Donations
Donations are obviously a big part in keeping most private servers alive. Without them, we wouldn't be able to carry on with this project.
Mistakes have been made in the past, and this is why we have decided to be completely transparent with our players.
You can find the monthly donation status here, it indicates when the next bill is due (we pay monthly), and also indicates the percentage of donations received this month, over the total cost of the server. The percentage of 'completion' shown on the page represents 200% of our total monthly server cost. Why? Because you never know when we will start growing fast, needing more bandwidth or a hardware upgrade. On the opposite, we don't know if the following month's donations would cover the server cost. This method guarantees you, the players, a long term stability, an assurance that the server will not shut down suddenly due to lack of funds, and the ability to keep the server lag-free by upgrading accordingly with the server population. It also prevents us, admins, from having to do last-minute unbalanced donation promotions in order to keep the server alive. Fundings above the defined threshold may be used to compensate the server administrators for their time and work spent on maintaining the servers. Please keep this in mind before you decide to donate.
For a detailed explanation on our donation system, please view the forum post regarding donations here: http://www.unityro.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=102
Mistakes have been made in the past, and this is why we have decided to be completely transparent with our players.
You can find the monthly donation status here, it indicates when the next bill is due (we pay monthly), and also indicates the percentage of donations received this month, over the total cost of the server. The percentage of 'completion' shown on the page represents 200% of our total monthly server cost. Why? Because you never know when we will start growing fast, needing more bandwidth or a hardware upgrade. On the opposite, we don't know if the following month's donations would cover the server cost. This method guarantees you, the players, a long term stability, an assurance that the server will not shut down suddenly due to lack of funds, and the ability to keep the server lag-free by upgrading accordingly with the server population. It also prevents us, admins, from having to do last-minute unbalanced donation promotions in order to keep the server alive. Fundings above the defined threshold may be used to compensate the server administrators for their time and work spent on maintaining the servers. Please keep this in mind before you decide to donate.
For a detailed explanation on our donation system, please view the forum post regarding donations here: http://www.unityro.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=102
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