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Vlada
02-12-2014, 07:05 AM
SWGEmu half-year financial report (second half of 2013)

February 2014
The SWGEmu


SWGEmu half-year financial report (second half of 2013)

June had a final PayPal account balance of $11,289.70

In July we got from donations: $3,048.00
July had the following expenses:


PayPal fees = $160.84
K&H Bank = $2,600.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $246.15
Assembla, Inc = $38.00
Softlayer = $1667.49
TOTAL EXPENSES = $4,712.48


July had a total shortfall of $1,664.48 with a final PayPal account balance of $9,625.23

In August we got from donations: $2,259.99
August had the following expenses:


PayPal fees = $131.99
K&H Bank = $1,500.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $246.15
Lomag Internet Services, LLC = $75.00
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
vBulletin Solutions, Inc. = $209.00
Softlayer = $1751.20
TOTAL EXPENSES = $4,112.34


August had a total shortfall of $1,852.35 with a final PayPal account balance of $7,772.88

In September we got from donations: $2,052.99
September had the following expenses:


PayPal fees = $122.92
K&H Bank = $500.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $246.15
Assembla, Inc = $19.00
Softlayer = $1638.20
TOTAL EXPENSES = $2,536.27


September had a total shortfall of $483.28 with a final PayPal account balance of $7,299.60

In October we got from donations: $2,313.99.
October had the following expenses:


PayPal fees = $133.47
K&H Bank = $800.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
Lomag Internet Services, LLC = $75.00
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Assembla, Inc = $19.00
Softlayer = $1559.75
TOTAL EXPENSES = $3,012.37


October had a total shortfall of $698.38 with a final PayPal account balance of $6,601.22

In November we got from donations: $2,977.55.
November had the following expenses:


PayPal fees = $168.86
K&H Bank = $1,165.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Assembla, Inc = $60.00
Softlayer = $1638.20
TOTAL EXPENSES = $3,457.21

November had a total shortfall of $479.66 with a final PayPal account balance of $6121.68

In December we got from donations: $2,997.88.
December had the following expenses:


PayPal fees = $175.12
K&H Bank = $2,293.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $147.38
Softlayer = $1595.34
TOTAL EXPENSES = $4,635.99


December had a total shortfall of $1638.11 with a final PayPal account balance of $4,438.57

NOTE: K&H Bank is our Hungarian bank account from which we pay NPO fees, accounting and lawyer fees.

NOTE2: During the summer we had some problems with our provider relating to copyright issues. And even though SOE/LA/****** had noting to do with those, it forced us to contact SOE/LA/******. After 6 months of trying to contact them directly and then through a few different lawyer companies, and after spending over $5,500 we finally got a reply. They just acknowledged that they received our email and that they will let us know when they come to a decision. Sounded a bit generic, but our servers are still up and running so we are hopeful.

Thorwine
02-12-2014, 07:31 AM
Thank you for the report!
This is not looking very shiny... it seems that the account balance will be drifting more and more downwards this year! :ohmy:
What happens when the balance reaches zero?

Vlada
02-12-2014, 07:35 AM
Thank you for the report!
This is not looking very shiny... it seems that the account balance will be drifting more and more downwards this year! :ohmy:
What happens when the balance reaches zero?

Its going downwards because of the lawyer costs, until we receive an official reply from ****** we shouldn't have any more of those costs.

makute
02-12-2014, 11:56 AM
Hi all, long time lurker here :P

First things first, I can't praise enough the effort and dedication of the SWGemu team, and the involvement and love shown from the community. Thank you very much.

That said... All that lawyers stuff gives me goosebumps. Besides the obvious, what can we expect from the change of the IP status? Now that ****** controls it, it's a better or worse situation that when Lucasarts/SOE did it?

Vlada
02-12-2014, 12:52 PM
That said... All that lawyers stuff gives me goosebumps. Besides the obvious, what can we expect from the change of the IP status? Now that ****** controls it, it's a better or worse situation that when Lucasarts/SOE did it?

Actually i don't expect to see a change. We just asked them to honor the deal we have with SOE, and if they decide to do it, what would they need form us if anything. They acknowledged our email/letter more than a month ago and we are still here, so i dont think they consider us as relevant or a threat so I really think we will be able to get to some kind of agreement.

makednoce
02-12-2014, 05:57 PM
damn those layers.

1 letter 5.5k damn

I will deliver that letter to ****** on foot for those money.

Vlada
02-12-2014, 06:21 PM
damn those layers.

1 letter 5.5k damn

I will deliver that letter to ****** on foot for those money.

Heh... it wasn't one letter.

Atradie
02-13-2014, 02:53 AM
Well, everything you all do is Pricele$$.

Thanks!!

makute
02-13-2014, 08:33 AM
We just asked them to honor the deal we have with SOE...
Excuse me if I'm asking something well known but, was that some tacit agreement based on a handshake? Or there is some physical evidence that we can bring to a court if needed?

solidsnake1209
02-13-2014, 09:11 PM
That decreasing balance is pretty scary. If everyone who plays or owns an account on the forums just donated $1.00 the balance would be going up for sure. Hopefully ****** lets off soon.

NemesisPrime
02-15-2014, 06:20 AM
Hi all, long time lurker here :P

First things first, I can't praise enough the effort and dedication of the SWGemu team, and the involvement and love shown from the community. Thank you very much.

That said... All that lawyers stuff gives me goosebumps. Besides the obvious, what can we expect from the change of the IP status? Now that ****** controls it, it's a better or worse situation that when Lucasarts/SOE did it?

Hi, lurker here but I don't think ****** is gonna get anal over a game that has been discontinued for what 3 or 4 years now and only serves a rather niche market that being people who were already playing the game.

agripa
02-16-2014, 02:56 PM
hi,

hope there will be no complication with ******, Thank you for the report, and thank to the swgemu team for keeping swgemu on the road and rebuild our game.

maccajnr
02-16-2014, 09:00 PM
Hello,

This was probably asked before but anyway... Are there other ways to contribute to the project financially then Paypal?
I personally got my money blocked by Paypal already in the past, so I refuse to deal with them anymore.
that's why I ask.

Vlada
02-16-2014, 09:02 PM
Hello,

This was probably asked before but anyway... Are there other ways to contribute to the project financially then Paypal?
I personally got my money blocked by Paypal already in the past, so I refuse to deal with them anymore.
that's why I ask.

Not at the moment, no.

makute
02-17-2014, 07:26 AM
Hi, lurker here but I don't think ****** is gonna get anal over a game that has been discontinued for what 3 or 4 years now and only serves a rather niche market that being people who were already playing the game.
It's not about the game, but the IP. Legally, it belongs to them now. Also, because money.

