The Why

[Tythus 1307]

Hi guys,

As you are all aware after reading the post made by Telanir we have done the who and what but not the why. This thread shall go into the why and what we were planning to do with the hopefully extra unallocated budget from the donations incurred by our actions. They are as follows:

 

1. To increase the amount of players on the server especially in regards to our non-peak player base. This shall be achieved by increasing our advertising vector through multiple sources, which include: buying advertising space on voting websites and getting more YouTubers interested in running series on our server.
2. As some may be aware due to the irregularity of donations we have built in a reserve of funds for bad months. This has recently been only holding while our costs are increasing in some areas (forums, DDOS protection, & a few across the board). I am wanting to regain the 3 months of buffer space in case of issues/bad months. The idea is if we receive $0 for 3 months (or something goes really bad) we will be able to keep running.
3. Lag’s the disease, meet the cure. Okay, not the cure, but more like a topical ointment to reduce the swelling and itch and you should see the size of… Anyway, back on topic, we have been looking at alleviating the server lag during war claims and other large events. We’ve come up against some difficulties with Minecraft unusual resource requirements and many of the common servers that are offered do not have enough vespene gas single threaded performance. These servers must also have enough multi-threaded performance to deal with a large amount of packets that have to be sent during war claims (at least 70x more than normal when at 300 players). Usually, by getting the better single-threaded performance, you get worse multi-threaded performance and vice-versa (usually one or the other) but we are not willing to make compromises in this area.

 

We would like to be sure that our players are aware and we have no reason to shroud our expenses really. I hope this explains to everyone confused or concerned what’s going on really.
 

Thank you for your time and understanding,

 

Tythus

[Tythus 1307]

[Space 2335]

starcraft reference good job buddy

[RandomTraveller 169]

26 minutes ago, Tythus said:

cure

 

Thank you Tythus. 

[Tom_Whiteman 949]

Does this ointment sell at my nearest pharmacy? 

[E__V__O 2000]

Ban report Tythus for double posting.

[Z3r05t4r 855]

As long as we have enough additional pylons server capacity to house the people for commonplace roleplay, I am fine. Warclaims, of course are something extraordinary, and regardless of all the hate'n'flame very exciting and unique to LotC. Trying to improve that certainly is a goal, but should never be done on the cost of normal performance.

 

In terms of Black Science Man I appreciate any input from the server staff to clear up questions.

[lemontide331 1615]

shocked u had 2 make a post coz every1 on the server felt it was their business to know where the moneys going lal xD

 

gizzagazza hype :DD 

[Sky 0]

Tythus give me a ******* reason (besides keeping the server up and running) to donate, you scrublord.

[Cat Evocation 3728]

You know, it's tythus and those Gifs of his that really keep this place running. None of that fancy server talk, Trust me I work I.T.

[501warhead 1796]

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[drfate786 1690]

You should make a live budget list to show everyone where the money is going when they donate. 

[Jygg 330]

Nice work, Tythus

[tea with Gwyn 218]

On 2/18/2016 at 8:38 AM, Why. said:

 

 

 

Dippy meme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, glad to see that we're gonna get less lag for warclaims(?). **** really creams my corn, n****.