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Piglet:
Right. I didn't have all the information when I posted above. The costs were for co-location and after buying a physical server like the one we're testing on.
To keep renting the server we're using would be 157 EUR/month! Nardaq_NL very kindly paid for this test. Thank you.
To buy a similar server would cost upwards of 1,500 EUR and then hosting and maintenance costs on top.
I've got a call back with a local data-centre owner about hosting and possible hardware, a conversation with specialist server company about what they might be able to sell me, a conversation with Nardaq_NL about hardware he might be willing to buy and possible co-location near him.
While we follow through the various different options it would be useful to know who would be willing to regularly donate to help pay for the hosting of a server if we bought one, and who would also be willing to help with the initial purchase. More people donating small amounts every month might make all the difference.
The alternative option is to revert back to the old server and accept that it will be laggy at high player numbers...but is cheaper to run.
hellfire:
Yo,
Hell was away for 2 months on work trip and I missed all this interesting stuff going on. As you know I run my own business and with the brexit and other stuff, my cash is stuck in the business and sales are not going good. BUT, all this should change next year and I will be most willing to dole out small amounts whenever I can and more when the business starts flying ;)
Would it help if we had a small site running a donation counter and donation mechanism? If I get free time, I can try setting up a test and if everything goes ok, I can show you what I propose. But I cannot give an ETA since my business is going through some rough weather and I need to plan on a weekly basis lol.
The idea is to use a CMS + plugins to setup a donation mechanism using stripe or other gateways. People can give monthly automatically or when they want. It can be all private to ensure this is a community thing.
Making this setup is a few hours of time and most of us tech savvy people can do it fast. Let me know if it sounds interesting ;)
Cheers,
Hell
Piglet:
It's not my area of knowledge, so don't know enough to comment.
I'm lucky enough to have some cash left at the end of each month.
What is your business, if you're willing to tell us about it?
I only have met one person in the last 3 years who has told me that they want to leave the European union. I asked them why but they couldn't tell me more than vague "we want control". They couldn't tell me what control they thought we didn't have or why it would be beneficial.
The more I know - and I keep myself informed - the more it appears that Brexit is bad for everyone except people hoping to make a killing as stock markets or currencies lose value (they're "shorting"). I can't see any benefit to me or my children in any of this. The press in the UK supporting brexit seems to be controlled by very rich people who wouldn't be remotely affected.
hellfire:
Hello,
I will make a small test site and send u the link to check it out and if you like it , you will have to FTP the files in an empty directory and I can maintain it ;) I will let u know once I get some time to set it up. I know the tech to set this up.
Long term: I am doing research into poverty and how tech can solve it.
Day Job: I run a small marketplace. UK was a good market and UK vendors were good too. With brexit, ahem!
Other job: I am innovative and I have a ton of stuff like apps etc to make and hope 1 day I can buy you all a good gaming server lol.
Brexit was all about controlling your borders from EU immigrants who were taking small time UK jobs? Everyone played their cards wrong and this is costing small businesses a LOT OF money. Right now I am planning expansion into EU and Asia. But as you see, UK pound was good business as it was so strong. Little sales can make good cash.
Now running costs are piling and sales are down! But I am launching hopefully multiple stuff next year :)
I am all about being free. A 9-5 job was never my way :D
Cheers,
Hell
Piglet:
I wish you well in that. I hope we bin Brexit. I work with men and women from all around the world, and they're great people. I wouldn't have it any other way.
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