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TW funding idea
I think everyone who frequents this forum is aware of the fact that TW server now costs roughly $1000 every month to run.
Personally I do not believe the donation is enough to cover the costs for longer than 2 months period if we can't cut down the costs to run the server to under $200 a month.
I understand Priitk once mentioned:
But $12,000 a year is NOT small amount of money, and TW might survive for another 6 months or so, but it will eventually be taken down.
There are a lots of funding ideas around, and I would like to contribute mine for a game I once loved.
1) There would be a 30 hours per month free time for every Trench player - that is 30 hours per IP address, so if you have 10 alias, each name gets 3 hours a month on average.
2) If you exceeded 30 hours usage in any month, you have to pay $0.02 per hour to play.
3) Unused usages can not be carried over into the next month.
By doing so, number of specs will be reduced - this will cut down the bandwidth required, and thus decreases the costs.
Also do the maths: say there would be 2000 TW players who play 50 hours a month,
fund generated = $2000 * (50 - 30) * 0.02 = $800
That roughly cover the costs.
Of course this measure is only temporary ... until a much cheaper server is found, IF WE DON'T WANT TO SEE TRENCH WAR DISAPPEAR FROM THE FACE OF EARTH FOR EVER!
Personally I do not believe the donation is enough to cover the costs for longer than 2 months period if we can't cut down the costs to run the server to under $200 a month.
I understand Priitk once mentioned:
Originally posted by PriitK
Will TW go offline if there is not enough donations received to cover all costs?
No. I'm currently paying for the server and can handle it for a while, although it hurts a bit, so your donations are much appreciated!
Will TW go offline if there is not enough donations received to cover all costs?
No. I'm currently paying for the server and can handle it for a while, although it hurts a bit, so your donations are much appreciated!
But $12,000 a year is NOT small amount of money, and TW might survive for another 6 months or so, but it will eventually be taken down.
There are a lots of funding ideas around, and I would like to contribute mine for a game I once loved.
1) There would be a 30 hours per month free time for every Trench player - that is 30 hours per IP address, so if you have 10 alias, each name gets 3 hours a month on average.
2) If you exceeded 30 hours usage in any month, you have to pay $0.02 per hour to play.
3) Unused usages can not be carried over into the next month.
By doing so, number of specs will be reduced - this will cut down the bandwidth required, and thus decreases the costs.
Also do the maths: say there would be 2000 TW players who play 50 hours a month,
fund generated = $2000 * (50 - 30) * 0.02 = $800
That roughly cover the costs.
Of course this measure is only temporary ... until a much cheaper server is found, IF WE DON'T WANT TO SEE TRENCH WAR DISAPPEAR FROM THE FACE OF EARTH FOR EVER!
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