Slade 217
02-17-2014, 11:56 AM
Let's just hope that ****** will just be concerned with the movie and merchandising rights. I read on Steam recently that when ****** shut down LucasArts that some one who was part of the Jedi Knight series released the source code for two of those games, apparently without repercussions. Let's hope they dismiss this as something that is irrelevant, and let us continue to play.

chaseshaw
02-18-2014, 03:53 AM
you know this could be boosted if you accepted bitcoins

Vlada
02-18-2014, 05:48 AM
you know this could be boosted if you accepted bitcoins

We will, as soon as Paypal starts accepting them.

Ticarus
02-19-2014, 12:53 AM
you know this could be boosted if you accepted bitcoins

just sell your bitcoins and donate the proceeds lol

Lethn
02-19-2014, 05:03 PM
Accepting Bitcoin donations is easy, all you need is an address and wallet to receive the money, plenty of websites just post an address on their main website or you could do it in the forum, copyright lawyers don't play nice, so it's a good idea to put in some failsafe's just in case, you can also avoid a lot of paypal nastiness if everything goes to hell and they try to shut you down and I suspect they will.

I looked at this website after quite a few years and I'm amazed at the amount of progress the devs have made, one thing that springs to mind though is where is the source code? I haven't had the chance to have a proper look for it but one way to prevent this whole project from falling apart if legal issues bring it down is to just post up your code online and making it open source.

Bitcoin addresses look like this and you can send Bitcoins to them through the wallet: 1DFNvBCX2XBE3KaJsKjyWLLPDD5MuxxRiX

Edit: I just got told about the SWG emu code being on repository or something? Anyway keep up the good work :)

bobofwestoregonusa
02-20-2014, 11:05 AM
Excuse me if I'm asking something well known but, was that some tacit agreement based on a handshake? Or there is some physical evidence that we can bring to a court if needed?

I think this is a very important question that will be the deciding factor in weather or not there even is an agreement to honor with ******. If the answer is no it could be a very bad situation we're in.

Vlada
02-20-2014, 11:30 AM
I think this is a very important question that will be the deciding factor in weather or not there even is an agreement to honor with ******. If the answer is no it could be a very bad situation we're in.

Whole conversation was recorded.

trebort
02-21-2014, 12:51 AM
This might sound a bit stupid. Bit it's early in the morning and I'm knackered so let me off....

How do I donate? :D

bigevil
02-21-2014, 12:54 AM
Front of forums at top there is a donate button under the donation progress bar. :)

http://www.swgemu.com/forums/forum.php

Imion
02-24-2014, 02:11 PM
I played SWG back in beta, then US release, then onto EU when that got released 6 month later - I loved the game and even though I've played mmo's for 15years+ I've never had that same feeling that I had with SWG. Then SOE did what they did best, screw it all up and destroy what was, in my opinion the best game ever made! But no their only aim was money, which meant they had to try and make it more and more like a WoW clone which eventually had the exact opposite outcome and the true "SWG community" as I like to call it, left the game, myself included and all my friends etc.

Long story short, I'm 28 now and I just recently found out about this beauty that SWGemu is! I can't say enough what a great job you guys have done and I hope it will continue for a long long time, cause I've been missing that feeling for many years, and finally it's back! Thanks a lot guys, I'm still very new around here but I will without a doubt from now on do a monthly donation to help the project. Which I think everyone should do.

efdebe
02-24-2014, 06:13 PM
NOTE: K&H Bank is our Hungarian bank account from which we pay NPO fees, accounting and lawyer fees.


Sorry if this question has been asked before, but am I getting this right?
You guys have to PAY to be a NON PROFIT organisation?

bigevil
02-24-2014, 10:57 PM
Sorry if this question has been asked before, but am I getting this right?
You guys have to PAY to be a NON PROFIT organisation?

LOL. Yes, non-profit does not mean no cost. We got lots of those. :)

Aazgaroth
02-27-2014, 01:50 PM
Monthly donation sent :)

phr0stbyt3
02-27-2014, 02:33 PM
We will, as soon as Paypal starts accepting them.
Paypal accepting bitcoins will never happen. If you sign up for a coinbase merchant account they convert the BTC to USD immediately so that you're not at any risk of the price fluctuating; their fees are a whopping 1%. I'll start the donation rally and pledge $150 for a Bitcoin donation button.

jriswg1
02-27-2014, 03:36 PM
Just curious, what deal do you have with SOE? ****** owns the IP correct?

Vlada
02-27-2014, 04:19 PM
Just curious, what deal do you have with SOE? ****** owns the IP correct?

Yes, SOE still holds patent rights on SWG though.

Klerius
02-27-2014, 11:12 PM
Here's my know little about the situation tid bit even if you hate those. ******'s two primary concerns would be is someone making profits off of something they own and is this emu/admins hurting the ****** image in anyway? I'm sure they have been watching. At least a little bit. Maybe sent basement corner cubicle to check it out. Sounds/looks to me like y'all are doing a great job with everything. I as everybody else hopes ****** keeps their power at bay. I have never seen such a complicated emu run so well.

Aazgaroth
02-27-2014, 11:54 PM
Here's my know little about the situation tid bit even if you hate those. ******'s two primary concerns would be is someone making profits off of something they own and is this emu/admins hurting the ****** image in anyway? I'm sure they have been watching. At least a little bit. Maybe sent basement corner cubicle to check it out. Sounds/looks to me like y'all are doing a great job with everything. I as everybody else hopes ****** keeps their power at bay. I have never seen such a complicated emu run so well.

Too right! And ya'll are doing a phenomenal job! Thank you for ALL your efforts! <3

philipbred
03-07-2014, 08:33 PM
Just a thought and this may have already been discussed somewhere, but I was just thinking that it might be possible to find someone in the community that either works for or runs a law practice. Maybe they would be will to contribute to the project by doing some legal work pro bono.

Anyways, just a thought. Thanks for all you guys do.

Frosty
03-12-2014, 04:39 AM
Whole conversation was recorded.

Is that convo posted anywhere for people to hear?

Vlada
03-12-2014, 08:04 AM
No. But our lawyers have it.

ossirisward
03-12-2014, 05:27 PM
No. But our lawyers have it.

Sounds like you guys are on top of this...glad to see because I quit WOW to come back and play this game again and loving it!! Keep up the great work guys!

tuckrr
03-18-2014, 02:03 AM
Just a thought and this may have already been discussed somewhere, but I was just thinking that it might be possible to find someone in the community that either works for or runs a law practice. Maybe they would be will to contribute to the project by doing some legal work pro bono.

