Donations Drive II: The Donatening! UPDATE: GOAL MET!

[Veritas]

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Dear TLO,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your generosity - we have met our $300 goal just one day shy of the end of the drive!

Prize distribution will commence tomorrow - I will update with a complete prize list tonight, but prizes include Star Trek collectable cards, Star Trek: Elite Force 2 (used) and The Trine Collection on Steam and multiple copies of Garry's Mod for Steam!. In addition, each donator will receive a personalized, signed letter of thanks from our illustrious President Jenson (via snail mail or e-mail) and will be granted Donator group access on the forums and Minecraft.

As a reminder, here's how prize drawings work: Each user gets one entry per $5 donated - so $10 = 2 entries, $15 = 3, etc (with a maximum of 10 entries or $50; some users who donated in a certain window may get double entries - if that is the case I will contact you). The drawing for each of our big prizes (the cards and games) will be random. If you win one item, you can win another, but your total entries will be cut by half each time (until you have less than one) to keep things fair for everyone else.

All donators will be receiving a PM requesting their mailing address and Steam name, for delivery of prizes and Presidential letters. This info will be used ONLY to deliver your prizes and not for ANY other purpose, we promise. All your personal information will be kept confidential.

Here's the semi-final donators' list (rounded to the nearest dollar)

• Spock - $30 (6 entries)
• Jim - $75 (10 entries)
• JohnF - $40 (8 entries)
• Russel Xokon - $15 (3 entries)
• Greg House - $36 (7 entries)
• Martin Thompson - $17 (3 entries)
• TalusRoben - $31 (6 entries)
• Central Plexus - $10 (2 entries)
• Grizz - $60  (entries waived)
• GSIO01 - $6 (1 entry)

Additionally, the following people donated prizes:

• Jenson - Star Trek memorabilia
• Veritas - EF2 (purchased used copy)
• JohnF - Steam games (Trine, GMod)

Thank you again for all your help - TLO is now fiscally secure into next year!

Veritas

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Hi all! Happy anniversary!

This year, we've been proud to see huge expansion into Minecraft and Garry's Mod, and lots of activity on our RPG-X servers - one of our servers was ranked 96th out of all Quake 3 and Elite Force servers in May! Unfortunately, though we believed our donations drive at the beginning of the year would fund us through its end - it seems we were wrong. The overwhelming demand for new services (Minecraft being just one great example) means we needed to do more, and that means another donations drive.

Our costs have likewise increased - right now, they include:

• $20/month in server fees
• $7/month in webhosting
• $10/month in Minecraft
• $?? ($10-$40) for extra testing and servers as needed

and we have a balance of only $148 in our Paypal account. In order to ensure that we are fiscally solvent into the new year, our donations drive goal is set at $300 in funds - but don't let that discourage you! Every penny you donate helps keep TLO alive; we strongly encourage all donations in whatever amount you can afford! Give a traditional MMO $15 and spend a month playing, but donate $15 to TLO and you're helping ensure more than half a year of roleplay goodness for our community.

Plus, as before, there will be special prizes! Most of these prizes will be announced later, but I will first note that all donators will be eligible for things like a last-outpost.net e-mail address and special forum tags. There will also be a special raffle just like last time - details coming soon!

So please - donate using the link just below. Your donations are processed securely with PayPal. Your support and generosity is incredibly appreciated. The drive lasts through August 1st.

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[Veritas]

We have received our first two donations from Grizz ($60) and GSIO ($6)! Thanks, guys!

I'm also pleased to announce that all donators will be entered into a raffle beginning today for two fabulous prizes (that's right, two winners, two prizes ) - Star Trek items from the collection of Jenson himself, each with a signed letter of thanks! You could win Jenson's very own copy of Star Trek: Elite Force 2 or Star Trek VI (new)!

Each person who donates $5 or more will be entered into the raffle - two winners will be randomly selected. Raffle entries are given in multiples of 5, so if you donate $10, you get two entries, $20 is four entries, and so forth.

Plus, if you donate today, during our Anniversary Events[/quote], you'll receive double the entries (so $5 is two entries, $10 is four, and so on)!

[url=http]Donate now and help us reach our goal!

[Veritas]

Thanks to JohnF for contributing $20, plus an exciting new raffle item to be announced soon!

[Jenson]

Hello folks,

Just a friendly reminder--we need your money. Without your money, poor Peldari children will go without spleens. You wouldn't want poor little Peldari children to go without spleens, would you? Of course you don't--so donate today! Without your help, we can't feed Peldari spleens, nor can we provide the servers you use and enjoy for great merriment. Please donate what you can!

[Veritas]

Update! Thanks to some very generous donations we are now 40% to of the way to our goal. Additional prizes coming soon!

[Jenson]

Incidentally, I will be sending out a letter of thanks to all US donators (possibly international too--Jenson has to look at international postage rates). The letter will include an autographed picture of me that you can cherish and pass down to your grandchildren (or sell on ebay to pay for your grandchildren's college expenses...college is expensive nowdays).

[Martin Thompson]

Incidentally, I will be sending out a letter of thanks to all US donators (possibly international too--Jenson has to look at international postage rates). The letter will include an autographed picture of me that you can cherish and pass down to your grandchildren (or sell on ebay to pay for your grandchildren's college expenses...college is expensive nowdays).

YAY, I would LOOOOVVVEEE to see this picture signed by you!

[The Investigator]

There are only a few days left in the Donations Drive!

Donate what you can, please.

If you don't, another Peldari will go without food! D:

[Veritas]

UPDATED! WE HAVE MET OUR GOAL! Thank you all so much

[Jenson]

Thanks everyone for your generous contributions!