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SnaKe
12-03-2006, 09:57 PM
In the 2+ years WiH has been in existence we have never actively sought donations. This quarter is different.

The Owners are not wealthy. They are regular guys with families to feed and bills to pay. The recent acquisitions of the latest servers have not been cheap. Even though they stay full they have not generated the contributions we need to support the community. Granted, last quarter was a big success thanks to Vortex’s generous donation of awesome prizes. But after that we may have gotten a little to confident in our ability to generate the needed funds to support the quality and number of servers we currently enjoy.

We also understand that Christmas is coming and a lot of ppl gave generously last quarter so this quarter it is tougher for ppl to donate. Even though we have over 2500 signed up members, in truth there are really only around 300 active members in the community. Although that is nothing to sneeze at we are still, so far, falling short this quarter. Clearly if we could average $10 per member there would be no problem.

We understand if you can’t donate and we don’t think any less of anyone who doesn’t. We all have different circumstances. So if you can help out, great! We would appreciate it.

We’ve also decided to push the drawing out to the end of the quarter instead of December 17th as previously announced. This will give ppl more time to donate.

As always for every $10 you donate you get 1 entry into the hat for our quarterly drawing. Donate $20 and get 2 entries; $30 gets you 3 entries and so on. So the more you donate the better your chances are of winning.

For this quarter’s prize the first name drawn will win a $100 newegg.com gift code and a reserved slot. We’ll also draw 2 additional names out of the hat for reserved slots. The reserved slots will be for all servers that have this feature and will be good until the next drawing.

Go here (http://www.warishellgaming.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12858) for more details on this quarter’s drawing.

z3speed4me
12-03-2006, 10:52 PM
i will be the first to say i love this place...i will throw in something when i get paid on thursday, i promise you that!!!

redish16
12-03-2006, 10:53 PM
Thanks for reminding me that I forgot to do something.

Done!

fellik
12-03-2006, 11:25 PM
I will try but i may not be able to as i only collect $5 per week... :( sorry...

Blis
12-04-2006, 04:08 AM
I cant donate regularly but you can have the £8.88 I have left in my paypal account from my prizefight winnings.

My email is myppaddress@hotmail.com
If I win the draw just keep the vouchers for next quarters drawing or give them to the next out of the hat.

EDIT: Anyone know how to get paypal to convert £'s into $'s ?

Satanic
12-04-2006, 08:41 AM
I don't even know how to donate.

orome
12-04-2006, 09:44 AM
I just sent a small contribution, realizing that since March, I've gotten a great benefit from having WiH on my favorites list and I haven't really paid my fair share. I play BF on WiH much, much more than I play WOW, and I give those guys $14/month! Puts it in perspective, I think. Keep up the good work.

Spapper/SpapperX

slacker_fse
12-04-2006, 01:15 PM
Dropped in my donation totally forgot about it thanks for the reminder

GroovyDude
12-04-2006, 01:38 PM
I don't even know how to donate.

Go to www.warishellgaming.com. The paypal link is on the upper right hand side.

You should be receiving my donation shortly.

LordBeer
12-04-2006, 02:15 PM
Sent mine in earlier. I hadn't seen this thread but IChix mentioned something about it in another thread and I realized I had forgotten..

himmyo
12-04-2006, 02:47 PM
How much to reserve a spot on the IO server?

DoctorToxn
12-04-2006, 05:46 PM
...For this quarter’s prize the first name drawn will win a $100 newegg.com gift code and a reserved slot. We’ll also draw 2 additional names out of the hat for reserved slots. The reserved slots will be for all servers that have this feature and will be good until the next drawing...
We are not selling reserved slots, altough, you can place as many entries as you want to try to win one.

himmyo
12-04-2006, 06:28 PM
Let's say you contribute several hundred dollars every quarter, I'm sure the owners will grant you a VIP pass (reserved slot) as a thank you for the large donations.

VIP passes are given out as a thank you gift to those who help populate our servers day in and day out.

VIP passes are also prizes for the quarterly drawings.

Other than that, there's no way to buy a VIP slot at all.

This is from Wihadmin.

SnaKe
12-04-2006, 10:11 PM
himmyo, That policy is being reviewed.

Thanks to all for helping out.

himmyo
12-05-2006, 03:16 AM
Either way I will go ahead and donate something to keep this server going.

[mAd]Dr.Death
12-05-2006, 05:27 AM
I'm going to finally try out that plasma donation stuff next week. If my blood pressure isn't too high, don't see why it would be, then those vampires will suck out my blood and give me $20. So I'll donate that first $20 to WiH.

Satanic
12-05-2006, 08:51 AM
If I can figure out PayPal I'll donate a little. What is the average donation?

SnaKe
12-05-2006, 06:29 PM
If I can figure out PayPal I'll donate a little. What is the average donation?I have kept a record of every donation from day one. I have to for the drawing. Over the 2+ years the average donation is $31.17.

Anything will be fine though. Thanks!

GroovyDude
12-05-2006, 07:22 PM
I have kept a record of every donation from day one. I have to for the drawing. Over the 2+ years the average donation is $31.17.

Anything will be fine though. Thanks!


Lol. thanks to my undiagnosed dilexia, the first time I read this I thought the average donation was $13.37:D

SnaKe
12-06-2006, 12:13 AM
Lol. thanks to my undiagnosed dilexia, the first time I read this I thought the average donation was $13.37:D
That would be wild!

lamah
12-11-2006, 02:43 PM
i know there's a link on the main page for donation

but alternatively, paying from within paypal, what is the registered email address?

SnaKe
12-11-2006, 08:25 PM
i know there's a link on the main page for donation

but alternatively, paying from within paypal, what is the registered email address?wihadmin@gmail.com