Anyways, just a thought. Thanks for all you guys do.

After looking at the expenses, if someone could do this it'd actually save us a LOT of money.

emeraldfox01
03-18-2014, 08:55 AM
Is it ****** or Sony kicking up a stink about this emulator? Cant see why as the game is offically dead and theres no money being made to run this emulation just server expenses right? Or is it just corporate greed on there part I wonder?

Lolindir
03-18-2014, 09:27 AM
Non of them have done some thing against the Emu yet as far as i know. If some one would do some thing, I think it would be ****** to protect the Star Wars IP

Jangotiger
03-19-2014, 12:35 PM
In November we got from donations: $2,997.81.
November had the following expenses:

PayPal fees = $175.12
K&H Bank = $2,293.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Assembla, Inc = $60.00
Softlayer = $1638.20
TOTAL EXPENSES = $3,457.21


November had a total shortfall of $479.66 with a final PayPal account balance of $6,121.68

Actually that equals $4591.47 can you explain the $1100 difference?

Grandpappy
03-20-2014, 01:21 PM
I played SWG back in beta, then US release, then onto EU when that got released 6 month later - I loved the game and even though I've played mmo's for 15years+ I've never had that same feeling that I had with SWG. Then SOE did what they did best, screw it all up and destroy what was, in my opinion the best game ever made! But no their only aim was money, which meant they had to try and make it more and more like a WoW clone which eventually had the exact opposite outcome and the true "SWG community" as I like to call it, left the game, myself included and all my friends etc.

Long story short, I'm 28 now and I just recently found out about this beauty that SWGemu is! I can't say enough what a great job you guys have done and I hope it will continue for a long long time, cause I've been missing that feeling for many years, and finally it's back! Thanks a lot guys, I'm still very new around here but I will without a doubt from now on do a monthly donation to help the project. Which I think everyone should do.

My feelings exactly and I too will donate monthly because no other MMO I've played ever came close. The work you people are doing with this EMU is astounding and I hope ****** doesn't cause any future trouble. The people playing SWGEMU aren't exactly your standard MMO players and would mostly likely NOT play SWTOR or any other lame..dumbed down future Star Wars MMO that ******/EA would produce.

Keep up the great work and thank you!

Argivo
03-20-2014, 01:41 PM
In November we got from donations: $2,997.81.
November had the following expenses:

PayPal fees = $175.12
K&H Bank = $2,293.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Assembla, Inc = $60.00
Softlayer = $1638.20
TOTAL EXPENSES = $3,457.21


November had a total shortfall of $479.66 with a final PayPal account balance of $6,121.68

Actually that equals $4591.47 can you explain the $1100 difference?

Saw that too. Wondering if it's just a mistake in calculations.

Vlada
03-20-2014, 01:56 PM
In November we got from donations: $2,997.81.
November had the following expenses:

PayPal fees = $175.12
K&H Bank = $2,293.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Assembla, Inc = $60.00
Softlayer = $1638.20
TOTAL EXPENSES = $3,457.21


November had a total shortfall of $479.66 with a final PayPal account balance of $6,121.68

Actually that equals $4591.47 can you explain the $1100 difference?

I probably miscalculated ill have to go theough the papers we got from our accountant.

EDIT:

Yeah i mixed up parts of November and December.


In November we got from donations: $2,977.55.
November had the following expenses:


PayPal fees = $168.86

K&H Bank = $1,165.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15

FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Assembla, Inc = $60.00
Softlayer = $1638.20
TOTAL EXPENSES = $3,457.21

November had a total shortfall of $479.66 with a final PayPal account balance of $6121.68

In December we got from donations: $2,997.88.
December had the following expenses:


PayPal fees = $175.12

K&H Bank = $2,293.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $147.38
Softlayer = $1595.34
TOTAL EXPENSES = $4,635.99


December had a total shortfall of $1638.11 with a final PayPal account balance of $4,438.57

Pink parts switched places. Which caused the whole mess. I ususally ask others to read these before i post them, but i gusee no one bothered to actually check the numbers.

Sorry about that.

eci1
03-26-2014, 10:05 AM
I'm passing the word to my guild with advice to pass it along to their other friends. That declining balance needs to be fixed, especially if we have any serious correspondence with ******. I'm broke and yet I contribute every month, others with jobs and the like should easily do so, and I'd bet many haven't even thought about it. This is a truly awesome effort being carried successfully by some really great and dedicated folk. Those of us who enjoy the fruits of that effort should well be able to keep up with expenses.

zipito06
03-26-2014, 08:32 PM
editted

Alright I retract my kickstarter comment, should have looked more at the forums.
But there's got to be a way to get it to the masses better than what currently is, ill look into somethings and get back

Vlada
03-26-2014, 08:35 PM
We are not making a new game, we can not use kickstarter. Please use search, we explained this, in detal bazillion times.

We appreciete the concern and we thenk you for the suggestion, but what we have now is what it is. We cant force people to donate, nor will we beg for money. Development will go on no matter what.

Lolindir
03-26-2014, 08:37 PM
No, think we will keep on the way we are doing. If some one start to get money out of this, in what ever clever way it is, we might attract attention and we do not want that.

godandmud
03-29-2014, 12:51 PM
No, think we will keep on the way we are doing. If some one start to get money out of this, in what ever clever way it is, we might attract attention and we do not want that.

Smartest thing I have read. Props Lolinir.

LordSniper
03-29-2014, 02:02 PM
Love the progress, just donated :)

iluvnug
04-02-2014, 12:04 AM
Keep up the good work! I appreciate the opportunity to play while the emu is in development. I just donated again. Cheers!

Hydrow
04-02-2014, 04:31 PM
Any thought of doing a kickstarter?
lots of people donate to them,

you can even setup in-game items for contributions such as houses, armor, weapons, ect based on donation amount.

kinda like giving them a reward for donation (i know all your hard work should be enough but we live in a greedy society lol) but not one that would alter the playing field too much (no pay to win models)

Ellyssia
04-02-2014, 04:34 PM
Any thought of doing a kickstarter?
lots of people donate to them,

you can even setup in-game items for contributions such as houses, armor, weapons, ect based on donation amount.

kinda like giving them a reward for donation (i know all your hard work should be enough but we live in a greedy society lol) but not one that would alter the playing field too much (no pay to win models)

As has been stated numerous times before... This will never happen.

