01-31-2012, 05:04 AM
There was an oppurtunity not long ago. I had purchased a server which was more than powerfull enough, that Aussies (myself being one) would ping 180-200ms~ too but at the time Shade wasn't interested because they wanted to be 100% in control of it. It was an ESXi server with a VM configured and secure just for IN, I used the rest of the resources on other VM's for my web hosting.
I thought it was a rather generous contribution but it wasnt used. I now havent bothered playing because other than sitting at the bank macroing i cant do much else. I try and fighting anything and it just lags.
IN1 was more than playable for me on a crappy Australian DSL connection, now I cant even play and i have 100Mb Cable!
If people were willing to donate or atlease had a reason to donate IN might be able to pay for a server.
Smaller\cheaper items people can donate for could be an idea. $5 - $10 instead of $25-$50-$75
I thought it was a rather generous contribution but it wasnt used. I now havent bothered playing because other than sitting at the bank macroing i cant do much else. I try and fighting anything and it just lags.
IN1 was more than playable for me on a crappy Australian DSL connection, now I cant even play and i have 100Mb Cable!
If people were willing to donate or atlease had a reason to donate IN might be able to pay for a server.
Smaller\cheaper items people can donate for could be an idea. $5 - $10 instead of $25-$50-$75