Originally posted by jd-inflames
Time to update your sig again Punk And I'm sick of seeing this "Chris sucks" shit. You guys have no idea...so quit acting like you do. When you hear Cort, TheSummit, Crookfoot, Swooper, or Amantis say that he does, then don't refer to stuff that you don't know about. Chris has thrown in as much as he can for this site. How much do you pay to keep it open? Nothing. Perhaps Chris doesn't have t1. Perhaps Chris doesn't know Linux. Perhaps he does, but can't run it off of his own server. Either way, it is a lot more work than I bet any of you would like to take responsibility for. Not only would he be paying for a lot, but he would also be managing servers. He doesn't (I don't think) so he pays for it to be done. All that space and transfer BF eats up, it gets expensive.
Even a complete retard can setup a linux server (redhat beign simpler than installing windows...) and it would cost a LOT less than he pays for the server... BF uses a small amount of space compared to most vB forums, and file transfer isnt "eaten up" its just a BS illusion to get you to pay more for remotr hosting. T1+ is only like 100$/mo or so, at the absolute tops, and he pays around $1000... I could set up and run a vb forum for like 10 years for that much... Lets see now...
[im leaving out the cost of the computer it runs on itself... its very low, uber fast servers are overrated. With proper managing, BF could run on a computer under 1GHZ... The price range for one is anywhere between $100-1000$, but if you have wholesale licences, its around 30$-300$..]
Domains- 7.00-10.00$/year
OS- Free, but a big dl... takes a few CDr's
vB licence- $160 one-time fee, or $85+10$/yr
Adsl to t1- $30-120/mo
I could, and would host BF for chrisUK for free, but I don't realy post here or anything at all.. I'm starting my own Blizzard-Modding site (name is decided, but not stated... I havent bought the domain yet.. I think a few of the wc3campaigns admins know, if you really want to know... In short, ChrisUK could pay less for the first year, and around 1/100th for every other year... Anyways, thats my 2cents.. Some people just dont bother to learn how to use linux... My ADSL-T1 price may be off, it depends on your area... I get 1024kb/s T1 for $32/mo, and 512kb/s Adsl for $20/mo. My friend half a mile away has to pay like 2x more for the same ISP... Oh yeah, I pay $2/mo more than comcast's dsl BS, and I get like 6x the bandwith.. Sorry to brag
ChrisUK, please learn linux