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| 29 AUG 2010 at 9:59pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Joined: 28 APR 2007
Location: US
Status : Offline | A Note to Fellow Adventurers
I want to add my small voice for the call for help for this wonderful site and forum to help cover expenses. As we all know this is a wonderful place to share our love of adventure games and the adventure of playing them, for in sharing our fun and enjoyment, the magic and the goodness is not only shared but mangnified and expanded far past what any one of us could imagine. I have come to love and value this community very much and I plan to add my nickels and what i can afford to help keep the lights on as long as it is needed, for Randy and the staff here have given us a wonderful gift and I Hope to see that Gift go on giving.
Chris (CrisGer)
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 10:04pm |
karlaAdministrator
Posts : 2588
Joined: 27 JUL 2003
Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Many thanks for your kind words and sizeable donation, Chris. Both are much appreciated!
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 10:09pm |
AlienBZJourneyman
Posts : 877
Joined: 14 JAN 2008
Status : Offline | What if some of the members are unable to make a contribution?
Doin' Warp 9 to the Great Kingdom of Adventure Games of Outer Space
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 10:27pm |
karlaAdministrator
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Joined: 27 JUL 2003
Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By K515 (29 AUG 2010 10:08pm)
What if some of the members are unable to make a contribution?
We push those people off a cliff.
Kidding!
No one is required to make a contribution -- it's strictly voluntary. So if you're unable to make one, that's okay!
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 10:41pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Karla, please give me suitable email address. Paypal site tells me this justadventure@comcast.net is an inadequate email address.
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 10:50pm |
HalcyonSchattenjger
Posts : 1652
Joined: 17 NOV 2006
Status : Offline | The email worked for me.
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 11:07pm |
AlienBZJourneyman
Posts : 877
Joined: 14 JAN 2008
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By karla (29 AUG 2010 10:27pm)
We push those people off a cliff.
You mean the the Congo cliff that George Stobbert has to cross in Broken Sword Sleeping Dragon?? Yiikes!
Doin' Warp 9 to the Great Kingdom of Adventure Games of Outer Space
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 11:17pm |
| Deleted User | Suggested donation: a dime per post? [img]http://justadventure.com/yabb/Smilies/happy.gif[/img]
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 11:29pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Location: AU
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Camaroboy1968 (29 AUG 2010 11:16pm)
Suggested donation: a dime per post? [img]http://justadventure.com/yabb/Smilies/happy.gif[/img]
Jeepers. I'd need a mortgage.
I got it to work but why did I get a receipt saying I'd sent money to Francis? :-?
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| 29 AUG 2010 at 11:48pm |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | St Francis of Assisi is always grateful
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 12:28am |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I'd be happy to make a small contribution, can we send a check?
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 2:56am |
karlaAdministrator
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Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (29 AUG 2010 10:41pm)
Karla, please give me suitable email address. Paypal site tells me this justadventure@comcast.net is an inadequate email address.
Did it start working for you, Caroline? It's definitely a legitimate email address.
@Helen: I asked Randy about alternate payment methods and he said he wants to limit it to Paypal only. Sorry about that.
I've edited the OP in this thread as well as the broadcast announcement to add the following:
For anyone who might be wondering, Randy is known as Francis Sluganski on the above Paypal account. I can personally vouch that they're one-and-the-same person. Sorry for the confusion.
I've also added a blurb to the web page at http://www.justadventure.com/JANeedsHelp.shtm
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 4:26am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
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Location: AU
Status : Offline | Ah, mystery solved. But you know, he'll always be Randy as far as I'm concerned. [smiley=rofl.gif]
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 4:36am |
CrisGerSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Randy ->Francis..... Francis->Randy
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 5:23am |
karlaAdministrator
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Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | And Randy's wife's name is Sandy. Really!
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 8:39am |
TravellerGuild Master
Posts : 4039
Joined: 3 JUL 2010
Location: US
Status : Offline | Hmm, I'll donate a bit every month, I think, if that is ok...-sadly I'm not earning much at the mo since I'm studying, but I'd be devastated if JA had to disappear.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 9:03am |
karlaAdministrator
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Location: US, Close to the Edge
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (30 AUG 2010 8:38am)
Hmm, I'll donate a bit every month, I think, if that is ok...-sadly I'm not earning much at the mo since I'm studying, but I'd be devastated if JA had to disappear.
If you can't pay all at once, we shoot you.
Oops, sorry. My sick sense of humor seems to be in overdrive right now.
Seriously, whichever way you want to do things is fine. I completely understand about your lack of disposable income; I live in that condition almost perpetually.
I, too, would be devastated if the site were to shut down. I've been involved with JA in one capacity or another for over seven years now, and I'm emotionally attached to the site and its participants.
Randy gave me my first-ever opportunity to write a game review back in 2003. A couple of years ago, he also tossed the webmaster position right in my lap. No matter what happens, these things, along with Randy and all of you guys, will always be special to me.
Thanks for your support, Trav!
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 3:27pm |
loobilooPrivate Detective
Posts : 598
Joined: 3 APR 2008
Location: UK
Status : Offline | This is the first site I regularly visited when I started playing AGs although it took me a while (well quite a few years) before becoming a member! Hope my small contribution helps to keep the site going - if not have a lovely holiday Randy! [smiley=laughing.gif]
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 11:40pm |
HelenGuild Master
Posts : 3436
Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Okie doke Karla,
Ive been popping in and out of JA for years myself and would hate to see it dissapear.
I can do the paypal thingie if needed. I cant give alot but Ill be glad to help with what I can.
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| 30 AUG 2010 at 11:56pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | I had to open a paypal account so it will take a few days.
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| 31 AUG 2010 at 4:35am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Helen,
Now that you have paypal - don't go anywhere near ebay.
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| 31 AUG 2010 at 12:29pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Caroline,
I certainly wont.
I used to have paypal a few years back but kept getting weird mail about it ( trying to rip me off Im sure ) and so I just got rid of it,but its worth a try again.
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| 31 AUG 2010 at 4:59pm |
loobilooPrivate Detective
Posts : 598
Joined: 3 APR 2008
Location: UK
Status : Offline | Helen, there was a lot of 'phishing' emails sent out a few years ago that were not from Paypal. I got a few & sent them onto Paypal (they have an email to send them to) - they turned out to be fraudulent & it does help Paypal if you do send them on. It's never wise to follow links in emails from financial companies anyway - best to log into the proper site.
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| 31 AUG 2010 at 10:31pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By karla (30 AUG 2010 2:56am)
Originally Posted By Caroline (29 AUG 2010 10:41pm)
Karla, please give me suitable email address. Paypal site tells me this justadventure@comcast.net is an inadequate email address.
Did it start working for you, Caroline? It's definitely a legitimate email address.
@Helen: I asked Randy about alternate payment methods and he said he wants to limit it to Paypal only. Sorry about that.
I've edited the OP in this thread as well as the broadcast announcement to add the following:
For anyone who might be wondering, Randy is known as Francis Sluganski on the above Paypal account. I can personally vouch that they're one-and-the-same person. Sorry for the confusion.
I've also added a blurb to the web page at http://www.justadventure.com/JANeedsHelp.shtm
Karla, we had a similar situation occur on another website (not adventure game related) and we all agreed to help out with a certain amount as a minimum ie. the amount that was necessary to help keep the site afloat. I'm not saying we need to know that here, but it would be helpful to know something like what, based on the number of 'regular JA users', would be a range of useful donation amounts to actually make a difference in the support of the site.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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