Greetings, fellow Disney fans! I hope everyone is enjoying their preview of Seven Dwarf’s Mine Train. In fact, in case you missed it, there is a big list of all the changes today OVER HERE.
That aside, I wanted to talk about Imaginears Club’s continuing growth and the future. You see, when we started all of this almost 3 years ago, we had one mission in mind: Make it the best family server in Minecraft. We have accomplished that goal in spades and continue to daily. When we started, we could barely fit 20 people on the server without it crashing. Now, on average, we have 300+ Guests on during weekends. That’s a huge number, compared to 3 years ago. However, when you compare us to the larger servers in the Minecraft World…we’re still small.
Believe me, it’s not like we couldn’t do it. We know the numbers are there and we would easily have 1000 or even 2000 Guests on at one time, but our servers can not handle it, right now. We simply don’t have the technological facilities to handle more than 300, at present.
That’s where YOU come in.
You see, we currently pay $380 a month to keep our servers running. Most of the time our donations do not cover the costs, so I pay out of my own pocket, as I have from the beginning, to keep things going. Plus, we have a few extra costs like purchasing Character Accounts, our Android App, plugin development, and more. All told, our servers run about $400+ a month (on average). I know that sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t considering what we have and what we offer. We get the best bang for our buck. We’re running 5 servers, in total. Bungee, Main, Creative, Build…and that “super-secret” one we’ve been hard at work preparing. (actually, we have 6 but that one is free. If only I could get 6 servers for free. lol)
We’re busting at the seams!
I did the numbers, and in order for us to compete (and have the best experience for you, our Guests) we’d have to pay around $1000 a month, minimum, to keep up with our massive rate of current growth. Our Goal, however, is $2000 a month. This would include the best DDOS protection, cached servers and website, 100% uptime, and no less than 6 dedicated machines to host each server. That and we could pay our plugin developers. Think about that. We could give them money to make the best quest, challenge, hotel, shop, & food plugins to help you to enjoy your experience even more!
Now, I know those numbers seem almost unattainable, but in order for Imaginears Club to compete and remain the leader, that is the bottom dollar amount. Other top servers are paying tens of thousands a month. $2000 a month would mean we could handle 2000 players at one time. That’s $1 per Guest, if you divided it into one day. Now divide that over a month! It would cost, per player, pennies a day and they would have no lag, no skipping rides, no audio glitches, and build to their heart’s content on Creative!
So that’s my pitch. I’m looking for some of you to step up and help us grow. We want to offer this fun, family safe, interactive server to more people…and you can make that happen.
When we did Minecon, our numbers shot up. When our videos were posted on Mojang’s YouTube, our numbers soared yet again. Now, Mineorama is coming up– as is our 3rd anniversary. Big things can happen, if you believe. I know I do. I have seen all of you take my dream and make it real. Let’s all work to make that dream a reality for more people.
http://store.imaginears.club DONATE as much as you can TODAY!
Thanks and have a MAGICAL day!
David Wasman – ign:therealduckie
Owner – imaginears.club
