JunoReactor Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 How about getting together with other CM site operators and co-hosting some mods? There are plenty of mods out there that gets hosted on more than one site. I realize it will be hard to keep the links at %100 all the time, but it seems like a reasonable solution.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustals Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 Hi I work as freelance web designer and use www.namehog.net for all my hosting, it is well priced and the tech does about everything except make the tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcm1947 Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 I would be more then happy to pay and wouldn't even notice $10.00 a year so that's no problem if that's what it takes to help out. Your site is too good to allow it to go under or down. Just let us know where to send the check. Keep us posted we all are involved here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pvt. Ryan Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 The problem is only going to get worse when CM2 comes out, and we will need sites like COMBAT MISSIONS even more. Manx, even though there are other great CM sites around, I think yours hosts more mods than any other except perhaps for CMHQ. The money we contribute to keep your site going in a small way helps those other sites going as well since they would be forced to try to take up the slack if CM's went down. If we don't mind making contributions then you shouldn't feel at all bad about accepting them. The hours of enjoyment I have received and continue to receive from CM more than justify the addional expense as far as I am concerned. Part of what makes CM so great is all the wonderful mods available. All the hard work done by the mod artists would be for naught if there was no place to distribute their mods. I think another great idea would be for BTS to have you run CMHQ, but that is another matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGMB Posted October 21, 2001 Share Posted October 21, 2001 Sir, Manx: CM's is a great bloody site. Let us help you keep it going. Whats the harm? :confused: Edit: Hehe.... Id pay anything to see the look on your providers faces, when you toss a wod of cash on their desk, and say in cool voice, "Do you eecept cash?" [ 10-21-2001: Message edited by: Lord General MB ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pud Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 Perhaps along the lines of the Hotline suggestion is to use everyones bandwidth! Those ip to ip sharing apps would work well here, be it Napster (all but dead), Winmx, Morpheus etc. The mods would just be pulled of whom ever is online at the time. As long as the file name was kept the same as described and reviewed at combat-missions this will work!! The only band width going through manxs site would be text and a few images. My preference would be for Morpheus as it downloads from serveral Ips simultaneously, unlike winmx which is one to one. This would also mean that Manx could reduce his costs to almost nothing. The big problem in public funding anything is the funds do dry up, may take a while but it will dry up none the less. We need to find these sort of alternative means of hosting files, rather than patching the problem which will only get bigger when CM2 comes out. [ 10-21-2001: Message edited by: Pud ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Posted October 22, 2001 Author Share Posted October 22, 2001 Guy's -- i just want to say that i really appreciate all the offers of financial help and moral support you have given. Over the past day or so i have received numerous offers of practical help and things are currently in the pipeline that may sort out this mess in such a way that it will be to everyone's satisfaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pascal DI FOLCO Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 Hey Pud great idea !! I mean using Morpheus or similar stuff - That will KILL all "space" and bandwidth problems, each modder or "mod store" (like me ) will just have to give links to CM , CMHQ or similar sites. I was just installing Morpheus on my PC, stupidly the idea didn't strike me :eek: !! I already have some 90% of all mods in existence, I suppose I'm not alone, so even if there are few of us everything will be easily findable. Very promising idea so ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 Hey, P2P is indeed the best idea! I guess all we would need is to establish some kind of name standart, so we can use the search function of those programs best. Mh - if we rename them to xyz.mp3, we could even use AudioGalaxy, it's the best P2P software I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesreidau Posted October 22, 2001 Share Posted October 22, 2001 Next time you buy a book online, go to Manx's site and buy it through an Amazon link. That way he gets some money ok! PeterNZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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