Idea: Donations

[Hamma]

Those of you who donated money, I am considering a new policy. Those who have donated and do donate in the future will recieve benifits. Such as (brainstorming here) larger avatars, possible larger sigs, and perhaps some other toys. You would have these benifits for a few months - then in order to keep these toys you must donate again.

The reason I am considering doing this is PSU costs an assload of money to run, and my funds are starting to run lower and lower. I've tried to look for sponsors to no avail. I figure if people got something else out of donating other than a little title they may be more willing to send some money PSU's way. I will do everything I can to keep this site alive, but if it means I have to move into a cardboard box I may change my mind. :)

If there is interest I will start this program ASAP. If not, then I will have to find some other means.

Edit: ALL DONATIONS will be handleed via Paypal, its simply too much overhead to take donations other ways.

[Febnon]

link us to porn sites for a sponsor ;)

[Hamma]

That would create a small problem: Violation of our hosting contract and then we lose hosting either way :lol:

[Febnon]

o well :p it was only a thought

[Ait'al]

Cant you do an advertisement deal for planetside game or something else Sony. And let them take the bill. You can use window under the pics one on the home page, or like the official page.

[BUGGER�GHO�T]

And if i remeber correctly......your jobless.

Gas station, now.






Large avatars wouldn't be a big hit but a start. Just wondering, for those who do donate, how much do they give (at the least)?

Well just an idea, for every 10 bucks they get something (I dunno if you would start from 0 to 50 bucks donated but lets just ay its 0).

$10-kind of bigger advatar
$20-bigger sig(not size, but the kb it takes up or watever (i'm such a newb)
$30-same thing as above but for the advatar
$40-bigger sig in bot ways
$50-Ability to see post count

I'd think of more till $100, but i'm to lazy.

[Sputty]

ALL DONATIONS will be handleed via Paypal, its simply too much overhead to take donations other ways.
Ehhh, too bad

Edit: NM, I have a paypal account. I'll send money when I can

[Ait'al]

Im not going to be able to donate alot, but, when i get money ill definitly do atleast a dollar a week.

Wait, does paypal cost anything?

[Diddy Mao]

I have a Paypal Account where u j00 want the Money sent, I will finally pwn SigBot

[Incompetent]

Hmmm, an avatar big enough to actually see... i like that idea.

[Aen]

Yeah, I'd be willing to help. All depends how much and how often.

I dont agree with with the idea of," If you donate so much you get more things." If you donate everyone should be intitled to everything, unless its an ubsurd amount. Then maybe something a little extra would be generous.

Whenever you figure it out Hamma just let us know. :)

[Squeeky]

I'm all for bigger Avatars. And seeing post counts. You can also sell the ability to buy yourself a custom title (gotta make it pricey or custom titles will be teh suck). Sounds like a good idea though, i'm gonna shoot off the remaining balance of my paypal account when you figure out what your gonna sell :)

[Aen]

I have a Paypal Account where u j00 want the Money sent, I will finally pwn SigBot

Hehe...Sigbot will perish.....

[Sputty]

I'm all for bigger Avatars. And seeing post counts. You can also sell the ability to buy yourself a custom title (gotta make it pricey or custom titles will be teh suck). Sounds like a good idea though, i'm gonna shoot off the remaining balance of my paypal account when you figure out what your gonna sell :)
If I could pay a one time sum of 40 dollars for a custom title, I'd do that

[Squeeky]

If I could pay a one time sum of 40 dollars for a custom title, I'd do that

Ditto. I think a one time sum for stuff like custom titles and post count view would be nice. And for smaller stuff lower but bi/tri-monthly fee's.

[BUGGER�GHO�T]

custom titles and abilitie to see post counts would have to be high, because thats what everyone wants, and if everyone tosses in 20 bucks, everyone will start bragging bout hw many posts they got, same with the titles.

[NoSurrender]

ill try to donate then but money= hard to come by when ur bulidin a comp/ new room/need gamecard+exp pack...

[Onizuka]

I dont give my money away to people named hammer.

[BUGGER�GHO�T]

no duh, youd be givin it to a person named hamma.:D

[Sputty]

no duh, youd be givin it to a person named hamma.:D
...Errr...right
Onizuka's right..you're not

[Hamma]

Cant you do an advertisement deal for planetside game or something else Sony. And let them take the bill. You can use window under the pics one on the home page, or like the official page.
Trust me I have been down all these roads. SOE, HomeLAN, AGN (gaming network) etc. I have tried everything.

