro91]

I would donate at least $50. Probably a good bit more if I knew it were going to make a difference.

[Drubu]

They should definitely take emergency donation sooner rather than later, since average mmo player will "move on" in 2+ weeks of downtime. Some might come back but 5-6 out of 10 will find something else. With a month of downtime it gets even worse...maybe 1-3 out of 10 would come back..

At least right now morale is high and people are willing to pay to get it fixed, some are even willing to pay alot to get it done fast.

[choklo]

I completely agree. This server is great and I'd come here first. That being said, some people are going to try other games and other emulaters-they say so at least. I've got the day off tomorrow and I'll probably start a toon on peq just to satisfy my addiction.

Oh, I just donated $25 via paypal. It took one minute.

[SVentura]

Rather than say you would be down to donate the money just go ahead and donate the money. The server doesn't wait for disasters to strike in order to need money to pay them bills.

Of course if you're putting down less than you can afford to lose then...what have you got to lose?

~Olly~
32 Druid

[stormlord]

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

They should definitely take emergency donation sooner rather than later, since average mmo player will "move on" in 2+ weeks of downtime. Some might come back but 5-6 out of 10 will find something else. With a month of downtime it gets even worse...maybe 1-3 out of 10 would come back..

At least right now morale is high and people are willing to pay to get it fixed, some are even willing to pay alot to get it done fast.

I agree. Some people will pass the time by going somewhere else... and get caught up in whatever they're doing and be gone for a couple months or more. Some won't even come back.

They'll forget why it was fun and when they come back they'll think about all the wrong things.

My Case. I just got back from a long break. I was like "Why is this fun? 1-50, simple mechanics. Why play here?" I had a lot of reasons. But once I started to make progress on my druid, I remembered why it was fun: helping others and surviving the hell of leveling with others. I'd have to say my primary reason is to enrich the homecity areas. I don't twink any of my alts. I want to be there for people when they need help.

We play here because of others. At least, that's what I think.