07-24-2012, 06:08 PM
Without donations the server would have been shut down a long time ago. We didn't force anyone to donate, when you donated you never bought anything. You got some gifts as a thank you when you donated, that's all.
It feels dumb to spend the last money on a dedicated server only to keep it online for a bit longer, especially with a playerbase of 10-20.
And about time spent. I don't think anyone spent as much time as I have through the years working my ass off on this server and all previous versions. Ultimately it's my decision to shut it down. There are only a few people I trust well enough to host the server instead of me, and they are all too busy RL or don't have the connection to be able to host it.
Maybe the server will come back online again, maybe not.
It feels dumb to spend the last money on a dedicated server only to keep it online for a bit longer, especially with a playerbase of 10-20.
And about time spent. I don't think anyone spent as much time as I have through the years working my ass off on this server and all previous versions. Ultimately it's my decision to shut it down. There are only a few people I trust well enough to host the server instead of me, and they are all too busy RL or don't have the connection to be able to host it.
Maybe the server will come back online again, maybe not.