- Location
- Lombard, IL, USA
Hello HangoutMC,
As the world has come out of the pandemic we have seen fewer active players on the server. This has meant that donations to the server have also been gradually going down. We are looking into our options for decreasing costs, hopefully without losing any features of the server.
One thing we want to do is make you aware of how PayPal fees work. Because of the way the fees are structured, a much higher percentage is taken out of smaller donations:
$5 donation = $0.74 in fees
$10 donation = $0.84 in fees
$20 donation = $1.37 in fees
So donating a larger amount less often would mean more of your donation goes to HangoutMC.
PayPal fees are also less if money is sent directly to the Hangout PayPal account rather than through the donations on the forum. Then HangoutMC PayPal account is under: admins@hangoutmc.com.
Another way we can cut costs is by reducing the size of the world files. Permanent has always been a pre-generated world and we have always increased the world border to get new terrain generation. But this means it has a huge world file. If we delete unused chunks, this will reduce the size of the world file. As people explore these chucks, they will be regenerated as updated terrain, allowing us to get new features without having to increase the world border which greatly increases the size of the world.
This is why we are asking everyone to make sure their builds on Permanent are labeled with dynmap signs.
We are also looking at making other changes behind the scenes to help reduce costs. This may mean having some periods of time when the server has to be offline as changes are made.
Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
HangoutMC Staff
As the world has come out of the pandemic we have seen fewer active players on the server. This has meant that donations to the server have also been gradually going down. We are looking into our options for decreasing costs, hopefully without losing any features of the server.
One thing we want to do is make you aware of how PayPal fees work. Because of the way the fees are structured, a much higher percentage is taken out of smaller donations:
$5 donation = $0.74 in fees
$10 donation = $0.84 in fees
$20 donation = $1.37 in fees
So donating a larger amount less often would mean more of your donation goes to HangoutMC.
PayPal fees are also less if money is sent directly to the Hangout PayPal account rather than through the donations on the forum. Then HangoutMC PayPal account is under: admins@hangoutmc.com.
Another way we can cut costs is by reducing the size of the world files. Permanent has always been a pre-generated world and we have always increased the world border to get new terrain generation. But this means it has a huge world file. If we delete unused chunks, this will reduce the size of the world file. As people explore these chucks, they will be regenerated as updated terrain, allowing us to get new features without having to increase the world border which greatly increases the size of the world.
This is why we are asking everyone to make sure their builds on Permanent are labeled with dynmap signs.
We are also looking at making other changes behind the scenes to help reduce costs. This may mean having some periods of time when the server has to be offline as changes are made.
Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
HangoutMC Staff
