(01-06-2015, 11:51 AM)tush Said: When you say donors, does that mean someone who consistently donates? Because I'm not sure if I will be able to do that IF I donate anyway.

There's only 1 person on the roster who consistently donates, so no I didn't mean everybody on the roster consistently, but if everyone on the roster actually was trying to help out when asked (or at least the vast majority) I probably wouldn't even have these issues going on right now. There's a large majority who have never donated even once. I am currently in a position where all size donations actually help... the amount of money that would make a difference here is very small, actually. I'm not asking for thousands of dollars to magically appear. lol 2 months ago I was doing a little better and wasn't even asking for donations at all. The last time I even really brought up donations was back when we were trying to save up for the big server switch and some of the plugins and advertising I was investing in back then... which was many months ago. I'd like to be able to know that in a time of need, I can count on the members of the fed, and that they realize I am the reason the site exists and stays up even if I don't currently get too involved from IC and storyline standpoints these days.

(01-06-2015, 12:14 PM)TJ Wallace Said: Wow, um.... this this really sucks. I never saw you like this, dude. It sucks, it really does. I donated but that was only like 10$ that's a movie ticket in Virginia. I can try harder, just to help.

See, that makes me sick to my stomach that you'd have to spend your last $10 and you still are willing to try even harder, when there are people who are doing ok with money or who have full time jobs, and have done nothing to help. This is unfair to people like you, and it makes me feel bad. Having only $10 and then donating that $10 to the fed means you donated 100% of the money you had on hand at the time, and as far as I know you don't even have a source of income... yet you still helped. That means more to me than you'll ever know. Imagine if everyone looked at what they had available and tried to come up with a generous percentage of what they have that day? Sure, some will be only 5 or 10 bucks but others would be much higher if everyone had this same outlook.

It's very troubling how some of the people who have donated, not just TJ, are actually working with incredibly small amounts and they still manage to donate... but certain other people who are doing fine will never even acknowledge that the help is being asked for. Very unbalanced and unfair to those who do pitch in, which is why when I make my full return I am going to massively tip the features and "extras" into the direction of donors only. There are many websites and forums online who already do this, so if anything, I'm way behind...

Again, thank you to those who are working with very little but still donated a large percentage of what they had. It really does mean a lot to me.