Shawn thanks for....

Originally posted by pyrokilla:
<strong>the lack of ads and pop ups on this site, never really thought about it till today, thanks!</strong><hr></blockquote>


Yes Shawn thank you very much! *hug*
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Originally posted by Shawn:
<strong>I consider banners, and especially pop-ups, to be extremely annoying. I would much rather pay for the bandwidth, than be paid for advertising at the expense of the viewer’s enjoyment.

*hugs x 1000*</strong><hr></blockquote>

shawn, you're a G O D!

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Originally posted by bishounen:
<strong>I'm a bit curious here, how much do you pay a month to host these forums?</strong><hr></blockquote>

Neo-Geo.com is hosted on a dedicated server with Hostway. <a href="http://www.hostway.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hostway.com/</a>

The setup fee was $490, the annually recurring fee is $6200. We are allocated 50GB of bandwidth per month, but for every 10 GB we go over, there is a $20 fee. People download an average of 4.5 GB per day. That averages to 140 GB per month. Cost of hosting NG.com averages to $700 per month & $8,400 per year.

FYI, NeoStore.com is on a totally different server with a separate hosting fee.

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Originally posted by Shawn:
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Neo-Geo.com is hosted on a dedicated server with Hostway. <a href="http://www.hostway.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hostway.com/</a>

The setup fee was $490, the annually recurring fee is $6200. We are allocated 50GB of bandwidth per month, but for every 10 GB we go over, there is a $20 fee. People download an average of 4.5 GB per day. That averages to 140 GB per month. Cost of hosting NG.com averages to $700 per month & $8,400 per year.

FYI, NeoStore.com is on a totally different server with a separate hosting fee.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Why not set up a subscription service, where we can subscribe and get access to extra forums the general spamming cannot?

Maybe subscribers could get a neo store discount?


I should have put this in suggestions, but it seemed relevant here.

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Originally posted by Matt Semmel:
<strong>Blasphemy, Daisuke! Complete nonsense. I don't wanna be a part of another IGN.com! Don't listen to him Shawn!</strong><hr></blockquote>

I didn't say shut everyone out, I said offer a small bonus to the dedicated users who want to help keep the site up and running.

I remember the server overage bills, and downtime. Not a pleasant thing.

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Originally posted by Matt Semmel:
<strong>All subscription plans start out like that. Then everything goes to Hell.</strong><hr></blockquote>

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Kids these days...

I'd be perfectly happy to pitch in 25 bucks a year for extra privledges, to help allieveiate the server costs here. Some people just have the hardest time grasping the concept of paying for something online.

For the 25.00 a year, you could get bonuses like animated avatars, the ability to lock your own threads, or your own custom rank.

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Originally posted by Daisuke Jigen:
<strong>

<img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" />

Kids these days...

I'd be perfectly happy to pitch in 25 bucks a year for extra privledges, to help allieveiate the server costs here. Some people just have the hardest time grasping the concept of paying for something online.

For the 25.00 a year, you could get bonuses like animated avatars, the ability to lock your own threads, or your own custom rank.</strong><hr></blockquote>

So would I but the best thing we can do is pledge to buy our new carts from the new store. That alone would help out and why buy them from NCSX? all they ever gave us was a bull shit price on 2K1!!

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Originally posted by Daisuke Jigen:
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For the 25.00 a year, you could get bonuses like animated avatars, the ability to lock your own threads, or your own custom rank.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I wouldn't mind doing that too!

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Originally posted by Shawn:
<strong>

Neo-Geo.com is hosted on a dedicated server with Hostway. <a href="http://www.hostway.com/" target="_blank">http://www.hostway.com/</a>

The setup fee was $490, the annually recurring fee is $6200. We are allocated 50GB of bandwidth per month, but for every 10 GB we go over, there is a $20 fee. People download an average of 4.5 GB per day. That averages to 140 GB per month. Cost of hosting NG.com averages to $700 per month & $8,400 per year.

FYI, NeoStore.com is on a totally different server with a separate hosting fee.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Not many people may know, but next to all those AES games Shawn has in his house, he has 40 cases of Top Ramen instant noodles and two freezer full of Budget Gourment Frozen dinners. This is obviously due to all the outrageous website fees.

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Originally posted by Matt Semmel:
<strong>I can grasp the concept of dishing out $25 a year for neat stuff, I'm not braindead. I just think it's harder for people without Paypal or credit cards to pay. Think about the audience of 17 and under that love this site, we don't have credit cards, more than likely we don't have Paypal either. Think about the children!</strong><hr></blockquote>

It wouldn't take away anything from you "the children"[ <img src="graemlins/ohno.gif" border="0" alt="[Oh No]" /> ], but it would give someone bonuses like making my rank "Top Hunter", whereas you would cycle through the normal list of cystom ranks.

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