By Spirit:
Unfortunately it is now looking inevitable that we will be losing League Server 6 on or around the 23rd July due to lack of funding. Initially we collected enough money to keep it running for 4 months, however the latest round of collections only produced 3 contributors (including myself) and therefore enough cash for just one more month. There is no indication that another collection in a months time will produce a greater response, so it seems this is probably the appropriate time to shut it down.
The cost of the server is about £50 per month, although it does get slightly cheaper for longer booking periods. Naturally, if this post inspires more people to contribute then I will happily keep the server running for as long as possible, so feel free to contribute using any of the methods described in this thread (click me) . Don't let the possibility of the server being shut down stop you from contributing though - even if I only receive a small amount of money I will put in enough myself to make it up to another month's rental so you can rest assured no money will go to waste.
Knock-on effects of the loss of server 6 could be quite serious - at present virtually all iAS league matches are played there - if this server is lost all iAS bookings will have to go back to the standard league servers, and with the recent loss of servers 1 & 2 this could well lead to some serious scheduling issues, which will affect all leagues and not just iAS. As a result of this we will not be able to take bookings on server 6 for any time including or after the 20th July until the future of the server is decided. Any bookings made for this period will be deleted and classed as invalid.
Thanks to those that have contributed in the past - it was fun while it lasted
Unfortunately it is now looking inevitable that we will be losing League Server 6 on or around the 23rd July due to lack of funding. Initially we collected enough money to keep it running for 4 months, however the latest round of collections only produced 3 contributors (including myself) and therefore enough cash for just one more month. There is no indication that another collection in a months time will produce a greater response, so it seems this is probably the appropriate time to shut it down.
The cost of the server is about £50 per month, although it does get slightly cheaper for longer booking periods. Naturally, if this post inspires more people to contribute then I will happily keep the server running for as long as possible, so feel free to contribute using any of the methods described in this thread (click me) . Don't let the possibility of the server being shut down stop you from contributing though - even if I only receive a small amount of money I will put in enough myself to make it up to another month's rental so you can rest assured no money will go to waste.
Knock-on effects of the loss of server 6 could be quite serious - at present virtually all iAS league matches are played there - if this server is lost all iAS bookings will have to go back to the standard league servers, and with the recent loss of servers 1 & 2 this could well lead to some serious scheduling issues, which will affect all leagues and not just iAS. As a result of this we will not be able to take bookings on server 6 for any time including or after the 20th July until the future of the server is decided. Any bookings made for this period will be deleted and classed as invalid.
Thanks to those that have contributed in the past - it was fun while it lasted