gogoblender 2,638 Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Hello everyone We have been asked for a few years now by our members how they could help out with hosting and other costs that have come to the sites. Pride being what it is, we have always wanted to keep the site as much about creativity as possible, while leaving the mundane and grays of life out, like bills and costs, as much out of the picture as possible. For four out of our five years, costs of the site were easy and felt as good to pay as perhaps a heavier weight lifted in a gym with the feeling of accomplishment that comes from a good success. SacredWiki and DarkMatters' particularly large jump in readership over the last year has had us have to look carefully at what we could do with what we've got with the people we want to share our time and future with regarding the games we love to share, and the stories we want to tell. We're not a big fan of the "donation" model for helping collect money to run websites, and like much better the idea of offering products from the sites that will offer some value and fun for members to enjoy the time they spend on the forum and SacredWiki. Donate as little or as much as you wish. The new pay pal buttons are easy to use and are famous for accessibility to a large demographic. Of course, we can't ever let things be simple, and so have tried to put together some nice subscription packages chock full of goodies to have you show off your DarkMatters swag to others with. click to get a supporting members badge now! All of the subscriptions come with all the same following goodies, the only exception being that differing amounts give the subscription out for differing periods of time. Subscription costs - Your choice as to what you choose to donate which give you: Spiffy and unique Schot-Crafted Supporting Member Badge Increase in avatar size from 120 x 120 to 150 x 150 Increase in PM storage to, stand back folks... 200 pms! Unique group title Distinct group color As running costs for the two sites almost hit 500.00 CAD last year, we are hoping that money raised this way with the proud showing of a loyalty badge can help pay for this year's round of : Hosting costs for two sites Two photobucket pro accounts for the wiki and this site Url registrations Yearly renewal of license for IPB Boards Map upload fees IPB Wiki bridge - renewal of software to integrate management of SacredWiki and DarkMatters We also want to thank everyone here at this site who have already contributed, and who now wear their supporter tags. If you have comments or ideas that you think can help us even more with this, please don't hesitate to post on this topic here:What is a Supporting Member Our site supporters are already there, the party has started, please come join us! gogo Link to comment
Schot 404 Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 As gogo so well put we're excited by the support that you guys have shown us. Many thanx to all! We have a fair number of changes in the works which we're very excited to get underway. I think we're all able to say that DarkMatters has been enjoying a sure and steady rate of maturity and has managed to remain a comfy home. To me that's how I've gotten to feel about DarkMatters. It isn't the "Website of DarkMatters" to me. It's the "House of DarkMatters". I think our kind of house is a unique one as websites go. While many websites that I've known generally have a single distinct strength we have several. Designers, mathematicians, diplomatic specialists and the most wonderful story tellers. Not to mention the many chefs! It seems DarkMatters could go in any direction at any time. That's something I find pretty cool. So many of us have been here from DarkMatters' infancy and grown up with it. The quality of all who reside here do much for DarkMatters' reputation and it's something I'm extremely proud of. It's a digital safe haven. A Utopia even, as far as I see it and to reach a level of quality and care within a group of people is something to be cherished and nurtured. As with every growing family ours too needs to eat so to speak. In past years, where the house has been more quiet, gogo and I have and enjoyed taking care of things. Finding suitable hosting, picking up extra resources. Some of which were just for fun but great utilities none the less like our Maplib account that hosts the Sacred maps. We'd like to keep doing that. Finding new and cool things to make our house distinct that is. Our supporting members badges will certainly help us do more of that. Cheers gang! Brad 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Updated... There is a new link at the top of the forum "Become a supporting member" which leads you to the link Get a badge Link in first post now active again for anyone wishing to purchase a supporting member badge for DarkMatters/SacredWiki Thanks everyone here for helping out as a Supporting Member these many years! gogo Link to comment
WallsOfJericho 15 Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 (edited) I can't make donate from Russia. Our country is out of list Edited October 10, 2017 by WallsOfJericho Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted October 10, 2017 Author Share Posted October 10, 2017 Alexander, thank you for wanting to help out and support the site!! I just saw your picture, and you're right, it seems to mean that from the drop down being generated from our widget it's not showng Russia. I did some checking around, and found the Russian site for Paypal... https://www.paypal.com/ru/webapps/mpp/home If you logged in there would you be able to send to sacredwiki@darkmatters.org? gogo Link to comment
Jacek 19 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Hi guys, I love RPGs, I really like Sacred and this site that u guys run I just made a small (monthly) donation to the cause via paypal...it is really small but atm we are on a budget (small one too let me add ) anyway, keep up a good work cheers! 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 22 hours ago, Jacek said: Hi guys, I love RPGs, I really like Sacred and this site that u guys run I just made a small (monthly) donation to the cause via paypal...it is really small but atm we are on a budget (small one too let me add ) anyway, keep up a good work cheers! Thrilling having you here on the boards jacek!! I’ve been reading about your Adventures with this game and everyone you have met up with on this board it’s always satisfying to meet up with people who love his game as much as we do I’ll be happy to add your badge on the soon as I get home in a week thank you for thinking of us as a Contributor. The size of your donation is Absolutely perfect. Thank you ❤️ Gogo Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted December 20, 2017 Author Share Posted December 20, 2017 On 2017-12-16 at 5:36 PM, Jacek said: Hi guys, I love RPGs, I really like Sacred and this site that u guys run I just made a small (monthly) donation to the cause via paypal...it is really small but atm we are on a budget (small one too let me add ) anyway, keep up a good work cheers! You got your new badge Jacek.. thanks for the support, once again Welcome to darkmatters! ? gogo Link to comment
