Why don't you earn some money on this forum?

[foxgamer]

I am curious as to why you are not using google ads on this forum to earn extra money towards development of PS? As they say, every little helps, and being as popular as you are, the little could be quite a lot!

[Karyuu]

Ads are ugly and annoying Besides, we don't need any money for development. There's really nothing we could do with it, and even current donations are for emergencies (like forum/website/server hosting) or future random tools we may want to look into.

[foxgamer]

I see. That's okay. I just thought I would mention it as some boards overlook the extra revenue, but if you only have money for emergencies and stuff, then I guess it doesn't really matter. lol.

[Coneitic]

you guys should take away the donations page then.

[neko kyouran]

it wasn't there for the longest time.  people kept asking for one, so they gave in and added one.  no where do you see the project asking for money, nor will you. 

[Coneitic]

you wouldnt need/want/accept donations if you had ads. and frankly i think if you all had a bonus coming your way you might try a little harder.

[Xordan]

you wouldnt need/want/accept donations if you had ads. and frankly i think if you all had a bonus coming your way you might try a little harder.

umm no? Money just means more pressure which means less enjoyment, and enjoyment is the very reason the devs stick around in most cases.
As Karyuu said, Ads are ugly and annoying.

[neko kyouran]

there would still be people asking if they could donate.  it has already been stated that ads are ugly, intrusive, and pointless in a game designed completely on donated time and equipment, made for the fun of making it. 

you have no idea how hard these devs work and how much effort they put forth to create this game.

this is your final warning conny, any more defamatory remarks from you about the dev team or this project, and i shall show you the same door you came through to get here, and ask that you leave.  you have worn out your welcome.

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Seems xor decided to say the same thing in fewer words.  nevertheless, my warning still stands.  you are treading on very thin ice.

[miadon]

Flash:
http://uploads.ungrounded.net/302000/302922_saysomethingwhat.swf

main info page:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/302922

[Coneitic]

Join us in making a free mmorpg a reality! Click the button below and contribute to PlaneShift creation.

On the paypal page, be sure to specify a feature or area that you would like to see expanded or improved in "Payment For" field.

does this mean people who donate are more inclined to be listened to than the ones who dont?

[Suvok]

Its probably to give the devs an idea of what the donated money was intended for.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

[Xordan]

Its probably to give the devs an idea of what the donated money was intended for.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

You're right Donations have no (afaik) affect on what we work on. Not for me anyway

[acraig]

I am curious as to why you are not using google ads on this forum to earn extra money towards development of PS? As they say, every little helps, and being as popular as you are, the little could be quite a lot!

Our operating costs at the moment are very minimal so there is no worries there.  I think the forums cost me $6 a month which I think I can pay without much problem....

The only thing that we would use money for is to either:
a) Buy some hardware ( like me a Mac so I can test there )
b) Buy software for artists/developers. 

But as is stands now we use a lot of free tools or tools that we have purchased anyways for our own use.   The only way money would lead to serious development is if it was serious money ( ie a full time salary ).

[Coneitic]

The only way money would lead to serious development is if it was serious money ( ie a full time salary ).

ha, well said.

[saladasalad]

I've been wondering about the business side of PS. I read somewhere that Atomic Blue is a non-profit org, is that right? I hate the idea of google ads but donations are cool, acraig shouldn't have to pay for the forums hosting every month (even if it is only 6 bucks). Domain name registering could be paid for by the npo, and if donations piled up the team could even hire freelance devs to do some boring and time-consuming jobs (I'm not a coder but I imagine that there are those type of jobs to be done ) Or maybe some advertising.

Have a look at the Metabrainz site which is the npo that runs Musicbrainz. The project director even manages to pull a small salary.