Seriously, Get Nick's Off This Crap Server

[Didaksgoal]

Thanks for the info pietillidie. Now I know where to send a money order. I only have the general discussion page linked, so I had no idea people could donate.

London Dave, I wasn't having a crack at the nicks bb service at all, you got me wrong.


Go the pies.

[pietillidie]

bump

[Neil Appleby]

Ok seems like we need a Nick-a-thon. Getting a magpies internet address doesn't cost much and helps Nicks too. Perhaps we could all start with this?
Or perhaps we need to start paying for this on a yearly basis?
Some of us come to Nick's for a bit of light relief and some, like me, come here as a way of connecting when we are far from home.
I'd be happy to pay a yearly subscription and will pay what I think is a reasonable fee. If I could be hoodwinked into paying for the AFL's Bigpond site that offered nothing but pain, Nick's is worth double that fee.

By the way, I also think we should have a Jack-a-thon as distinct from a jack-o-thon! This would involve donating a substantial amount to pay for Jack Spain's psychiatric treatment. I'm told shock treatment is still the only option for some poor buggers.
Donations should be sent to the account of the new angry Tannin. New avatar has done nothing for the shit on the liver from Tannin this year. What gives Ballarat Boy?

[John Wren]

jack's beyond help hence why he got sent here. more than happy to contribute when my predicament allows me to.

[Dave The Man]

It ain't the server....its the software.

If we could raise $195 for version 4.0 of vBulletin this website would fly.

Who said it would cost $195

[Dave The Man]

Having Trouble Now with Nicks

[MagpieMad]

Seriously, Get Nick's Off This Crap Server

Couldn't get on for 2 1/2 hours tonight. Sort it out ffs!! Mad Mad Mad

Pretty rude. Tell me how to donate and I will. I just said I'd even pay for a membership. What's your problem? No need to be so defensive, I appreciate the work you guys do but can't you at least achnowledge in a calm manner that it is frustrating when you are hitting the refresh button for 2 hours because you enjoy reading and posting on Nicks.

screw you, you've been leeching for free and you whinge about QOS.

Well I just donated last night, now I can whinge all I like. Dic*head.

you legend! so you think you have bought the right whinge now? Mike has been paying for this out of his own pocket for a decade and a half and all he gets is crap from tossers like you, if you think one donation entitles you to continue to whinge just goes to show what a self centred tosser you are.
twat.

Mate, you have some serious anger management issues to deal with.

Yawn.

no, I need less tossers like you bleeting about a free service, there are only a handful of people that have fought to keep Nick's running for the best part of a decade, and it's not good enough! we should have twice the bandwidth and twice the amount of people working here to roll out the red carpet for you to enlighten us with your opinions, you jonny come lately ignorantly whinge about how it's not good enough with no idea about how long it's been provided or how it's provided.

[cobood]

Would happily pay a membership for Nick's if it meant I could use the website easily whenever. Seems to lock you out when a couple hundred or so try to get in.

how much have you chipped in so far? if at all? you get it for free and you whinge, typical of the membership of this board, none of you donate, none of you buy dvd's through the link, none of you help out in any way and then have the hide to complain about the service, piss off and run your own site, run it for 15 years and come back and tell us how much it has cost you and all the about the help and support you get doing it.
ungrateful knob.

Pretty rude. Tell me how to donate and I will. I just said I'd even pay for a membership. What's your problem? No need to be so defensive, I appreciate the work you guys do but can't you at least achnowledge in a calm manner that it is frustrating when you are hitting the refresh button for 2 hours because you enjoy reading and posting on Nicks.

Just click on "Please help keep this show on the road" button .. like I do...

[Monco Matt]

[Piethagoras' Theorem]

I wanted to donate a few thousand dollars last night but couldn't get on. Oh well, I'm sure the admin at freeporn4u will greatly appreciate the money

[Black_White]

Monco Matt, do yourself a favor and disregard the rantings of MagpieMad.
I've had dealings with him in the past and can tell you categorically that it's "his way or the highway".
Unfortunately he is close to the site owner, so be careful of how much you push him.
As I stated previously, just let him rant. Don't feed him.

[EBB]

It's free to join.

And I donate my time and opinion without fuss.

[pietillidie]

Monco Matt, do yourself a favor and disregard the rantings of MagpieMad.
I've had dealings with him in the past and can tell you categorically that it's "his way or the highway".
Unfortunately he is close to the site owner, so be careful of how much you push him.
As I stated previously, just let him rant. Don't feed him.

The people who do the tireless work get respect and right of way. It's the same with our football club. Do the work or have respect or find another service elsewhere.

[Mike]

Sorry I haven't replied to this earlier, but I'm on the road and have been out of mobile reception for two days.

To those who have donated in the past, thank you - money aside, it makes a huge difference knowing that the site is valued enough for people to want to contribute. There are also those who contribute more time and energy than can be valued in dollars - the moderators and the people who contribute time and skill to maintaining the web site. To those people, the ones who actually keep this show on the road, thank you.

I haven't acknowledged donations in the past because I didn't want to start an "I donated" hierarchical mentality, but it's probably time that those who donate are publicly acknowledged and I'll put something in place to do that from now on.

To those who want to know details of costs and/or time that is put into to keeping Nicks up, I'm not prepared to discuss that - it's not the point. The amount you contribute is irrelevant, it's the act of putting in that counts. If you can't bring yourself to donate a few dollars, just do as Neil says, buy yourself an email address (see http://email.magpies.net) for $20 / year and get a meaningful address that will never change as well as helping out.

You do have a right to whinge, but you don't have a right to expect anyone to listen to you unless you're a part of the solution.

[Dave The Man]

Sorry I haven't replied to this earlier, but I'm on the road and have been out of mobile reception for two days.

To those who have donated in the past, thank you - money aside, it makes a huge difference knowing that the site is valued enough for people to want to contribute. There are also those who contribute more time and energy than can be valued in dollars - the moderators and the people who contribute time and skill to maintaining the web site. To those people, the ones who actually keep this show on the road, thank you.

I haven't acknowledged donations in the past because I didn't want to start an "I donated" hierarchical mentality, but it's probably time that those who donate are publicly acknowledged and I'll put something in place to do that from now on.

To those who want to know details of costs and/or time that is put into to keeping Nicks up, I'm not prepared to discuss that - it's not the point. The amount you contribute is irrelevant, it's the act of putting in that counts. If you can't bring yourself to donate a few dollars, just do as Neil says, buy yourself an email address (see http://email.magpies.net) for $20 / year and get a meaningful address that will never change as well as helping out.

You do have a right to whinge, but you don't have a right to expect anyone to listen to you unless you're a part of the solution.

Well you can have like a Thing on a Board that Only Payed Users can Use like Video's you can Download