How to make your donation!

[EricNoah]

Fantastic!

I want to offer about a hundred thanks to Chris Aylott and the Space Crime Continuum; five hundred thanks to Luke Jones, and fifteen hundred thanks to Talien and the folks at RetroMUD. Plus hundreds of thanks to everyone who dug deep and gave what they could -- folks, it all adds up and we really appreciate it.

 

[The Sigil]

I'm just glad my EMPLOYER doesn't know how much this site is like another home to me.

On second thought, I guess it's just the reverse of telecommuting.... instead of logging on to work from home, I log onto home from work.

On the other other hand, it's not like telecommuting in that I can't log in nude... well, I guess I *could*, but... I wouldn't be employed very long.

MEG Hal, on the other hand, regularly logs in without pants (I'm told).

--The Sigil

 

[Paladin]

Wow, I've been too busy the past couple of days to check the site - what a surprise! Paladinwife & I donated what we could, I encourage everyone just to do the same.

Viva la EN World!!!

 

[Scorpio]

Good show by all, and very worthwhile. As I said, Morrus, relax! Because of the service you provide, you have friends. And we appreciate it.
PS-Thanks Cyberstreet too, for hanging with ENWorld as long as they did- we owe them one too...

 

[BiggusGeekus]

Seven and a half grand in only a few hours?

Daaaaaaaaaang!

Good job guys. And props to EXP.

-BG

Incidentally, count me in as another guy in favor of a "pledge week" every 4 or 6 months. Maybe work it like NPR does only perhaps X ammount of money gets you a freebie download or 10,000 ad impressions or something.

 

[gfunk]

Hey Morrus how about you pay for the host first and then take the rest and go on a little holiday with the Missus? You've earned it!!!

Great job and thanks for maintaining this site!! I've sent what I could to Eric's address.

 

[The Sigil]

PS-Thanks Cyberstreet too, for hanging with ENWorld as long as they did- we owe them one too...

Seconded.

If Cyberstreet wasn't so nice, I'd be tempted to say, "shut THIS down!" In fact, I kind of wish they WERE mean so I could say it. Oh well.

Ok, I'm off to bed... can't wait to see what's going on in the morning.

--The Sigil

 

[Pyske]

Any chance Joe is still around to give us one last update before bedtime?

 

[Ao the Overkitty]

Well, you've got $20 from me and orchid_blossom.

We be poor. ^_^

 

[Morrus]

Every time I look at this thread, I'm amazed yet again. I have absolutely no doubt that EN World is the best online community on the internet. Frankly, I've never seen anything like this response, and I'm completely taken aback.

I'm off to bed now, since it's 5am. I'm glad to say that I am going to bed unworried - a big change from just a few short hours ago.

Just so you know what's going on, we've easily covered the debt, we *may* spend some of it upgrading the actual server, and we've covered hosting fees for the immediate future. Also covered are ENnies shipping fees (which have been outstanding since before Gen Con) and the cost of making the awards themselves. Simply put, we've gotten EN World (and me, thank god!) out of debt!

In the morning, the folks at Expeditious Retreat Press will be making a payment to Cyberstreet. We'll pay them about $2000 for now - the debt plus a couple of months' hosting, which gives us breathing space to work out exactly what we're going to to longterm.

So, thank you from the bottom of my heart! You don't know how much of a relief it is to go, in a few short hours, from "How will I ever pay this off?" to "Let's see how many months in advance we can pay!".

G'night all! I'll see you tomorrow!