Remmeber you dont need to donate. If you were to donate you would get more free toys, if not you would continue to post and have the same restrictions as now.

If I were to offer things like custom titles, seeing post counts, they would only be for a period of time say 2-3 months then you would lose it and have to donate once again.

Keep in mind that this is a brainstorm thread, I like the ideas in here already :p

[BUGGER�GHO�T]

custom titles for 2-3 months.....more like forever.......if you pay a shitload of money.......plus it would have to be choosen by an admin.

but 2-3 months on the post count thing......i expected shorter.....but fine with me. Or how about for however much you donate you get the privlage of seeing your post count (ex, 20-1 day, 30-1 week, 40-1 month).

[STEALTHKILLER]

Try getting a sponser from Carriere Entertainment, Inc.
I would donate, but my dad wont let me use the creditcard....

[Hamma]

Well it all depends on the cost of teh custom title of course.

[Ait'al]

As for post count, we can see them now. Go to your profile, or click your name somewhere, click on see all posts by this user, and scroll to bottom(1 to 25 out of -----) :confused:

[Onizuka]

Well it all depends on the cost of teh custom title of course.

buk fiddy?

[Hamma]

:rofl:

Gonna be a bit more than that I'm afraid.

[BUGGER�GHO�T]

Well to start off the custom titles, I think everyone that donated should get that contributed title under their rank, yes everyone. For those that donate lke 100+ dollars, read what I posted above.

[Ait'al]

Hamma:
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Originally Posted by Ait'al
Cant you do an advertisement deal for planetside game or something else Sony. And let them take the bill. You can use window under the pics one on the home page, or like the official page.
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Trust me I have been down all these roads. SOE, HomeLAN, AGN (gaming network) etc. I have tried everything.

Remmeber you dont need to donate. If you were to donate you would get more free toys, if not you would continue to post and have the same restrictions as now.

If I were to offer things like custom titles, seeing post counts, they would only be for a period of time say 2-3 months then you would lose it and have to donate once again.

Keep in mind that this is a brainstorm thread, I like the ideas in here already
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Ask the devs what they would do if this site bombed on the next ask the devs things lol

[Onizuka]

:rofl:

Gonna be a bit more than that I'm afraid.

Dont make it cost more then your mom :rofl: ( :love: Im happy today, thusly i act full of myself)

[STEALTHKILLER]

As for post count, we can see them now. Go to your profile, or click your name somewhere, click on see all posts by this user, and scroll to bottom(1 to 25 out of -----) :confused:
Do you mean the find all post by this user, or the area where it says total posts

[TheRagingGerbil]

Ok, I'll donate if you bring the thong's back.

[Hamma]

btw there is currently no real way to give someone a contributor tag. The way it was before was a hack, and that hack does not exist yet for vbulletin 3.

[Ait'al]

Sorry, Planetside Universe > View Profile: by clicking on yoru own name, Find all posts by this user : scroll to the bottom. Mines "Showing results 1 to 25 of 228". So i have 228 posts.

I forgot that "Total Posts: No Posts For u! evAR! " thing was there.

[AztecWarrior]

I have no credit card, and thus no PayPal. Sorry. :(

[STEALTHKILLER]

Then looking at that, I have as many posts as hamma.

Wait, I just relized something, it only goes up to 500, so after that you cant tell how many posts someone has.

[Spider]

If I were to give 10000$ a month :p what would I get? :p

[Sputty]

If I were to give 10000$ a month :p what would I get? :p
mansechs

[Onizuka]

Ill pay 5 dolla for a custom title.

[Spider]

mansechs

I'm in! :lol:

[Ait'al]

Hamma, one word! GIGALO!

[OneManArmy]

I'll dontate money If I can see someone throw a pie a squeeky...

[Squeeky]

:lol:

[Sputty]

I'll donate money if I see some decapitate Squeeky while watching Hamma have sex with some sort of insect

[JetRaiden]

$50 to see your posts? thats money well spent. call of duty....seeing my posts....call of duty....



btw how how do admin rights cost?

[JetRaiden]

...while watching Hamma have sex with some sort of insect


my GOD.

[GonePostal]

what is that shocking to hear from sputty?

cmon get with the program

[r3d]

Ill donate money if you make the 3 in my name red :p
And gimme l33t whore back ;]

[Vick]

no~! make the 3 blue!!! irony!!!!

r3d

[Mtx]

Those of you who donated money, I am considering a new policy. Those who have donated and do donate in the future will recieve benifits. Such as (brainstorming here) larger avatars, possible larger sigs, and perhaps some other toys. You would have these benifits for a few months - then in order to keep these toys you must donate again.


