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Community A Codexian Fund-raiser

Discussion in 'RPG Codex News & Content Comments' started by DarkUnderlord, Nov 13, 2012.

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  1. DarkUnderlord Janitor

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    Tags: Cleveland Mark Blakemore; Codex Server Slush Fund; Grimoire; RPG Codex; Sir-Tech; Wizardry 8

    The time comes in a website's life when it needs to grow up and move to new premises. Premises that cost money. Today, that time has come for the Codex. However, there's other stuff happening too and so, due to the length of this proposal, the rest is over here.

    Here's the short version so we don't have a huge sticky here for the next month:

    1. We're trying to raise $2,500 for our Server Slush Fund.

    2. We'll also be bidding on some of the items in the Sir-Tech Auction (prices and items to be determined. Trust us).

    3. If we get enough spare cash (another $2,500), we'll throw some at Cleve's Indie-Go-Go Project.

    4. If we get a LOT of spare cash, it will be held for Future Codexian Purposes, like server space for my own web games and hookers. But mostly hookers for the Codex' benefit.

    5. Donors will get a special tag, ad-free status and other goodies (to be determined). MAKE SURE YOU ENTER YOUR USER NAME IN THE LITTLE NOTE BOX PEOPLE

    6. If you only wish to donate to a specific cause, say so in your donation note. This will all be handled manually anyway for now, so why not make it harder on me?

    DONATE HERE

    And enter your username / details here:

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    The future of the Codex rests in your hands. Now is the chance to take those hands and help the Codex. Our future rests on them!

    Read the full article: A Codexian Fund-raiser
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  2. Mrowak Cipher

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    Donated a couple of dollars. Not much because I don't like the idea of Cleve getting this money.

  3. LittleJoe Arbiter

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    How do I know you won't spend it on gold taps and hookers?

  4. Jaesun Fabulous Moderator Patron

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    You can specify where the money goes. Did you see the picture above?

  5. Mrowak Cipher

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    Yep, I did exactly as advertised (i.e. I wrote "anything, but Cleve!!"). ;)

  6. Mrowak Cipher

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    You cannot know. You can *hope*. Hope is a funny concept.

  7. Infinitron RPG Codex Staff Patron

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    I delegate my job to Phelot. :smug:

    Codex F2P micropayments :eek:
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  8. oldmanpaco Master of Siestas

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    Which happens first - Project Eternity gets released or DU finishes Codex 3.0?
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  9. mindx2 Prophet Patron

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    Well, I'll be donating especially to get the Sir-Tech stuff. I don't mind being the bidder/ scanner/ holder of the Codex Museum Archives/ whatever and really look forward to looking through those docs! :obviously:

  10. Infinitron RPG Codex Staff Patron

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    Good idea - we can be sure you won't get fingerprints on them. :troll:
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  11. mindx2 Prophet Patron

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    Without fingers you'll just have to guess what else I use. :troll:
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  12. Infinitron RPG Codex Staff Patron

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    :excellent:
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  13. maverick Savant Patron

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    #13
    Geez. Gotta stop browsing the codex! As of late, it has got a strange behavior of siphoning my money away :confused:

  14. Humanity has risen! Magister Patron

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    If only there was a non PayPal way to donate I would right away. I refuse to use it ever since they held up thousands of dollars of pay for weeks, from freelance work I did a long while ago.
    Last edited by Humanity has risen!, Nov 14, 2012  

  15. OldSkoolKamikaze Liturgist Patron

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    Hopefully some of this money goes to fix that cloud flare shit.

  16. Taluntain Most Frabjous

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    If we get a good enough server, you should never see the "CF shit" again.

    Most likely.

    Possibly.

    Ok, maybe.

  17. MaskedMan Sex God

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    Is cloudflare some kind of mafia scheme? This sure doesn't seem like "protection" and "supercharging" to me. :mad:

  18. Taluntain Most Frabjous

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    Protection money ring a bell? :smug:
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  19. RK47 No time like the present Patron

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    i will not be bullied into giving away my money.

  20. Taluntain Most Frabjous

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    That's what she said...

  21. evdk comrade troglodyte Patron

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    So was this really a site performance maintenance or were you just testing the new popamole animated status message?

  22. Pike Literate

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    I would be willing to donate a modest amount for this fundraiser if you let me use something besides paypal. Had to get my credit card to do a chargeback on them so I can't use it anymore. Skrill/moneybookers?

  23. Taluntain Most Frabjous

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    I'm sure DU will be happy to accept your fat checks. PM him.

  24. SlavemasterT Liturgist

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    Well, I may have to since paypal didn't accept my primary credit card (for reasons unknown), my secondary cc was somehow out of date without me having gotten my replacement automatically, and my tertiary one is shit and I don't want to even try to use it because the company behind it is a bunch of assholes.

    This is a roundabout, drunken way of asking whether there's any common, easy explanation for why paypal didn't accept my normal credit card in the first place. It's just a normal visa, and I've had it for years and it's worked fine (and I've used it on paypal before, too)

  25. LundB Up in the Air

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    Hey guys I have a riddle:
    Why are 9/11 and the recent DDoS attacks on the Codex pretty much the same?

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  26. OldSkoolKamikaze Liturgist Patron

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    That damn message changed every 10 minutes or so.
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