I've got less cash than anyone here, but I under stand the costs of running a large site. So asking for a subscriptiong to the Runuo "Site" or a donation to help run the runuo "Site". Isn't as base as people make it out to be. The server it's self is free, just people that don't want to help the "Site" but just download which costs the "Site" Money have to wait a bit longer.
A Subscription to this "Site" costs less than one month on osi for unlimited lifetime of fun with uo, I'd think thats pretty nice of these guys. After all once you install this babe "its your world now" *cough*
Those that are complaining about cost or waiting a few days to get runuo with out donating anything, prob have a bag of doritos or coffee or pop, next to there systems. those prob cost more than $3
Those that subcribed basically are saying they can live with out pop or a candybar for a day and it shows they respect the hard work the runuo team has put into the RunUO Community "Site" and "Services" to make a free product that will prob make people money anyway, and or create a ton of enjoyment for there own personal communties. Where does subscriptions go? Imagine what 46,000 downloads times 5 meg per file in bandwidth? If people loose there files and download again, or other it adds up, then add all the scripts that are hosted on this site, and how many times those are downloaded, then all the 3rd party tools released here for free as a community service to build the best most stable "free" server for uo.
Some people should really think before they bash... runuo and related sites, for asking for subscription or donations, which will ultimatly go right back into the community, and helps with bills Etc, ..
they do this for free, in what little spare time they have. And the server is Free! just those that don't donate wait a bit longer.. Think of all the other developers in the overall community that have there own emus, and there own take on how uo should be made, bashing them doesn't help either, they all bust there asses, so that there communities have something that is free and fun
I'm currently as I get time setting Runuo 1.0 after viewing 5,757 Files, and 271 folders, as an independant developer, I have to say "DAAWM"
Ryan and his team didn't pull this out of these asses or off the backs of flying pigs.
And I'm sure the coffee, late nights, and time it took to code 5,757 C# files out-side of the core server code, so anyone can customize there uo server anyway they want was pritty nice of them as well and free, so what if non subscribers have to wait a few days, just think, when you do get it, it will be top quality and one of the peices of free software you ever used
Respectively speaking.
If you think $3 is too much think of it from the perspective above!
Peace!!, Enjoy the new server when ya get it!
Admin Khaybel
Team Leader
OrBSydia Corporation
http://www.OrBSydia.com