Vlada
04-02-2014, 06:50 PM
Any thought of doing a kickstarter?
lots of people donate to them,

you can even setup in-game items for contributions such as houses, armor, weapons, ect based on donation amount.

kinda like giving them a reward for donation (i know all your hard work should be enough but we live in a greedy society lol) but not one that would alter the playing field too much (no pay to win models)

Same page, 7 posts up.^^

Crisiss
04-05-2014, 03:56 PM
I'm passing the word to my guild with advice to pass it along to their other friends. That declining balance needs to be fixed, especially if we have any serious correspondence with ******. I'm broke and yet I contribute every month, others with jobs and the like should easily do so, and I'd bet many haven't even thought about it. This is a truly awesome effort being carried successfully by some really great and dedicated folk. Those of us who enjoy the fruits of that effort should well be able to keep up with expenses.

Like Vlada said, the only cause of the downward spiral is the lawyer fees. That's not a reason not to donate but a simple yes or no from ****** could solve our financial issue.

acidanarchy
04-07-2014, 03:20 AM
Like Vlada said, the only cause of the downward spiral is the lawyer fees. That's not a reason not to donate but a simple yes or no from ****** could solve our financial issue.

Big companies are like big government. When they see something they want to get rid of they generally play the financial game with them, which is letting things take as long as possible until the other party runs out of money and can't win.

Blacknights
04-21-2014, 01:53 AM
So why dont we play like there is no more money and force their hand while there is still a little money left to use? Its going to happen eventually anyway. Why wait till its all gone? Like Vlada said, "Development will go on no matter what." Stop playing their game. If they dont like something they'll come to you. Why burn the purse in the meantime?

Vlada
04-21-2014, 07:21 AM
So why dont we play like there is no more money and force their hand while there is still a little money left to use? Its going to happen eventually anyway. Why wait till its all gone? Like Vlada said, "Development will go on no matter what." Stop playing their game. If they dont like something they'll come to you. Why burn the purse in the meantime?

Force whose hand? ******'s?

civic_tiger
04-21-2014, 01:48 PM
Okay.. so I did some math and some of the numbers of december are incorrect.. Again..

December:
Previous Balance from November = $6121.68
+ December donations: $2,997.88.
-
PayPal fees = $175.12
K&H Bank = $2,293.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $147.38
Softlayer = $1595.34
TOTAL EXPENSES = $4,635.99
December had a total shortfall of $1638.11 with a final PayPal account balance of $4,438.57

THE ACTUAL AMOUNT IS: $4,483.57 ($50 DIFFERENCE IN LOSS)
Looks like a typo between the 8 and 3 numbers being switched around. Should make sure the PayPal balance actually reads the exact amount of the forecast at each month..


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Assembla, Inc prices also do not match up to the listed expenses across multiple months. The prices are always different (usually ranging from $19 to $60) but none of those numbers match up to the listed prices at their web site, https://www.assembla.com/plans

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Softlayer's prices are $754.29/mo. This is their capped amount for their Virtual Servers. Providing that Bas and Nova are both using the same capped limited (although idk why Nova would need as much storage as Bas), the total amount is equal to: $1508.58/mo. A difference is loss of $89.76 in December and an even bigger difference in loss of $242.62 in August.
http://www.softlayer.com/virtual-servers (drag all 3 sliders to the right, the max amount (for a massive machine) is $754.29/mo.

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The K&H Bank (part of the K&H group) also does not list a lawyer section of their group? Is this some how internal or have you just put the lawyer fee's and bank fee's into the same category? (idk why you'd do that)
https://ebank.khb.hu/publish/kh/en/kh_group.html

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PayPal fee's also do not add up. The not-for-profit fee is 1.4%, a reduced amount from the standard 3.4% fee. The December's amount of $2,997.88 for example, equals to $41.96 @ 1.4%. Assuming that 300 people donated, a further $20 is added from the static fee. This means there is a difference in loss of an estimated $101.



In the month of November alone there is a loss in difference of:
$132.62 via Softlayer
$101 from PayPal Fees
$10 from Assembla, Inc (assuming that the prices is based on the $49/month model.. although the prices is sometimes shown as $19 but never rises over $60)


Sorry for the assumptions/questions, I am just interested in how the money is being spent.
My friend told me about a group of people who made money from lying about their donations on an emulator of the game 'Dark Age Of Camelot'. He knew the dev personally and contributed some of the code. The devs were making over $1,000 each per month. They didn't sleep much but for the short time that they were making money, they didn't care. They got paid to get experience to then use the experience to apply for jobs - win, win.
I am not making bold accusations. I am just curious, that is all.

Viaron
04-21-2014, 02:39 PM
You have a lot of free time on your hands... But I think it was just a typo.

Vlada
04-21-2014, 03:32 PM
Okay.. so I did some math and some of the numbers of december are incorrect.. Again..

December:
Previous Balance from November = $6121.68
+ December donations: $2,997.88.
-
PayPal fees = $175.12
K&H Bank = $2,293.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $226.15
FDC Servers.net, LLC = $199.00
Hosting Services, Inc = $147.38
Softlayer = $1595.34
TOTAL EXPENSES = $4,635.99
December had a total shortfall of $1638.11 with a final PayPal account balance of $4,438.57

THE ACTUAL AMOUNT IS: $4,483.57 ($50 DIFFERENCE IN LOSS)
Looks like a typo between the 8 and 3 numbers being switched around. Should make sure the PayPal balance actually reads the exact amount of the forecast at each month.

That's a typo.




Assembla, Inc prices also do not match up to the listed expenses across multiple months. The prices are always different (usually ranging from $19 to $60) but none of those numbers match up to the listed prices at their web site, https://www.assembla.com/plans

We had some problems with Assembla, and they took everything of ours down and wanted to delete it. We no longer use it but i think we are just paying them not to delete or data or something. TheAnswer and Oru should know more.



Softlayer's prices are $754.29/mo. This is their capped amount for their Virtual Servers. Providing that Bas and Nova are both using the same capped limited (although idk why Nova would need as much storage as Bas), the total amount is equal to: $1508.58/mo. A difference is loss of $89.76 in December and an even bigger difference in loss of $242.62 in August.
http://www.softlayer.com/virtual-servers (drag all 3 sliders to the right, the max amount (for a massive machine) is $754.29/mo.

We are not useing virtual servers we are suing actual servers customized for our needs. And Bas and Nova are on very different boxes and hosted by different companies. You can find their specs here: http://www.swgemu.com/forums/content.php?r=359 You will also notice that Bas has a bandwidth limit, going over it (which we do all the time) brings additional costs.



