Since I don't have very deep pockets, we'll have to get some donations going if we want to be able to set up a collocated server.
I've been thinking of ways we can give some incentive to donate, and here's my list of ideas so far...
1. Make a "hall of fame" vgui panel in ULX. Or maybe more like credits where it would include us and the donators
2. Let donators (in servers running ulx) pick the color of their chat text. (Can we do this without setting them on a new team?)
3. Give donators a small privilege in all ulx-running servers (I don't really like this idea...)
4. Donators get announced when they join
5. Donators get special privileges on our collocated server. (I like this one, as long as we make them know that they can't be abusive)
5. Ransom versions or features for ULX. For example, the user menu (adding/removing) would be a hot item which we could ransom.
I'm sure you guys will have some more ideas for this list
We could do a combination of ideas if we wanted.
I'm sure you're wondering how we would maintain the list of donators. We have two options here:
1. Push a list with ULX. This means donators have to wait for a new version of ULX before getting recognized.
2. Use ucurl to maintain a current list
Also, we'll definitely want a way for the server admin to disable donators' special priveledges (unless it's something like a vgui panel)
Thoughts?
I found this good resource on asking for donations:
http://franticindustries.com/blog/2006/12/10/5-great-ways-to-ask-for-a-donation/I think it's a great idea to make it very clear that we won't be making any money off this, and if we do manage to get a surplus, we'll give it back to the community somehow.
EDIT:Here's a fun idea, use a widget from chipin.com (Can be seen at right side of
this page) or a similar service in the forums and on our homepage.
