Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

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Title: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Blackbishop on November 30, 2010, 11:32:00 PM
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Hello EF fans,

A new feature has been added to Eastern Front site, the Donate section.

Eastern Front needs your help to pay it's hosting bill, every dime you can donate counts. The process of the donation is handled 100% automatically by PayPal and us. Within a few seconds your rewards should have been received.


As a donator you will receive the following things, if you donate a minimum amount money required for each of them (stated in brackets). For example, donating 5$ will give you everything that requires 5$ or less.

For more information and to see the Donator's list you can go to Donate section (http://easternfront.org/?p=donate) of the Eastern Front community.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Seeme on December 01, 2010, 02:04:05 AM
You mean, No Mr.Spam :D
No Mr.Spam No Mr.Spam No Mr.Spam No Mr.Spam No Mr.Spam No Mr.Spam No Mr.Spam No Mr.Spam No Mr.Spam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Donated 5 dollars. ;)

How much do you need? I really don't want EF to go down.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Rikard Blixt on December 01, 2010, 09:07:37 AM
I can override the system if you want, give Mr.Spam Badge back, while you keep your donor privileges.

Well, William is somewhat running out of money. He put out around 500$ so far on the website during the last 4 years. (website is around 130$ per year). So priority one, to pay future payment, priority two, to give William some money back of the 500$ he put out so far.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: cephalos on December 01, 2010, 12:15:09 PM
Right, but what if I have diifferent currency??
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Seeme on December 01, 2010, 12:24:10 PM
Do you know how cruel that would be?
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Paciat on December 01, 2010, 12:56:01 PM
Quote from: cephalos on December 01, 2010, 12:15:09 PM
Right, but what if I have diifferent currency??
Same here.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: cephalos on December 01, 2010, 12:58:28 PM
Quote from: Seeme on December 01, 2010, 12:24:10 PM
Do you know how cruel that would be?
that wasn't helpful :/
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Xantor on December 01, 2010, 01:27:28 PM
Quote from: Paciat on December 01, 2010, 12:56:01 PM
Quote from: cephalos on December 01, 2010, 12:15:09 PM
Right, but what if I have diifferent currency??
Same here.

So we should exchange our currency to US dollars:)

Other question: Is there any option of donating your mod via bank transfer?
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Rikard Blixt on December 01, 2010, 02:42:29 PM
@Other Currencies

Donating over paypal will automaticly convert the your currency into USD, so let's say in your currency is SEK (mine, Swedish Krona) 1 USD is about 7 SEK. So when I donated 14 USD, it was converted in SEK (I think it was 95 SEK yesterday, would been 98 SEK today) and that amount was withdrawn from my account (95 SEK) and transfered into Williams account (14 USD).
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Nils18 on December 01, 2010, 03:30:53 PM
indeed, he is correct. I had the same thing with the Euro (Netherlands).
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Rikard Blixt on December 01, 2010, 03:36:45 PM
Quote from: Xantor on December 01, 2010, 01:27:28 PM
Other question: Is there any option of donating your mod via bank transfer?

I could check with William, but if you got a Credit or Debt Card (Visa, Mastercard etc) it's really easy to donate with paypal.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: luz777 on December 01, 2010, 05:50:46 PM
Donated 6 Dollars, glad to help  :)

Looking forward to the next patch.

Cheers
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: sovietwarmachine on December 01, 2010, 07:42:49 PM
the donating 5+ USD allows pre-loading of ostheer, but does that mean that the ostheer are only being released to them?
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: cephalos on December 01, 2010, 07:49:58 PM
of course no! Ostheer will be released ASAP, and the donations are doing willingly.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Rikard Blixt on December 01, 2010, 07:53:44 PM
Pre-loading Ostheer basically means that the Ostheer patch will be released like a day or two earlier for these guys. Exact definition will be decided closer to release tbh, it may simply be that you can download it before, but can't play it before (kinda like steam has sometimes).

Just something extra for those that donate 5+, since there are a bunch of things there.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Rikard Blixt on December 01, 2010, 08:34:09 PM
If your donation somehow would get lost (has never happen during the 30+ test nor now 12 live donations), feel free to email me at rizz@eaternfront.org and I'll look into it. We log almost every little thing, so we can easy make out that your payment, amount etc. Even if it wasn't registered by the website.

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If you want to use another badge (eg. Beta Tester Badge instead of Donator Badge (assuming you got access to ostheer beta)) just email me at same email address, or make a post about it in the Donators Forum.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: IJoe on December 01, 2010, 08:44:01 PM
Guys, my net is down! I write from my friend's notebook. I've never used paypal and have troubles with filling all the blanks. Could you, please, print thorough instructions for a "savage russian" like myself (in particular, i couldn't find Russia's index in paypal, and it doesn't seem to take my post office index as a correct zip code).
I really love the mode and would like to add my little donation as a sign of my sincere appreciation of all the work you've done and continue to perform.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Seeme on December 01, 2010, 09:28:15 PM
How much money do we have so far?
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Rikard Blixt on December 01, 2010, 10:06:52 PM
Quote from: Seeme on December 01, 2010, 09:28:15 PM
How much money do we have so far?