The K&H Bank (part of the K&H group) also does not list a lawyer section of their group? Is this some how internal or have you just put the lawyer fee's and bank fee's into the same category? (idk why you'd do that)
https://ebank.khb.hu/publish/kh/en/kh_group.html

Is just a bank, funds are moved there so we can pay lawyers, accountants and NPO fees in Hungary in HUF.



PayPal fee's also do not add up. The not-for-profit fee is 1.4%, a reduced amount from the standard 3.4% fee. The December's amount of $2,997.88 for example, equals to $41.96 @ 1.4%. Assuming that 300 people donated, a further $20 is added from the static fee. This means there is a difference in loss of an estimated $101.

Here is a capture of the last few... And its not 1.4%... nor is it 3.4%. For some reason they vary.

http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/7775/hbss.png

It weird actually. for $20 first fee is $1.08 and then its $1.06.

ZIKKE
04-21-2014, 03:47 PM
Vlada ; what specs are you asking for in a server rack? Might be able to help out, currently working on setting up a game host at my RL Company shop (computercity.dk) can't make too many promises yet since The idea lies on the board's desk as we speak

Lolindir
04-21-2014, 03:53 PM
I believe its not the server itself that is the biggest challenge, but to have enough bandwidth on the line connected to it.

ZIKKE
04-21-2014, 03:58 PM
My store have a 100/100Mbit Line that we hardly use. Im sure if The goes trough The bandwidth is not an issue

Vlada
04-21-2014, 04:04 PM
Ill point that out to TA and Oru.

ZIKKE
04-21-2014, 04:06 PM
The board's will discuss it some time next week, (when ALL this Easter joke is gone by)

civic_tiger
04-22-2014, 11:34 AM
Thank you for the detailed responce Vlada.
I meant no disrespect in trust to the emu project - I was just curious about where the money was going. I wouldn't want all of this work to be thrown away for just a small error.

I'll be making another small donation right now :)

Vlada
04-22-2014, 11:41 AM
Like i said before, i alway ask other leaders to check the numbers for me but i guess that stuff is so boring they never do.

Oh and thanks for bringing this up, it turns out that prices at Softlayer have dropped a bit in the last few months so we will try to renegotiate a better price with them in the next few days.

Breece
05-04-2014, 04:02 PM
Paypal accepting bitcoins will never happen. If you sign up for a coinbase merchant account they convert the BTC to USD immediately so that you're not at any risk of the price fluctuating; their fees are a whopping 1%. I'll start the donation rally and pledge $150 for a Bitcoin donation button.

I'll pledge an additional $50 if they add it. I'm not posative but I don't think it costs anything to use the Coinbase service for merchants. They are just charged 1% of any monies received that are transfered out of the account. So if you have donations converted to your local currency and then transfered to your bank, the 1% would be taken from that amount.

bdwarr6
05-05-2014, 07:08 AM
I will happily give you guys a box, on an unmetered gig port... I offered it and never got a reply.

steampoweredidiot
05-08-2014, 07:29 PM
As soon as I get paid, I intend to donate. I finally have my SWG back, and I want to contribute to show appreciation.

TheAnswer
05-09-2014, 06:33 AM
I will happily give you guys a box, on an unmetered gig port... I offered it and never got a reply.

We can't accept offers like that, the DB would be on your server. That is not an option.

Pentix
05-11-2014, 12:16 PM
We will, as soon as Paypal starts accepting them (bitcoin).
that line makes no sense.

Vlada
05-11-2014, 12:30 PM
that line makes no sense.

What exactly doesn't make sense?

That you can only donate trough paypal or that paypal doesn't accept cryptocurrency or even recognize cryptocurrency as a real currency? Or maybe that people can not donate bitcoins (or other crypto coins) because paypal doesn't accept them?

Seriously, what part doesn't make sense?

Pentix
05-12-2014, 11:33 AM
What exactly doesn't make sense?

since you said you will accept bitcoin when paypal does, you suggest that you want people to donate bitcoin using paypal. the entire purpose of bitcoin is to send money without using a third party. should i write more?

i'm not going to talk about the subject of "real currency". it can be traded for USD and that's all that matters.

Vlada
05-12-2014, 11:45 AM
since you said you will accept bitcoin when paypal does, you suggest that you want people to donate bitcoin using paypal. the entire purpose of bitcoin is to send money without using a third party. should i write more?

i'm not going to talk about the subject of "real currency". it can be traded for USD and that's all that matters.

I know that cryptocurrency is the new "best thing since sliced bread" thing, but until we can pay all of our bills with it, and until it is recognized and accepted by all relevant institutions as an actual currency, and our bank and paypal start accepting them, we cant use them.

You can offer us donations in firewood or ladybugs, and while we are grateful for your generous offer, until we can actually pay our bills with those, we must respectfully decline.

acidanarchy
05-12-2014, 01:40 PM
since you said you will accept bitcoin when paypal does, you suggest that you want people to donate bitcoin using paypal. the entire purpose of bitcoin is to send money without using a third party. should i write more?

i'm not going to talk about the subject of "real currency". it can be traded for USD and that's all that matters.

So what happens when your 3rd party currency system crashes or goes away? Where does your money go then? Who will trade it for USD then?

Maybe you fail to realize the money scam you have allowed yourself to get sucked into by purchasing fake money with real money. Ask anyone with real money if they would ever trade their real money for fake money in hopes to trade it back for real money later. Who's winning in that situation? The person who issues the fake money or the person who gives their real money to receive fake money in a voucher system. How about we all start trading Cartel Coins from SWTOR and hope we can pay bills with that.

Real financial institutions do not recognize bitcoin because it's not real money. But hey, you want to wrap your paycheck up into some money laundering system and believe you'll get it all back later then be my guest. Maybe you should sit down and try watching The Wolf of Wall Street :)

PayPal isn't a 3rd party, it's very much so like a bank with a real account that holds real money. I've had a MasterCard with PayPal for many years.

Vlada
05-12-2014, 03:35 PM
People dont seem to understand that we as individuals cant accept money. SWGEmu is a NPO and as such is regulated by certain laws.

You can not donate money to a NPO aka SWGEmu if you dont do it through an institution recognized by law aka banks or paypal. If we exclude one or the other, to whom would you be donating money or cryptocurrency? SWGEmu is not a person, you cant put money in its pockets, its an organization, organisation that by law has to keep books and by law has to keep its money in a bank or a similar monetary organization recognized by law, in our case Paypal. Giving money to one of our staff members wouldn't be the same as giving it to SWGEmu, it wouldn't even be considered donating. So excluding banks or paypal from the donation process is not only unwise, it more than likely illegal.

