New Server Drive - donation and prize thread (Final total: $13,310!)

[NewJeffCTHome]

Only if it includes embarrassing photos.

Five days. $11,000. A cubic buttload of prizes. We did it!

We'll have a smaller fundraiser every year around this time, I suspect, for folks who want to participate - but this cash will buy us quite a new server. Holy cow, I can't wait.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Congratulations on making it to Platinum.

I have no clue on this server stuff, but how long will it take to get your new dual servers up & running? Just curious, as sometimes when I browse, it has gone really slow in the past. I'm looking forward to the faster speed.

 

[Piratecat]

No promises yet, Jeff, but we're hoping by the first of the year.

 

[Piratecat]

I sent my check ($30.00) Friday afternoon, wanted to see if you rec'd it yet (only coming from upstate NY)

An excellent question! Checks were received today from:

Umbran
Wolf72
(Anonymous)
Crothian
Nakia
Cthulhu's Librarian
Raging Epistaxis
Steve Jung
Steveroo
NTZ
Guy in Tacoma WA (no EN World ID!)
Robert in Addison (no EN World ID!)

Guy and Robert, if you have a chance drop me an email with your user name (if any.) Thanks!

 

[mythusmage]

P. Kitty, I recommend setting up an ongoing donation drive. For hosting, server upgrades, and new servers down the road. I can put in $10.00 on a monthly basis, and I wouldn't be surprised if others could add to that. That way ENWorld would have an emergency fund, just in case.

Oh, I got the new update for 93games' Swing Bundle (downloading as I type). Thing is, I never bought the original. Looks like some people are doing "stealth" prizes. If you bought a copy, see about getting the update. It's a 16 meg download BTW. If you got an unexpected goodie in your email from RPGNow, be aware it might have something to do with your donating to the cause.

Last, but certainly not least, as a long time 'contributor' to ENWorld my thanks to all who donated. And to all who have contributed in their own way to this community

 

[Master Gunns]

Donation outbound!

Pirate Cat,
Donation out via PayPal.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Money is tight with my upcoming wedding and building a new house but I'll put in $10US. Sorry I couldn't donate more. I figure the dollar/per EN World hour ratio I get is so low that I'm basically donating nothing anyway!

You should receive it in about 4 hours when I get home from work.

Oh, and as I am in Australia, I am happy only to be considered for the PDF prizes.

Thanks,

Olaf the Stout

 

[Teflon Billy]

...I am going to buy a Dungeon Crawl Classic from Goodman Games...

Pick up Aerie of the Crow God if you are just getting one, it's awesome.

 

[Vigwyn the Unruly]

Pick up Aerie of the Crow God if you are just getting one, it's awesome.

I bought that one as well as Dragonfiend Pact. I'm really looking forward to running them! (Edit: Maybe I'll run one of them as a PbP game on the new super-fast servers )

Thanks again to all the publishers that pitched in on this.

 

[rapt0r]

$25 sent via PayPal today. Wish it were more, but I'm on a student budget, and I have to go out and buy Logic 7 this weekend. :\

 

[Umbra]

A big thank you to Mark Clover at Creative Mountain Games for the donation prize - the revised SRD 3.5 bundle. I'm impressed! Being able to wish around all the pdf's using links is brilliant. I've been putting off getting a laptop (I share a pc with my partner) but now I have to. This will be a great resource at the table and for preparation.

Hey, Piratecat. Perhaps another thread where people can gush about the prizes they receive.

Thank you again Mark for supporting ENWorld and the prize.