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Oh cool! Thanks @drmalawi . You have no idea. Every cent counts that comes in. Prices have rocketed this year so need to find an extra $1000 this year.
 
I don't care about $1000. I don't even care about $10,000. Well, I'm old.

A million, however...
 
I did post a note a few days ago in this forum about stuff possibly not migrating but apologies if the post got missed in the move @duck :(

At some point the forum will be getting an upgrade, it's a pretty major jump in versions but I'll put it into maintenance when we do that. The last attempt at it did not go well but we need to have another crack at it. :)
 
Rush said:
Can I have your $10K then to help pay for all this ;)
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OK, it seems I was impricise. I don't care about getting $1000 or $10,000. Giving away $10,000 is a different story.

Anyway, my previous posting was a bit out of context. I was a bit drunk yesterday night (was playing cards before which usually includes drinking beer and a bit booze) and then I tend to post nonsense.
 
Unrelated but I have a question for you smartypants people and it isn't really worth making a thread. If I'm considering overspeccing my Demon Machine sorceress to a ridiculous degree, is Dragon a consideration? She's at +18 to skills (19 after CtA), and I'm not really worried about survivability since cows never get close enough to swing on her. What kind of damage would I be looking at over, say, upped vipermagi's?
 
Pancakes said:
Unrelated but I have a question for you smartypants people and it isn't really worth making a thread. If I'm considering overspeccing my Demon Machine sorceress to a ridiculous degree, is Dragon a consideration? She's at +18 to skills (19 after CtA), and I'm not really worried about survivability since cows never get close enough to swing on her. What kind of damage would I be looking at over, say, upped vipermagi's?
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level 14 holy fire aura with level 38 fire mastery is just about 500 fire damage / attack. Not worth it, viper magi is better here imo
 
Rush said:
I did post a note a few days ago in this forum about stuff possibly not migrating but apologies if the post got missed in the move @duck :(

At some point the forum will be getting an upgrade, it's a pretty major jump in versions but I'll put it into maintenance when we do that. The last attempt at it did not go well but we need to have another crack at it:)
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Question. How much does it take to run the site? How is it funded at the moment? Any way I can contribute to give back to the community?
 
@duck you can do what me and @krischan did, become "pure premium" member. It removes the adds from the site and you get more functions etc. (I still have not gotten my activated), there is also a donate button (which does not work at the moment) and a pure diablo store

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duck said:
Question. How much does it take to run the site? How is it funded at the moment? Any way I can contribute to give back to the community?
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So everyone knows. The site is funded by ads BUT since the pandemic, the bottom has called out of ad rates by about 40-50%. On top of that hosting has gone up due to inflationary pressures (we were looking at 3K this year which both Elly and I pay). We have one server that drives everything, and we had to cut back this year a bit on the server due to the ads just not performing as we would have seen in previous years. You will all have read about the layoffs in the game sector, well, it's not just developers; it's also impacting editorial sites in a big way. Just this week all staff at Polygon were let go due to an acquisition. So many others have also gone to the wall. It's similar to what happened back in 2000.

There are a lot of factors in play, Google changing the way they present results meaning people get the answers at the top of the search results without even reaching the site. The rise of AI written content is also a huge problem. In other words, we have to work twice as hard to get the same results.

Previously, both Elly and I worked full time on the sites, but last year, due to financial pressures due to the above, I took on a full-time job in the industry with the good folks at NetworkN as Head of Special Projects. Elly was also offered a position at the time, but she felt that she really wanted to stick to working on the sites here. With both of us taking on full-time work, it would have been impossible to give the sites the attention they needed. So now I work the day job, and at night attend to the sites.

Elly and I have sunk most of our lives into this site and our others since 1997, and it's hard to let go, we kind of feel everyone here is part of the family. Plus, both of us love this kind of work. We're always looking to improve things, look at new opportunities to keep us all afloat.
 
Rush said:
So everyone knows. The site is funded by ads BUT since the pandemic, the bottom has called out of ad rates by about 40-50%. On top of that hosting has gone up due to inflationary pressures (we were looking at 3K this year which both Elly and I pay). We have one server that drives everything, and we had to cut back this year a bit on the server due to the ads just not performing as we would have seen in previous years. You will all have read about the layoffs in the game sector, well, it's not just developers; it's also impacting editorial sites in a big way. Just this week all staff at Polygon were let go due to an acquisition. So many others have also gone to the wall. It's similar to what happened back in 2000.

There are a lot of factors in play, Google changing the way they present results meaning people get the answers at the top of the search results without even reaching the site. The rise of AI written content is also a huge problem. In other words, we have to work twice as hard to get the same results.

Previously, both Elly and I worked full time on the sites, but last year, due to financial pressures due to the above, I took on a full-time job in the industry with the good folks at NetworkN as Head of Special Projects. Elly was also offered a position at the time, but she felt that she really wanted to stick to working on the sites here. With both of us taking on full-time work, it would have been impossible to give the sites the attention they needed. So now I work the day job, and at night attend to the sites.

Elly and I have sunk most of our lives into this site and our others since 1997, and it's hard to let go, we kind of feel everyone here is part of the family. Plus, both of us love this kind of work. We're always looking to improve things, look at new opportunities to keep us all afloat.
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Thanks for the transparency.

D2 was a major part of my childhood. While I mainly played bnet then, I knew about SSF for the longest time. This community is special as it's so dedicated to a niche aspect of d2, and I really admire it.

If you still intend to keep the site running, I can donate 1k usd to help out. Probably can do so maybe next month when work is less busy. Let me know when you need it and how I can go about doing it.
 
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