YOU did it!! £775 in 5 days !!

Started by TeaLeaf, July 26, 2002, 08:54:13 AM

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TeaLeaf

As you know, we have all been suffering a little bit of lag spike recently and some of it has been traced back to Homer, our beloved and very FREE MeatHook PCS server. Basically, it just ain't what it used to be and badly needs an upgrade - and this is the bit where YOU can help.  We would like your help towards the cost of the upgrade so that you can continue to enjoy quality, objective-based and FREE PCS team play on Homer.

What will a donation get you? Well it should give us a damn fine server to see us right over the next couple of years. Put in practical terms, it means a substantial upgrade to the following:

Pentium 4 2.0Ghz CPU,  1.0Gb PC2700 Fast RAM,  Epox EP-4G4M+ Motherboard, 40GB UDMA 100 Hard Drive and a new rack mounted server case.

DM and Stryker provide (via X-wired) the rack space, TLC and bandwidth for the PCS server FREE every month, but the current server case takes up a LOT of rack space.  In their business, rack space is money, so that's what the 19" rack mount case is for.

The Target: To get all of the above sorted out we need about £775.    

What have -=[dMw]=- done?  
The Clan started fund raising just 36 hours ago and have raised total funds to date of £560  (Well done guys, you make me proud)  :D

So to complete everything for Homer, we need another £215

If you would like to donate then please send a Private Message to me (click on the PM button below left) detailing the amount you would like to pledge and whether or not you wish to be a named or anonymous donor.   I'll then add the the details of your donation to this thread (either with or without your name in accordance with your wishes). I will then send a PM to anyone who makes a pledge and provide details of how to make the donation.

Keep MeatHook going, keep it competitive, and keep it fun. Please pledge NOW!!

TL.   8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from Anonymous of £50 received. Thank you.   :D

Total Funds Raised To Date: £610
Still needed: £165


Dig deep for UK PCS - Pledge Now !!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from Anonymous of £10 received. Thank you.   :D

Total Funds Raised To Date: £620
Still needed: £155

Dig deep for UK PCS - Pledge Now !!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from Anonymous of £20 received. Thank you.  :D

Total Funds Raised To Date: £640
Still needed: £135

Dig deep for UK PCS - Pledge Now !!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from Anonymous of £2 received. Thank you.   :D

Total Funds Raised To Date: £642
Still needed: £133

Dig deep for UK PCS - Pledge Now !!
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from BlueBall of £30 received. Thank you.   :D

Total Funds Raised To Date: £672
Still needed: £103

Keep it going folks - just a little more!!

TL.   8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

DogMeat

This is brilliant stuff - TeaLeaf, the Terry Wogan of dMw... :P
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Some pixies. No cars. No talent.

TeaLeaf

Pledge from (ex-UK-TMF) Strike of £10 received. Thank you.   :D

Total Funds Raised To Date: £682
Still needed: £93

Keep it going folks - just £93 left to go....

TL.
 8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Just £93 to raise.........

Anyone feel generous and want to help reduce this number towards zero?

Let's keep the momentum going and close this thing off quickly  :D

TL.   8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from Anonymous of £3 received.  Thank you.  :D

Total raised: £685

Still needed £90


Dig deep folks, a little bit here, a little bit there etc......  :lol:

TL.  8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from FBG of £50 received. Thank you.   :D

Total raised: £735

Still needed £40

We're on the home straight folks, any final donations to get us that last forty quid?  As soon as I see we're close, I'll go make the purchase of the server case, so let's try and finish this thing off shall we?

Thank you to everyone who has thus far dipped into their pockets and made a contribution - we will ALL enjoy the fruits of your generosity through the much improved gameplay on Homer  :D

TL.  8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from [UK-TMF]MAD_ness of £20 received. Thank you.    :D

Total raised: £755

Still needed £20

We're approaching the tape.......anyone gonna give us the last £20?  I'll try to arrange the purchase of the server case this afternoon on the assumption that we are that close that we are bound to see another £20 come in  :lol:

TL.  8)
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

TeaLeaf

Pledge from JonnyAppleSeed of £20 received. Thank you.   :D

Total raised: £775

Still needed £NIL  Target Achieved

What can I say - well done everyone - the goods have already started being despatched to Stryker, so pretty soon we will have a brand new and spankingly fast Homer on which to play MeatHook PCS  :D

Raising £775 in 5 days could only have been done on a PCS server, once again showing the benefits of the comradeship that is PCS.....I think I'm going to cry  :wink:  

GJ everyone!

TL.  8)
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TeaLeaf
TL.
Wisdom doesn\'t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.  (Tom Wilson)
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships. (Michael Jordan)

OldBloke

On behalf of all present and future Meat Hookers can I thank all the people who donated to this cause. It was, as TeaLeaf has said, a remarkable response in a very short time. Good on yer!

But where would we have been without TeaLeaf's superb performance?

An excellent job TL. Thankyou.

And ...

"I'm so excited ... and I just can't hide it ... I'm about to lose control and I think I like it."

New server :biggrin:  :oops:  :biggrin:
"War without end. Well, what was history if not that? And how would having the stars change anything?" - James S. A. Corey