ok guys & gals, in the spirit of the new year ive just donted via paypal $5.

 

i would like to see lots of other members donate what they can & see if we can make this a record month for donations!!!

 

this would be a great show of faith to our server hosts!!

 

GO FOR IT!!!

im down for 30 just dont have a paypal.. any other way ?

im down for 30 just dont have a paypal.. any other way ?

Paypal can process a credit card payment for you without you having an account with them...

 

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee94/psyrus_uraya/paypal-CC.png

I always use the "dont have a paypal" option for anything that requires paypal, don't trust it

I always use the "dont have a paypal" option for anything that requires paypal, don't trust it

 

But did ya donate?? That's the question

yea crazy did you donate???

http://www.bigdgaming.net/misc.php?do=donlist

http://www.bigdgaming.net/misc.php?do=donlist

 

nice work bahlye i was wondering if a list existed.

good work eveyone!!!

we met the monthly target in only 4 days.

 

however just because the target was met doesnt mean we still shouldnt donate.

 

i remember(correct me if wrong) that the server actually costs about $700pm, so all money raised would be appreciated.

Nowhere near that. I don't know what it is, but the thought that two servers for a relatively outdated game would cost that much is simply

 

http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Ludacris-ps01.jpg

Nowhere near that. I don't know what it is, but the thought that two servers for a relatively outdated game would cost that much is simply

 

http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Ludacris-ps01.jpg

It's the amount of bandwidth that they use, it's crazy

Someone may be able to provide you with the data.

 

Also my hatred of most rap/hip hop and top 40 crap makes that joke go STRAIGHT over my head

Is simply 50 cent? Is simply Snoop Doggy Dawg? Is simply T-pain? Is simply Ice Cube?

 

LUDICROUS!

Nowhere near that. I don't know what it is

The servers themselves do not cost $700 pm, we donate what we can raise directly to GAU (well Darth does it, but its shows as the BigD community).

 

This goes towards The Bandwidth PR chews though, which is substantial even for a relatively outdated game............., the TS and brownie points with Richard/Netpres for when we need an upgrade to the servers.

 

The bandwidth the 2 PR servers use could make Richard alot more $$ if it was used on a commercial basis rather than by us.

But he likes us, and I guess the fact that we get the GAU/Gaming AU name seen by alot of people .

Last figure I recall was $500 to $600 area per month.

Edited January 6, 201115 yr by Gunner_downer

thanks Bahlye for that info.

 

i must be getting old as i dont get the joke!! lol

 

he must be a poor rapper because i thought only the good ones wear gold!!

The servers themselves do not cost $700 pm, we donate what we can raise directly to GAU (well Darth does it, but its shows as the BigD community).

 

This goes towards The Bandwidth PR chews though, which is substantial even for a relatively outdated game............., the TS and brownie points with Richard/Netpres for when we need an upgrade to the servers.

 

The bandwidth the 2 PR servers use could make Richard alot more $$ if it was used on a commercial basis rather than by us.

But he likes us, and I guess the fact that we get the GAU/Gaming AU name seen by alot of people .

Last figure I recall was $500 to $600 area per month.

 

You mean the same 64 community members that play day in day out?

 

edit - nah, I'm not trolling.

Btw I donated for my first time today, I still dunno why I haven't done it up until now but you gotta start somewhere I guess. Just had to wait this month to see if I was still gonna get paid. Haven't worked in a month due to the floods. Big shout out to my employer for still paying when we aren't working.

Edited January 7, 201115 yr by rohan11221

You mean the same 64 community members that play day in day out?

 

edit - nah, I'm not trolling.

 

I mean the 1000's of unique players that look at the list of servers in PR everyday, and members and guests that visit the forums......... ? :bulb:

 

Trolls... I've been doing this for a while now, I am very aware that one persons "Troll" is anothers perfectly legitimate comment, its all about how you interpret the post...

I don't like to class people as trolls, thats generally done for me by the community.:hi:

I mean the 1000's of unique players that look at the list of servers in PR everyday, and members and guests that visit the forums......... ? :bulb:

 

Trolls... I've been doing this for a while now, I am very aware that one persons "Troll" is anothers perfectly legitimate comment, its all about how you interpret the post...

