[ idea for ending game budget problems ] - semi-official discussion

[viper2040]

from my understanding, you need to contribute some cash.

(as enjoy saying "ie", i shall do so now :biggrin

Ie, use paypal to send TMyApp something like $20. (i dont know the exact cutoff, and thats good--we dont want people being cheapskmates and paying the lowest amount)


TMyApp, i had another thought...u dont want to have to ask people for money, but, these money problewms arent gonna go away forever. You need a constant cash flow, so why not let the VIP membership expire after x months?

[sk8erfox805]

hmm *cough* i asked tmyapp ..

[TMyApp]

sk8erfox805: anything lower than $5 is prob not worth sending in (after all... PayPal puts some cash into their pockets FROM that amount every time u do a transaction) :biggrin:

but if someone gives more... i'd be forced to give them more "perks" for "giving" without me "asking" (for a specific amount) :biggrin:

viper2040: no banners... period :biggrin:

now... the low-lag server idea is not too bad.. but.. again... we'd have to have quite a few members b4 i start thinking/coding that one...

as for "cash problems"... yep.. i doubt they will go away... (and if things get really bad like last time, we'll have to go down again... who knows for how long)...

but.. i can't force the users to "pay" for something... and even if i don't and they do... i can't just turn around and change to into a "semi-montly fee"...

if someone gives... than thats fine... the fact that they do it even once shows the respect/interest they have for/in the probject... if not... i really won't be begging our users to "pay up" so that the game would continue running :biggrin:

[Tidus2K2]

Well this whole game budget problem is just ticking me off. Now tmy can you tell me how much money we're talking about here. $50 to $100 if it's that much I think some of our older users can pitch in but if it costs more then we have a problem. Most i can help you with is maybe $50 but i need some info from you in a email telling me how to get it to you. So when you do need it just email me. Also lets just not post stuff like this and get the gamers down. Otherwise the only things that will be in their heads will be "how much longer the game will stay up". Tmy just email me if you need any help or lefty any of you would be fine. This is a gaming website and a fun filled community. So i'd suggest if you have any idea's send him a mail. so tmy email me at vargas2k2@hotmail.com

[Glamourgirl]

Hmmm...I have been thinking about this a little and I may have an idea that might interest Tmy. Since it seems like there are ppl who would like to donate some money- but are unable to because they don't have a credit card or other means to make a payment- does anybody think that it would be a good idea to have Tmy or another mod to get a post office box and post the address on the forum. Then ppl would be able to send in money orders, since anybody can get a money order- and not have to worry about having a credit card or making a payment over the net. Hey, it's just a thought....I dunno if anybody will think it's a good one or not.

[Warmor]

Erk...if people did pay I'd have an obligation to create my comix for them
Heh thats fine maybe the movtive I need, not that I'm getting any cash but well you know what I mean :buttrock:

Anywho, I think $15 is good, but I dunno, and to one person, if you don't pay you can still play and everything, just not get certain perks ya know? But there could be different "levels" of such, depending on how much someone paid, or how often, and they get lvls and can go up in lvls, so someone who gives some cash will have a reason to keep giving (besides the fact that he loves the game) and he goes up in lvl and gets more perks...eh?

[Tidus2K2]

Warmor nice sign. And update ur website a bit more.

[XtremetheZealot]

I like/agree with the idea of a one time membership fee. $ 10 - 15 sounds pretty reasonable.

You could pay an little extra something on a monthly basis to receive some extra features or something (almost all of the ones mentioned perviously are all good), maybe somethin like that would be good.

That way, if you WANT, you can get'm, but if not, you can always just play normally by only paying the sign up fee.

[fear tetsuo]

What the F**k????? So Tmyapp you can make less lag in the game by doing some coding????? If that's true then dubya tee eff????? If you could just add some more code or change some code then why wasnt this done a year ago? Having less lag in the game would bring so many people back that would probably contribute to the game. Not to sound mean but if you can make less lag in the game then why havent you???

Oh I don't know...

Maybe it was trying to find time between implimenting the various characters we have now... or perhaps it could have been he was working on making tag mode work... or perhaps it was programing in the AI dudes in practice mode... or perhaps he was trying to "fix" all the misc. bugs that keep poping up in a continuous process...

Or perhaps.. just perhaps... TMyApp HAS BEEN doing that, and will continue to make efforts to reduce the lag in the game (in between doing EVERYTHING ELSE that is).

If you could even fathom just how much time/effort it takes to code/keep a game like this running, while finding time to work a full time job, use money out of his own wallet to pay for this free game, "administrate" a forum full of ignorant posts (like the one above), answer and/or delete thousands of the emails that he gets, AND keep finding extra "projects" to help keep the game interesting, then you'd know that he has/is and always has been fighting a continuous struggle to decrease lag (yes, he's been doing that too).