Axis & Allies.org 2013 Support Drive

[djensen]

Welcome to the 2013 Axis & Allies.org support drive. This support drive will end on December 31, 2013 and the next one will begin on January 1, 2014.

These funds will go towards the following:

• Server hosting

• Server backup

• Domain registration

• DNS hosting

• More disk space for TripleA games

• Akismet anti-spam subscription

• Migration of the forum software - should reduce spam (2013)

• Development of a plugin for dice rolling on the new forum (2013)

• Definitely forming an LLC (limited liability company) this year

  • Taxes
  • Tax software

• Website design (one or more of the following)

  • Adobe software

  • Premium themes

  • Web designer

• Time - donations will be used for infrastructure only.

There will be three support levels available. When you donate, you will receive a special badge on your profile.

Gold Patron - $50
 Silver Patron - $25
 Bronze Patron - $10

Note:  For 2013, the tank on the badge is the Italian M15/42.

To donate, just click on the “Buy Now” PayPal button on the right of your screen.

In order to get your badge, be sure to include your email when you purchase your support level. Next, send me an email with your Axis & Allies.org username so that I can give you the badge. david [dot] jensen {at} axisandallies (dot) org

Thanks!

Just like last time, participants will be listed here. If you get your badge and are not listed, it likely means I forgot so just send me a friendly reminder.

Amount raised: $1460 (minus PayPal fees)
Number of 2013 patrons: 38
(last update January 9, 2013)

Gold Patrons
P@nther
Fishmoto37
CWO Marc
captain walker
FieldMarshalGames
UnknownSoldier
radar231
wittmann
Imperious Leader
Tall Paul
Trajan01
userx
arathorn
coachofmany
Omega1759
sgtwiltan
ArtofWar1947
cb4
DutchmanD
Boldfresh
dawgoneit
JWW
Quintus Fabius Maximus
Vold
Young Grasshopper

Silver Patrons
vacilar
BombsAway
SS
thenorthman

Bronze Patrons
hkytown1
JoetheShark
Karl7
17Mark71
Bar91
thenorthman
jluna1273
Bjergmose
Me1945
moralecheck
Canuck12

The (fmgc) just means they made the support donation in person at FMGC12. It’s just a note for me for later.

[Panther]

So let me be the first ;-)

Just donated 50 USD.
Thank you for this great site and all your efforts!

[Fishmoto37]

Let me just say again how much I enjoy this site. Glad to lend my support.

[captainwalker]

Thanks for all the work you do keeping this site going…sign me up for a gold!

[UnknownSoldier]

Just sent my donation…thanks for an awesome site!

[FieldMarshalGames]

Always happy to help when we can!

Keep up the good work you do.  Site is getting BETER all the time!

Jeremy

[radar231]

Keep up the good excellent work.

J. 8-)

An other year, an other upgrade, tankwise ( for me ).

[Witt]

I just sent my donation.
Thank you for a great forum, filled with interesting and knowledgeable people.
An Italian tank no less!

[vacilar]

Paypal: 0HW01006RX0348736.

Thanks, for this great website

[Tall Paul]

A&A.Org,

––I’m more than happy to help out. I have received much from this site as far as education and entertainment. I’ve also made some good friends that I plan to share some A&A games with in the future.
----And if I hadn’t gotten involved with this forum,…I wouldn’t have ever met “Gargantua”. I never seem to tire of his humor(insanity?) :-D

“Tall Paul”

[Quintus Fabius Maximus]

Pitched in alittle, thanks for running the site.:)

[jluna1273]

I’ll be sure to donate next year as well.

[Tall Paul]

@jluna1273:

I’ll be sure to donate next year as well.

––Oorah!

“Tall Paul”

[CWO Marc]

Looking forward to seeing which tank icon will be selected for the 2014 badge.

[Witt]

Morning Marc. Can you remember the ones on your profile and tell me what they are please?

[CWO Marc]

@wittmann:

Morning Marc. Can you remember the ones on your profile and tell me what they are please?

You have good telepathic (or is it precogniton?) abilities because that’s exactly what I was doing as you were writing your post.  I was looking back at the four annual funding campaign threads to find djensen’s official identification of the tanks he’s used as the badge icons.  They are:

2010: German Panther
2011: Russian T-34
2012: US Sherman
2013: Italian M15/42

[CWO Marc]

By the way, in his funding post for 2011, djensen said that “For 2012, it will be the US Sherman. I think I only have one more silhouette after that so I’ll have to find somebody to design something for me for 2014+”.  That was two years ago, so I imagine he’s been able to get some more icons prepared during that time…but if they’re of any potential use to him, he’s welcome to use (directly or as a staring point for a customized design) the tank silhouettes that I created for my A&A spotter charts.  The two tank charts are in Reply #13 of this post:

http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=31982.0

The images are actual photos of A&A sculpts, photographed in high-contrast lighting and converted to black-and-white to make them look like flat silhouettes.  They would need to be flipped left-to-right to make them point in the same direction as the previous tank icons, but that’s easily done.

[Witt]

Thank you. It makes sense that the American one was.a Sherman, but I just could not see it!
I wondered if it was a light tank, like the M5.
I think the turrets all look a little wrong compared to the hulls.

[CWO Marc]

@wittmann:

I think the turrets all look a little wrong compared to the hulls.Â

It also looks as if the Panther is based on the early-model sculpt, not the newer version with the long-barreled gun.

[Witt]

I presumed it was a Panther, but again the short barrelled gun did not seem right.
Thanks again for your help.
We will have to wait and see what 2014 brings!