The forums are continuing to grow, with just under 130 million hits in 2010, and 2.8TB of HTTP bandwidth used (a 36% increase on 2009!). Alas, such vast amounts of bandwidth, plus the server power needed for this place, does cost a bit. Advertising makes up a certain amount of the costs, but unfortunately not as much as it once did. Therefore, this year's fundraiser has been set for £600 ($935, €720). If you could spare even just a few pounds, dollars, euros, or whatever currency you use, to help the forums, it'd be appreciated.
Instead of a single large donation, you may wish to consider sending a regular monthly donation, if this is something you can afford. Hosting for the forums is paid monthly, so this can help to spread things around a bit. If you'd be interested in donating like this, please let me know.
You can find the donation page here. Donations can be taken by PayPal and direct bank transfer. Within the UK, I can also accept cheques and postal orders. Within the US, I can accept checks and money orders (although since I'm not physically in the US at the moment, this may be a bit of a pain to deal with). If there is another way you would like to donate, let me know and we can figure something out. Your donations are very much appreciated.
If you don't want to, or can't, send a monetary donation, you can use our Amazon affiliate links when you shop at Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com or Amazon.ca. Again, the donations page here explains that.
Please note that donations to OpenTTD are NOT donations for the forums; the forums and OpenTTD are unconnected (although I do receive donations for both). To donate to the forums, please use this link, not the link on the OpenTTD web site.
Thank you all for your support. Please let me know if you have any questions. (This announcement will be removed in the future.)
CURRENT TOTAL DONATED: £603.82 / £600
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