dirtystinkinninja 3 Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) A friend and I are planning on Setting up a 40 Person Day Z server, will run 24/7, Until Patch 1.7.3 comes out, It will be running on 1.7.2.4 If we can get 7 - 10 People to donate $5 USD Each (It will be located State-side), That would be excellent, And we're offering Admin to those who are 18-20+ And can be trusted by both my friend and I. If you have further questions, Feel free to email me "-Removed-" and we can talk. Edited January 29 by dirtystinkinninja Removed Email Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Bean 157 Posted September 5, 2012 Asking for money. Gmail name is dirty stinkin hippy.Sceptical hippo says fuck that, this guy is suspect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtystinkinninja 3 Posted September 5, 2012 Asking for money.Gmail name is dirty stinkin hippy.Sceptical hippo says fuck that, this guy is suspect.Well, You can think what you want, If you don't want to donate, Then oh well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
venthos 605 Posted September 5, 2012 (edited) Please understand what you're asking of people. There are plenty of open DayZ servers available for play. There is no shortage of such servers. Most have plenty of free slots open for play. You need to consider the following.Why should people pay for your server when they can go to others for free?Will the server be in an under serviced geographical location or run with less popular options set, making it a niche server?Note that since even the admin is unable to grant themselves any benefits, your donators wouldn't be able to gain anything in-game as a result either. Not even reserved slots. What incentive do they have to pay for a server vs. just playing on the many open and available ones? I mean you could have an answer to "why" they should donate, but you haven't advertised it in your original post. Giving random people who are willing to throw a few bucks at you admin access to your DayZ server is frightening. I would never play on such a server on the assumption admin abuse (kick/banning for illegitimate reasons) would be rampant. Your original post would more so act as a deterrent for people who might otherwise consider playing on the server.As it stands, your original post comes off as "I think it would be cool to be the admin of a server, but I do not have any money to do so. If I could get a half dozen people to foot the bill for me, then it would work!". That may not be your line of thinking, but that's exactly how this thread presents itself.As a server admin, you should expect to pay monthly out of pocket for the ability to host a server that nets you absolutely zero in-game benefit. That's just how you need to go into this thing. You'd be paying for a server out of pocket just because you enjoy the game. No expectations of returns on it.Once you build a community of regulars, then it may make sense to put up a donation link and ask for them to give back if they can. But, that's a ways off. You are unlikely to have success with having your server fully funded by donations right out of the gate, as there simply is no incentive for people to do so. If you can come up with some incentive that doesn't breach the DayZ Server Admin rules, more power to you.But, otherwise, this thread comes off as someone pan handling for money because they think being a server admin would be neat. Expect feedback like Jim Bean's. I was about to post a similar post, but thought I'd give a collected and coherent response a try. Let's see how this goes and how you reply. Edited September 5, 2012 by Venthos Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dirtystinkinninja 3 Posted September 5, 2012 Being an admin would be "Neat" ? I already am an Admin on one server, But the owner has decided to stop getting on, And I have no ability to do anything but Kick, Ban and Restart the server, And every time we restart the server, Nothing saves, So we have to go and find EVERYTHING again, And we're forced to restart the server after a certain point, because it starts getting laggy. And the reason why I want to have my Own server is so that I'm not relying on other incompetent people, And so that I can do what I need to do in order for the server to work right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
venthos 605 Posted September 5, 2012 Right, which is a perfectly valid reason for you to want to have your own server. That's not what is at consideration though. You've just explained why YOU should pay money per-month for a server.Why should OTHER people pay for your server? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