Wasted_Elmo
05-12-2014, 10:50 PM
TBH its been a pleasure an a great privilege to be playing here ever since i got to Beta Test the game before its release in 03 this game was the.... well u know ... after its release i said i will wait oct of 03 i was in there till about 05 when the call to beta MxO came thru after said and done i return to tatooine only to see that NGE played in and ruin what i thought i could call home

SWG was never the same again till True Galaxies came about talking about EMu this EMu that others said no one got time for that

well lemme tell you few ppl did and its been an honor to witness that progress and new hope that yeah we will get our MMO of the century back
heck every lil dollar counts if the financials is tough like that heck i would even mine cryptocurrencies just to say i wanna see this thru to the end till one of these dudes says what SOE did a few yrs back

"its been a long run"

cause true story it has...

civic_tiger
05-12-2014, 11:01 PM
IF you have bit coins sell them and donate the proceeds to the emu project. Simple.

It's what the project accepts as a form of donation. Although bit coins have monetary value to them, some organizations still see them as an asset, such as shares in a company, and until the whole bit coin revolution catches on it will not be a fully useful form of currency. It doesn't even have conversion rates for different parts of the world, does it?
Regardless.. Like mentioned, sell the bit coins and donate via PayPal.

rommelrommel
05-13-2014, 03:40 AM
since you said you will accept bitcoin when paypal does, you suggest that you want people to donate bitcoin using paypal. the entire purpose of bitcoin is to send money without using a third party. should i write more?

i'm not going to talk about the subject of "real currency". it can be traded for USD and that's all that matters.

As said... trade it for USD or the currency of your choice that paypal accepts and donate it. Or give someone that will use paypal the bitcoin and have them sell it and paypal it. Do you hate paypal more than you like SWG?

Pentix
05-13-2014, 11:12 AM
0_0 so many posts to reply to. i will do one at a time to make it easier for me.


I know that cryptocurrency is the new "best thing since sliced bread" thing, but until we can pay all of our bills with it, and until it is recognized and accepted by all relevant institutions as an actual currency, and our bank and paypal start accepting them, we cant use them.

You can offer us donations in firewood or ladybugs, and while we are grateful for your generous offer, until we can actually pay our bills with those, we must respectfully decline.

ok, that's fine. just wanted to offer the idea of accepting bitcoin and then selling them for USD.


So what happens when your 3rd party currency system crashes or goes away? Where does your money go then? Who will trade it for USD then?
the easy solution for your question is trade it for USD and empty the account. i've seen a couple trading sites go down and they try to get everyone their money. (i didnt have anything in my account)

middle two paragraphs = no comment.


PayPal isn't a 3rd party, it's very much so like a bank with a real account that holds real money. I've had a MasterCard with PayPal for many years.
3rd party was the best word i could think of. but if they are taking fee from each transaction, i'm pretty sure that qualifies as a third party.


People dont seem to understand that we as individuals cant accept money. SWGEmu is a NPO and as such is regulated by certain laws.

You can not donate money to a NPO aka SWGEmu if you dont do it through an institution recognized by law aka banks or paypal. If we exclude one or the other, to whom would you be donating money or cryptocurrency? SWGEmu is not a person, you cant put money in its pockets, its an organization, organisation that by law has to keep books and by law has to keep its money in a bank or a similar monetary organization recognized by law, in our case Paypal. Giving money to one of our staff members wouldn't be the same as giving it to SWGEmu, it wouldn't even be considered donating. So excluding banks or paypal from the donation process is not only unwise, it more than likely illegal.

now this right here, this makes sense. i'll give you this one as a valid argument.


Do you hate paypal more than you like SWG?

no one noticed the donate thing on me?


Edit in the quotes in one post and answer the individual quote. No need to quadruple post.

i would if i knew how. i pretty much dont use forums much at all.

EDIT: forgot to add, i'm only talking about bitcoin because it was already brought up by someone else.
thx for condensing my posts for me.

Lolindir
05-13-2014, 11:32 AM
Edit in the quotes in one post and answer the individual quote. No need to quadruple post.

Edit

down right you have an edit function.... Click quote post, cut it out. find the next you wish to individually answer, click quote post, paste the current saved quote in the new one, click ctrl+A then cntrl+X and do this until you have all the quotes you need. To make it easy for yourself, make space between each new quote and write in the "pocket" you get. We also have a multi quote function on the forum.

rommelrommel
05-13-2014, 01:55 PM
no one noticed the donate thing on me?


Not ripping on you at all, but no. I don't see any bars displayed.

Gutboy Barrelhouse
05-14-2014, 11:29 AM
If you click on the profile of Pentix and then select "Awards" you get this:

Donation Level 3 This award is given to a member of the site who has donated more than 25.00 USD total

Why it does not show up like others do I don't know why.

Vlada
05-14-2014, 12:17 PM
If you click on the profile of Pentix and then select "Awards" you get this:

Donation Level 3 This award is given to a member of the site who has donated more than 25.00 USD total

Why it does not show up like others do I don't know why.

Becauseour forums are awesome, or maybe he chose to donate anonymously.

Shepskii
05-15-2014, 03:09 AM
Seeing this thread made me check my donations only to find the monthly payment had failed cos I forgot to update the new card details. Fixed :D

alpheus
05-18-2014, 10:35 PM
Just setup my monthly donation. Thank you so much for working on restoring one of my favorite games of all time. I'm impressed with how dedicated and professional the whole team is, and love this community. Keep up the great work!

Vlada
05-18-2014, 10:41 PM
From what I've heard today, Paypal might start to accept criptocurrency sooner than expected.

xstec
05-20-2014, 07:44 AM
http://www.businessinsider.com/ebay-is-considering-integrating-bitcoin-into-paypal-2014-5

Paypal considering bitcoin eh.

Seen this and thought of this thread.


Edit: Vlada, you beat me to it lol.

Wasted_Elmo
05-21-2014, 04:51 PM
PayPal is excepting it yes but def not sure what it plans to do with it i been tracking this my self as an inside investor in the company Ebay since they are one as is but there is another Company that will take USD to cryptocurrency and Back without the wait time like other exchanges and this one is tied to the Fed reserve so we might see hope that once this site becomes stable and more ppl use it cryptocurrencies will be legal "alternative" tender for "Online USE Only"

i can keep you up to date on that being a day trader and a cryptominer i def get alot of free time

Vlada
05-21-2014, 05:58 PM
PayPal is excepting it yes but def not sure what it plans to do with it i been tracking this my self as an inside investor in the company Ebay since they are one as is but there is another Company that will take USD to cryptocurrency and Back without the wait time like other exchanges and this one is tied to the Fed reserve so we might see hope that once this site becomes stable and more ppl use it cryptocurrencies will be legal "alternative" tender for "Online USE Only"

i can keep you up to date on that being a day trader and a cryptominer i def get alot of free time

Sure, if and when you have more info please let us know.

