You may have noticed this weekend I have changed the server to have 45/50 slots available to regular players. After speaking to some members I think this could be a good way to generate some money for a hardware upgrade so we can have more player slots and better performance.

From now on for anyone who donates ten euros I will add them to a list of players who can join when there are already 45/50 players online. This access will be available permanently to that player. I've always hated servers with donor loadouts etc but I cannot afford to fund the server entirely by myself if I was to upgrade the hardware.

DayZ is an expensive game to host in terms of its hardware requirements which is why every big private hive runs some kind of donor scheme. I've done everything I can to avoid that up to this point, but if we want to grow more its necessary I'm afraid. I think reserved slots could be a good and fair way to achieve that.

Benefits of Being a Donor

- You can still login to the server when there are 45 regular players online without being kicked for a reserve slot
- You can have a custom jpeg image for the logo on your basebuilding flag (optional)
- You won't be kicked for being idle in the lobby
- You won't be kicked for accidentally using non ASCII chars in chat

Click here to donate:



I'll take care of adding you to the reserved slots list as soon as I see the paypal email. Please include your ingame name somewhere on the donation or send me a PM to let me know you have donated.

Please understand that just because you have donated to the server you should not expect to be treated differently to another player. When it comes to donors I will enforce all of my server rules just as I do for anyone else. Do not get angry at me if you are a donator and you get banned for combat logging, duping, glitching etc. You are donating to support this community because you like playing in a server which takes a firm stance against these things don't expect a second chance or leniency just because you donated.

If you wish to donate more than 10 euros you can do so from here

I posted some information on the current server costs in this old thread if you are interested, we have had some community contributions in the past but most months I pay the full bill myself - viewtopic.php?f=2&t=692

Total Donations so Far Since 09/02/2014:

€346.86

Total Running Costs Since 09/02/2014:

-€369.6

Current Cost per Month:

€71

Upgraded Hardware:

€169 installation
€30 extra (plus windows licensing costs of around €10 per month) - Around €111 total per month

Great Idea! See you inGame !

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Wow what an admin! I like! Would u share the blow with me pls? We can make a session at my place dude!

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"Der der nichts erwartet, wird auch nicht enttäuscht werden"

Just popped the reserve slot limit up to 45 from 40 players to test these new network settings a bit more

Thought I'd post a bit of info on what we would actually need to raise for a server upgrade

- Extra monthly cost: It's only 30 euros extra for a much higher spec CPU than we have now, with faster storage (SSD) and more RAM.
- Setup fees: 99 euros
- Transfer fees: Our hosts would need to transfer the new server to the existing servers rackspace once its setup, this is listed as being 69 euros.

The main issue for me is the 168 euros it'll cost just to get started, the 30 extra isn't so bad and would only require 3 donors a month to fully cover. If we look at all current donations as going towards that (forgetting the 71 euros I spend each month currently) we are at 40/168

I'm sure you all notice the long loading times sometimes and general server sluggishness especially after a couple of hours uptime. Theres also lots of random bugs that can occur in game with low server fps. Without upgraded hardware there's very little I can do for these issues besides lowering the max player count.

Just donated Seaweed, Hope we can get enough for the new hardware!

Lets do this.

<- and what is this lovely stat fix?

Boromir: "You have my sword."
Gimli: "You have my axe."
Legolas: "You have my bow."
Christoph: "You have my wallet."

Cheers mate, 420!

Many thanks christoph, I've added you to the donors list and updated the total in the OP.

Thanks for all the recent donations, it's great that we don't have to offer the kind of gamebreaking shit most major servers do to pay their hosting bills.

No Probs, thing is - your server became pretty much the plattform for like 50% of my social interactions... Only fair if I help improving it, right?

why can´t you extend your server? 60/70/80 slots?

I have to donate some money and even can´t play?!!? Who are these "5" "Gold Members" ?

thanks for answer. very informativ. really great support of you

it sounds like there are no more players desired...

I already answered your question apparently you didn't manage to read as far as the second sentence in this thread before asking it.



Do you have any idea how much money it costs to host a 60/70/80 player server?

Do you think I would need to raise money like this if we already had powerful enough hardware for more than 50 players?

You have been posting some really stupid stuff to the forums recently dude.

I have been playing on this server alot recently, and find itself, the admins and the player community very good.
Hopefully the donation will come in handy, Seaweed

- Daisy

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Thanks man I've added your guid to the donors list

if i had any money at all i would donate again, will do as soon as that is the case.

The generosity of this community blows me away someone donated 70 Euros tonight which brings us very close now to the target for a hardware upgrade (OP is updated). You guys are all awesome I'm very grateful that we can potentially give the server an upgrade soon

Wickedsick !

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Lol, I read about the 70€ and thought "Who of my friends is crazy enough for that?" - Yet I was sure it was you Reen...

No it wasnt me but i know who it was

But i donated another ten bucks as i read that Topic

Wasted my money for more senseless stuff before, so HUURAYY !


EDIT : I could spend my GTX 760 OC 2GB as i ordered a GTX 770 OC 4GB

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Students nowadays.....

I have a job, too. Workin as a carer/social worker gettin 1050 Euro for 20h/week. =D
Pfff

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only in the south... ^^ you would get 400€ and a some colourful language for that kind of work here.

Someone donated last night and didn't let me know their in game name. I checked the email address against the forum but couldn't find a match. Please send me a pm if it was you!