upcoming events for the site.

[ASSEMbler]

Withing 30 days the server this site is on will be EOL, and I have to
get a new dedicated machine up and running first.


This means setting it up, buying new licenses and copying over the databases
for all the sites. It costs me about $2000 a year to run the site.

I will be buying a new license for VBB, with all the bells and whistles. Hopefully we
can have per user inventories and a trader zone set up. Sort of like an ASSEMbay.com
for user trades. File uploads, and best of all a site FTP.

-ASSEMbler

[Segafreak_NL]

Sounds good to me. :drink:

[karsten]

nice but costy. can you afford it?

[cez]

Sounds great. Set up a Paypal account and I'm sure at least a lump of the fees will be covered by the members.

[ASSEMbler]

Well I am trying to save money here... I wish I could find a cheaper place.

[DRussian]

Sounds like some great new features could be implemented at the time of change. I really wasnt aware of the full cost of running a forum like this.

[jdc98]

@ASSEMbler - i'd be happy to donate some $$ to help with the switch to the new server and to assure the future of the forum, as I'm sure other members will be also. PM me your PayPal details if you like and I'll get right to it :nod:

[JamesMichael]

Sounds really good to me and if each of us other some money a year it will cost less in the long run :)

[Hawanja]

Kevin, you should put some Google ads or something in the forums, with the amount of traffic you get I bet it would easily rasie enough cash for the site to pay for itself. Maybe a sidebar along the right, wouldn't distract too much.

[Yakumo]

ooh ,no! ASSEMbler is great for many reasons, one of which is no F*ing adds. I'm sure we can all chip in a bit to keep the place running :nod:

Yakumo

[Dj AXS]

ooh ,no! ASSEMbler is great for many reasons, one of which is no F*ing adds.

You're so f***ing right :lol:

[Christer-swe]

Sounds great! I'd love to donate if needed.

[webjeff]

count me in, you could do like gamedev have an optional premium member account.... maybe get first dibs on the ftp stuff, or a special forum access, dunno, just thinking out loud.

my 2 cents

[babu]

sounds great. need any donations? =)

[Barc0de]

I d love to donate - too bad I m being charged 9.000 pounds for my LPC and I can barely afford food. The 9K goes to charity they claim, yet I wonder who's going to "charity" me?

[EvilWays]

*Hands nachos to Barc0de*

[Hawanja]

ooh ,no! ASSEMbler is great for many reasons, one of which is no F*ing adds. I'm sure we can all chip in a bit to keep the place running :nod:

Just saying that a small strip of google ads wouldn't "ruin" the site, if they were placed in such a way as to not be distracting (maybe a strip across the bottom or something.) I can tell you if it were my site costing me $2,000, then it wouldn't be here. Kevin is generous, but generosity only goes so far.

[ASSEMbler]

How about a store instead lol. Maybe someone wants to sell and give the site a percent per sale.

[mooseblaster]

Damnit, I wish I was further with this damn uni project - I would have happily given you all your hearts desire.

*sigh*

If you gave me 6 months, I'd happily build a traders site into it.

[Yakumo]

I d love to donate - too bad I m being charged 9.000 pounds for my LPC and I can barely afford food.

What's a LPC ?

Yakumo