[Collection] Your Ideas for a SRO Server

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Originally Posted by IceAmStiel Owning a server implies i.a. stressful days, dissatisfaction of various players whenever you perform an update, dealing with complaints about trifles, lack of free time due to the required dedication, gossip, verbal offensives and continuous worries about the servers condition. Do you honestly expect somebody to willingly pay for such conveniences? Taking donations to at least compensate the costs has nothing to do with the dedication to your players.

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Originally Posted by Creationist If you can't afford to do it, don't do it. I'm not saying people will definitely pay for it without taking donations, but if you yourself are taking the role as a Server Owner, you can expect to have stressful days, arrogant people, etc. It's just part of the job.

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Originally Posted by WickedNite You are talking about 2 situations, make up your mind woman.

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Originally Posted by Creationist But when you think about it, it all comes down to one situation. If you can't afford to pay for protection and will be relying on donations, for better or worse you should just not open a server - for everybody elses sake.

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Originally Posted by WickedNite You are one complex child, do you want to understand that NO ONE will spend monthly $500 just for a few players to play and get nothing in return? Well this is how simple I could put it, if you don't understand ....

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Originally Posted by Creationist I know that, that wasn't my point :D owners who accept donations (and get a lot of them) quickly turn greedier and greedier - then they eventually shut down their server -> spend their profit -> re-open -> repeat

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Originally Posted by IceAmStiel So instead they should reject donations to lose money until they're forced to close the server due to them being broke :confused:

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Originally Posted by Nezekan yes

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Originally Posted by IceAmStiel I just became enlightened