Official update thread

[Vol]

A very welcome $50.22 from a person whose account name I do not know! But the kindness is much appreciated all the same.

Costs remaining: $50

I'm more than happy to say the last $50 is my share in keeping you ragamuffins around, though I won't say "no" if anyone wants to jump in, heh. But regardless, a big thank you to all of you! Been through quite a few different places at this point, with many names lost and gained, but I'm still grateful to have you all here for another year.

Edit: That was Joblom, as I thought, but had to confirm. Big thanks to him!

[Vol]

Alright, lads, that time of year again. Weird to see how many years we've been here already. Even weirder how the SSL certificate comes up months before the domain registrations, which comes up several weeks before the hosting, when I first bought them all at once initially.

Hosting: $227.26
Domain: $28.16
SSL: $79.99

TOTAL COSTS FOR RUNNING CZ FOR 2020: $335.41

Given the corona-virus has pretty well wiped out my usual income and savings, this year I'd be extra appreciative for any and all donations.

[Vol]

Update: $30 donation from an anonymous person

TOTAL COSTS FOR RUNNING CZ FOR 2020: $305.41

Thanks to them for their kindness!

[Vol]

Update: $25.28 from Mazder

TOTAL COSTS FOR RUNNING CZ FOR 2020: $280.13

Thanks goes to Mazder for his kindness, cheers, mate!

[Vol]

Just a heads up: The CZ email, used for admin contact and password recovery and such, has always been spotty since the start. Lots of bounced messages, failed requests, and no amount of fiddling changed it.

Really hope we haven't lost people because of that.

But since the php update issue, it's been completely useless. Haven't had a single message actually reach the email, and automated ones obviously would fail to. So for anything to user data, such as changing your registered email, or passwords, or whatever, _contact me directly first_. Either on Steam or through here.

Edit: Took a look at hosting costs. Moved us down 1 tier, which should knock off $60~ from the yearly costs, from $200~ to $144~. SSL really isn't negotiable, given we're running on old forum software on an old PHP version with usernames/passwords. I could probably take it down 1-2 more tiers even, to $60~ a year, but the feature list is annoyingly vague and it might break everything. We'll see how this year's renewals go.

[Vol]

Alright, all the yearly hosting costs are in, $291.91. I downgraded us one tier on hosting, since we're a tiny board, but it shouldn't affect anything. Knocked $45 off from last year at least.

I've already received $75.79, from Mazder and anonymous, so big thanks to them for their kindness!

Costs remaining: $216.12

Any and all donations are more than welcome!

[Vol]

A year already? Alas. Last renewals came in just now.

Hosting + backups: $179.76
Domain: $30
SSL: $95

Total: $304.76

As always, any and all donations lessen the burden are much appreciated, especially in these trying times.

[Vol]

A much welcomed donation from Maz!

Total left: $254.76