I agree with Celsius. This is a stupid idea. End of the day these people are DONATING to the server. Getting anything back other than server uptime is an added bonus.
Nah that's way too naive my friend. Nobody "donates" anymore. It's all about buying and selling; making profit and gaining advantage. Nobody spends hundreds of £ in a month on a private server in the hope that it will stay up longer.
Celsius said:So what you're really saying is, you're going to tell people how much of their own money they should spend on servers?
Absolutely ridiculous imo.
No. As I already said, it gives players the opportunity to make a decision before even having to download a client and waste hours/days before they realise a certain server resolves around donations. Whether that be para rings at the stupid cost of £100, or because para rings are only £2.50 and the server is overrun with them. It's still entirely their choice.
Bon said:If u really wanted to try "protect" the LOMCN community, you should have a rule that no server is allowed to take any form of donation until after 1 month. I know 1 month isnt a long time, but it proves that there is some kind of stability there. most the money grabbing servers dont last a month, so they'd be out straight away.
Then there's the story of "oh but i cant afford a dedi payment even for 1 month". I've thought about that one before, there are flaws in every solution.