Freddy Servers closing

[Poag]

Thats right..i'm currently some £400 short for the server renewal.

As such the servers will be closing on the 12th on december.

With the servers full every night of the week and ranked 52 and 93 in the world for popularity i would have expected too receive more donations, sadly this has not occured and i can''t afford too pay for the servers n my own again.

It was good while we had them.
Anyone who has donated too the new server cycle will get there money back too there paypal account.

 

[Aada]

Thats right..i'm currently some £400 short for the server renewal.

As such the servers will be closing on the 12th on december.

With the servers full every night of the week and ranked 52 and 93 in the world for popularity i would have expected too receive more donations, sadly this has not occured and i can''t afford too pay for the servers n my own again.

It was good while we had them.
Anyone who has donated too the new server cycle will get there money back too there paypal account.

I know how you feel... tried this on the other BF games.. everyone gets something out of it except you..

 

[throdgrain]

Same ol story :/ Sorry to hear it mate. I would donate, if only I played BF2 ...
Come on you bastards out there, give this man some money !

 

[ECA]

post in the server motd for donations?
^^;;
I dont play BF2 but hope you get it.

 

[Turamber]

Gale, keep my donation -- very good value for money for the service provided imo. Sorry to hear that people aren't coughing up the readies. Tight bastages!

 

[rich xr]

right

how much would it cost to keep it running

what sort of donation would be required
ive got 4-6 people who will put a donation in but also depends on how much

i dont want to see freddys go under as its one of the best servas out there

so could you please let me know either here or pm gale

thanks

 

[Poag]

Like it says in my post..i'm just under £400 short for the new quarter,

ECA..its been in the server messages since the servers went live, but seems too have gotten little action along the way

I'm pondering some ideas but it does currently appear that we will be closing them down..on the 6th..the 12th is incorrect.

 

[Trancor]

I will miss the servers. Same goes for me on the cash, you can keep mine. Had great fun.

 

[DaGaffer]

Can't you just cut back to one server? 'Tis a real shame; I haven't been playing much for the last few weeks but I was looking forward to some Special Forces fun on FH

Can keep my latest contrib too.

 

[TdC]

I haven't been playing much either, but fwiw I'm perfectly willing to donate so I can play up to closing time. I had lots of fun on teh FH servers, and that's worth something in my book.

 

[SAS]

I'll fire up a news post gale. Can you private message me some info about the servers and details on making donations?

 

[Redh3lix]

If it doesn't work out Poag, give Fronty and I a shout.

 

[Will]

Did Deebs not mention something about hosting, if you already had a server?

 

[Poag]

Trouble is.

The current server is a AMD 4000+ X2 with 2 gig of ram.

This server is powerful enough too run 2x64 man Bf2 1xFEAR 16 and a 32 man Quake 4 server...to get a server of that kind power woudl cost around £1800.

Hell i had a chat with Jup and Deebs about raising the money for our own FH server...kinda thought about it alot an decided against at the time...still it is something too think about i guess.

Next theres getting hold of a ranked Server licence, costs about £80 for single servers and EA really make you jump through hoops for it...but i know people who've done it.


I'm all for that plan in the logn run, as once we have the server theres no further costs involved aside the bandwidth and rack space which deebs has graciously offered.

Well i got a quote for this a while ago so i can check again too find out what it would cost now days...unless anyone knows any other good server suppliers??

 

[rich xr]

well

the ph33r clan would be willing to donate 40 quid each so thats 200 quid to keep the serva open

so surely theres more people who play the serva that should be donating to keep it going


any more info

from anyone

 

[throdgrain]

Well played Rich !

 

[Starman]

Indeed I'll happly donate more.

 

[Turamber]

Its been a long day and I'll happily admit that I'm not 100% with things, so apologies if I ask something stupid. But where are we now on the money needed situation Gale?

I am happy to pledge some more money (£50) to the server fund if you care to tally up how much you need.

Cheers.

 

[Poag]

i'm gonna work it out tonight.

but we are significantly closer now that we were this afternoon.


Things are looking much better

 

[TdC]

arrrr! I've donated again for another 3 months. hope the server stays up if not, keep the change matey, I had fun there

*blows dust off bf2 cdrom*

 

[Poag]

Well, after a pretty funny ngiht and some hard work put in by the ph33r boys [/pats ph33r boys] we are now less than £100 short of the renewal cost as it was.


I've just sent a mail too MPUK too confirm whats due waiting on that now

 

[rich xr]

well that didnt take long to sort did it

just goes to show that if players want to keep using the serva then they have to help out as well

surely the last 100 quid wont take long

so far 3 of us have paid up the other two just waiting for paypal clearence and theyll pay up aswel

glad we can help mate

 

[Turamber]

Remind us how/where to send payment please Gale

 

[Jupitus]

Folks: If we can get enough people 100% committed to paying a certain amount to 'rent' the server over the next few months, then maybe I can front the money to get the hardware needed in situ with Deebs' hosting it, thus putting an end to the cycle of rentals?

Not a promise, just a thought..... feedback please

 

[TdC]

FreddyStock

I'm up for some.

 

[SAS]

Set up a Freddy direct debt? I'd be happy to throw some money per month towards a game server

 

[MYstIC G]

Think you'd be better off going down a "get peeps to throw money in a pot and pay once a year" route. Most server rentals for 12 months are heavily discounted compared to paying monthly, plus that way cash in first means nobody has to front anything and get burned.

 

[Poag]

Like the news just said,

We now have enough too keep the servers going.

Thanks all who donated over the past week, Rest assured you will get a pat on the back when theres a meet

 

[Jupitus]

Rest assured you will get a pat on the back when theres a meet

.... and Poag's C4 up yer backside in the meantime

 

[Sideshow-Bob]

ok guys .. i know i am a week late .. and i am not much of a forum poster . and this is my first ever post here and i stumbled onto this post by typing in the word DONATE into the search. I want to donate to you guys... but i cant find any links onto where to send it to .. I like the server and the last thing i want is for it to close ... i used to run a day of defeat server and i know what it is like to have to pay for it all by yourself ,.. thats why i closed it ... so OK .. .let me know on where i am sending it to .. that way this may ensure that you dont have a similar problem next quater.,.