Make a porn area for people who pay. ;)

[Hamma]

Violation of hosting (again) :p

[Indecisive]

perma custom title has to be in teh hundreds.

[TekDragon]

I'll toss some more money your way once I get my credit card handled. Would be a shame to see PS-U die.

As for rewards. I think the contributor title is good. Personalized title is nice too (btw, how come I never got one?). Maybe even make it so contributors can put pics in their sigs while non-contributors are limited to text sigs or no sigs at all.

[Neon Apocalypse]

good to see u back tek,

i want an area to be able to host images on PSU. that would be cool

[WildEagle]

there already is I think :confused:

[Squeeky]

There are plenty of image hosts out there.

[Squick]

Hey Hamma... How do sites like http://www.diabloii.net keep going? Their boards require you to have an account to even VIEW them, yet they usually have 500+ viewers on every single forum. The bandwidth that take must be beyond comprehension!

I see they have quite a few ads, would it be worth while sending the webmaster there an e-mail asking how he went about getting the ads?

Is it just a matter of needing to prove a certain unique hit count number?

Edit: Now that I finally remmembered my password, I saw:
Currently Active Users in this Forum: 377 (377 members and 0 guests)

eeeek... Crazy bandwidth usage there...

Squick

[Hamma]

I refuse to make it so you must be registered or pay just to view the site.

edit: most advertising solutions i tried already had their quota of gaming sites

[Dharkbayne]

Maybe some NON ANIMATED ads, justl ike on the bottom, wouldn't bother me

[STEALTHKILLER]

Maybe even make it so contributors can put pics in their sigs while non-contributors are limited to text sigs or no sigs at all.

What about the people who dont have credit cards like me, 13 year olds can't have credit cards. Plus my dad only lets me use his for planetside. He dosent like giving out his number.

[Hamma]

I want people to have the same stuff they always had if they dont pay. But get better things if they do pay :D

[STEALTHKILLER]

My suggestons for donation benfets:
$20/after you reach 500 posts, you can see how many posts you have for 2 months at a time.
$50/you get to chose a custom title from a list.
$100/you get to make your own custom title.

After that i dont know.

[Squick]

But you just said you would not contribute stealthkiller...

And as for not being able to have an image signature without paying, that really does not take away from your ability to view or post things here.

[STEALTHKILLER]

Just cause i cant contribute dosen't mean i cant think of ways to get people to contribute. I would contribute if I had a credit card, but like i said I'm only 13, and my dad wont let me use the credit card for this reason.

[Infernus]

My dad would be crazy enough to let me... but thats why my Mom don't let him have the credit cards... Hell last time her got a credit card he bought a new car, a pimp stick, and was walking down the street humming "We're in the Money." But I would contribute...

[Spider]

Your dad = teh whipped...

But then again I'm a goth boy who got whipped into going to a reggea dance...

[STEALTHKILLER]

I'll ask my dad if he would let me contribute, but hed probally say one of 2 things,

"No"

"Yes, but youll have to use your allowance money"

I get paid $10 a week and with me paying for planetside that comes to $27 a month.

!Another idea!, make the amount of money you contribute add up, the only thing it would count twords is the see post, you'd still have to every month or 2 for that.

[Paingiver]

i have the same prob as stealthkiller, im only 13, but i dont play PS anymore so i could try to round up some money.

[Ait'al]

I want my custome title to be "bah!"

[FightForFreedom]

I haven't bought much with my allowance for about 2-3 years, not much has caught my eyes other than some games. I have exactly $476.19 laying around, I'd be happy to contribute.

[Onizuka]

I think i ownt hamma on the second page?

[STEALTHKILLER]

Donate 1000 dollers, get a thong, donate 2000 dollers get a picutre of hamma in a thong.

[simba]

great idea, SOE should pay PSU, largest ps site after PS.com how much does psu cost if I may ask

[OneManArmy]

no offense hamma, I have mad deep respect for what you have done, and continue to do here... but offering post counts in turn for money is uhh... lame

I'm tellin ya the moneys in hitting squeeky with pies...

[Hamma]

You got a better idea on how to make money on a fansite I am all ears, believe me.

[Onizuka]

PSU Custom Title: $100
Ability to see post count: $150
Pic of Hamma in a thong: Priceless

[Hamma]

:lol:

[STEALTHKILLER]

My suggeston on making money, a carniville. Don't ask me how to organise it, or where to have it located, I'm still trying to find a list of something that i made tomorrow......