I suggested a long time ago that we shut down the servers and just leave a Teamspeak and forums however a lot of moderators saw that as "giving up" on the overhaul. I suggest my idea yet again.
I fully support this. It isn't giving up at this point, it's just the best option.
Even if we don't WANT to do this, we may HAVE to do this, because unless the donation meter is fucking up again, we only have $10 to our name, and only 8 days left to reach a measly
$100. We've done so much more than that so much quicker. And I suppose it doesn't help that our former top donators have all but left the community due to either work-related or boredom-related circumstances.
I know it was discussed at a meeting that we have some excess from previous over-donations in stock, but those reserves will only go so far. But honestly we shouldn't be wasting this money on dead servers in the first place.
I know the issue has been dreaded for so long, and we really have kept our Play-To-Win, not Pay-To-Win status for such a long time, but I think more incentives are needed for people to donate. We have a cool little banner on the forums and the option for a profile background, just for donating the minimum, but maybe we could give a little more for higher amounts of donations?
At this stage in the life of our community this may just be me talking into the wind, and I don't
really want to give up hope, but in order to resurrect ourselves we
need to come together and think of something. Of course, all my suggestions may also wind up being completely pointless, but fuck it, the least we can do is try at this point. It's either try or sink farther into the ground.