f13 Funding Drive: 2012 Edition

[schild]

I almost put this thing on Kickstarter for shits and giggles, but then I'd actually be required (theoretically) to deliver things. I also didn't want to deal with randoms donating to it for whatever reason thinking they're feeling special. Oh, and I didn't want Kickstarter/Amazon to shave 20% or whatever off the top. That said.

Soft Goal: $1450

This funds the server for a year. I should really kill the Something for Nothing subscription thing since I think there's like 3 people doing it. 

That said, there's some stuff you can get, Kickstarter style, I suppose.

$0-$49: You get nothing except the feeling that you just threw money into an endless sink.
$50: The staff at f13 will grief title you. No mulligans.
$75: SEND ME A PM FOR APPROVAL BEFORE YOU DONATE AT THIS LEVEL: You get to grief title yourself. Submit your grief title, staff will get back to you shortly on approval.
$125: SEND ME A PM FOR APPROVAL BEFORE YOU DONATE AT THIS LEVEL: You get to grief title someone else. Submit your grief title, staff will get back to you shortly on approval.
$175: SEND ME A PM FOR APPROVAL BEFORE YOU DONATE AT THIS LEVEL: You get a unique color for your name. Also, you get a unique usergroup since that comes with it.
$225: SEND ME A PM FOR APPROVAL BEFORE YOU DONATE AT THIS LEVEL: Unique Color, Usergroup, and Self-Made Grief Title.
$XXX: Custom level. If you want to say, resurrect a game, or make a forum, or if you're an indie dev that is looking for something else, just message me. We'll figure something out. I can't say it will be cheap. If you're an individual person that just wants, I don't know, the Ultima Online forum to jump back into MMOG gaming, that works too. Your choices at this level absolutely reflect what kind of person you are, so if you want to do this, know that other people will judge you.

Where will the money go?

First: Money will go towards the f13 server for the year.
Second: Assuming the goal is met - money that comes from the "Custom" Donation Level, should the level require cash (forum mods, upgrades, reviews or something else on f13 - software, etc.)
Third: Into the bank til next year.
Fourth: If we somehow knock it out of the park and exceed $3,000 - I think the staff here deserves some free games over the next year. Every $780 over $3,000 gets them each a game of their choice (MSRP $60 (x 13 staff members) - ON STEAM. Myself excluded. This being Bhodi, Fabricated, Lesion, Rasix, Rattran, Samwise, WayAbvPar, Xilren's Twin, Yegolev, and Yoru. And of course Trippy. And maybe Nix, if he's lucky. If someone wants a game that costs less than $60, the remaining money will go to Hookers and Blow - for me.

CLICK HERE TO DONATE

If you donate $50 and want the staff-chosen grief title, message me and say "grief me" with the paypal information (the email address you sent it with). We will not necessarily be kind.

[Mrbloodworth]

Choices choices.

Tempted to let you guys pick the grief title.

[schild]

Everyone who wants us to grief title them will have to patiently wait. I'm going to post a list to the staff forums each week and we'll mull over it. It won't be "immediate" for most unless it's something that's so obvious that you would've gotten it for free if we weren't making you buy them now f13 was free to run.

The internet is awesome.  

[IainC]

Mrbloodworth's grief title should be Mrbloodworth

[schild]

Well that joke is gone now. Way to go, nitwit.

[Mrbloodworth]

Well that joke is gone now. Way to go, nitwit.

YEAH! Nitwit!

[schild]

The drive theoretically ends on 9/20/2012. Figured I should put that out there.

[schild]

We are almost halfway to our soft goal already ($600 has come in)!! Whooooo. Go team!

[schild]

Halfway there!

[schild]

Up to $818!

[Yegolev]

The stench of hate is thick in the air.

[schild]

We are 66% of the way there!

[Nonentity]

I'll throw some money at it next week, prob.

[Khaldun]

$50 in. God knows what will happen next.

[schild]

People who are donating $50+ need to PM me with what they want and paypal info - my paypal account moves fast and I can't really easily look up every email address (some don't even crosscheck to f13 email addresses).

[01101010]

People who are donating $50+ need to PM me with what they want and paypal info - my paypal account moves fast and I can't really easily look up every email address (some don't even crosscheck to f13 email addresses).

I don't have paypal, just used the CC through it though...

[Azazel]

The drive theoretically ends on 9/20/2012. Figured I should put that out there.

I get paid on the 20th. Addtionally allow until the weekend for my brain to start working and remember that the donation drive is a thing that exists.

[luckton]

The drive theoretically ends on 9/20/2012. Figured I should put that out there.

I get paid on the 20th. Addtionally allow until the weekend for my brain to start working and remember that the donation drive is a thing that exists.

Coincidentally, this applies to me as well.   

[schild]

No worries folks, it's "theoretical." I'll probably let it ride out through 10/1.

[Chimpy]

Plopped down a big chunk, figure it is cheap for 5+ years of entertainment when I couldn't afford to donate anything.

[schild]

Thank you sir!

On that note, we're 83% of the way to the first year. I'm really hoping we kill two years this time!

[schild]

To put it more clearly, we need $1771 more to pay for a total of 2 years on the server (which means we would either not do a drive next year, or we would do one purely for people to change/buy titles and whatnot and get the staff here some games).

[Paelos]

Can we get a graphic to show donation progress and goals?

Also, I'll pledge to donate whatever's in my paypal account by the 15th since I'm dumping my D3 RMAH sales there. I think it's $28 so far.

[schild]

We are $183 from the first goal.

What, precisely, do you need a graphic for?

[Paelos]

We are $183 from the first goal.

What, precisely, do you need a graphic for?

Nobody needs a graphic, they just are nice for helping people get motivated to reach goals. It's like those thermometer things they put up with fundraising numbers. I figured it might help.

[schild]

We are $15 away from the first goal, and $1565 away from the second goal.

I'd really like to get the server going for 2 years at once folks. Would be aweeeeesome.

[MuffinMan]

Can we get a graphic to show donation progress and goals?

[schild]

Perfect.

[schild]

$1374.11 til the next goal!!

[MuffinMan]

[schild]

I actually upped the second one from $2900 to $3000 so I could shove a bunch of years onto the domain, among other things. Also it makes for a number with three zeroes, which is sexy. Like that image.

[WayAbvPar]

We really need to make this the front page graphic.

[Paelos]

See, a graphic helps. 

[Teleku]

Money thrown in your general direction.

[schild]

$1,160.62 until the second goal.