Announcing Sharx & The Return of IL-2skins!!!!!
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2006 12:12 am
Well, I talked to Sharx and made him an offer he can't refuse. He's so busy, that he'll punch the code and I tried my best to get him to charge full price for it, but he simply wouldn't go for it. He estimates to do a first class job of punching the code for the site, it will take him at least 80 hours. I tried to get him to take $50.00 an hour for his work, but he offered way less and I managed to force him up a bit, but in the end, the basic web development will only cost will be $1,600.00 and for the quality of his work that is a steal!
Then it will cost about $160.00 a month to get it hosted professionally. So, to cover the costs, I would need 500 subscriptions of $10.00 per year to keep the site going. I'm not about to waste Sharx time and my money on something others will not support.
Anyone submitting more than 20 original and significantly different skins gets access to the site for free. Dumping other's work into the database does not count!
So, what will you get for your 10 bucks a year?
You'd get access to a first class server that is professionally run by a professional hosting company and the website designed by Sharx.
You'd have an area where you can password protect access to skins that you want only limited availability like squad skins.
For you dial-up people, your subscription would entitle you to access to a disc of all the skins publically available on the site, but there will be an additional fee for that service.
Send NO money at this point, but I need people to commit to this idea in order for it to work. E-mail me saying you're in at....
callingelvis911@yahoo.com
Don't sit and think about it. If I can't generate enough interest in one week, well, then we'll be without a skin server for who knows how long because I'm too old anhd tired to beg you guys to do something that just plain makes sense.
Also, someone please post a link to this over at scooby-dooby-UBI.com so the great unwashed can get in on it as well!
Then it will cost about $160.00 a month to get it hosted professionally. So, to cover the costs, I would need 500 subscriptions of $10.00 per year to keep the site going. I'm not about to waste Sharx time and my money on something others will not support.
Anyone submitting more than 20 original and significantly different skins gets access to the site for free. Dumping other's work into the database does not count!
So, what will you get for your 10 bucks a year?
You'd get access to a first class server that is professionally run by a professional hosting company and the website designed by Sharx.
You'd have an area where you can password protect access to skins that you want only limited availability like squad skins.
For you dial-up people, your subscription would entitle you to access to a disc of all the skins publically available on the site, but there will be an additional fee for that service.
Send NO money at this point, but I need people to commit to this idea in order for it to work. E-mail me saying you're in at....
callingelvis911@yahoo.com
Don't sit and think about it. If I can't generate enough interest in one week, well, then we'll be without a skin server for who knows how long because I'm too old anhd tired to beg you guys to do something that just plain makes sense.
Also, someone please post a link to this over at scooby-dooby-UBI.com so the great unwashed can get in on it as well!