Wasted_Elmo
05-23-2014, 01:55 AM
ok so what i know so far there is not time line as to when this will happen or if this was the CEO's way of calling bluff to shut ppl up about splitting Ebay and PayPal into two companies like Google did ( know cause i own google A and B holding more votes on B) but the thing is since they just said they will hope to see this soon just shows that its a media stunt this follows as an interview days after a shareholders meeting came to say in a Q&A if they would ever see BitCoin as a form of payment and they said yes we could see this cause if not this type of currency can hurt us if we dont have it work for us..

but they also wanna see how this new Company in which companies we come to love own bits of this one called "Circle" its what i been talking about when it comes to buying and selling cryptocurrency with out the three day wait time to see RL cash in your bank account so if anything check em out

its free to sign up if your into that life of mining for coins

https://www.circle.com/

i def am going to be investing into this cause digital currency is here and its willing to stay

Raysun
05-23-2014, 05:23 AM
hey i'm new to SWGEMU and I'm an old SWG vet. I'd be more than willing to help out but I don't know how donations work. Will there be a news update with details on how to donate?

-edit-
Nevermind i'm blind, I see it now.

Aligon
05-24-2014, 04:22 AM
I have mad respect for the SWGemu team. They actually care, and want to better the game, unlike certain other games :D

Wasted_Elmo
05-30-2014, 02:46 PM
so now that more companies are starting to think about adding bitcoin as a form of payment like Dish networks on bill payments and so forth this is a step into the light that PayPal/Ebay is not that far from doing the same thing i say by the end of summer or late winter this all should be some what a beta start of this project but def is risky for them to do so but then again its risky for Dish since they are thinking of merging with another company yet again so idk but their hopper tech an what ever they got seems to be good money and since they swimming in debt yeah bitcoin def help em out..

but based on how much fraud reports Ebay on sales/transactions bitcoin for them is hard cause they might see the same problem spread over but other companies accept bitcoin on the low like Victoria Secrets and overstock.com (if you dont know about this site but seen it on tv before YW..) is another but there is more out there they just dont announce it like that for publicity they wanna work out the kinks before taking on a mass load of ppl who alrdy now to this day keep converting money to bitcoin just to have for safeguard when it comes to paper currency..

but its here if you got to mine from 2009 till now your rich beyond dreams to this new type "digital currency" but to those its just a new leap to new evo..



but Vlada i am sure this site would def be of interest when it comes to forms of payment you guys would like to implement (maybe bitcoin as form of donation like these android crypto devs do as in appdonation)
http://www.pymnts.com/

Read More on Dish Accepting Bitcoin as form of Payment..
http://www.pymnts.com/in-depth/2014/bots-overstock-and-dishtv/#.U4iV2fldUqc

Tangent
06-05-2014, 11:17 AM
Unfortunately, I used to work at ******. Sure, I worked in the IT dept, but I still mingled with all the other dept's. obviously. They do not let IP fall through the cracks, ever. They normally maintain a stranglehold on all IP even if it is simply shelved never to be used again. I will say this however... the ONE thing you have going for you right now is a prior agreement with SOE. ****** may be asshats when it comes to IP, but they are also deadly serious about agreements/contracts almost to a fault. If EMU has proof of an agreement with SOE, ****** will bite the bullet. If not, I expect this to be closed down as soon as they find the time to get around to it, and every single one of us who played it, will get a bill in the mail from the Mouse. ok, im joking about that last part, but after being under their employ... I'm only half joking.

Wasted_Elmo
06-05-2014, 06:22 PM
****** has nothing to do with SWG they may own the "star wars" name and its Subs but SWG is intelectual property Sony and SOE made with rights incorporated with Lucas Arts
and since Sony and SOE still owning the rights to it as of Jan of this yr and with ****** killing/laying off lucas arts and its ppl that means SWG still pertains to SOE as property
we should thank SOE for this cause even tho they closed down SWG a few yrs ago they still came back to say we wanna keep the SWG name and property so they made a
sweet deal one that made SOE think we can be like EA and hold rights for a while like EA so i doubt this will close as a matter of fact SOE may have ****ed up SWG but they saved it from ****** so this is SOE way of Giving it back
to the fans cause they are aware that the SWG emu project is going as a matter o "FACT" i know a friend who his cousin was one of the Devs to SOE before getting transferred into EQ2 project saying he was working with one or two ppl who was
bringing back SWG underground just didnt get to say which project ( didnt wanna get all IGN interview on it) but the Emu aint closing down if anything they wouldnt have to worry about ****** its more of Sony but i doubt any one would even care
unless ****** buys SOE titles but come on really do we have to go there ...


but this is an update to the EBay/PayPal it seems Carl Ichan and major investor with Ebay has gotten into a bit of trouble with insider trading now those who are not familiar with the term should just know that its bad news
with that said Ebay is going to hold off on any projects for now till this investigation is over Ebay is prepared to ease tensions with other investors into the matter and is insuring that things will go on just not right now


i mean so far this past 12 months Ebay has been under pressure from Elon Musk and Carl Ichan to spin off PayPal from Ebay and since Ebay is sure that Ebay/PayPal will stay together for a long while they been getting comments from other traders about the matter but Carl is to blame for sending out letters to other Ebay investors to vote on the spin off gladly i didnt vote on this cause i felt Ebay will fall with out the support of PayPal and all the celeb power they have cause Ebay loses alot of money over fraud and refunds to ppl who dont get their items or get lost in the mail (supposedly)

so with that said its going to be awhile with the rise in BitCoin going past $600 since Dec i figure its going to be a mainstream "digital currency" by next yr so far IRS changed its ruling saying bitcoin and any cryptocurrency is no longer a property but now a value of money problem is that you must report it as "self employed" if you Mine it and they will know this from your ISP ( thanks FCC internet neutral ****) and they will also know from the energy consumption as well ( just how the DEA and FBI know you have a grow house from the heat and energy consumption in your house) the government of this country is still messed up in its own way but they are just not yet ready to trust a digital coin that can get stolen like the Magic the Gathering Xchange or MtGox as some ppl know em by ...

but def you should get cracking on getting bitcoin into your life ppl are making money on donation from litecoin and bitcoin and since then the rise in bitcoin is going back up giving ppl hope again to trade in cryptocurrency

