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[saint]

Help support BYOAC!

I occasionally get asked how someone can show appreciation for and help support this site. Documenting your projects and participating on the message forums is a great way to help support the hobby in general, but sometimes I'm asked for how to contribute financially.

The Build Your Own Arcade Controls site has been completely free to use since its beginning in 1997, and will always remain so. It does cost a bit of money to run however, over $1000/year as of this writing! There's also the investment in time that the site requires, which is hard to measure but is a definite cost. Many hours a week go into keeping things running here.

If you've gotten enough value out of the site that you'd like to give something back, then thank you, it's much appreciated! There are several ways to do so....

Visit the support page to learn more - thanks!

--- saint

[Donkey_Kong]

Good to know about the Amazon link. I'll be using it whenever I buy something from there.

Thanks Saint!

[WunderCade]

Have you ever considered selling rank and/or stars, or other winki-dinks...etc? Perhaps a 1000.00 donation could make you a mod etc.

For example...how does someone get purple stars, or five stars...etc?

[saint]

Would there be interest in that? I dunno how I feel about that. Have to ponder it. Could create a group called "sponsor" and you get special stars or other symbols if you sponsor the site?  Dunno. Have to decide if that's selling my soul or not

[WunderCade]

Oh come on....it's just a simple little transaction   

[shardian]

You get special stars if you contribute to the Wiki.

[CheffoJeffo]

I still think that selling subscriptions to Post Hell is the way to go ...

 

[Hemi]

Perhaps a 1000.00 donation could make you a mod etc.

I don't think some amount of money qualifies a person to be a mod. What if the biggest idiot in the world donates money, (insert clever forum member name here) does that mean he has the judgment to lead others because he has cash?

[saint]

Speaking as the owner, I would like the opportunity to find out.

[Hemi]

Interesting. What would you say to the guy when he makes a bad call on the forum and he tells you he paid for this mod spot so let him moderate as he sees fit?

You would have to almost share the ownership with a person in this case and I think you have put far too much time and effort into this site to let some guy buy his way into having the right to overrule you.

[saint]

I'm not sure if there's a language barrier or a humor barrier but I was joking. 

[Hemi]

Hehe, you gotta use the smile faces next time. I was thinking about just dropping this site and never looking back if you were serious.  << smile faces work well in situations where you're kidding.

[AtomSmasher]

Hehe, you gotta use the smile faces next time. I was thinking about just dropping this site and never looking back if you were serious.  << smile faces work well in situations where you're kidding.

You haven't been here long enough to know that the only time Saint is serious is when he uses angry faces

 

or bomb faces
 

or the little guy driving a car face, when he uses that you know your in trouble

[shardian]

I'm not sure if there's a language barrier or a humor barrier but I was joking. 

Yeah, joking like the guy who poses a kinky sex situation to his wife, then follows up with the "just kidding" line to gauge her interest.