Donation campaign for Gandalf to fund a new server

[Gandalf Parker]

Agrajag said:

I doubt 0$ would help out much

Actually $0 does mean something to me. Ive dropped far more activities from "lack of interest" than from lack of money. I think thats true of most of the people who do things for free for the community. Its one reason I often push for people to thank the great folks doing mods and maps and such that we all are enjoying.

More seriously, does Gandalf "approve" of such a pledge, does he even know about it? (or rather, knew about it before you put this page up) Because that could cause some trouble...
Of course, had I had an income, I would have helped out either way :S

Well I couldnt go for the idea of asking myself. But since lch was running most of the games on the server that died I felt he had justification for trying to speed up the repairs.

The account I gave him isnt my personal account. Its actually the house account. Thats so that the budget manager (she who must be obeyed) can see the activity and consider this to be abit more than just my personal toy that I broke. I will make sure the money gets spent on servers but this way Im not just talking a good sales pitch about it.

[Agrajag]

Actually $0 does mean something to me. Ive dropped far more activities from "lack of interest" than from lack of money. I think thats true of most of the people who do things for free for the community. Its one reason I often push for people to thank the great folks doing mods and maps and such that we all are enjoying.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of your "paying with appreciation"/"The cost of free stuff [is thank-yous]" campaign

Well I couldn't go for the idea of asking myself. But since lch was running most of the games on the server that died I felt he had justification for trying to speed up the repairs.

Sure, I just wanted to be sure because I've seen once when someone wanted to organize donations for someone else, and the other guy got offended by it, so I wanted to make sure this wasn't the case.

Also, your post made me realize that Ich is actually called lch, that was quite a surprise. (You'll always be Ich to me though )
(The difference, for those that didn't catch the hint and can't tell the difference because of the font, is ICH and LCH)

[Ballbarian]

Thanks for setting this up lch.

Don't feel bad Agrajag. For the past year plus, I thought his name was ich (sounds like "ICK"). I always thought it was pretty creative that he had a grumpy, three eyed, squishy, purple monster for his avatar to go with a handle like "ICH".

(LCH, you will always be ICH to me as well. )

[JimMorrison]

Ballbarian said:
Thanks for setting this up lch.

Don't feel bad Agrajag. For the past year plus, I thought his name was ich (sounds like "ICK"). I always thought it was pretty creative that he had a grumpy, three eyed, squishy, purple monster for his avatar to go with a handle like "ICH".

(LCH, you will always be ICH to me as well. )

I feel violated.

[MaxWilson]

Huh? Ich is LCH? I always just thought you were German, lch.

-Max

[cupido2]

LCH... JimMorrison said it...

Do I HAVE to have a paypal account for donation? (I don't trust that modern fancy stuff.) Or is there another way to make a donation?

[Endoperez]

I always thought lch was lch, like in lich. You just drop a letter.

Also, what cupido said. I'm wary of this modern fancy stuff.

[Agrajag]

Ballbarian said:
(sounds like "ICK")

It's worse for me, since I read it with a chet, which turns it into the Hebrew equivalent of "yuck!"

[lch]

Agrajag said:

It's worse for me, since I read it with a chet, which turns it into the Hebrew equivalent of "yuck!"

I like that interpretation.

Edratman, Gandalf has posted his address above. But I'm really perplexed and baffled that US americans would rather trust the postal service with a check than use convenient wire transfer.

[Gandalf Parker]

AS A NETCOP:
I should mention that PayPal has a great record (so far, knock on virtual wood)

However I often recommend that people who are nervous of the internet get an "internet credit card".
A) with a limited amount. I went with $200
B) NOT with your usual bank
C) NOT tied into your "real" moneys for things like overdraft protection
D) mark it for net use only to make it easier to track the usage

Then I tend to mention that most fraud involving credit cards tends to come from non-internet use. Most often from carbon copies which come from spending it on gas or restaurants. So the same suggestion applies. People should get a low-cap credit card from a different bank for day to day use and not carry the big cards unless you are specifically going out to make a purchase with it.