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So just an update for everyone, and this will go into the forums as well, BlueHost has been kinda dickin' me around on the price of our hosting and I'm none to pleased. I don't care that it went up, I care that it went up and they won't tell me why.

So I started looking around for some alternatives, just in case, and decided that at the very least pulling our domain might be a good idea.

I've used a placed called Registar in the past and they've been ok, but I ran into the exact same issue there that BlueHost was giving me. $12 sub total, you owe $12, a cost of $29.95 annually. No explanation, no reason. Just more than twice the price after the initial payment.

So I decided to ask about that. At the time, I've heard nothing yet.

Meanwhile, Scarlet called me and told me about another hosting service called Arvixe. I checked them out this morning and it looks pretty good. It's cheaper, we get essentially everything we've already got... but their servers are Linux based instead of windows based.

Now I'm 99.9% sure we'll be fine to make that switch, but I'd like to be 100% sure with stuff like this. I did some looking around online, checked out some forums, sent them a support ticket, and have reached out to Kewlio to see what he thinks... since he basically built the cms we're using for the videos. Everything, at this point in time, looks good... though I haven't heard from him yet.

If this ends up being a good option, we're going to take it. It's less for 2 years with these guys than it is 1 year with anyone else. Basically, we've got enough right now to cover that. Saves us money, we don't have to do the fund raising as much, plus we're going to get some ad credits with bing and google.

Anyway, that's where we're sitting with everything at the moment. When I know more, I'll be sure to let you guys know.

Alright folks, it's nearly time. Our hosting expires in a little over a month and we are, as per usual, coming to our awesome members for any little bit of help they can give us to keep the place open.

Our total for hosting renewal is just shy of $160, so that's gonna be our goal for the month.

We need to raise that money before July 10 (which gives us a week buffer) to keep the site up and running.

As per usual, anyone that donates is gonna get the perks that come along with it and you'll find those on the donate page.

If I can go all Public Broadcast for a moment, I'll serve this to you kinda like this.

Would you say that you've had at least $1 worth of entertainment a month over the last year? That's $12. If 5 people have enjoyed the site that much, that's $60 and over 1/3 of the funds we need to raise.

If you've enjoyed it to the tune of $2 a month, that's $24 for the year and 5 people there nearly covers ALL of the hosting.

Of course, we don't want it to be totally up to you guys, and we will cover what ever the remainder ends up being after all the coins are counted and stacked.

Of course the amount you donate, and if you do at all is totally up to you, and we're not going to keep anyone from doing anything here on the site if they can't donate... but it's always appreciated.

I'll tell you what I'll do to sweeten the deal...

The first person to donate a minimum of $12 will get a free game from me from one of my Humble Monthly packs.

How's that?

Well not really...

But I have gone and done a few things here at the site that I think you might like.

First - Multiple file attachments. I know a whole lot of people don't use this at the moment, but lemme tell ya, it's so much easier to upload multiple files this way than it was the old way.

Second - Refreshing threads. If you're looking at a thread and someone comments, it will automatically update for ya.

Third - Least important of these three is a new window that guests and members who aren't signed in will see. This doesn't impact your usability of the site at all, but just maybe it'll encourage new folks to sign up and thus get a bigger audience for everyone and their respective works.

As per usual, if there's any questions, problems, or suggestions, leave em below.

Thanks a bunch!

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