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*IMPORTANT* Server is going down if...

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Howdy everyone.

We've been having some server troubles as you might have noticed and all that puts me in a position where i have to decide something. Anyhow, i am paying for the server for almost three years now and it's been taking quite a lot of money from me. I can frankly say that it had never gave me any profit (not that i am asking for any, just so you know) whatsoever, since all i have been recieving from the server is partialy covered monthly payments from n3wton now and then plus some donations, for which i am really gratefull. HUGE thanks to anyone who is supporting the server, without you guys it would've been dead a long time ago.

It's been great seeing people develop such a great community and i'd love to see it prosper, BUT what i am trying to say here is that i have no opportuinity to keep paying for the server without help.

Guys, let's figure out something. Tell me what you think.

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I curently have no ideas. Probably can't sell anything, since this community has to do with Carmageddon.

Unless we all piched in and made our own game! :lol:
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and what about fillup cwa with banners and stuff for money to cover the expenses or

even for some bandwidth???:crazy:
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We've got those banners on top as you see. Filling every single free space with a banner is not an option. Moreover those banners don't cover the server costs.



I see people just reading this topic, but no one says nothing! This shit is supposed to concern everybody!

Or you guys could be just backing up your websites just so i can shut the server this month or what? Let's talk. I want to find a solution or at least a decision.

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Re: Server is going down if...

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Can't Really thing of a solution but.. if hosting is needed for anythign i may be able to help..
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Sites that are affected by the server.

polygonized.com

Carmageddon Sites:

cwaboard.com

apex.polygonized.com

carmadump.polygonized.com

wasted.polygonized.com

pm.polygonized.com

mb.polygonized.com

rm.polygonized.com

dtd.joypadjunkies.com

evilrealm.polygonized.com

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the only thing I can think of doing right now is to click on your ads a lot.
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Are you looking for a long term money solution here?
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Yes. I need to collect at least $80 US dollars a month for the server to live.
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Wouldnt it help, if we click on ads everytime visiting this board?

I'm not having a problem with clicking on <= 10 ads every visit...

but thats the only thing i think i can do to help.

Sorry that i dont have a "new" solution, anyway this board needs to be kept alive!
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Boose, since I stopped smocking I think I can afford now to give 10buck every month. But you need to think a way to collect them every month.
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I wouldn't mind paying a little bit for my site... if I could work out how to do it via paypal...
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theres a button that says 'paypal' on wasted rm, $10 from me boose (22nd cos of bank clearance) :lol:
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Sweet, never knew it was that easy...

$10 from me

(I hope this doesn't mark the start of an ebay frenzy)
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Stay away from those dildos, you dont need another lawsuit.
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Whoah! MoOneeY!! Thank you!!

So FAR:

Dark_Angel - $10

random_monkey - $10

Thank you!!!



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Boose am a little worried with my situation, GTA Junkies has become st00pidly popular, the last thing I want is another situtation like last month, where GTAJ eats all the bandwidth and then knocks down all the other websites, that isnt fair on other people and isnt fair on you, I dont mind paying you when I can, you should of received a few $100 over the last few months, although the last thing I want to is for you to have a massive bandwidth bill caused from me $1000!

I have 2 options, one to move my sites to a dedicated unmetered server, I can get one for around £120 per month and more all my sites onto that, or scrap them all and get a life lol nah seriously just give up on them

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I got no creditcard, but i would have contribute nonetheless!

So i hereby thank RM, coffeycup, DA and Boose :thumbsup:

And um, nice to see your still alive boose :tongue:
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i would donate... if i had any what so ever money to spare... all my money goes to a truck drivers licence (so i can get a damn job so i can get money) and bills :mad:
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Hehe didnt they have job opportunitys for vets? :lol:
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Re: *IMPORTANT* Server is going down if...

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I want to save the forum but I can't donate.

I haven't a paypal account and I can't send the money.

Try to erase the old post in the pages 28 to 38(general Discussion forum), for free some server space.
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I'm in the same situation as TTR, no credit card but would donate if I could. There is alternatives, like cash in the post (not recomended), postal orders, etc. to a PO Box or something.
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I really don't know how prices work for a server and stuff, and I really don't have the money to help, but since Carmadump and Wasted aren't working and no one bothered to "repair" them for around a year now, would it be a good idea to take 'em down?
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Hello.