Wasted_Elmo
06-10-2014, 04:12 AM
well news aint good this time around it seems David Marcus CEO of paypal is leaving the company to work for Facebook (which is stupid but hey every one wants to work for FB now a days )
this sets back any project to bring cryptocurrency to paypal till a new CEO is appointed and reviews the projects Marcus had planned

June 27th is Marcus last day with paypal dont know when he is to start working for FB but he said that he rather be apart of a group where he can "manage smaller teams" to achieve something grater
i mean ppl in this world fight to make something an call them selves CEO i mean Mark Z made it clear "i am CEO *****" but this dude clearly lost his head

there is worries that all that was said about the future of paypal will no longer see the day of light this yr hence why shares of Ebay dropped when the news broke out that the CEO of PayPal is leaving
FB has stolen alot of good ppl from strong companies and have those companies fall after their departure to FB ppl are starting to think that what happen to Zynga is going to happen to PayPal where all its employees just quit so they
can work for the silicon valley company

dueler
06-13-2014, 04:30 PM
Well I'm going to start donating some then. I hope you guys resolve whatever issues you're having with ******.

Kelian
06-27-2014, 07:31 PM
What's the status for 2014?

I'd set up a recurring monthly donation but Paypal sucks. You guys need an easier way to donate.

bigevil
06-27-2014, 07:37 PM
What's the status for 2014?

I'd set up a recurring monthly donation but Paypal sucks. You guys need an easier way to donate.

Not sure of everyones aversion to paypal. Been using it since it started.

Vlada
06-27-2014, 07:41 PM
Paypal is actually the easiest way to do it.

Kelian
06-27-2014, 07:49 PM
Not sure of everyones aversion to paypal. Been using it since it started.

I reset my password since its been years but they won't verify the key they sent me so I can't even log in. I'm going to have to create a new PayPal account just for you guys ;) that's why I hate it. Always hoops to jump through.

Anyways when does the next expense report come out? And are there any limits to a donation to an NPO?

Vlada
06-27-2014, 07:56 PM
Anyways when does the next expense report come out? And are there any limits to a donation to an NPO?

When i make a new report, July or beginning of August depending on how hectic RL is, and i have no idea.

Kelian
06-27-2014, 08:04 PM
Sweet thanks Vlada. I'm new and still getting familiar with how the emu works but if you could find out the answer on donations I'll send you guys some cash to work with. Send me a message when you can answer. I just don't want the IRS knocking my door in at 2am :)

bolt212
06-27-2014, 08:18 PM
Sweet thanks Vlada. I'm new and still getting familiar with how the emu works but if you could find out the answer on donations I'll send you guys some cash to work with. Send me a message when you can answer. I just don't want the IRS knocking my door in at 2am :)

If they do just say your harddrive crashed.

bigevil
06-27-2014, 08:42 PM
If they do just say your harddrive crashed.

ZING !! .........or you lost the registration emails

Kelian
06-27-2014, 11:34 PM
Hahahaha why didn't I think of that. Where am I getting the money? I'd show you but my hard drive crashed and deleted all my emails from the interwebs too...

papacapjack
06-29-2014, 11:11 AM
People dont seem to understand that we as individuals cant accept money. SWGEmu is a NPO and as such is regulated by certain laws.

You can not donate money to a NPO aka SWGEmu if you dont do it through an institution recognized by law aka banks or paypal. If we exclude one or the other, to whom would you be donating money or cryptocurrency? SWGEmu is not a person, you cant put money in its pockets, its an organization, organisation that by law has to keep books and by law has to keep its money in a bank or a similar monetary organization recognized by law, in our case Paypal. Giving money to one of our staff members wouldn't be the same as giving it to SWGEmu, it wouldn't even be considered donating. So excluding banks or paypal from the donation process is not only unwise, it more than likely illegal.
https://coinbase.com/docs/merchant_tools/payouts

Coinbase can do instant bank transfers in local currency its how Fiverr does all its bitcoin to cash transfers, don't see how using this method would be a problem legally speaking.

Neo Corricon
07-07-2014, 03:46 AM
Nice to see some transparency in your financials.
Donation made.
Keep up the great work!

Robert594
07-08-2014, 11:22 PM
Just set up a £10 monthly recurring donation, which will be about $17 to you guys, at least till i get paid :)
This is a massive childhood game of mine as i'm currently 21 and grew up with this and just want it to stay!

CarlousXzan
07-14-2014, 08:50 AM
Recurring donation set up :-) now to win the lottery......

brokenlizard
07-16-2014, 03:52 PM
Donation made! Keep up the awesome work!

khamsinvera
07-18-2014, 04:24 PM
Well, since I'm back - I figured I might as well donate :)

Sarblade
08-11-2014, 04:05 AM
I've donated too :)

speeque
08-11-2014, 09:25 AM
Yeah keep up the good work to bring back SWG.
And i have ofcourse donated as well :)

Vysse
08-12-2014, 08:05 AM
Any updates from ******?

Lolindir
08-12-2014, 08:45 AM
What update would that be? Its not like we have a running connections with them.

Vlada
08-12-2014, 09:06 AM
Any updates from ******?

Nope. Aside from that generic semi-automated response "We will get back to you", nothing.

Vysse
08-12-2014, 08:46 PM
What update would that be? Its not like we have a running connections with them.

I just remember reading that you're awaiting them to respond to whether they'll be honoring the agreement made prior to their acquisition of Star Wars.


Nope. Aside from that generic semi-automated response "We will get back to you", nothing.

Too bad. I hope all goes well and smoothly with that. Lately they've taken a "let it run it's course" stand on IP's.

Palu Wojciak
08-14-2014, 12:28 AM
I'm cautiously optimistic that ****** will realize that taking down the Emu will cause them more harm than good. First of all, this project is supported by a very niche group of players who are either Star Wars fans or just die-hard pre-CU players. Presumably, many here would be willing to fork over money to ****** to try new Star Wars games or even for other Star Wars merchandise. Also, while we are a very small community in the eyes of a behemoth like ******, hopefully they realize that needlessly crushing SWGEmu would ensure that almost none of us would buy their games and, thanks to the viral nature of social media, many other gamers and Star Wars fans would be reluctant to support their products.

Stin
08-14-2014, 03:31 PM
Can you explain what it has to do with them?
I understand they now own the IP. But since all the IP related assets are stored on disks we already own, then I understood that it was OK for us to use it.

Palu Wojciak
08-14-2014, 07:45 PM
Even if we are legally in the right, ****** has the money to drown us in bogus lawsuits. Sadly, it's a fairly common practice for large corporations to just financially destroy smaller projects even if said projects aren't doing anything wrong.