Jacek 19 Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I saw the badge. Looks really nice. Thank you Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted January 2, 2018 Author Share Posted January 2, 2018 FireSt0rm, thank you for your purchase! It comes timely this year as its about time for us to pay down the servers costs for both the websites and licensing on our software. I'm happy you found us, and are enjoying your time on the boards. Let that shiny badge show And welcome to DarkMatters! gogo Link to comment
Serboi 29 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 I've sent my small contribution for now, just to see if it works. Regards! Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 14 minutes ago, Serboi said: I've sent my small contribution for now, just to see if it works. Regards! I just saw it, this is awesome, thanks Serboi for your support. You now stand on your posts with a cool new shiny Supporting Member Badge and new Yellow Group Member Color! gogo 1 Link to comment
NuketTunaKeles 2 Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 My dear community I love to become support member! I wish to can effort more love you all my Ancaria family xxx The prt sc my automatic payment every month with my paypal My oficial name is Nicky Mckay Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted June 1, 2018 Author Share Posted June 1, 2018 10 hours ago, NuketTunaKeles said: My dear community I love to become support member! I wish to can effort more love you all my Ancaria family xxx The prt sc my automatic payment every month with my paypal My oficial name is Nicky Mckay Nuket, thank you for supporting us! I'm sorry to get back to this so late, but I saw your post go up early in the morning and I was at work. We're delighted that you enjoy this game and have found love for our small community of Sacred lovers here at the far end of Ancaria. Your new shiny supporting members badge is now proudly affixed, and you now have a fabulous glow to your group color. Thank you for being here with us! gogo 1 Link to comment
NuketTunaKeles 2 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 On 6/2/2018 at 9:57 AM, gogoblender said: Nuket, thank you for supporting us! I'm sorry to get back to this so late, but I saw your post go up early in the morning and I was at work. We're delighted that you enjoy this game and have found love for our small community of Sacred lovers here at the far end of Ancaria. Your new shiny supporting members badge is now proudly affixed, and you now have a fabulous glow to your group color. Thank you for being here with us! I'm very proud with my badge, you deserve more my dear Ancaria family. Yes we love our game and will be always until you give up I'm with you lots of love from australia. I am trying to settle gold edition in my windows 10 so far just download steam but may need help just started but after freezing is ok I try to find a solution!!! gogo Link to comment
Spock 268 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 OK, I thought I would try this again and was elated when I saw there was a way to donate VIA credit card. I got all the way to the end only to find that it still requires a PayPal account. I have a PayPal account, but cannot remember the account information, refuse to create a new account, and just want to have a hassle-free way to donate ... Maybe next time. 1 Link to comment
Popular Post gogoblender 2,638 Posted June 6, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 6, 2018 6 hours ago, Spock said: OK, I thought I would try this again and was elated when I saw there was a way to donate VIA credit card. I got all the way to the end only to find that it still requires a PayPal account. I have a PayPal account, but cannot remember the account information, refuse to create a new account, and just want to have a hassle-free way to donate ... Maybe next time. Thanks Spock for thinking about us. We've found however that PayPal seems to be the safest and trusted way to send money as so many of our members are from all over the globe. Don't worry about the supporting my friend just your presence and wry sense of humor is enough gogo p.s. we do however accept gold bars and fine quality cheeses by mail 1 1 Link to comment
Spock 268 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 16 hours ago, gogoblender said: ... p.s. we do however accept gold bars and fine quality cheeses by mail Hmm, I will have to see if I still have my Ensign bars lying around somewhere ... 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 8 hours ago, Spock said: Hmm, I will have to see if I still have my Ensign bars lying around somewhere ... Spock, you big teddy bear Thanks for making this happen And... I was actually able to dig out a very rare "Fellowship Supporting Member" tag from way way back when... it's a cool forest green color, not many here have it. Thanks again... enjoy the badge gogo Link to comment
NuketTunaKeles 2 Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) nothing help me steam have issue with compatibility I miss my sacred 2 I didn't liked sacred 3 plss plss Edited June 22, 2018 by NuketTunaKeles I done sacred 2 but still dailing with sacred 2 Gold Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted June 12, 2018 Author Share Posted June 12, 2018 yah sacred 2 was a dud There some topics here in DarkMatters where players were discussing why they found it so dissapointing gogo 1 Link to comment
Popular Post DreDBanGeR 32 Posted June 12, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 12, 2018 (edited) I'm pretty sure you mean sacred 3 gogo Edited June 13, 2018 by DreDBanGeR 2 Link to comment
rm3000 85 Posted June 13, 2018 Share Posted June 13, 2018 (edited) If Cthulhublender says 2, it's 2! ilyaa n'gha mnahn' hlirgh /me bows down and crawls back into his hole Edited June 13, 2018 by rm3000 1 Link to comment
gogoblender 2,638 Posted June 13, 2018 Author Share Posted June 13, 2018 11 hours ago, DreDBanGeR said: I'm pretty sure you mean sacred 3 gogo 4 hours ago, rm3000 said: If Cthulhublender says 2, it's 2! ilyaa n'gha mnahn' hlirgh /me bows down and crawls back into his hole LOL... these early early morning posts at 5 30 am will be the end of me ... indeed 3...three...threeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee gogo 1 Link to comment
CapnTucker 29 Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 OK, I just became a supporting member. When will I get the spiffy logo underneath my avatar, and the larger avatar size? Link to comment
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