Clarification Requested (Donations)

For fuck's sake. If spending $50 to keep up a site you visit for the better part of everyday and have had many years of enjoyment out of is such a big fucking deal to you then I suggest you either don't pay in future and let Gamingforce die or you shut up and fuck off to some other forum where they don't ask you for money.

It's not like bobo came to your house and forced $50 out of you at gunpoint. He made a request for cash and some of us thought it was a worthwhile cause.

$50 is fuck all money in the grand scheme of things. I donated not to become some shareholder or get an email proxy or for some gay little icon, I donated because I've spent almost 5 years posting on these forums for a total cost of nothing and I didn't feel it was such an onerus request to donate a bit of cash to the upkeep of the place, especially if that meant keeping the site running.

So what if bobo has taken the money and gone on holiday? I couldn't give a fuck what he's spending it on. God knows how much of his own money he's spent on this site over the years and for what? He doesn't even post here much any more, he gets nothing in return but a bunch of whiny kids having a go at him for taking a couple of weeks to restoring some backup nobody will ever read and for not providing some kind of fucking budget so you lot can pick holes in his spending habits.

I just can't believe how fucking ungrateful some of you cunts are. bobo owes you nothing. No explanations, no time commitments and no money. If you're not happy to wait a bit until he's sorted some stuff out then please, fuck off. Gamingforce will be all the better for each one of you mardy fucks that never comes back.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I'm not saying that donations should be the way to fund GFF instead of advertising, go back and actually read what I said this time.

I agree wholeheartedly, GFF needs some form of advertising revenue in order to keep going and I don't think anyone would disagree with that. What I was saying is that I think it's ridiculous how some people here seem to think that bobo is all of a sudden answerable to you just because some people (And I notice that doesn't include a lot of the major complainants) chucked him a bit of cash to keep the place going in the short term.

As I see it, it comes down to this. If you personally feel that Gamingforce is a cause worthy of some of your money, then give some of your money. If you don't want to spend money on it then don't but for God's sake don't think you have any right to complain how the place is run either way.

As has been said countless times in the past, GFF is not a democracy. There's a very strong sense of community here, granted and popular opinion more often than not sways the major decisions but at the end of the day, most of us come here to post and nothing more. Some people are made mods or admins to help the general maintenance of the site and keep things running smoothly but the site is bobo's. He and he alone has the right to decide how things work round here. If like me and Sass you appreciate his efforts over the years and are willing to give a bit back then you do so. If you don't like how things are run you either give nothing and shut up or you get the fuck out.

It really is as simple as that.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

If you're gonna start drawing parallels with the business world, you should be aware that the process of incorporating a business takes a little more than three weeks. If bobo has a business plan and if bobo decides he wants to share it with you, I'm sure he will. I know for a fact though that it takes a fair bit of time to formulate a proper business plan, then weeks longer to finalise it, circulate it, complete the neccessary statutory obligations and so on.

I also think that with voluntary donations, he has no obligation whatsoever to tell you what he's doing with the money. As I said before, if you don't feel comfortable giving your money to someone, then don't give him any money, simple as that.

I don't give a fuck what bobo did with my donation. He could have spent the whole lot on drugs and hookers and good luck to him. The amount of his personal time and money he's invested in this place over the years, he deserves a few quid off all of us I reckon.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The regular updates he's posting as to features coming back up and new features being implemeted not good enough for you?

Also, is English your first language because that post made fuck all sense.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?