I don't like to class people as trolls, thats generally done for me by the community.:hi:

 

Fair enough, but lets break this down into economic terms shall we.

 

1) There are "thousands" of uniques that see the server list after logging on to PR. Of them say 15% are from Australia (generous figure). That's 150 per day see the GamingAU name.

 

2) This "community" has a core group of about .. 50-60 regular, participating members. Meaning, they are constantly in the servers and post on the forum. These members are not likely to purchase servers or hosting from gamingAU due to at least 2 factors. The first, they already have a local server which they can play on (BigD). Secondly, as they participate in this "community" and from the multiple threads on and about donations, one highly doubts these members have the financial means to purchase hosting or a server. Let's face it, no one here is likely to buy another server or get some hosting when they struggle to donate $10 every 6 months or what have you.

 

3) That still leaves the guests who visit the forum. If they are anything like the community, they too either don't want or can't afford hosting.

 

4) Now back to the people viewing the server list. It's not irrational to assume that out of those 150 Australian PR players, 50-60 of them are members of the BigD community. So that leaves 90-100 people who see the GamingAU name everyday. On a pure economic sense, this is an irrational choice. GamingAU is giving up, as you say, $600 per month in fees so that 90-100 PR players may one day become potential customers. That's $6 per person they are paying (called opportunity cost and assuming those 90-100 people play everyday, all month and the number of local players doesn't increase dramatically).

 

Therefore, I would suggest GamingAU rethink their decision as the current arrangement, on the surface, does not appear to be financially sustainable. However, GamingAU, by providing free hosting, does increase the value of its goodwill as "community" members are grateful for the free hosting (admins more so) and thus are likely to become customers of GamingAU in the future. But this brings one back to point 2, where community members do not have the financial means to purchase said GamingAU services.

 

But what do I know, I'm just a gutter mouth troll amirite?

Fair enough, but lets break this down into economic terms shall we.

 

But what do I know, I'm just a gutter mouth troll amirite?

Not in that post, but the first one was not constructive and seemingly made to rub people the wrong way (which it obviously did). Certainly someone who can bring forth all those points in a structured manner can see why people would take issue with your word choice the first time?

Also, GAU would be able to say in any prospective business deals. Look we have this awesome PR server that deals with a small niche of a gaming market. We provide this service free (very generously) and have great uptime with our servers.

 

Just look what these sexy BigD'ians have to say about us...

OK think of it this way,

Possible customers go to GAU and want to rent a server but aren't sure of the quality and service. They lurk the GAU forums and find a link to bigD, PM one of the admins asking a bit about the service, or just notice how successful the community has become with help from the servers provided and BAM! GAU have a new customer.

 

And who doesn't like looking out for the little guy anyways

Also my hatred of most rap/hip hop and top 40 crap makes that joke go STRAIGHT over my head

 

Sah indie brah.

 

And who doesn't like looking out for the little guy anyways

 

Anyone that has any concept of money, their prices are ridiculous. If you really want to compare prices for proof, look at gamearena's price-per-slot instead.

OK think of it this way,

Possible customers go to GAU and want to rent a server but aren't sure of the quality and service. They lurk the GAU forums and find a link to bigD, PM one of the admins asking a bit about the service, or just notice how successful the community has become with help from the servers provided and BAM! GAU have a new customer.

 

And who doesn't like looking out for the little guy anyways

 

This has never happened though and while not improbable that it will occur sometime in the future, it is highly likely to do so. Additionally, that opportunity cost of $6 per player (once again, assuming the player base doesn't increase dramatically and the same regular players are seeing the GamingAU name) can be put to better use in the form of other advertising methods such as PPC where the targeted traffic (perspective customers) actually has the financial means to afford their services.

OR

you could donate $6 and play guilt free.

OR

you could donate $6 and play guilt free.

 

Guilt free? It is not up to individual players to rectify sub-par business decisions (feel free to delete that last sentence as I do concede, it is somewhat subjective and lets face it, you need to keep your sponsors happy so no negative posts about them right? just be grateful and move on?). Besides, one cannot donate when one is banned for an indefinite period, nor does one feel it satisfactory to donate when one believes there are gaping inconsistencies in certain aspects of certain parts of the "community".

So basically you're trying to say GAU is a sub par business because they give us 2 free servers?

 

I really don't understand what you are actually saying?