BEAR.
November 4th, 2022, 08:34 AM
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Hello everyone!
With site festivities coming to a close, I wanted to do a follow-up on how the Donation Drive went. In previous years, we've left our payment open for a few days after WCOn: this was to give people a chance to grab our donation goodies if they weren't able to during the drive.
This year they were taken down with WCOn. If you are interested in donating and didn't get the opportunity, message me and I'll reopen it for you but please know this is totally optional*.
Not only did we reach our goal of $192, we sailed past it and landed past the ocean the Clans are in. In total, we received a whopping $575.76 after Paypal fees!
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/messages.gif
We wanted to take a minute to share our experiences with the community. The support and love the community has shown over the near decade WCO has existed is absolutely heart-warming, and we're grateful to have your support and dedication to this website.
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/message1.png
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/message2.png
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/message3.png
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/fundsused.gif
Having exceeded the goal for one year of hosting by so much, we extended our usual hosting plan to 36 months.
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/invoice22.png
This is discounted from shorter plans (saves around $70 total) and keeps us from repeatedly requesting money every year! Going forward, if we do Donation Drives it will be fundraisers for charities or to help pay for any additional project or feature that needs funding. It will not be for hosting until late 2025.
$20 will be going into the Cbox, to upgrade it to premium. This will give you guys a lot of cool features to help make your chat experience better! :) For those who aren't yet frequenting the Cbox, I highly recommend giving it a shot once this upgrade is in use!
As for the remainder of the money, well. We have $53 and not a single clue on what to do with it! We've come up with some options, but ultimately wanted to ask you, our community where it should go.
* Any additional donations will be going into this funding!
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/options.png
Option 1: Mentions Upgrade
The funds would go towards purchasing the premium version of our Mentions plugin, which would allow for people to mention usergroups (think, @/RiverClan instead of individual people). These usergroups would be opt into like how Alternative Roleplays are, so people who do not want to be mentioned will not be forced into it.
Option 2: Charity
The funds would go to a no-kill animal shelter or rescue. We here at Warrior Cats Online definitely aren't biased and have a kitty preference, but we'll help with other animals too!
Option 3: Development Projects
The development team has a few nifty projects in the works, and the funds would go to helping us expand our possibilities.
Though we can't guarantee anything, these are things we'd like to take a closer look at implementing. This includes, and is not limited to: continuing work on the perk/skill tree system Neptune shared earlier this year (including making it semi-automated with items account-bound), integrating characters onto profiles better (no longer just a simple list/you have to use a biography thread or character site), tagged posts ("post as Bramblewhisker" and all roleplays are nicely consolidated under that name so you can track specific roleplays), replacing our lost birthday feature with a Join Day anniversary, redoing the Open RPs to make it more user friendly, and changing our Kitty Koin system to include actual shops.
Option 4: Theme Packs
We've shared the themes being pushed out for our update, but with this option we'd create 3-5 more themes for you guys to enjoy! Donors will be able to give us palette/color ideas to work with.
Option 5: Other
We only listed what we could think of, and want your thoughts on this! If you have more ideas or just want to share, please comment below! All input is appreciated. :heartbounce:
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/fordonors.png
We are working on getting out your benefits - don't worry!
A category should be appearing very soon for our early access users and we'll be sharing more of our progress on the upcoming updates. :tacoparty:
Hello everyone!
With site festivities coming to a close, I wanted to do a follow-up on how the Donation Drive went. In previous years, we've left our payment open for a few days after WCOn: this was to give people a chance to grab our donation goodies if they weren't able to during the drive.
This year they were taken down with WCOn. If you are interested in donating and didn't get the opportunity, message me and I'll reopen it for you but please know this is totally optional*.
Not only did we reach our goal of $192, we sailed past it and landed past the ocean the Clans are in. In total, we received a whopping $575.76 after Paypal fees!
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/messages.gif
We wanted to take a minute to share our experiences with the community. The support and love the community has shown over the near decade WCO has existed is absolutely heart-warming, and we're grateful to have your support and dedication to this website.
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/message1.png
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/message2.png
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/message3.png
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/fundsused.gif
Having exceeded the goal for one year of hosting by so much, we extended our usual hosting plan to 36 months.
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/invoice22.png
This is discounted from shorter plans (saves around $70 total) and keeps us from repeatedly requesting money every year! Going forward, if we do Donation Drives it will be fundraisers for charities or to help pay for any additional project or feature that needs funding. It will not be for hosting until late 2025.
$20 will be going into the Cbox, to upgrade it to premium. This will give you guys a lot of cool features to help make your chat experience better! :) For those who aren't yet frequenting the Cbox, I highly recommend giving it a shot once this upgrade is in use!
As for the remainder of the money, well. We have $53 and not a single clue on what to do with it! We've come up with some options, but ultimately wanted to ask you, our community where it should go.
* Any additional donations will be going into this funding!
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/options.png
Option 1: Mentions Upgrade
The funds would go towards purchasing the premium version of our Mentions plugin, which would allow for people to mention usergroups (think, @/RiverClan instead of individual people). These usergroups would be opt into like how Alternative Roleplays are, so people who do not want to be mentioned will not be forced into it.
Option 2: Charity
The funds would go to a no-kill animal shelter or rescue. We here at Warrior Cats Online definitely aren't biased and have a kitty preference, but we'll help with other animals too!
Option 3: Development Projects
The development team has a few nifty projects in the works, and the funds would go to helping us expand our possibilities.
Though we can't guarantee anything, these are things we'd like to take a closer look at implementing. This includes, and is not limited to: continuing work on the perk/skill tree system Neptune shared earlier this year (including making it semi-automated with items account-bound), integrating characters onto profiles better (no longer just a simple list/you have to use a biography thread or character site), tagged posts ("post as Bramblewhisker" and all roleplays are nicely consolidated under that name so you can track specific roleplays), replacing our lost birthday feature with a Join Day anniversary, redoing the Open RPs to make it more user friendly, and changing our Kitty Koin system to include actual shops.
Option 4: Theme Packs
We've shared the themes being pushed out for our update, but with this option we'd create 3-5 more themes for you guys to enjoy! Donors will be able to give us palette/color ideas to work with.
Option 5: Other
We only listed what we could think of, and want your thoughts on this! If you have more ideas or just want to share, please comment below! All input is appreciated. :heartbounce:
http://www.warriorcatsonline.com/forums/images/donationdrive/fordonors.png
We are working on getting out your benefits - don't worry!
A category should be appearing very soon for our early access users and we'll be sharing more of our progress on the upcoming updates. :tacoparty: