[DISC] Donations

[Ishi]

Donations
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The Ghist
I hate taking money, I do what I do because I find it enjoyable, I love telling stories, collaborating with other creative minds, and ultimately watching the story and game unfold as players and often friends are released in our bold new world. But, with the server being public it is no longer possible for me to make everyone a custom character model as I have in the past, on top of that, having donations pay for a chunk of the monthly server cost would be nice. However I cannot decide on a proper system to set up donations/payment for custom character models, as such I'm turning to the people it will most affect for advice and input. Here are some of my dilemma's on the matter:


-Custom Helmets-
I'm sure most of you have seen that some characters have custom helmets, this was a quick add-in before server launch as someone mentioned it in passing on TS and I decided it could be a fun addition and add character. So far the characters that have custom helmets are all custom characters and not part of the openly available line-up of models. As long as its only character specific custom models that have custom helmets, its not a problem, but if I was to add custom helmets to the default character models those helmets would be available to all unless I made a clone of said character model, which in my mind would feel superfluous and wasteful.

-Payment on completion-
I personally will refuse to take money until I know the recipient of my work is satisfied, and this being on a server I run and ultimately have total control over I don't have to worry about being ripped off. Hopefully that should also lead to the people dealing with me feel they get what they want.

-Placement of funds-
The server has a community coffer/account that will kick in and take over when it has money in it, rather than charge my account, however the community account only pays for the game server and teamspeak, not the domain name or hosting. The money in the community account is also completely inaccessible to third parties (me included, all money in it goes to the server and server only). I'm not sure that it is the best solution, but I'm considering having the option of donating money straight to the server or to my bank account (both pay for the server, but one means your money will also be spent on coffee, lots and lots of coffee).

-Pricing-
I have no bloody clue, my mind is hovering somewhere between 25-50 dollars depending on what you want done, but if you guys can come up with some good options, price-ranges, what said ranges should include, I am all ears!




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[Snowy]

Well realistically. I'm thinking the prices should be tier-based in a sense. 10-15 (I'm assuming it's gonna be dollars) for minimal work/whatever that might be. 20-25 for your custom helmet idea + the previous donation plan one. Was thinking even 30-35 for models that you have already created from past servers and what not that are not on here- only work needed is to add the necessary stuff needed for this RP. After that 40-to whatever standard of work on a brand new model that's to the buyers liking and such. I'd be happy to donate quite a sum if needed, I do have the funds tucked away for stuff like this. If you are even stuck on funds, holla.

[Hank Handsome]

Well on the topic of pricing I'd agree with snowy on the 10-15 dollars. Consider this a basic package and include some smaller rewards in this. Possibly custom basic helmets. If you wanted something a little bit more difficult (In my case I spoke about a custom face model aswell) then go up to 20-25 dollars. The idea here being that people who paid this could possibly get a different helmet that isn't class specific or even (also in mine and Danlins case) the idea of a spoils of war system where the player would be able to ic'ly obtain a Regency helmet providing they rp retrieving it. They would also not be able to claim they can survive anything even if in the lore the regency helmets are slightly better than the Alliance ones. Basically if people want to donate for custom stuff. Take them into an emtpy TS channel. Ask them their thoughts on the model. Tell them if it can be done and give them a price range based on the amount of time and effort you will need to complete it.