2019 TLO Donations Drive

Started by Jenson, January 08, 2019, 10:55:03 AM

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Jenson

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TLO Donations Drive 2019

Hello everyone,

It's come time again for TLO to open its arms unto you and issue forth this plea: Although we enjoy providing you with the servers, games and events that you love, there is a cost involved. We rely on your donations to keep up with operating expenses!

Here's a breakdown of our annual costs:

RPG-X Server Hosting (2 severs) @ $10/mo: $120/ year
Web Hosting @ $112.39/ year
Domain Name: $12.16/ year
Domain Protections: $2.88/ year

Total Regular Yearly Expenditures: $247.43/ year
Current Budget Reserve: $161.63

...and that doesn't include incidental expenditures, or expenditures in the case of an emergency (which we've had in the past).

The Last Outpost doesn't have ads. We don't monetize any of the services we provide in any way. Nobody in the Cabinet gets paid *sniff*. We're here because we love it, and we know you love it too - which is why we're asking now for your help.

Our goal for this drive, which will run from today and will close January 22nd, 2019 is $175 USD. This year's goal is much lower than previous years primarily due to the elimination of the Space Engineers' server which represented a significant portion of our budget. Also, since we had budgeted to run the server through last year, we end this year with a much larger budget surplus than usual. After conferring with the President, we agree that we can afford to draw on our surplus to help make our goal less this year while still leaving a very comfortable reserve fund for any unexpected emergencies (we'll be left with a reserve fund of around $90 if we meet our goal this year which is roughly 37% of our annual budget). Any amount higher than that goal will go up to continuing to build our reserve funds.

Donating is easy, just click here or on the many links on this and other pages and fill out the simple form. Via PayPal, we accept most currencies and all major credit cards. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me.

We also have an array of wonderful prizes that are on offer this year! These include:

-Freshly Roasted Coffee (Compliments of Rick and include shipping!)
-A key to the game Cause 3 XXL Edition (Courtesy of Dendo)
-A key to the game Half Life 2 (Courtesy of Scott Archer)
-A key to the game Sniper Elite 4 (Courtesy of Shoot)
-A key to the game 7 Days to Die (Courtesy of Shoot)
-A key to the game American Truck Simulator (Courtesy of Shoot)

Prizes will be offered to anyone who donates $5 or more towards the donations drive. The highest contributor will be offered their pick of a prize first, and we'll go down in order of amount donated. In the event that two people donate the same amount, I'll give the one who contributed first seniority in selecting a prize. Only one prize per donor.


I sincerely thank you in advance for your generosity in contributing to TLO. Your contributions help keep our community going--and for that, we all thank you! :)

THANK YOU TO THE DONERS WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED SO FAR THIS YEAR:

Andzzy: $50
Criminula: 20 Quid ($25.70)
The Investigator/Gregory House: $25
Shoot: $20
Shoot: $10
Shoot: 25 Euro ($26.07)
Callum: $28 (Pledged to pay in May)