Important Information Regarding MSRemake.com - Success!

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I'd just like to say that thanks to all of your donations the site is now paid for in full for the next two and a half years! Thanks to everyone who donated!

Hello all, Kuroneko here...

MSRemake.com has been running for almost 4 years now. Originally created back in 2005 by a couple of old school guys who played (and illegally modded) the old Master Sword back in the day. We had just managed to con one of the old developers to hand over the source code aswell as the source to many of the original maps.

At first, all we did was tinker around with the little things. Fixed a few of the minor bugs and threw in a half-arsed magic system. When it came right down to it, we were just ecstatic to be able to play with some of the inner workings of the game that we had abused years before.

Out first break came when Dogg, the (as far as many of us are concerned) original coder, approached us and offered to work on the code again for Master Sword Continued. Suddenly, many of the big bugs vanished, a real magic system was made, all sorts of new features were being added left and right. And all was right with the world.

Around that same time we managed to get a few talented artists on the team. Ewok, ConArtist among others got many of the maps and models up to par with what Half-Life players expect to see on GoldSource now-a-days. We started throwing out eye candy and the community grew more and more by the day.

On New Years Eve 2005 we fininally got the first full release out the door and (as Monty Python put it) there was much rejoicing. People were having fun exploring a world that was much like they knew before but at the same time so different than what they had before. Most maps had been completely overhauled, enemies acted a little different than they remember ("Hey, why is that skeleton getting back up?"), and entirely new areas were opened up. Helena was no longer under constant siege, and Deralia was no longer just a name.

About nine months after the release of 1.0, the project was handed off the Thothie to continue expanding and fixing MSC and once again abusing it into what it is today (no offense intended to any of you, it's what we did to the ones before us, it's what we expected of you :D)

But enough about the history, here is my current plight. During the entirety of the site being online, I have been paying for this site out of my own pocket. Recently, due to forces beyond my control, my finances have taken a turn for the worst. Sadly, I am unable to continue keeping this site online by myself and will have to let the server rental lapse in August.
However, there is hope. Also for the entirely of the site being online, there has been a donation link. During that time I have received 15USD in donations from two people. Sadly, that doesn't quite offset the amount it costs to run the site (which is closer to 10x that, per year). What this all boils down to is if I can raise 150USD in donations in the next two months, I can keep the site going. If not, it will have to go dark. :(

Please donate to MSRemake.com, 100% of the donations received go to keeping this site online. Please don't let this site die out after it's nearly 4 years history of keeping RPG gaming alive on the GoldSource engine.
 

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Re: Important Information Regarding MSRemake.com

More to come when I cash my paycheck (tomorrow or so).

If you are unable to raise funds, another option could be to move the information to epic-name, but proper funding is obviously the better option.
 

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Lucky for you, I actually have a job now. Expect a donation soon.
 

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My paypal is pretty empty right now, but I'll try to get some money and donate again.
 

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Currently not employed so I can't spare any money at the moment. As soon as I move, I'll be getting a job and setting up a paypal account to donate a little cash hopefully.
 

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Re: Important Information Regarding MSRemake.com

Was actually looking at sending 10 bucks and reserving a slot across a 3 TF2 server community.

However, this seems like money better spent :D.
 

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Can we haz apostle itamz?


But srsly, I'll cough up some $$.

EDIT: Donated $30...So I can cheat like what, three times now? :p
 

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Re: Important Information Regarding MSRemake.com

hmm... that should have been 20 bucks not 15... I know that TWO people donated via force to get there account back and it was at 10 bucks a pop.

Someone sent me and edited e-mail.
 

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Re: Important Information Regarding MSRemake.com

Blasto121 said:
hmm... that should have been 20 bucks not 15... I know that TWO people donated via force to get there account back and it was at 10 bucks a pop.

Someone sent me and edited e-mail.

Yeah, I went back and looked through my records and counted two donations totally 15USD

On a related note, big thanks to Sabre and MiB we're already the bulk of the way there! I wasn't expecting such large donations, figured we'd be 5 dollaring it the whole way :p
 

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Blasto121 said:
hmm... that should have been 20 bucks not 15... I know that TWO people donated via force to get there account back and it was at 10 bucks a pop.

Someone sent me and edited e-mail.

Nando.
 

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Donate I has donez
 

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Kuroneko said:
Blasto121 said:
hmm... that should have been 20 bucks not 15... I know that TWO people donated via force to get there account back and it was at 10 bucks a pop.

Someone sent me and edited e-mail.

Yeah, I went back and looked through my records and counted two donations totally 15USD

I sent one donation about a year ago of $15 so thats odd.
 

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I donated some, how much have you gotten so far?
 

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Otta consider switching from citrex hosting to namecheap. It's cheaper, and I've heard good things about it.
 

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$20.
 

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So we got, 15(old) + 30(Sabre) + 30(MiB) + 10(Me) + 20(P) = 105$ now?
 

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im pretty sure i donated 10$ on mario's behalf a few months ago. i think you got that one right?
 

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I donated 40, not 30
 

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Re: Important Information Regarding MSRemake.com

As of 3:45pm EDT I have received the following donations...

(I'm leaving names off to protect people's right to anonymity)

40
30
10
10
25
20
80
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215USD

So we've hit our goal, and then some. I'm honestly not sure what to do with the excess money other than bank it for next year. Could always keep raising money and get a real dedicated game server :p Anyone have a good idea other than banking?
 

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Holy sh!t, someone donated $80?!
 

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Use extra money to get some professional help/media for MS:S >_>
 

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Who says the money will stop flowing? >_>
 
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