Added to the List of Donators
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: cephalos on December 01, 2010, 10:12:56 PM
128 $ - quite good... but that's the only beginning, you may be able to collect enough money to buy a bootle of beer to everyone  ;D
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Seeme on December 02, 2010, 02:23:51 AM
http://www.simplemachines.org/ (http://www.simplemachines.org/)

It says here that the forums are free?
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: luz777 on December 02, 2010, 02:41:59 AM
Aye, but the very snazzy www.easternfront.org (http://www.easternfront.org) isn't  :)
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Blackbishop on December 02, 2010, 03:46:07 AM
Those are tools to desing web sites, but the web site should be hosted somewhere ;D!!!
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Rikard Blixt on December 02, 2010, 08:45:47 AM
Quote from: Seeme on December 02, 2010, 02:23:51 AM
http://www.simplemachines.org/ (http://www.simplemachines.org/)

It says here that the forums are free?

The forum is free, but someone needs to host the website and the forum right? And that is not free.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Alex Cottrell on December 02, 2010, 01:53:24 PM
Happy to help, donated $10  :)
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Seeme on December 02, 2010, 05:10:03 PM
Ok, I get it.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: neosdark on December 04, 2010, 02:12:09 AM
Anything to help my comrades at the Eastern Front, I sent $15. I would love to give more but it ain't my credit card and i don't want to mooch of my mom
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: ReckLESS on December 05, 2010, 06:01:29 PM
Donated 20$ and reading donors forum ATM.

Guys, who've not yet decided to donate - belive me, reading a draft of 1.3 changelog definitely is worth 5$ ;)
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: cephalos on December 05, 2010, 10:08:27 PM
Quote from: ReckLESS on December 05, 2010, 06:01:29 PM
Donated 20$ and reading donors forum ATM.

Guys, who've not yet decided to donate - belive me, reading a draft of 1.3 changelog definitely is worth 5$ ;)
ohhhhh.... +1
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: neosdark on December 08, 2010, 11:21:44 PM
Hey guys mind me asking, how do i access the donor forums? I can't seem to find it.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: revoluzer on December 08, 2010, 11:31:02 PM
I would also be willing to spend 15$ but I have no credit card, only a debit card an a "click and buy" account...
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Blackbishop on December 09, 2010, 12:19:55 AM
Quote from: neosdark on December 08, 2010, 11:21:44 PM
Hey guys mind me asking, how do i access the donor forums? I can't seem to find it.
In case you haven't found it, PM'ed.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: IJoe on December 20, 2010, 04:15:24 PM
Is there any way to get rid of the gold icon and a huge DONATOR sign?
I mean, I only shared 5$ with you, guys. I feel kind o' immodest if you will.
Besides, it appears to me to be somewhat scaring off other people, who for some reason didn't raise funds, as if those who did have any more right to say something than the rest (which they certainly haven't).
Don't take it too close to the heart, it's just my personal issue, but as for me, I'd prefer to appear as usual, with little donator sign.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Seeme on December 20, 2010, 09:23:26 PM
Yea, The Donor sign above your Rank line is enough. I only gave 5$ too.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: pariah on January 06, 2011, 04:30:44 PM
Hi, guys. I have no idea how much it costs to have this website and everything, so i hope $500 is enough to last for awhile. I would have loved to donate more, but i'm trying real hard to save for my next upgrade. Maybe in the future i'll give you some more. We'll see...
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Desert_Fox on January 06, 2011, 04:59:24 PM
Quote from: pariah on January 06, 2011, 04:30:44 PM
Hi, guys. I have no idea how much it costs to have this website and everything, so i hope $500 is enough to last for awhile. I would have loved to donate more, but i'm trying real hard to save for my next upgrade. Maybe in the future i'll give you some more. We'll see...

Oh my......  :o :o :o :o

Congratz! Maybe Devs will build a monument to you  :D
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on January 06, 2011, 05:22:28 PM
Quote from: Moonwalker on January 06, 2011, 04:59:24 PM
Quote from: pariah on January 06, 2011, 04:30:44 PM
Hi, guys. I have no idea how much it costs to have this website and everything, so i hope $500 is enough to last for awhile. I would have loved to donate more, but i'm trying real hard to save for my next upgrade. Maybe in the future i'll give you some more. We'll see...

Oh my......  :o :o :o :o

Congratz! Maybe Devs will build a monument to you  :D
+1

Something like Ostheers Par(i)a(h)-troopers  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Rikard Blixt on January 06, 2011, 05:31:01 PM
Quote from: pariah on January 06, 2011, 04:30:44 PM
Hi, guys. I have no idea how much it costs to have this website and everything, so i hope $500 is enough to last for awhile. I would have loved to donate more, but i'm trying real hard to save for my next upgrade. Maybe in the future i'll give you some more. We'll see...

We got a pretty sweet deal, so website is 120$ a year, and 10$ a year for the domain name. So 130$ each year. 500$ is enough to run the website for almost 4 years.
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: pariah on January 06, 2011, 05:49:43 PM
Wow, that's spectacular! I was hoping it would be enough! I am so glad i could help! So i guess you won't need me to donate more for awhile, then?
Post Merge: January 06, 2011, 05:52:02 PM
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: SublimeSnugz on January 10, 2011, 11:25:57 PM
Quote from: pariah on January 06, 2011, 05:49:43 PM
Wow, that's spectacular! I was hoping it would be enough! I am so glad i could help! So i guess you won't need me to donate more for awhile, then?
Post Merge: January 06, 2011, 05:52:02 PM

Dude this is win, you deserve a new forum title or something exclusive

Your the man!  8)
Title: Re: Help Eastern Front! Help us Pay our Bills!
Post by: Venoxxis on January 10, 2011, 11:59:48 PM
You guys will get a donation from me as well.