It is a pain in the ass that you need a creditcard for that PayPal stuff. I mean, I would pay a price for it to keep TER, CRUD, and other great sites online, but I have no creditcard. Nor somebody in my family has. And I see Toshiba and TTR has the same problem as me (and perhaps lots of other people).

But, since I am not really able to 'invest' in this community with money, I would like to throw some ideas. Well, before I give you my idea I must ask something. Is GTA Junkies really the problem for the Polygonized network? I mean, if the CWA Board is a kick in the server's ass too, then you might try to put in a system like this:

Everybody here on this board should not post more than 100 posts a year. However, if you would like to post more stuff here, you will have to donate a price to Polygonized. You might as well put a limit to the file uploads, and to the use of emoticons, avatars, whatever. Y'know, other sites will call this something like a system of a 'free registration' and 'premium account'.

Plus, this idea might have another advantage for me, Econo, Alan, and everybody else who has been pissed off by the amount of useless, ridicilous, pointless posts lately (Just like this post). The people with over 1000 posts a year would finally keep their mouth shut a bit, unless they paid Polygonized for the right to keep posting and posting.

It almost sounds like an impossible dream though. But just think about, it could be a solution to put use of bandwidth for this site down, and to receive some money from the diehards of this board/community.

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Everybody here on this board should not post more than 100 posts a year


this thing would definitively kill cwa..

nobody would feel free to post anything interesting anymore..

useless, ridicilous, pointless posts lately


thats the fun about cwa..

i think that change cwa its like kill cwa..

so i prefear that the guys pull off the plug of the server instead that..

thats what i think and i lost my point too.
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Re: *IMPORTANT* Server is going down if...

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"this thing would definitively kill cwa..

nobody would feel free to post anything interesting anymore.."

Why? I mean, if people create new stuff, they post it here on the board, good! No problem, 1 post used for a release. Just take a look at other communities; People do just like that. No rants about steering wheels disfigured in the car or whatever. Just to the point. For me, it would make CWA much more interesting. No more chrome paint art works taking 50% of this board. But, I have to agree with you, that the rant forum would be killed big time. But then again, if it saves Polygonized/Boose a lot of free space/money...

And after all, Polygonized will recieve part of it's administration costs if people decide to upgrade their accounts. That is how I see it. But I think it is more up to the possibilities of the board. I mean, if it takes ages for before Wasted and CarmaDump is back online (and working), I would see rebuilding the forum (with premium accounts working) as a hell of a work/problem.
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Sites like CWAboard, dont touch bandwidth hardly, its the sites that offer downloads, ie GTA Junkies and the well known Carma Sites that hurt the bandwidth, BUT saying that it isnt just about the bandwidth, its the fact we have a server and boose isnt making any money from any of the websites he hosts

We could have a website with one line of text on it, it will still cost the same as one with 4283423 lines of text on it, the monthly cost is fixed, and the bandwidth limit being 1TB obivously the more bandwidth we use, we have to pay for, ie.. last month we went over by another 1TB, 1GB = $1 so thats $1000 we nearly had to find last month, but luckly boose sorted things out with the hosting company

I may be able to get a fixed payment too you on a monthly basics boose, although do so we'll need to upgrade the package to unmetered bandwidth, I have 2/3 people who may be able to help with the costs, and keep things running, I'll email to confirm

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Normally we are OK, except for unexpected peaks like this:

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So, if we won't appear on front pages of top 10 internet websites, bandwidth should not be a problem.
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Meh Bad!! :suicide:
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Howdy everyone,

I recieved only one donation from RM, and that is for december! Where's everyone else?! I know it might be Christmas holidays, but i'm short $75 USD for december and looking forward to recieve atleast something. Guys, please, remember about the server, i just CAN NOT keep it running only on my own.
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Here's a third o' that remainder via my cc. C'mon, y'all....
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Would money orders work?
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Unfortunately not, only PayPal via credit cards. I hope to open more options in near future.

Huge thanks to everyone who made donations so far! You can see the list of people who donated in "Hall of Donations (for January 2005)" thread, it is updated now.

I am still short $30 USD for the month of January and $90 USD for December.
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i would donate i really would love to but i cant sign up for pay pal because i am under 18. sry.
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