Quote Originally Posted by Chester

LT's logic is lost on me.
It takes more grace to accept help from someone than to give it yourself.

I think that at least one aspect of some team members' (I assume there's more than one who agree with LT or they wouldn't have taken the button down) antipathy to accepting money from the hoi polloi is that there is an implied element of being able to control what you pay for. As long as something is a gift, it is up to the giver to decide what the gift will be. As soon as it becomes a sale, the customer, as they say, is always right, and may feel the right to assert influence over the product. Try as I might I can't but help think that there is a little 'If we can't play my way then I'm taking my ball away' attitude on the part of LT- or at least an unwillingness to accept the wishes of the majority. It's his right (I'm not trying to flame him) but I find it a little sad.
If this is at all the case then I am sorry but it seems like there's no way for the EB team to accept our help in a way that please everybody.
Assuming that in a perfect world the people paying for the site would like to spread the burden around a little, might we not find a third way?
How about EB T-Shirts? I would buy one like a shot. EB has some of the best artwork I've ever seen on a computer game and ye should be proud proud proud of the quality of the work you've done. Surely it couldn't be too hard to print up some shirts with faction logos and/or the antique map, figure out the print run you'd need to cover the costs of the bandwith and offer them on the website? You guys have the most hits of any mod on the org- that's a huge fanbase of many people who would love to have a tshirt especially if they know it's to help cover the overhead. This is a variation of the church bake sale- you're not charging for the service you provide but you would be allowing your fans to chip in, in a way that hurts nobody's feelings. I hope someone on the team looks into this.

I am really glad that I did contribute while the button was up- I only wish I had given a little more.